CLEVELAND, Ohio – The 1980s were a strange and glorious time in popular music. Compared to the 1970s, pop music became what rock and roll was – a larger-than-life stadium genre that ruled over popular ...

Rightly or wrongly, commercial success had mostly eluded Gabriel, with the odd breakthrough song, such as Solsbury Hill and ...

While the song remains one of Nebraska ’s catchiest, “Atlantic City” is, at its heart, Springsteen's reflection on the fading ...

Here at AudioPhix, we write a lot of lists. That probably isn’t news to you. The internet lives on lists. They provoke, anger, and maybe sometimes even inform. If you’re like me, you usually just tune ...

Back in 1981, “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League was an insanely big hit. It’s not an overly complex song, either. Martin Rushent, who produced the song, added a drum machine, a very basic synth, ...

Maybe there was a better era for love songs. But it certainly didn't feel that way. Everything about the 1980s and its music was big. The blockbuster pop album became a regular thing. Various genres ...

As the 1970s turned to the 1980s, culture shifted. In hindsight, the first ever number one single of the new decade seems to ...

The era of 1980s pop music might just be the most mutually despised genre of all time. People who agree with this notion seemingly believe the genre to be overdone, shallow, overly corny, cliché, and ...