Stuck between the ’70s and ’90s, literally and figuratively, the ’80s reached its midpoint in a melting pot of styles: rock, ...

From deep cuts that made suburban kids feel understood to synth-driven anthems that turn melancholy into pure movement, these ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Paul McCartney began the ’80s in much the same position as he’d entered the ’70s: He released a home-recorded solo album after a blockbuster band had broken up. Wings had been the portrait of pop-rock ...

Duran Duran's 1982 album Rio is one of the definitive pieces of '80s pop. The hit record features classic singles like the title track and "Hungry Like the Wolf" and the Rio album cover is instantly ...

Picture this: It's December. You turn on your car radio. The first few synth-pop notes of "Last Christmas" by Wham! start playing. What do you do? Why, you turn the volume up and you sing every single ...

If there was ever a decade that defined the musical guilty pleasure, it was the ‘80s. The advent of new technologies unlocked sonic possibilities like never before. Blessed with a broad array of ...

This song was absolutely everywhere on country radio in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It’s still a country classic today, too. “Forever And Ever, Amen” by Randy Travis was released in 1987 and ...