The 100 Best Singles Of The 1980s

Self-explanatory, really. Entirely personal and subjective, needless to say. Ten up so far, but they include the leader ...

1. PUBLIC ENEMY - Rebel Without A Pause - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e1.htm
"Sheer attention to detail and proud maximalism ..."

10. MOMUS - Murderers, The Hope of Women - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e10.htm
"You wonder how much is real misanthropy and how much is a sardonic attempt to outdo the mainstream of the time ..."

14. PUBLIC ENEMY - Bring The Noise - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e14.htm
"Set out their position, defined who they were ..."

15. ERIC B. and RAKIM - Follow The Leader - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e15.htm
"It isn't quite the best Eric B. and Rakim track but it is the ultimate one ..."

19. MORRISSEY - Every Day Is Like Sunday - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e19.htm
"He saw everything he felt had grown old, tired and desperate ..."

33. THE STYLE COUNCIL - How She Threw It All Away - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e33.htm
"Raging politely against their own irrelevance ..."

38. THE MONOCHROME SET - Apocalypso - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e38.htm
"Closer to a condemner than a celebrator but neither outright ..."

44. BIG DADDY KANE - The Wrath of Kane - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e44.htm
"He doesn't just become, in your mind, the greatest emcee ever, but you can't imagine anyone being better ..."

57. XTC - Grass / Dear God - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e57.htm
"Would resonate with millions of people who are never likely to hear it ..." / "A renewal of trust in humanity ..."

73. THE MONOCHROME SET - Wallflower - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e73.htm
"A record you couldn't stop yourself loving if you tried ..."

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