The landscapes of pop, rock, R&B and rap changed forever 40 years ago. Here are Paste's picks for the 30 greatest albums of 1984.
It’s not a stretch to say that the genres of pop, rock, R&B and rap music all changed forever in 1984. In a decade racked with all-time classics and some of the most important songs in the history of modern music, 1984 remains rather undefeated.
” Elsewhere, on “What Presence?!” and “Get While the Gettings Good” merge colors of XTC and Bowie into a hue of pop perfection. Collins sounds like a blueprint for post-as one of the best swan songs for a gone-too-soon band ever. There’s so much life in the record, it’s a shame the band called it a day right after. —The Blue Nile are to electronica what the Beatles are to pop-rock.
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