The Rolling Stones release ‘Emotional Rescue’ featuring ‘She’s So Cold’ (1980)
The Rolling Stones‘ ‘Emotional Rescue’ feat. ‘She’s So Cold’ is their fifteenth studio album, released on June 20,1980 by Rolling Stones Records
Asylum publish Tom Waits’ ‘Heartattack and Vine,’ his last album for the label (1980)
Tom Waits‘ ‘Heartattack and Vine’ is his sixth studio album recorded from June 16 till July 15, 1980 and released in September 1980 by Asylum.
Bob Marley releases ‘Uprising,’ his last album recorded with the Wailers (1980)
Bob Marley‘s ‘Uprising’ is the final studio album recorded with the Wailers and released on June 10, 1980 by Tuff Gong/Island
Roxy Music release their seventh album : ‘Flesh and Blood’ (1980)
Roxy Music‘s ‘Flesh and Blood’ is their seventh studio album (that It will spend 60 weeks on the albums UK chart), released on May 23, 1980 by E.G.
Charisma Records publish ‘Peter Gabriel’ (3) his third eponymous solo album featuring ‘Games Without Frontiers’ and ‘Biko’ (1980)
‘Peter Gabriel‘ (3) is his third eponymous solo album featuring ‘Games Without Frontiers’ and ‘Biko,’ produced by Steve Lillywhite and released on May 23, 1980 by Charisma Records.
Diana Ross releases ‘Diana’ featuring ‘Upside Down’ and produced By Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers (1980)
Diana Ross‘ ‘Diana’ is her eleventh studio album produced By Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers and released on May 22, 1980 by Motown.
Tal Farlow and Lenny Breau record their unique collaboration album : ‘Chance Meeting’ (1980)
‘Chance Meeting’ by Tal Farlow & Lenny Breau is their first and only performance together recorded on May 21, 1980 and released in 1997 by Guitarchives.
Parlophone release Paul McCartney’s second solo album : ‘McCartney II’ featuring ‘Coming Up’ (1980)
Paul McCartney‘s ‘McCartney II’ is his second completely solo album (his first while he is in Wings), released on May 16, 1980 by Parlophone / Columbia.
Island publish Grace Jones’ fourth album : ‘Warm Leatherette’ featuring ‘Private Life’ (1980)
Grace Jones‘ ‘Warm Leatherette’ is her fourth (more reggae & New Wave than disco) studio album released on May 9, 1980 by Island.
Slash Records publish X’s debut album Los Angeles produced by Ray Manzarek (1980)
X’s ‘Los Angeles’ is their debut studio album produced by Ray Manzarek and released on April 26, 1980 by Slash Records.
Vertigo publish Black Sabbath’s ninth album ‘Heaven And Hell,’ the first to feature vocalist Ronnie James Dio (1980)
Black Sabbath‘s ‘Heaven and Hell’ is their ninth studio album featuring vocalist Ronnie James Dio, produced by Martin Birch and released on April 25, 1980 by Vertigo
The Cure release ‘Seventeen Seconds,’ their second album featuring ‘A Forest’ (1980)
The Cure’s ‘Seventeen Seconds’ is their second studio album featuring ‘A Forest,’ produced by frontman Robert Smith and Mike Hedges and released on April 22, 1980 by Fiction
Pete Townshend releases ‘Empty Glass,’ his first solo album (1980)
Pete Townshend‘s ‘Empty Glass’ is his first solo album of original material released on April 21, 1980 by Atco Records
EMI publish ‘Iron Maiden,’ their eponymous debut album (1980)
‘Iron Maiden’ is their eponymous debut studio album produced by Wil Malone and released on April 14, 1980 by EMI
Columbia publish ‘British Steel,’ Judas Priest’s sixth album (1980)
Judas Priest‘s ‘British Steel’ is their sixth studio album produced by Tom Allom and released on April 14, 1980 by Columbia Records.
Stevie Ray Vaughan records in Austin his first album ‘In the Beginning’ (1980)
Stevie Ray Vaughan‘s ‘In the Beginning’ is an album recorded on April 1, 1980 at Steamboat 1874 in Austin, Texas with Double Trouble and released on October 6, 1992 by Epic.
Genesis (Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins) release ‘Duke’ featuring ‘Turn It On Again’ (1980)
Genesis‘ ‘Duke’ is their tenth studio album recorded late 1979 in Sweden and released on March 28, 1980 by Charisma Records.
Warner Bros. release Chaka Khan’s second solo album : ‘Naughty’ produced By Arif Mardin (1980)
Chaka Khan‘s ‘Naughty’ is her second solo album produced By Arif Mardin and released on March 26, 1980 by Warner Bros.