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.