Author: Echofoxylover

The year MTV launched, although it launched fairly late in the year, meaning it was largely a continuation of 1980 when it came to adult contemporary and nursery pop dominating the airwaves. Thankfully neither genre was as dominating this year as this was when new wave finally took off in the mainstream which would of… Continue reading NZ albums of 1981

Disco might have been dead in America. However, it was merely being phased out internationally, which means there was still plenty of it worldwide this year. Still, I don’t particularly care for the rise of easy listening which dominated the Billboard charts this year, some of which did find its way into our charts here… Continue reading NZ albums of 1980

This year, this year did something that the decade end years failed to do, celebrating what the decade in question accomplished without it coming off as a last hurrah for those who contributed to the pop culture of the day. It’s a shame the disco backlash happened in America this year as the genre was… Continue reading NZ albums of 1979

This edges out 1979 as there wasn’t a racist/homophobic backlash towards a popular genre this year that took place in America like there was that year, that’s about the only difference these two years have from each other as naturally that backlash meant there was slightly fewer disco classics to come out that year compared… Continue reading NZ albums of 1978

There was a bit too much soft rock for my liking for this to be any higher on this list, however with the rise of disco and rock opera taking place, it was more than enough to forgive the stale adult contemporary that those genres were competing with. Also, I had to dock points due… Continue reading NZ albums of 1977

This year might seem a little low on this list if you’re not from Australia, however we Aussies had an issue with diversifying our music tastes outside of sherbet, Abba and bay city rollers this year which does hold this back in my ranking. The rest of the world made up for this by having… Continue reading NZ albums of 1976

Ahh yes, the year where countdown began its influence on the Australian charts, naturally I would rank this year fairly high as it was what gave a platform to so many iconic Australian artists and their different takes on popular genres of the decade such as pub rock and glam metal. The rest of the… Continue reading NZ albums of 1975