Editing 1980 in music (section)

==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:1980 albums}}

===January===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[The Romantics (album)|The Romantics]]'' || [[The Romantics]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |8
| ''[[Union Jacks]]'' || [[The Babys]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |10
|''[[The Age of Plastic]]'' || [[The Buggles]] || Australia; UK release on 4 February
|-
|11
|[[Pretenders (album)|''Pretenders'']]
|[[The Pretenders]]
|
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |14
|''[[Permanent Waves]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |18
| ''[[Just Testing]]'' || [[Wishbone Ash]] ||
|-
| ''[[Metamatic]]'' || [[John Foxx]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[True Colours (Split Enz album)|True Colours]]'' || [[Split Enz]] ||New Zealand
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |28
| ''[[Love Stinks (The J. Geils Band album)|Love Stinks]]'' ||[[The J. Geils Band]] ||
|-
| ''[[Terminal Jive]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Air Pocket (album)|Air Pocket]]'' ||[[Roger Powell (musician)|Roger Powell]] ||
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |?
| ''[[God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners]]'' || [[Robert Fripp]] ||
|-
| ''[[No Place to Run (album)|No Place to Run]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||
|-
| ''[[Malice in Wonderland (Nazareth album)|Malice in Wonderland]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||<ref name="Great Rock Discography">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/577/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=577 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Is This Real?]]'' || [[Wipers (band)|Wipers]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Return of the Durutti Column]]''|| [[The Durutti Column]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sheer Greed]]'' || [[Girl (band)|Girl]] ||
|-
| ''[[Short Stories (Jon and Vangelis album)|Short Stories]]'' || [[Jon and Vangelis]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sit Down and Talk to Me]]'' || [[Lou Rawls]] ||
|-
| ''[[Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits]]'' || [[Aksak Maboul]] ||
|-
|}

===February===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[End of the Century]]''|| [[Ramones]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |5
| ''[[Boys Don't Cry (The Cure album)|Boys Don't Cry]]'' || [[The Cure]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |7
| ''[[Sugarhill Gang (album)|Sugarhill Gang]]'' || [[The Sugarhill Gang]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Bryan Adams (album)|Bryan Adams]]''|| [[Bryan Adams]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| ''[[Bebe le Strange]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] ||
|-
| ''[[Lady T (album)|Lady T]]'' || [[Teena Marie]] ||
|-
|rowspan="7" align="center" |15
| ''[[Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School]]'' || [[Warren Zevon]] ||
|-
| ''[[...But the Little Girls Understand]]''|| [[The Knack]] ||
|-
| ''[[Earth & Sky (album)|Earth & Sky]]''|| [[Graham Nash]] ||
|-
| ''[[Get Happy!! (Elvis Costello album)|Get Happy!!]]'' ||[[Elvis Costello]] ||
|-
| ''[[Metal for Muthas]]'' || Various Artists ||
|-
| ''[[Protect the Innocent (Rachel Sweet album)|Protect The Innocent]]'' ||[[Rachel Sweet]] ||
|-
| ''[[Too Much Pressure (album)|Too Much Pressure]]'' || [[The Selecter]] ||<ref>{{cite magazine|date=2 February 1980|title=More Selecter|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-02-02.pdf|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=5|access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |22
| ''[[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (album)|Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]]'' || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sheep Farming in Barnet]]'' || [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]] || Expanded reissue of 1979 EP
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |25
| ''[[Against the Wind (album)|Against the Wind]]''|| [[Bob Seger|Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band]] ||
|-
| ''[[Warm Thoughts]]'' || [[Smokey Robinson]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''Remorse Code'' || [[Desperate Bicycles]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |29
| ''[[Departure (Journey album)|Departure]]''|| [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Journey#search_section|title=RIAA certifications}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center" |?
| ''[[After Dark (Andy Gibb album)|After Dark]]'' || [[Andy Gibb]] ||
|-
| ''[[Argybargy]]'' || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] ||
|-
| ''[[Colossal Youth]]'' || [[Young Marble Giants]] ||
|-
| ''[[Conquest (Uriah Heep album)|Conquest]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||
|-
| ''[[Mad Love (Linda Ronstadt album)|Mad Love]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] ||
|-
| ''[[Martin Rev (album)|Martin Rev]]'' || [[Martin Rev]] ||
|-
| ''[[Soldier (album)|Soldier]]'' || [[Iggy Pop]] ||
|-
| ''[[Supercharged (Tavares album)|Supercharged]]'' || [[Tavares (band)|Tavares]] ||
|-
| ''[[Survivor (Survivor album)|Survivor]]'' || [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] ||
|-
| ''[[That's What You Get Babe]]'' || [[Kevin Ayers]] ||
|-
| ''[[Willie Nile (album)|Willie Nile]]''|| [[Willie Nile]] ||
|}

===March===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |3
| ''[[Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway]]'' || [[Roberta Flack]] and [[Donny Hathaway]] ||
|-
| ''[[Lost in Love (Air Supply album)|Lost in Love]]'' || [[Air Supply]] ||Australia
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |7
| ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)#Soundtrack|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Nobody's Heroes (album)|Nobody's Heroes]]'' || [[Stiff Little Fingers]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Psychedelic Furs (album)|The Psychedelic Furs]]'' || [[The Psychedelic Furs]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |10
| ''Hot Spikes''|| Myofist ||- As Fist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Fist-Hot-Spikes/release/1376070|title=Fist – Hot Spikes (1980, Vinyl)|year=1980 |via=www.discogs.com}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Glass Houses (album)|Glass Houses]]''|| [[Billy Joel]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| ''[[On Through the Night]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Released (Patti LaBelle album)|Released]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[Half-Mute]]'' || [[Tuxedomoon]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |17
| ''[[Let's Get Serious (Jermaine Jackson album)|Let's Get Serious]]''|| [[Jermaine Jackson]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |18
| ''[[Dreams (Grace Slick album)|Dreams]]''|| [[Grace Slick]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?]]''|| [[The Pop Group]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |24
| ''[[Keepin' the Summer Alive]]''|| [[The Beach Boys]] ||
|-
| ''[[Rarities (1980 The Beatles album)|Rarities]]''|| [[The Beatles]]|| US Compilation
|-
|rowspan="4" align="center" |26
| ''[[Naughty (Chaka Khan album)|Naughty]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] ||
|-
| ''One Eighty'' || [[Ambrosia (band)|Ambrosia]] ||
|-
| ''[[Women and Children First]]''|| [[Van Halen]] ||
|-
| ''Welcome To The Club''|| [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |28
| ''[[Duke (album)|Duke]]''|| [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||
|-
| ''[[Look Hear?]]''|| [[10cc]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |31
| ''[[Animal Magnetism (Scorpions album)|Animal Magnetism]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] ||
|-
|rowspan="10" align="center" |?
| ''[[Progressions of Power]]''|| [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sequel (album)|Sequel]]'' || [[Harry Chapin]] ||
|-
| ''[[Feel the Heat (album)|Feel the Heat]]'' || [[The Radiators (Australian band)|The Radiators]] ||
|-
| ''[[Frantic City]]'' || [[Teenage Head (band)|Teenage Head]] ||
|-
| ''[[Let the Music Do the Talking]]'' || [[The Joe Perry Project]] ||
|-

| ''[[Sacred Songs]]'' || [[Daryl Hall]] ||
|-
| ''[[Suddenly (The Sports album)|Suddenly]]'' || [[The Sports]] ||
|-
| ''[[Reaching For Tomorrow]]'' || [[Switch (band)|Switch]] ||
|-
| ''[[Somebody's Waiting]]'' || [[Anne Murray]] ||
|}

===April===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |3
| ''[[Wheels of Steel]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits]]'' || [[Boney M.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Barbara Dickson Album]]'' || [[Barbara Dickson]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[Light Up the Night (The Brothers Johnson album)|Light Up the Night]]'' || [[Brothers Johnson]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |11
| ''[[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1099-1648-2|title=British Steel certification}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Snakes and Ladders (Gerry Rafferty album)|Snakes and Ladders]]'' || [[Gerry Rafferty]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| ''[[Iron Maiden (album)|Iron Maiden]] ''|| [[Iron Maiden]] ||
|-
| ''[[Dolly, Dolly, Dolly]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Just One Night (Eric Clapton album)|Just One Night]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |18
| ''[[Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath album)|Heaven and Hell]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath Online |url=https://www.black-sabbath.com/discography/blacksabbath/heavenandhell/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=www.black-sabbath.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Seventeen Seconds]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||
|-
| ''[[Solo in Soho]]'' || [[Phil Lynott]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sky 2 (album)|Sky 2]]'' || [[Sky (English/Australian band)|Sky]] ||
|-
| ''[[Holiday '80]]'' || [[The Human League]] || EP
|-
| ''Power'' || [[The Temptations]] || 
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[Empty Glass]]'' || [[Pete Townshend]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hypnotised (album)|Hypnotised]]'' || [[The Undertones]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |24
| ''[[Cameosis]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |28
| ''[[Flush the Fashion]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||
|-
| ''[[Go to Heaven]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Roses in the Snow]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] ||
|-
|rowspan="12" align="center" |?
| ''[[The Golden Years (EP)|The Golden Years]]'' || [[Motörhead]] || EP<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/567/mode/2up|page=567|title=Great Rock discography}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Los Angeles (X album)|Los Angeles]]'' || [[X (American band)|X]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Boys Light Up]]'' || [[Australian Crawl]] ||
|-
| ''[[Crazy Rhythms]]'' || [[The Feelies]] || In the US.  2/29/80 in UK
|-
| ''[[Give 'Em Hell (Witchfynde album)|Give 'Em Hell]]'' || [[Witchfynde]] ||
|-
| ''[[Growing Up in Public (Lou Reed album)|Growing Up in Public]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||
|-
| ''[[Lookin' for Trouble]]'' || [[Toronto (band)|Toronto]] ||
|-
| ''[[Marauder (Magnum album)|Marauder]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Middle Man (album)|Middle Man]]'' || [[Boz Scaggs]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ska 'n' B]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] ||
|-
| ''[[Tommy Tutone]]'' || [[Tommy Tutone]] ||
|-
| ''[[Waters Edge]]'' || [[The Sweet|Sweet]] ||
|}

===May===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[Tangram (album)|Tangram]]'' || [[Tangerine Dream]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |5
| ''[[Totale's Turns]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |9
| ''[[Bass Culture]]'' || [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]] ||
|-
| ''[[Warm Leatherette (album)|Warm Leatherette]]'' || [[Grace Jones]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |16
| ''[[McCartney II]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||
|-
| ''[[Freedom of Choice (album)|Freedom of Choice]]'' || [[Devo]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |20
| ''[[Unmasked (Kiss album)|Unmasked]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[Diana (album)|Diana]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |23
| ''[[Ready an' Willing]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] ||<ref name="BPI certifications for Whitesnake">{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=BPI certifications for Whitesnake}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Flesh and Blood (Roxy Music album)|Flesh and Blood]]'' || [[Roxy Music]] ||
|-
| ''[[21 at 33]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||
|-
|''[[Travelogue (The Human League album)|Travelogue]]'' || [[The Human League]] ||
|-
|''[[The Up Escalator]]'' || [[Graham Parker]] || 
|-
| ''[[I Just Can't Stop It]]'' || [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |28
| ''[[Tight Shoes]]'' || [[Foghat]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Peter Gabriel (1980 album)|Peter Gabriel]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] || Third Album<ref name="2002remasterbooklet">{{cite AV media notes |last=Mic |first=Smith |title=Peter Gabriel |title-link=Peter Gabriel (1980 album) |others=[[Peter Gabriel]] |date=2002 |page=1 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Real World Records|Real World]] |location=Box, Wiltshire, UK}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="14" align="center" |?
| ''[[Can't Stop the Music (album)|Can't Stop the Music]]'' || [[Village People]] || Soundtrack
|- 
| ''[[The Correct Use of Soap]]'' || [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]] ||
|-
| ''[[Bad Reputation (Joan Jett album)|Bad Reputation]]'' || [[Joan Jett]] || Self-titled album released in 1980. Re-released as Bad Reputation in Jan 1981
|-
| ''[[New Clear Days]]'' || [[The Vapors]] ||
|-
| ''[[Music Man (album)|Music Man]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] ||
|-
| ''[[Quicksand Shoes]]'' || [[Streetheart (band)|Streetheart]] ||
|-
| ''[[Songs the Lord Taught Us]]'' || [[The Cramps]] ||
|-
| ''[[Space Race (album)|Space Race]]'' || [[Mi-Sex]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sportscar (album)|Sportscar]]'' || [[Judie Tzuke]] ||
|-
| ''[[Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev]]'' || [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Tale of the Tape]]'' || [[Billy Squier]] ||
|-
| ''[[Three Mantras]]'' || [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] ||
|-
| ''[[Young and Restless (Prism album)|Young and Restless]]'' || [[Prism (band)|Prism]] ||
|-
| ''[[Woman Love]]'' || [[Burton Cummings]] ||
|}

===June===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |2
| ''[[Found All the Parts]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] || EP
|-
| ''[[I'm a Rebel]]'' || [[Accept (band)|Accept]] ||
|-
| ''[[Romance Dance]]'' || [[Kim Carnes]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |4
| ''[[East (Cold Chisel album)|East]]'' || [[Cold Chisel]] ||
|-
| ''[[One for the Road (The Kinks album)|One for the Road]]'' || [[The Kinks]] || Live
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |6
| ''[[The Blue Meaning]]'' || [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |10
| ''[[Uprising (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)|Uprising]]'' || [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Come Upstairs]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |20
| ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Rise Up (Peter Frampton album)|Rise Up]]'' || [[Peter Frampton]] || Brazil
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |23
| ''[[Emotional Rescue]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||
|-
| ''[[Saved (Bob Dylan album)|Saved]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |24
| ''[[Hold Out]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Huey Lewis and the News (album)|Huey Lewis and the News]]'' || [[Huey Lewis and the News]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''[[Xanadu (soundtrack)|Xanadu]]'' || [[Olivia Newton-John]] and [[Electric Light Orchestra|ELO]] || Soundtrack
|-
|rowspan="4" align="center" |30
| ''[[Demolition (Girlschool album)|Demolition]]'' || [[Girlschool]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Game (Queen album)|The Game]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||
|-
| ''[[Metal Rendez-vous]]'' || [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]] ||
|-
| ''[[Real People (album)|Real People]]'' || [[Chic (band)|Chic]] ||
|-
| rowspan="16" align="center" |?
| ''[[Live at Last (Black Sabbath album)|Live at Last]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] || Live 1973
|-
| ''[[Danger Zone (Sammy Hagar album)|Danger Zone]]'' || [[Sammy Hagar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Cultösaurus Erectus]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] ||
|-
| ''[[Underwater Moonlight]]'' || [[The Soft Boys]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Art of Walking]]'' || [[Pere Ubu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Chipmunk Punk]]'' || [[The Chipmunks]] ||
|-
| ''[[Breaking Silence]]'' || [[James Freud]] and the Radio Stars||
|-
| ''[[Dark Room (The Angels album)|Dark Room]]'' || [[The Angels (Australian band)|The Angels]] ||
|-
| "The Dugites" || [[The Dugites]] ||
|-
| ''[[Heroes (Commodores album)|Heroes]]'' || [[Commodores]] ||
|-
| ''[[Defector (Steve Hackett album)|Defector]]'' || [[Steve Hackett]] ||
|-
| ''[[Endangered Species (Klaatu album)|Endangered Species]]'' || [[Klaatu (band)|Klaatu]] ||
|-
| ''[[I've Got Something to Say]]'' || [[David Allan Coe]] ||
|-
| ''[[Scream Dream]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] ||
|-
| ''[[Tomcattin']]'' || [[Blackfoot (band)|Blackfoot]] ||
|-
| ''[[Urban Cowboy]] Soundtrack'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
|}

===July===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[John Anderson (album)|John Anderson]]'' || [[John Anderson (musician)|John Anderson]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |4
| ''[[Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[There & Back (Jeff Beck album)|There & Back]]'' || [[Jeff Beck]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |11
| ''[[Vienna (album)|Vienna]]'' || [[Ultravox]] ||
|-
| ''[[Head On (Samson album)|Head On]]'' || [[Samson (band)|Samson]] ||
|-
| ''[[Searching for the Young Soul Rebels]]'' || [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[Back on the Streets (Donnie Iris album)|Back on the Streets]]'' || [[Donnie Iris]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Garden of Love (Rick James album)|Garden of Love]]'' || [[Rick James]] ||
|-
|rowspan="6" align="center" |18
| ''[[Closer (Joy Division album)|Closer]]'' || [[Joy Division]] ||
|-
| ''[[Crocodiles (album)|Crocodiles]]'' || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] ||
|-
| ''[[Full Moon (Charlie Daniels album)|Full Moon]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels|Charlie Daniels Band]] ||
|-
| ''[[Honeysuckle Rose (album)|Honeysuckle Rose]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Live Seventy Nine]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] ||
|-
| ''[[No Night So Long]]'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Chicago XIV]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |25
| ''[[Back in Black]]'' || [[AC/DC]] ||
|-
| ''[[TP (Teddy Pendergrass album)|TP]]'' || [[Teddy Pendergrass]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |28
| ''[[Zapp (album)|Zapp]]'' || [[Zapp (album)|Zapp]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |29
| ''[[Voices (Hall & Oates album)|Voices]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||
|-
|rowspan="9" align="center" |?
| ''Rave On'' || [[Artful Dodger (American band)|Artful Dodger]] || 
|-
| ''[[Wild Cat (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Wild Cat]]'' || [[Tygers of Pan Tang]] ||<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/850/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=850 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Espresso Bongo]]'' || [[Mental As Anything]] || 
|-
| ''[[Hot on the One]]'' || [[James Brown]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Playing for Keeps (album)|Playing for Keeps]]'' || [[Eddie Money]] ||
|-
| ''[[Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere]]'' || [[Rossington Collins Band]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sinsemilla (album)|Sinsemilla]]'' || [[Black Uhuru]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Voice of America (album)|The Voice of America]]'' || [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] ||
|-
| ''[[Seeds of Change (album)|Seeds of Change]]'' || [[Kerry Livgren]] ||
|}

===August===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |1
| ''[[The Affectionate Punch]]'' || [[Associates (band)|Associates]] ||
|-
| ''[[Kaleidoscope (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Kaleidoscope]]'' || [[Siouxsie & the Banshees]] ||
|-
| ''[[Special Things]]'' || [[The Pointer Sisters]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[What's the Word]]'' || [[The Fabulous Thunderbirds]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |5
| ''[[Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar album)|Crimes of Passion]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[Glory Road (Gillan album)|Glory Road]]'' || [[Gillan (band)|Gillan]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=BPI certifications}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Give Me the Night (album)|Give Me the Night]]'' || [[George Benson]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[One-Trick Pony (album)|One-Trick Pony]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |13
| ''[[S.O.S. (S.O.S. Band album)|S.O.S.]]'' || [[The S.O.S. Band]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[Give Love at Christmas]]'' || [[The Temptations]] || Christmas
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |15
| ''[[Alibi (America album)|Alibi]]'' || [[America (band)|America]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hats Off Step Lively]]'' || [[Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons]] ||
|-
| ''[[Panorama (The Cars album)|Panorama]]'' || [[The Cars]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |18
| ''[[No More Dirty Deals]]'' || [[Johnny Van Zant]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |20
| ''[[24 Carrots]]'' || [[Al Stewart]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Black Rose (Cher album)|Black Rose]]'' || [[Cher]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |22
| ''[[Drama (Yes album)|Drama]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||
|-
| ''[[Living in a Fantasy]]'' || [[Leo Sayer]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''[[Wild Planet]]'' || [[The B-52's]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |29
| ''[[A (Jethro Tull album)|A]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||
|-
| ''[[Signing Off]]'' || [[UB40]] ||
|-
|rowspan="12" align="center" |?
| ''[[Common One]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||
|-
| ''[[Doc at the Radar Station]]'' || [[Captain Beefheart]] ||
|-
| ''[[Gamma 2]]'' || [[Gamma (band)|Gamma]] ||
|-
| ''[[Jealous Again]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Loverboy (Loverboy album)|Loverboy]]'' || [[Loverboy]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Michael Schenker Group (album)|The Michael Schenker Group]]'' || [[Michael Schenker Group]] ||
|-
| ''[[Neutronica]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||
|-
| ''[[Off the Coast of Me]]'' || [[Kid Creole and the Coconuts]] ||
|-
| ''[[Reach for the Sky (The Allman Brothers Band album)|Reach for the Sky]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] ||
|-
| ''[[Stand Up and Fight (Quartz album)|Stand Up and Fight]]'' || [[Quartz (metal band)|Quartz]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Swing of Delight]]'' || [[Carlos Santana]] ||
|-
| ''[[Toy Love]]'' || [[Toy Love]] ||
|-
|}

===September===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="4" align="center" |1
| ''[[Change of Address (The Shadows album)|Change of Address]]'' || [[The Shadows]] ||
|-
| ''[[I'm No Hero]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||
|-
| ''[[Audio-Visions]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] ||
|-
| ''[[Especially for You (Cilla Black album)|Especially for You]]'' || [[Cilla Black]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2085-3615-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |2
| ''[[Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables]]'' || [[Dead Kennedys]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |5
| ''[[Telekon]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] ||
|-
| ''[[Waiting for a Miracle (album)|Waiting for a Miracle]]'' || [[Comsat Angels]] ||
|-
|rowspan="4" align="center" |8
| ''[[Never for Ever]]'' || [[Kate Bush]] ||
|-
| ''[[I Am What I Am (George Jones album)|I Am What I Am]]'' || [[George Jones]] ||
|-
| ''[[Out of Control (Peter Criss album)|Out of Control]]'' || [[Peter Criss]] ||
|-
| ''[[Times Square (soundtrack)|Times Square]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Heartattack and Vine]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||
|-
|rowspan="4" align="center" |12
| ''[[Blizzard of Ozz]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Black Sea (XTC album)|Black Sea]]'' || [[XTC]] ||
|-
| ''[[Empires and Dance]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||
|-
| ''[[Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[Nothin' Matters and What If It Did]]'' || [[John Mellencamp|John Cougar]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |17
| ''[[Oingo Boingo (EP)|Oingo Boingo]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] || EP
|-
| ''[[One Step Closer (The Doobie Brothers album)|One Step Closer]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |19
| ''[[The Absolute Game]]'' || [[Skids (band)|Skids]] ||
|-
| ''[[White Spirit]]'' || [[White Spirit (band)|White Spirit]] ||
|-
| ''[[More Specials]]'' || [[The Specials]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |23
| ''[[Greatest Hits (1980 Kenny Rogers album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |24
| ''[[Deface the Music]]'' || [[Utopia (American band)|Utopia]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |26
| ''[[Paris (Supertramp album)|Paris]]'' || [[Supertramp]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Absolutely (Madness album)|Absolutely]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] ||
|-
| ''[[Clues (Robert Palmer album)|Clues]]'' || [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]] ||
|-
| ''[[Triumph (The Jacksons album)|Triumph]]'' || [[The Jackson 5|The Jacksons]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |29
| ''[[Celebrate!]]'' || [[Kool & the Gang]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hotter than July]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] ||
|-
| ''[[Kurtis Blow (album)|Kurtis Blow]]'' || [[Kurtis Blow]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1"= align="center" |30
| ''[[Aretha (1980 album)|Aretha]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||
|-
|rowspan="7" align="center" |?
| ''[[Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Andy Gibb]] ||
|-
| ''[[Audio-Visions]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] ||
|-
| ''[[Beatin' the Odds (Molly Hatchet album)|Beatin' the Odds]]'' || [[Molly Hatchet]] ||
|-
| ''[[Kenny Loggins Alive]]'' || [[Kenny Loggins]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mr. Hands (album)|Mr. Hands]]'' || [[Herbie Hancock]] ||
|-
| ''[[Rev Up]]'' || [[The Rezillos]] || as The Revillos
|-
| ''[[Shadows and Light (Joni Mitchell album)|Shadows and Light]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] || Live
|-
|}

===October===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[Group Sex (album)|Group Sex]]'' || [[Circle Jerks]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |3
| ''[[Zenyatta Mondatta]]'' || [[The Police]]||
|-
| ''[[Lightning to the Nations]]'' || [[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]] ||Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |6
| ''[[Feel Me (album)|Feel Me]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[Dirty Mind]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]||
|-
| ''[[Remain in Light]]'' || [[Talking Heads]]||
|-
|rowspan="5" align="center" |10
| ''[[Chance (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album)|Chance]]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]]||
|-
| ''[[Chinatown (Thin Lizzy album)|Chinatown]]'' || [[Thin Lizzy]]||
|-
| ''[[Beat Crazy]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||<ref>{{cite magazine|date=4 October 1980|title=Joe's Beat|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-10-04.pdf|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=3|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Icehouse (album)|Icehouse]]'' || [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]|| as Flowers
|-
| ''[[Kilimanjaro (The Teardrop Explodes album)|Kilimanjaro]]'' || [[The Teardrop Explodes]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |13
| ''[[INXS (album)|INXS]]'' || [[INXS]]||Debut
|-
| ''[[Avoid Freud]]'' || [[Rough Trade (band)|Rough Trade]] ||
|-
| ''[[Grace and Danger]]'' || [[John Martyn (singer)|John Martyn]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[Faces (Earth, Wind & Fire album)|Faces]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[Solid Pleasure]]'' || [[Yello]] ||Debut
|-
|rowspan="5" align="center" |17
| ''[[Making Movies]]'' || [[Dire Straits]]||
|-
| ''[[The River (Bruce Springsteen album)|The River]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]]||
|-
| ''[[Levitation (Hawkwind album)|Levitation]]'' || [[Hawkwind]]||
|-
| ''[[Just Supposin']]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||
|-
| ''[[Love Zombies]]'' || [[The Monochrome Set]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |20
| ''[[Boy (album)|Boy]]'' || [[U2]]||
|-
| ''[[The Wanderer (Donna Summer album)|The Wanderer]]'' || [[Donna Summer]]||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[Rockabilly Blues]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |24
| ''[[Stage Struck (album)|Stage Struck]]'' || [[Rory Gallagher]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Organisation (album)|Organisation]]'' || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]]||
|-
| ''[[All Shook Up (Cheap Trick album)|All Shook Up]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]]||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''Drugstore Dancer'' || [[Streetheart (band)|Streetheart]]||
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |31
| ''[[Ace of Spades (Motörhead album)|Ace of Spades]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||
|-
| ''[[QE2 (album)|QE2]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||
|-
| ''[[Dig It (Klaus Schulze album)|Dig It]]'' || [[Klaus Schulze]]||
|-
| rowspan="16" align="center" |?
| ''[[Killing Joke (1980 album)|Killing Joke]]'' || [[Killing Joke]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Super Black Market Clash#Black Market Clash|Black Market Clash]]'' || [[The Clash]] || 10" mini LP/US & Canada
|-
| ''[[Stagefright (album)|Stagefright]]'' || [[Witchfynde]] ||
|-
| ''[[Borderline (Ry Cooder album)|Borderline]]'' || [[Ry Cooder]] ||
|-
| ''[[Commercial Album]]'' || [[The Residents]] ||
|-
| ''[[A–Z (album)|A-Z]]'' || [[Colin Newman]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Concert (Creedence Clearwater Revival album)|The Concert]]'' || [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] || Live 1970
|-
| ''Explorer Suite'' || [[New England (band)|New England]] ||
|-
| ''[[More George Thorogood and the Destroyers]]'' || [[George Thorogood|George Thorogood and the Destroyers]] ||
|-
| ''The Numbers'' || [[The Numbers (band)|The Numbers]] ||
|-
| ''[[On the Edge (The Babys album)|On the Edge]]'' || [[The Babys]] ||
|-
| ''[[Seconds of Pleasure]]'' || [[Rockpile]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Skill]]'' || [[Sherbet (band)|The Sherbs]] ||
|-
| ''The Witch of Berkeley'' || [[A II Z]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Yellow EP]]'' || [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] || EP
|-
|''[[Greener Postures]]''
|[[Snakefinger]]
|
|}

===November===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="6" align="center" |3
| ''[[In the Flat Field]]'' || [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[The Black Album (The Damned album)|The Black Album]]'' || [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]] ||
|-
| ''[[Live...in the Heart of the City]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] || Live<ref name="BPI certifications for Whitesnake"/>
|-
| ''[[Super Trouper (album)|Super Trouper]]'' || [[ABBA]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hawks & Doves]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||
|-
| ''[[Slade Smashes!]]'' || [[Slade]] || Compilation
|-
|rowspan="7" align="center" |7
| ''[[Gentlemen Take Polaroids]]'' || [[Japan (band)|Japan]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Turn of a Friendly Card]]'' || [[The Alan Parsons Project]] ||
|-
| ''[[Song of Seven]]'' || [[Jon Anderson]] ||
|-
| ''[[Strong Arm of the Law]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/719/mode/1up?q=Saxon&view=theater|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=719 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Eagles Live]]'' || [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Divine Madness (Bette Midler album)|Divine Madness]]'' || [[Bette Midler]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Kings of the Wild Frontier]]'' || [[Adam and the Ants]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |10
| ''[[Visage (Visage album)|Visage]]'' || [[Visage (band)|Visage]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Jazz Singer (soundtrack)|The Jazz Singer]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] || Soundtrack
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |11
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Aerosmith album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || Compilation
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Ultra Wave]]'' || [[Bootsy Collins]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers (EP)|Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers]]'' || [[Motörhead]] || EP
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |17
| ''[[Double Fantasy]]'' || [[John Lennon]] & [[Yoko Ono]] ||
|-
| ''[[Grotesque (album)|Grotesque]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |19
| ''[[Barry (album)|Barry]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |21
| ''[[Foolish Behaviour]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||
|-
| ''[[Gaucho (album)|Gaucho]]'' || [[Steely Dan]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hi Infidelity]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |24
| ''[[Yesshows]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || Live
|-
| ''[[9 to 5 and Odd Jobs]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||
|-
| ''[[Bird Noises]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] || EP
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''[[Autoamerican]]'' || [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |28
| ''[[Laughter (Ian Dury & The Blockheads album)|Laughter]]'' || [[Ian Dury]] & [[The Blockheads]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sound Affects]]'' || [[The Jam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Toyah! (live album)|Toyah!]]'' || [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]] || Live
|-
|rowspan="8" align="center" |?
| ''[[Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf]]'' || [[Models (band)|Models]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Birthday Party (The Birthday Party album)|The Birthday Party]]'' || [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]] || 
|-
| ''[[Five Great Gift Ideas from The Reels]]'' || [[The Reels]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Jeopardy (album)|Jeopardy]]'' || [[The Sound (band)|The Sound]] ||
|-
| ''[[Loonee Tunes!]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] ||
|-
| ''[[Stone Jam]]'' || [[Slave (band)|Slave]] ||
|-
| ''[[This Is My Dream]]'' || [[Switch (band)|Switch]] ||
|-
| ''[[Taking Liberties]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] || Compilation
|}

===December===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="4" align="center" |5
| ''[[Live (Fleetwood Mac album)|Live]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Made in America (The Blues Brothers album)|Made in America]]'' || [[The Blues Brothers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Paris Collection (Dollar album)|The Paris Collection]]'' || [[Dollar (band)|Dollar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Trombipulation]]'' || [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[Flash Gordon (soundtrack)|Flash Gordon]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Replay (Crosby, Stills & Nash album)|Replay]]'' || [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |10
| ''[[Dream, After Dream]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] || Soundtrack
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Sandinista!]]'' || [[The Clash]] ||
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''[[Stand in the Fire]]'' || [[Warren Zevon]] || Live
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |29
| ''[[Arc of a Diver]]'' || [[Steve Winwood]] ||<ref>{{cite magazine|date=22 November 1980|title=Winwood LP|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-11-22.pdf|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=4|access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="6" align="center" |?
| ''[[Angel Witch (album)|Angel Witch]]'' || [[Angel Witch]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[The Decline of Western Civilization]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[I've Always Wanted to Do This]]'' || [[Jack Bruce]] ||
|-
| ''[[Love Uprising]]'' || [[Tavares (band)|Tavares]] ||
|-
| ''[[National Breakout]]'' || [[The Romantics]] ||
|-
| ''Shades of Blue'' || [[Lou Rawls]] ||
|}

===Release date unknown===
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* ''[[80/81]]'' – [[Pat Metheny]]
* ''100 M.P.H.'' – [[Vardis]]
* ''[[1980 (album)|1980]]'' – [[Gil Scott Heron]]
* ''[[Acnalbasac Noom]]'' – [[Slapp Happy]]
* ''Acting My Age'' - [[Graduate (band)|Graduate]]
* ''[[Alone Together (Clare Fischer album)|Alone Together]]'' – [[Clare Fischer]]
* ''[[Another String of Hits]]'' – [[The Shadows]]
* ''[[Army Life]]'' – [[The Exploited]]
* ''[[Authority Stealing]]'' – [[Fela Kuti]]
* ''[[Autumn (George Winston album)|Autumn]]'' – [[George Winston]]
* ''[[Baby's Got a Gun]]'' – [[The Only Ones]]
* ''The Beginning'' – [[Midnight Star (band)|Midnight Star]]
* ''Between a Hard Place and the Ground'' – [[Mike Bloomfield]]
* ''[[Blue Angel (Blue Angel album)|Blue Angel]]'' – [[Blue Angel (band)|Blue Angel]]
* ''[[The Brains (album)|The Brains]]'' – [[The Brains]]
* ''[[Breaking Glass (album)|Breaking Glass]]'' – [[Hazel O'Connor]] – Soundtrack
* ''Brother Ray is at it Again'' – [[Ray Charles]]
* ''Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers'' – [[Bunny Wailer]]
* ''Butcher Baby (EP)'' – [[Plasmatics]]
* ''Camellia III'' and ''Camellia IV'' – [[Ebiet G. Ade]]
* ''[[Carnaval (Spyro Gyra album)|Carnaval]]'' – [[Spyro Gyra]]
* ''[[Caught You]]'' – [[Steel Pulse]]
* ''Cognac & Bologna'' – [[Doug and the Slugs]]
* ''[[Colours (Resurrection Band album)]]'' – [[Resurrection Band]]
* ''[[Crash and Burn (Pat Travers Band album)|Crash and Burn]]'' – [[Pat Travers|Pat Travers Band]]
* ''[[Chas Jankel (album)|Chas Jankel]]'' – [[Chaz Jankel]]
* ''A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980'' – [[REO Speedwagon]] – Compilation
* ''Dome 1'' – [[Dome (band)|Dome]]
* ''Drastic Measures'' – [[7 Seconds (band)|7 Seconds]] – cassette
* ''Dub Disco'' – [[Bunny Wailer]]
* ''Eje Nlogba'' – [[King Sunny Ade]]
* ''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (soundtrack)|Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack]]'' – [[John Williams]] – Soundtrack
* ''Exploited Barmy Army'' – [[The Exploited]]
* ''[[The First, the Best and the Last]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
* ''Framed'' – [[Asleep at the Wheel]]
* ''Gap Band III'' – [[The Gap Band]]
* ''[[The Game (Sham 69 album)|The Game]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
* ''[[Getting a Head]]'' – [[Bob Ostertag]]
* ''[[Gideon (album)|Gideon]]'' – [[Kenny Rogers]] 
* ''Glass House Rock'' – [[Greg Kihn]]
* ''Good News'' – [[Sweet Honey in the Rock]]
* ''[[Gravity (Fred Frith album)|Gravity]]'' – [[Fred Frith]]
* ''[[Greatest Hits (Rita Coolidge album)|Greatest Hits]]'' – [[Rita Coolidge]]
* ''Gyrate'' – [[Pylon (band)|Pylon]]
* ''[[Hail H.I.M.]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
* ''[[Hanx]]'' – [[Stiff Little Fingers]]
* ''[[Happy Woman Blues]]'' – [[Lucinda Williams]]
* ''[[Heathen Earth]]'' – [[Throbbing Gristle]] 
* ''Hideaway'' – [[David Sanborn]]
* ''Hold On'' – [[Carolyne Mas]]
* ''[[Humans (Bruce Cockburn album)|Humans]]'' – [[Bruce Cockburn]]
* ''I Believe'' – [[The Buzzcocks]]
* ''Ikite Itemo Iidesuka'' – [[Miyuki Nakajima]]
* ''[[Immer nur träumen]]'' – [[Die Flippers]]
* ''In Concert, Zürich October 28, 1979'' – [[Chick Corea]] and [[Gary Burton]]
* ''Inside Job'' – [[Dion DiMucci]]
* ''[[Inside My Brain]]'' – [[Angry Samoans]]
* ''The Inside Story'' – [[Robben Ford]]
* ''[[Invasion (Manilla Road album)|Invasion]]'' – [[Manilla Road]] 
* ''Iron Curtain Innocence'' – [[Bobb Trimble]]
* ''It's What's Inside That Counts'' – [[Critical Mass (rock band)|Critical Mass]]
* ''Jack Rabbit!'' – Doug Dillard
* ''[[Jane from Occupied Europe]]'' – [[Swell Maps]]
* ''Jazziz'' – John Serry, Jr.
* ''The Jealous Kind'' – [[Delbert McClinton]]
* ''Joy and Pain'' – [[Maze]] featuring [[Frankie Beverly]]
* ''Just Like That'' – [[Toots & the Maytals]]
* ''Kano'' – [[Kano (band)|Kano]]
* ''[[Keeping Our Love Warm]]'' – [[Captain & Tennille]]
* ''[[Little Stevie Orbit]]'' – [[Steve Forbert]]
* ''[[...Live...]]'' – [[Klaus Schulze]] – Live
* ''Live at Last'' – [[Good Rats]]
* ''[[Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (Oscar Peterson album)|Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980]]'' – [[Oscar Peterson]]
* ''Live in der Balver Höhle'' – [[Piirpauke]]
* ''[[Live in Vienna (Cluster album)|Live in Vienna]]'' – [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]] & Farnbauer
* ''[[Living Dub Vol. 2]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
* ''[[LKJ in Dub]]'' – [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]]
* ''The Long Riders'' – [[Ry Cooder]]
* ''Looking at Bird'' – [[Archie Shepp]]
* ''[[The Lord Will Make a Way]]'' – [[Al Green]]
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* ''Lose It Tonight'' – [[Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen]]
* ''Love Crimes'' – [[Harlequin (band)|Harlequin]]
* ''Love in Exile'' – [[Eddy Grant]]
* ''Love Lives Forever'' – [[Minnie Riperton]]
* ''Maestra Vida: Primera Parte'' – [[Ruben Blades]]
* ''[[Make a Little Magic]]'' – [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
* ''[[Me Myself I]]'' – [[Joan Armatrading]]
* ''Mekons'' – [[The Mekons]]
* ''Memento z banalnym tryptykiem'' – [[SBB (band)|SBB]]
* ''[[Michael Franks with Crossfire Live]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
* ''[[Merzbild Schwet]]'' – [[Nurse With Wound]]
* ''[[Ming (album)|Ming]]'' – [[David Murray (saxophonist)|David Murray Octet]]
* ''[[Monster (Herbie Hancock album)|Monster]]'' – [[Herbie Hancock]]
* ''Music of Many Colors'' – [[Fela Kuti]] with [[Roy Ayers]]
* ''A Musical Affair'' – [[Ashford and Simpson]]
* ''My Babe'' – [[Roy Buchanan]]
* ''[[Never Alone (Amy Grant album)|Never Alone]]'' – [[Amy Grant]]
* ''[[New Hope for the Wretched]]'' – [[Plasmatics]]
* ''[[Night Passage (album)|Night Passage]]'' – [[Weather Report]]
* ''Now We May Begin'' – [[Randy Crawford]]
* ''[[Nurds]]'' – [[The Roches]]
* ''[[The Official Secrets Act (album)|Official Secrets Act]]'' – [[M (band)|M]]
* ''[[One Bad Habit (album)|One Bad Habit]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
* ''Operation Radication'' – [[Yellowman]]
* ''Ori Mi Ja Fun Mi'' – [[King Sunny Ade]]
* ''[[Paranoid Time]]'' (EP) – [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]
* ''Paul Davis'' – [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]]
* ''[[Penguin Eggs]]'' – [[Nic Jones]]
* ''People'' – [[James Brown]]
* ''[[Permanent Wave (album)|Permanent Wave]]'' – [[John Hartford]], [[The Dillards]]
* ''[[The Personal Touch]]'' – [[Oscar Peterson]]
* ''Play'' – [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]]
* ''[[Play Me or Trade Me]]'' – [[Parlet]]
* ''[[Popo (album)|Popo]]'' – [[Art Pepper]] and [[Shorty Rogers]]
* ''[[Pucker Up]]'' – [[Lipps Inc.]] 
* ''[[Quintet '80]]'' – [[David Grisman]]
* ''[[Rastakraut Pasta]]'' – [[Moebius & Plank]]
* ''Real Eyes'' – [[Gil Scott Heron]]
* ''Red Exposure'' – [[Chrome (band)|Chrome]]
* ''[[Reflections (Chet Atkins and Doc Watson album)|Reflections]]'' – [[Chet Atkins]]
* ''Répression'' – [[Trust (French band)|Trust]]
* ''Roky Erickson and the Aliens'' – [[Roky Erickson|Roky Erickson and the Aliens]]
* ''[[Running for My Life]]'' – [[Judy Collins]]
* ''[[Sails of Silver]]'' – [[Steeleye Span]]
* ''San Antonio Blues'' – [[Willie Nelson]] with [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]]
* ''[[Selbstportrait – Vol. II]]'' – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
* ''[[Selbstportrait Vol. III "Reise durch Arcadien"]]'' – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
* ''Snap Crackle and Bop'' – [[John Cooper Clarke]]
* ''Sneak Me In'' – [[Lucifer's Friend]]
* ''Social Studies'' – [[Carla Bley]]
* ''[[Snockgrass]]'' – [[Michael Hurley (musician)|Michael Hurley]] 
* ''[[Something Better Change]]'' – [[D.O.A. (band)|D.O.A.]]
* ''Soul Syndrome'' – [[James Brown]]
* ''Spellbound'' – [[Dennis Brown]]
* ''[[Storm Windows]]'' – [[John Prine]]
* ''[[Strange Boutique (album)|Strange Boutique]]'' – [[The Monochrome Set]]
* ''[[Sweat Band]]'' – [[Sweat Band]]
* ''Take It Easy Baby'' – [[Buckwheat Zydeco]]
* ''Tears and Laughter'' – [[Johnny Mathis]]
* ''[[Tennis (album)|Tennis]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
* ''This Ain't Hollywood'' – [[DeGarmo and Key]]
* ''[[This Time (Al Jarreau album)|This Time]]'' – [[Al Jarreau]]
* ''[[To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl]]'' – [[Nurse With Wound]]
* ''Touch'' – [[Touch (1980s band)|Touch]]
* ''[[Trilogy: Past Present Future]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]]
* ''[[Truth Decay (T Bone Burnett album)|Truth Decay]]'' – [[T-Bone Burnett]]
* ''[[Two (GQ album)|Two]]'' – [[GQ (band)|GQ]]
* ''[[Two Bit Monsters]]'' – [[John Hiatt]]
* ''[[Two Miles from Heaven]]'' – [[Mott the Hoople]] – Compilation
* ''[[Universal Juveniles]]'' – [[Max Webster]] 
* ''[[The Unknown Soldier (album)|The Unknown Soldier]]'' – [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]
* ''[[Up-Front (EP)|Up-Front]]'' – [[The Fleshtones]]
* ''[[Wall of Voodoo (EP)|Wall of Voodoo]]'' – [[Wall of Voodoo]]
* ''We Are...Every One of Us'' – [[Sweet Honey in the Rock]]
* ''When Two Worlds Collide'' – [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]
* ''Who's Been Talking'' – [[Robert Cray|The Robert Cray Band]]
* ''[[You and Me at Home]]'' – [[John Hartford]]
* ''Your Cassette Pet'' – [[Bow Wow Wow]]
* ''Zydeco Gris Gris'' – [[BeauSoleil]]
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