(Finished August 4th, 2022) Part 1 of The Best of 1984

Hello,

I know that every year has great CDs and songs. But some years really stand out, both 1980 and 1991 really seemed to break out of the normal years for music. Along with those years 1984 also really seems to be a great year. What made 1984 so great, first up the greatest soundtrack of all-time was released in 1984. That CD was Prince's "Purple Rain". Who else released CDs that year? Bruce Springsteen broke out in 1984 with "Born In The U.S.A", Tina Turner had her fantastic comeback CD "Private Dancer", another amazing soundtrack "Footloose" and also Madonna was "Like A Virgin". 

Surely nobody else great released CDs that year, right? How about R.E.M.? Mr. Ronnie James Dio? Frankie Went to the pleasuredome in Hollywood and Chicago stayed home at #17, Wham! made it big, Sade was living the diamond life. That's also when heavy metal was really breaking out, the previously mentioned Dio, The Scorpions, Bon Jovi, Dokken, Whitesnake and Twisted Sister was staying hungry and Ratt was staying out of the cellar.  

Also New Wave was also in the midst of a banner year with Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell", Smiths had a hatful of hollow, The Replacements were letting it bed, The Thompson Twins went into the gap and U2 were trying to build the unforgettable fire. 

I'm going to start off this series of blogs with Mr. Ronnie James Dio and his band, Dio. Sadly while the man had that amazing voice and a bunch of great songs the videos he made were terrible. I will do my best to spare you from them. 

"The Last In Line":  1) "We Rock":

2) "The Last In Line":

 3) "Breathless":

                                                                                                                                                                      

                      4) "I Speed At Night":

5) "One Night In The City":

6) "Evil Eyes":

7) "Mystery":

8) "Eat Your Heart Out":

9) "Egypt (The Chains Are On)":

While the first six songs were the best songs on the CD, the last three songs were still good enough to be included here. This is what I loved so much about the 80s, so many genres were having great CDs released. From the hard rock of Dio to the pop of Madonna. These CDs just might be the best CDs of both Dio and Madonna's careers.  "Like A Virgin":

1) "Material Girl":

2) "Angel":

Not even 100 million views, shameful!! This is the Queen of Pop I'm talking about. 3) "Like A Virgin":

4) "Over and Over":

5) "Love Don't Live Here Anymore":

6) "Dress You Up":

7) "Shoo-Bee-Doo":

8) "Pretender":

9) "Stay":

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