Jason and Eric take a break from Season 2 of Greatest Lists with a bonus episode! After doing the track-by-track album review of Sports in a recent bonus episode, Jason and Eric noticed how pack 1983 was with great albums. So in this bonus episode, the duo puts together a list of the Top Ten Albums of 1983 (a Top 5 list from each host) which includes insight on the album’s release, why the album was chosen for the list, and a favorite track from the album.
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Jason’s #5: “Saved By Zero” from The Fixx and their album Reach The Beach
Eric’s #5: “Strike Zone” from Loverboy and their album Keep It Up
Jason’s #4: “No Sign of Yesterday” from Men At Work and their album Cargo
Eric’s #4: “Union of The Snake” from Duran Duran and their album Seven & The Ragged Tiger
Jason’s #3: “Send Her My Love” from Journey and their album Frontiers
Eric’s #3: “Too Late For Love” from Def Leppard and their album Pyromania
Jason’s #2: “I Need You Tonight” from ZZ Top and their album Eliminator
Eric’s #2: “Slick Black Cadillac” from Quiet Riot and their album Metal Health
Jason’s #1: “Synchronicity II” from The Police and their album Synchronicity
Eric’s #1: “(You Can Still) Rock In America” from Night Ranger and their album Midnight Madness
All solid choices and I would have Synchronicity at the top of my personal list as well. I think the rest of my top 5 would include Sports (Huey Lewis), Can’t Slow Down (Lionel), Cargo (Men at Work) and An Innocent Man (Billy Joel) – but I would have Frontiers, Seven and the Ragged Tiger and Pyromania as well as She’s So Unusual (Cyndi Lauper) right there as well.