Mainstream eighties music sucked, that's for sure. Glam metal, cheesy synth pop and horrible albums made by aging classic rockers really weren't too appealing. But thrash metal came into its own as well as alternative (and I mean real alternative) rock and plenty of other genres (cough*hip-hop*cough).
I do have to say, I'm particularly disappointed with the quality of jazz albums after 1963. It's like they stopped trying...
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