Tag: Best of the ’80s Redux

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1985: A 7-hour, 22-minute Spotify playlist

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1985: A 7-hour, 22-minute Spotify playlist

We’ve created a Spotify playlist to accompany our just-posted Top 100 songs of 1985 readers poll results. As you can see (and hear), the playlist opens with The Cure’s “Inbetween Days” and closes with Felt’s “Primitive Painters” — with 98 more songs in between. Yes, this time, all 100 of our selections are streaming on Spotify.

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux: Vote for your favorite songs of 1985

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux: Vote for your favorite songs of 1985

We’ve now hit the halfway mark of our Best of the ’80s Redux series of year-by-year song polls as we move on to the year 1985, giving Slicing Up Eyeballs readers the chance to vote for their 25 favorites as we rank the 100 best songs released that year. Click through to vote for your favorites.

Top 100 Songs of 1984: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 5

Top 100 Songs of 1984: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 5

April fools? No, it’s true, we’re back — finally, belatedly, etc. — with the results of the fifth installment of our Best of the ’80s Redux series, the sporadic Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll in which our readers have now ranked the Top 100 songs of 1984. Check out that full list right here.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1984 — minus the 5 that aren't on Spotify

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1984 — minus the 5 that aren’t on Spotify

As is custom, we’ve created a Spotify playlist to accompany our just-posted Top 100 songs of 1984 readers poll results. As you can see (and hear), the playlist opens with Echo & The Bunnymen’s “The Killing Moon” and closes with The Strangers’ “Skin Deep” — with 93 more songs in between. Listen right here.

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux: Vote for your favorite songs of 1984

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux: Vote for your favorite songs of 1984

We’re nearing the midpoint of our Best of the ’80s Redux series of year-by-year song polls as we now move on to the year 1984, giving Slicing Up Eyeballs readers the chance to vote for their 25 favorites as we rank the 100 best songs released that year. So start making that list, and get ready to cast your ballot.

Top 100 Songs of 1983: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 4

Top 100 Songs of 1983: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 4

Better late than never? Some three months after voting closed, we’re finally ready to reveal the results of the fourth installment of the Best of the ’80s Redux series, the apparently sporadic Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll that’s now ranked the Top 100 songs of 1983. Check out the full results right here.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs' Top 100 Songs of 1983 — and for once they're all on Spotify

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1983 — and for once they’re all on Spotify

As is the custom in these parts, we’ve created a Spotify playlist to accompany our just-posted Top 100 songs of 1983 readers poll results. As you can see (and hear), the playlist opens with New Order’s “Blue Monday” and closes with China Crisis’s “Working with Fire and Steel.” Check out the full 7-hour playlist right here.

Top 100 Songs of 1982: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 3

Top 100 Songs of 1982: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 3

Time’s up, pencils down — the votes, at long last, have been tabulated. We’re back with the loooong-awaited third installment in the new Best of the ’80s Redux series, the Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll that’s now ranked the Top 100 songs of 1982. Check out the full results, 1 through 100, right here.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs' Top 100 Songs of 1982 — minus the 3 that aren't on Spotify

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1982 — minus the 3 that aren’t on Spotify

To coincide with our just-posted Top 100 songs of 1982 readers poll results, we’ve created this accompanying Spotify playlist. As you can see (and hear), the playlist opens with The Jam and closes with Tom Petty, and includes everything on our list except Peter Gabriel’s “Shock the Monkey” and two Thomas Dolby songs.