Our 1980 top 10s in & out of PA (share & comment)

The idea behind these topics is not just to list our own choices but to compare each other's lists to some extent and comment to some extent on that which we appreciate or are interested in from each other's choices (a positive exercise) if applicable. Our choices can be Prog and non-Prog, in PA and not in PA. I hope this can bring fairly diverse-in-tastes people together, and through the years we not only can find common interests but comment on those. For instance, I'm not much of one for AOR, Neo-Prog, modern Symphonic Prog, bootywave, hair metal and Prog Metal (lots of kinds of metal I do like), and others are not big on Post-Rock, Indie, RIO, Zeuhl, Acid Folk, or Krautrock, but I'm sure through the years unless one's tastes are really narrow and one is not into many years, we would be able to find common ground, common interests. I commonly prefer to try to focus on and find the common ground and the similarities than the differences. Quite commonly I'd rather try to express my appreciation than dissatisfaction (that does depend on what the issue is).

I decided to start with 2010 partially because it is not a year that gets a huge amount of attention (I wanted to avoid some of the biggest years in Prog to start), and then decided to stick with the years that end with zeros much like John's (Mellotron Storm) excellent poll series. I then did 1970 and 2000, and now I will do 1980. 1990, by the way, is one of the weaker years in my lists from the "sixties-until-now" at Awedsome Prog (love the mid to late 90s), but I expect to see more I like get listed by others that I forgot.

Please try to limit you initial list to just ten or so albums (rather than listing all you like). You can also separate them and mention others you like, but I want to keep the focus narrowed to that which you still really care about if possible. And feel free to mention less than ten, even if it's just one you like.

Actually, I really would like to list more than 20 this time, a great year for my tastes. Here are my top 15 releases as it not stands at Awesome Prog (just shuffled the order a bit based on my current whims -- the order matters little). https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa/aoty-1980/users/Logan

Art Zoyd - Génération sans Futur (Avant-Prog, Chamber Music, Modern Classical, RIO)
Joy Division - Closer     (Post-Punk, Gothic Rock, Coldwave)
Bobby Beausoleil - Lucifer Rising (Psychedelic Rock, Film Score)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - Kaleidoscope (Post-Punk, Gothic Rock)          
Abus Dangereux - Le Quatrieme Mouvement     (Jazz-Rock, Zeuhl, Canterbury Scene)
Eskaton - Ardeur (Zeuhl, Space Rock, Jazz-Rock)      
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 EP (Totalism, Post-Punk, Post-Rock, Noise Rock)
Picchio dal Pozzo - Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi (Progressive Rock, Canterbury Scene, Avant-Prog)      
Kate Bush - Never for Ever (Art Pop, Progressive Pop, Baroque Pop, Art Rock, Glam Rock)
Gary Numan - Telekon (Synthpop, New Wave, Minimal Wave)

Tuxedomoon - Half-Mute     (Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Minimal Wave)
Terry Riley - Shri Camel (Minimalism, Electronic, Microtonal Classical)     
Present - Triskaidekaphobie (Avant-Prog, Chamber Music, RIO)      
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor (Family Cracks) (Avant-Prog, RIO)     
Bauhaus - In the Flat Field (Gothic Rock, Post-Punk, Noise Rock)

I took the genre descriptions mostly from RYM including various secondary attributes.

Some other faves include big names like Peter Gabriel's Melt, Tangerine Dream's Tangram and many more.