# Favorite Year

A curated list by [Arno](https://waxlog.com/user/Arnodondo) on Waxlog, submitted to the **Favorite Year** challenge.

> 1980 is my favourite year. The first albums by U2 and Iron Maiden and much more great albums by bands who reinvented themselve  like Seventeen Seconds by  The Cure and Vienna by Ultravox that got a great decade of to a wonderful start.

17 releases · last updated 2026-09-06

## Releases

1. **U2** — Boy
2. **Iron Maiden** — Iron Maiden
3. **The Cure** — Seventeen Seconds
4. **Ultravox** — Vienna
5. **Hawkwind** — Levitation
6. **Kansas** — Audio Visions
7. **Steve Walsh** — Schemer Dreamer
8. **Don McLean** — Alle Hits
9. **Gary Numan** — Telekon
10. **The Police** — Zenyatta Mondatta
11. **Sky** — Sky 2
12. **Steely Dan** — Gaucho
13. **Supertramp** — Paris
14. **Visage** — Visage
15. **Yes** — Yesshows
16. **Ry Cooder** — The Long Riders \(Original Sound Track\)
17. **Johnny Winter** — Johnny Winter Story \('69 To '78\)

---

[View on Waxlog](https://waxlog.com/curated-list/favorite-year-jFLIJlQs)