And that was 1983
So, was jumping back in time to 1983 a more enjoyable experience than 2020? For me, generally, I'd say yes - it was a mix of nostalgia and some surprising first time listens. I can't speak for all of "my audience" but the readership numbers on blog posts were definitely slightly higher - however, there were still some absolutely dreadful albums in there. Looking at the best selling albums of the year, unsurprisingly Michael Jackson took the top spot - he didn't get written about because we'd already met him, but he was mentioned in passing a LOT given that he had a 19 week run in the top two and a 35 week run in the top 10. #2 in the year-end list was Paul Young - of the 23 weeks available to him in the year, he only managed 22 in the top ten. #3 is slightly more of a surprise being Culture Club , only because it had a mere 11 weeks available in the year, but it never left the top four in that time (and proceeded to stay in the charts for most of 198