Coast: Iconic Eighties Music Quiz
'Dare' was the 1981 breakthrough album for Human League - who was their lead singer?
Philip Bailey
Phil Collins
Phil Oakey
Phillip Phillips
Who was the sole guest artist on Michael Jackson’s 1982 Thriller album?
Stevie Wonder
Paul McCartney
Janet Jackson
Mick Jagger
Which instruments did David Bowie play on his 1983 album Let’s Dance?
Guitar and keyboards
Saxophone and harmonica
Drums and trumpet
He didn’t play any instruments on the album
The tour to promote Talking Heads' 1983 album Speaking In Tongues resulted in which hit movie the following year?
Stop Making Sense
Swamp
Burning Down The House
This Must Be The Place
In 1983, The Police released their last, and most successful album. What was it called?
Duplicity
Synchronicity
Electricity
Simplicity
How many US Top 10 hits did Prince score off the 1984 Purple Rain soundtrack?
One
Two
Three
Four
Which statement is true about Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The USA?
It was the first CD manufactured in America for commercial release
It was the biggest selling album of 1985
Seven of its tracks were Top 10 hits in the US
All the statements are true
Which song is not on U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree?
One Tree Hill
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
The Sweetest Thing
Which 1988 release is the best-selling debut album of all time?
Faith
Hysteria
Appetite For Destruction
New Jersey
The top ten selling albums of the 1980s contains an album each from which husband and wife?
Whitney and Bobby
John and Yoko
Carly and James
Sonny and Cher
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