The Queen is Dead by The Smiths 1986

Despite all the rubbish that seems to encapsulate what people call the 80s dayglo, Duran Duran etc. to me the true 80's is reflected in bands like the Smiths and Orange Juice and Billy Bragg and so many more great bands finishing off with Stone Roses.
The Queen is Dead came out while I was working at Barbarellas and I remember playing every track on the night I first took it to the club. Mind you the slower tracks appeared either early or at 5 in the morning. As a testament to how much the band was loved all the tracks attracted people to the dance floor. There is a Light That Never Goes Out became a late night anthem that I was still playing at clubs 20 years later. No one ever got sick of that track.
The album opens up with the storming Queen is Dead and never lets up even during the slow songs. The only song I soon got tired of was Frankly Mr Shankly. Never really liked it. But every great album needs at least one bad song.
The album reminds me so much of Barbarellas because we'd play it loud over the big speakers. Echoing through this big old seventies style disco.  Fabulous.  And I haven't even mentioned Bigmouth Strikes Again another Indie Anthem. The Boy With A Thorn in His Side. Just fabulous.
2 weeks later they released Panic. This is the real 80s.