Best big band songs of the 1980s
Cheap drum machines and the first affordable samplers changed who was allowed to make a record. Hip-hop moved from a party you had to be at to a 12-inch you could buy, and MTV made how a song looked part of the argument.
Songs from the big band albums of the 1980s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.
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Battle Hymn of the RepublicJohn Williams · The Music of America: John Williams
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One great song, one bad album
Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.
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