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Complete list of Genres Reviewed from the 1980s

Current list of All Genres from the 1980s

Top Albums By Decade

Top Albums by Year

1980 1981 1982
1983 1984 1985
1986 1987 1988
1989

Genres of the 1980s

Alternative Rock Blues Broadway & Vocalists
Children's Christian & Gospel Classic Rock
Classical Classical: Instrumental Country
Dance & DJ Folk Hard Rock & Metal
International Jazz Latin
Miscellaneous New Age Opera & Vocal Music
Pop R&B & Soul Rap & Hip-Hop
Rock Soundtracks

Second Tier Genres

A Cappella Acid Jazz Acoustic Blues
Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Africa
Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) Alt-Country & Americana Alternative Metal
Alternative Styles Ambient American Alternative
Anime & Video Game Arena Rock Arias
Australia & New Zealand Avant Garde & Free Jazz Ballets & Dances
Bass Bebop Big Band
Bluegrass Blues Rock Bolero
Bossa Nova Brazilian Jazz British Alternative
British Invasion British Metal By Decade
By Decade Cabaret Caribbean & Cuba
CD Singles CD Singles Celtic
Celtic New Age Chamber Music Charanga
Chicago Blues Christian Alternative Christian Contemporary Music
Christian Rock Classic Female Vocal Blues Classic R&B
Classic Vocalists Comedy Compilations
Compilations Compilations Compilations
Compilations Compilations Compilations
Compilations Compilations Compilations
Compilations Compilations Compilations
Compilations Compilations Compilations
Compilations Conjunto Contemporary Blues
Contemporary Country Contemporary Folk Contemporary R&B
Cool Jazz Corridos Country Gospel
Country Rock Cowboy Dance Pop
Death Metal Delta Blues Disco
Divas Dixieland East Coast
Easy Listening Educational Electric Blues Guitar
Electronica Environmental Euro Pop
Europe European Jazz Exercise
Experimental Music Experimental Rap Far East & Asia
Flamenco Folk Folk Music
Folk Rock Forms & Genres Freestyle
Funk Funk Rock Gangsta & Hardcore
Glam Gospel Goth & Industrial
Hard Rock Hardcore & Punk Harmonica Blues
Healing Historical Periods Holiday
Honky-Tonk House India & Pakistan
Indie & Lo-Fi Jam Bands Jazz Fusion
Jewish & Yiddish Music Jive Jazz Jump Blues
Klezmer Languages Latin Jazz
Latin Music Latin Pop Latin Rap
Latin Rock Live Albums Live Albums
Live Albums Live Albums Live Albums
Live Albums Live Albums Live Albums
Live Albums Live Albums Live Recordings
Lullabies Mambo Marches
Mariachi Meditation Merengue
Mexico Middle East Modern Blues
Modern Postbebop Motown Movie
Movie Scores Musicals Nature
Neo-Soul New Jack New Orleans Jazz
New Wave & Post-Punk Norteno North America
Nostalgia Old School Oldies
Oldies & Retro Operettas Oratorios
Orchestral Jazz Outlaw & Progressive Country Pacific Islands
Piano Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews Pop Metal
Pop Rap Pop Rock Power Pop
Progressive Psychedelic Rock Quiet Storm
Ranchera Rave Reggae
Regional Blues Relaxation Revival
Rhumba Rock Rock Guitarists
Roots Rock Sacred & Religious Salsa
Self-Help Sing-A-Longs Singer-Songwriters
Singer-Songwriters Singer-Songwriters Ska
Slide Guitar Smooth Jazz Soft Rock
Solo Instrumental Son Soul
Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo Sound Effects South & Central America
Southern Rap Southern Rock Star Trek
Star Wars Stories Supergroups
Swing Jazz Symphonies Tango
Techno Teen Pop Tejano
Television Thrash & Speed Metal Traditional Blues
Traditional British & Celtic Folk Traditional Country Traditional Folk
Traditional Jazz & Ragtime Traditional Vocal Pop Trance
Trip-Hop Vocal Jazz Vocal Non-Opera
Vocal Pop Voices Wedding Music
West Coast Western Swing World Dance

Third Tier Genres

1950s 1960s 1960s
1970s 1970s 1980s
1980s 1990s 1990s
Adult Contemporary Africa Afro Brazilian
Afro-Cuban Algeria Alternative
Alternative Dance Alternative Folk Alternative Rock
Alternative Rock American Punk Andes
Arabic Argentina Avant Garde & Free Jazz
Bahamas Ballads Ballets
Ballroom Dance Baroque (c.1600-1750) Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Baroque Dance Suites Baroque Pop Bass
Beach Pop Bebop Bebop & Post-Bop
Bebop General Blue-Eyed Soul Bluegrass
Bluegrass Bluegrass Jam Bands Blues Rock
Boleros Bolivia Boogie-Woogie
Bourees Brazil British Folk
British Isles British Punk British Ska
Britpop Bubblegum Cajun & Zydeco
Calypso Cameroon Canons
Cape Verde Caribbean & Cuba Celtic Folk
Chicago Blues Chile China
Classic Classic Big Band Classic Comedy
Classic Musicals Classic R&B Classical (c.1770-1830)
Classical Instrumental Colombia Comedic Music
Comedy Concertos Contemporary
Contemporary Contemporary Big Band Contemporary Blues
Contemporary Comedy Contemporary Folk Contemporary Musicals
Continental Europe Cool Jazz Country Comedy
Country Rock Cuba Dance Hall
Dance Pop Dances Decades
Detroit Blues Doo Wop Dub
Duets Early Music East Coast Blues
Eastern Europe Easy Listening Egypt
Electronic Etudes Euro Dance
Fantasies Far East Folk Rock
French Pop Fugues Funk
Fusion & World Fusion Galliardes Garage Punk
Gavottes General Christmas Ghana
Girl Groups Gospel Goth
Guinea Guitar Gods Haiti
Halloween Hard Bop Hardcore
Hardcore & Punk Hawaii Holiday Music
Improvisation India Indie Pop
Indie Rock Indie Rock Indonesia
Industrial Inventions Irish Folk
Israel Italian Ivory Coast
Jam Bands Jamaica Jamaican Ska
Japan Jazz Funk Jazz Fusion
Jazz Jam Bands Korea Latin Jazz
Latin Pop Lo-Fi Lounge
Mali Mazurkas Memphis Blues
Memphis Soul Metal Minimal Techno
Minuets Modern & 20th Century Modern Blues
Modern Postbebop Modern, 20th, & 21st Century Morocco
Motown Musettes Nashville Sound
Native American New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz New Orleans Blues
New Traditionalist New Wave New York Blues
Nigeria Nonets North America
Northern Octets Old-Time Country
Oldies Oldies Opera & Vocal
Orchestral Pop Pacific Islands Pakistan
Pavanes Peru Philly Soul
Poetry Polkas Polonaises
Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening Pop Rock Pop Rock
Pop Vocal Post Hardcore Post-Punk
Preludes Progressive Metal Progressive Rock
Progressive Rock Proto Punk Puerto Rico
Punk Punk Punk Revival
Punk-Pop Quartets Quintets
Ragtime Reggae Renaissance (c.1450-1600)
Requiems, Elegies & Tombeau Revivals Rock
Rock Guitarists Rock Jam Bands Rockabilly
Rocksteady Romantic (c.1820-1910) Rondos
Russia Salsa & Merengue Samba
Scandinavia Scherzo Scottish Folk
Senegal & Gambia Serenades & Divertimentos Sextets
Shock Comedy Shoegazing Short Forms
Shred Singer-Songwriters Singer-Songwriters
Singer-Songwriters Singer-Songwriters Ska General
Ska Punk Soca Sonatas
Soukous Soul Soul
South & Central America South Africa Southern Rock
Southern Soul Spoken Word Sports Music
Straight Edge Stride Piano Sudan
Suites Surf Guitar Surf Rock
Surf Rock Swedish Pop Swing General
Swing Jazz & Big Band Symphonies Tangos
Tanzania Techno-House Tejano
Texas Blues Texas Blues Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music
Third Wave Ska Tibet Tin Pan Alley
Toccatas Traditional Traditional Country
Traditional Country Traditional Folk Traditional Jazz General
Traditional Pop Traditional Vocalists Trinidad
Trios Turkey Urban Folk
Variations Venezuela Vintage Dance Bands
Vintage Rock & Roll Vocal Jazz Vocal Jazz General
Vocal Pop Vocalese Waltzes
Welsh Folk West Coast Blues Zaire & Congo
Zimbabwe Zouk

Fourth Tier Genres

1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939
1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969
1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999
Alt Industrial Ambient Pop Argentina
Armenia Austria Bagatelles
Bali Ballets & Dances Ballets & Dances
Ballets & Dances Ballets & Dances Ballets & Dances
Belgium Brazil Britain
Bulgaria Cajun & Creole Cajun & Zydeco
Canzones Chaconnes Chamber Pop
Character Pieces China Classical
Colombia Comedy Rock Composers
Composers Concertinos Concerto Grossi
Czech Republic Dance Hall Denmark
Divertimentos Dream Pop Elegies
Experimental Rock Film Scores Finland
Forms & Genres Forms & Genres Forms & Genres
Forms & Genres Forms & Genres France
Garage Rock General Contemporary General Modern
Georgia Germany Greece
Grounds Grunge Gypsy
Hungary Impromptus Incidental Music
Industrial Dance Intermezzos Ireland
Italy Jangle Pop Japan
Krautrock Marches Netherlands
Nocturnes Noise Norway
Novelty Music Overtures Passacaglias
Poland Polka Portugal
Romania Romantic Sacred & Religious
Sacred & Religious Sarabande Scotland
Sinfonia Sinfonia Concertante Ska
Sonatinas Space Rock Spain
Sweden Switzerland Tone Poems
Trio Sonatas Twee Pop Variations
Vocal & Song Vocal & Song Vocal & Song
Vocal & Song Vocal & Song Vocal & Song
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