They did not boast your typical pop hooks, but these 1980s songs ended up becoming memorable radio hits anyway.

In the mood for some synth-based pop songs? In the late 1970s and 1980s, the synth hook was incredibly common among hits.

Here's the best pop-punk album from very year of the 1980s. Genres don’t appear overnight. They are the result of a natural evolution, where musical styles collide to create something new and dynamic.

Not every album finds its audience out of the gate and in this feature we're shining a spotlight on 10 1980s rock albums that should have been bigger than their initial returns that seem to have ...