After having done the best albums and songs of the '90s poll, we will start with the '80s in a few days. We will be focusing on the years 1980 through 1989 from February through November and for every year the 10 songs and 10 albums with the most points will go to the Grand Finale! This will take place during December. You are welcome to participate in one or more (preferably all) of these polls.

The scoring in the polls is very simple and the same for both albums and songs:

1. 50
2. 40
3. 35
4. 30
5. 25
6. 20
7. 18
8. 16
9. 14
10. 12
11. 10
12. 9
13. 8
14. 7
15. 6
16. 5
17. 4
18. 3
19. 2
20. 1

A minimum of 5 albums and/or songs is required, but if you really cannot come up with 5 albums or songs just submit a shorter list and I'll check with the jury if we can allow it!

For comments and discussions during the polls, please post in the year-specific topics, this topic is purely for rules and links.

The first poll is now open. You can vote for the best songs and albums of 1980 here.

The 1981 poll is now up, you can vote here.

Time for 1982. This month's poll can be found here.

1983 this month, you can find it here.

This month it's 1984's turn, vote here.

You can find the 1985 poll here.

The 1986 poll is now open, vote here.

1987 time! Vote now.

1988's poll is now open.

Copying a link that didn't work last month is not a good idea. Here's the links to 1987 and 1988.

The 1989 poll can be found here.

For posterity's sake I'm including the links to the results.

Albums, Songs Part 1, Songs Part 2, and the Excel file