To the comments about eighties & electronics I would add Billy Joel's 52nd Street, first major on compact disc. Do you know where your "Sport" Walkman is?

The early Stevie Ray Vaughn catalog was eighties.
Donald Fagan's first solo album "Nightfly"
Joe Jackson's "Night and Day"

Let's not forget the soundtracks:
The Blues Brothers ('80)
Caddyshack ('80)
Fame ('80)
Nine to Five ('80)
Arthur ('81)
Chariots of Fire ('81)
Annie ('82)
Officer and a Gentleman ('82)
Rocky III ('82)
St. Elmo's Fire ('82)
The Big Chill ('83)
Flashdance ('83)
Amadeus ('84)
Beverly Hills Cop ('84)
Buckaroo Banzai ('84)
Footloose ('84)
This Is Spinal Tap ('84)
Ghostbusters ('84)
Breakfast Club ('85)
Vision Quest ('85)
Blue Velvet ('86)
Top Gun ('86)
Good Morning, Vietnam '(87)
Hairspray ('88)

+eleventeen James Bond themes.