Rock_Head will appreciate this:

The first album (*) released in the 1980s was Permanent Waves, released 1/1/80.

Then Rush got into a synth phase, and while I do like Signals and Power Windows, I'm glad that Alex's guitar is more crunchy and less blingy now. Pardon my use of high-level music terminology.

(*) Yeah, it's not the only album released that day. Also released that day: Iron Maiden's self-titled album, and Heart's Greatest Hits, among others, I'm sure.

Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.