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[edit]1980
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remain In Light | Talking Heads | ||||
| Closer | Joy Division | ||||
| Back In Black | AC/DC | ||||
| Scary Monsters | David Bowie | ||||
| Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables | Dead Kennedys | ||||
| The River | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| Peter Gabriel III | Peter Gabriel | ||||
| Pretenders | Pretenders | ||||
| Permanent Waves | Rush | ||||
| Seventeen Seconds | The Cure | ||||
| Making Movies | Dire Straits | ||||
| Boy | U2 | ||||
| Sandinista! | The Clash | ||||
| Ace Of Spades | Motörhead | ||||
| Crazy Rhythms | The Feelies | ||||
| Zenyatta Mondatta | The Police | ||||
| Los Angeles | X | ||||
| Sound Affects | The Jam | ||||
| Colossal Youth | Young Marble Giants | ||||
| In The Flat Field | Bauhaus | ||||
| Crocodiles | Echo & The Bunnymen | ||||
| Searching For The Young Soul Rebels | Dexys Midnight Runners | ||||
| Black Sea | XTC | ||||
| Underwater Moonlight | The Soft Boys | ||||
| Killing Joke | Killing Joke | ||||
| I Just Can't Stop It | The Beat | ||||
| Kilimanjaro | The Teardrop Explodes |
1981
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving Pictures | Rush | ||||
| Computerwelt | Kraftwerk | ||||
| Discipline | King Crimson | ||||
| Dare | The Human League | ||||
| Ghost In The Machine | The Police | ||||
| Juju | Siouxsie And The Banshees | ||||
| Damaged | Black Flag | ||||
| Faith | The Cure | ||||
| My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts | Brian Eno & David Byrne | ||||
| Tattoo You | The Rolling Stones | ||||
| Time | Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
| Heaven Up Here | Echo & The Bunnymen | ||||
| Fire Of Love | The Gun Club | ||||
| Deceit | This Heat | ||||
| Nightclubbing | Grace Jones | ||||
| The Ascension | Glenn Branca | ||||
| Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret | Soft Cell | ||||
| Tin Drum | Japan |
1982
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thriller | Michael Jackson | ||||
| The Dreaming | Kate Bush | ||||
| Nebraska | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| The Number Of The Beast | Iron Maiden | ||||
| Pornography | The Cure | ||||
| 1999 | Prince | ||||
| Avalon | Roxy Music | ||||
| Rio | Duran Duran | ||||
| Combat Rock | The Clash | ||||
| The Nightfly | Donald Fagen | ||||
| Imperial Bedroom | Elvis Costello And The Attractions | ||||
| English Settlement | XTC | ||||
| The Lexicon Of Love | ABC | ||||
| Hex Enduction Hour | The Fall | ||||
| Big Science | Laurie Anderson | ||||
| Shoot Out The Lights | Richard & Linda Thompson | ||||
| You Can't Hide Your Love Forever | Orange Juice | ||||
| The Days Of Wine And Roses | The Dream Syndicate | ||||
| Vs. | Mission Of Burma | x | |||
| The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads | Talking Heads |
1983
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murmur | R.E.M. | ||||
| Violent Femmes | Violent Femmes | ||||
| Synchronicity | The Police | ||||
| Power, Corruption & Lies | New Order | ||||
| War | U2 | ||||
| Swordfishtrombones | Tom Waits | ||||
| Speaking In Tongues | Talking Heads | ||||
| Kill 'Em All | Metallica | ||||
| Eliminator | ZZ Top | ||||
| Piece Of Mind | Iron Maiden | ||||
| Pyromania | Def Leppard | ||||
| Texas Flood | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | ||||
| Script Of The Bridge | The Chameleons | ||||
| The Hurting | Tears For Fears | ||||
| She's So Unusual | Cyndi Lauper | ||||
| Soul Mining | The The | ||||
| Holy Diver | Dio | ||||
| Madonna | Madonna | ||||
| Head Over Heels | Cocteau Twins | ||||
| Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks | Brian Eno With Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno | ||||
| High Land, Hard Rain | Aztec Camera | ||||
| Rebel Yell | Billy Idol | ||||
| Clics Modernos | Charly García | ||||
| Out Of Step | Minor Threat |
1984
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple Rain | Prince And The Revolution | ||||
| The Smiths | The Smiths | ||||
| Born In The U.S.A. | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| Ride The Lightning | Metallica | ||||
| Let It Be | The Replacements | ||||
| Hatful Of Hollow | The Smiths | ||||
| Double Nickels On The Dime | Minutemen | ||||
| The Unforgettable Fire | U2 | ||||
| Treasure | Cocteau Twins | ||||
| Ocean Rain | Echo & The Bunnymen | ||||
| Zen Arcade | Hüsker Dü | ||||
| Reckoning | R.E.M. | ||||
| Stop Making Sense | Talking Heads | ||||
| Powerslave | Iron Maiden | ||||
| 1984 | Van Halen | ||||
| Diamond Life | Sade | ||||
| Meat Puppets II | Meat Puppets | ||||
| Rattlesnakes | Lloyd Cole And The Commotions | ||||
| Private Dancer | Tina Turner | ||||
| Like A Virgin | Madonna | ||||
| Heartbeat City | The Cars | ||||
| E2-E4 | Manuel Göttsching | ||||
| Tabula Rasa | Arvö Part | ||||
| Structures From Silence | Steve Roach | x |
1985
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hounds Of Love | Kate Bush | ||||
| Rain Dogs | Tom Waits | ||||
| Brothers In Arms | Dire Straits | ||||
| Meat Is Murder | The Smiths | ||||
| Psychocandy | The Jesus And Mary Chain | ||||
| The Head On The Door | The Cure | ||||
| Songs From The Big Chair | Tears For Fears | ||||
| Tim | The Replacements | ||||
| Rum Sodomy & The Lash | The Pogues | ||||
| Low-Life | New Order | ||||
| This Nation's Saving Grace | The Fall | ||||
| Steve McQueen | Prefab Sprout | ||||
| Misplaced Childhood | Marillion | ||||
| New Day Rising | Hüsker Dü | ||||
| This Is The Sea | The Waterboys | ||||
| Love | The Cult | ||||
| Rites Of Spring | Rites Of Spring |
1986
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths | ||||
| Master Of Puppets | Metallica | ||||
| Graceland | Paul Simon | ||||
| So | Peter Gabriel | ||||
| Licensed To Ill | Beastie Boys | ||||
| Skylarking | XTC | ||||
| Reign In Blood | Slayer | ||||
| Lifes Rich Pageant | R.E.M. | ||||
| The Colour Of Spring | Talk Talk | ||||
| EVOL | Sonic Youth | ||||
| Black Celebration | Depeche Mode | ||||
| Raising Hell | Run-D.M.C. | ||||
| Parade | Prince And The Revolution | ||||
| Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | Megadeth | ||||
| Crowded House | Crowded House | ||||
| Control | Janet Jackson | ||||
| Guitar Town | Steve Earle | ||||
| Infected | The The | ||||
| London 0 Hull 4 | The Housemartins | x | |||
| Horse Rotorvator | Coil | ||||
| Tango: Zero Hour | Astor Piazzolla |
1987
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Joshua Tree | U2 | ||||
| Appetite For Destruction | Guns N' Roses | ||||
| Sign "O" The Times | Prince | ||||
| Strangeways, Here We Come | The Smiths | ||||
| Document | R.E.M. | ||||
| You're Living All Over Me | Dinosaur Jr. | ||||
| Bad | Michael Jackson | ||||
| Sister | Sonic Youth | ||||
| Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me | The Cure | ||||
| Music For The Masses | Depeche Mode | ||||
| Kick | INXS | ||||
| Hysteria | Def Leppard | ||||
| Paid In Full | Eric B. & Rakim | ||||
| Darklands | The Jesus And Mary Chain | ||||
| Substance | New Order | ||||
| Tunnel Of Love | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| Diesel And Dust | Midnight Oil | ||||
| Faith | George Michael | ||||
| Actually | Pet Shop Boys | ||||
| Pleased To Meet Me | The Replacements | ||||
| The Lion And The Cobra | Sinéad O'Connor | ||||
| The Perfect Prescription | Spacemen 3 | x | |||
| Secrets Of The Beehive | David Sylvian |
1988
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daydream Nation | Sonic Youth | ||||
| Surfer Rosa | Pixies | ||||
| Spirit Of Eden | Talk Talk | ||||
| It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back | Public Enemy | ||||
| Straight Outta Compton | N.W.A | ||||
| Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | ||||
| Isn't Anything | My Bloody Valentine | ||||
| Green | R.E.M. | ||||
| Nothing's Shocking | Jane's Addiction | ||||
| Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son | Iron Maiden | ||||
| I'm Your Man | Leonard Cohen | ||||
| The Traveling Wilburys | The Traveling Wilburys | ||||
| Tender Prey | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | ||||
| 16 Lovers Lane | The Go-Betweens | ||||
| The Trinity Session | Cowboy Junkies | ||||
| Starfish | The Church | ||||
| Fisherman's Blues | The Waterboys | ||||
1989
[edit]| Release Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doolittle | Pixies | ||||
| Disintegration | The Cure | ||||
| The Stone Roses | The Stone Roses | ||||
| Paul's Boutique | Beastie Boys | ||||
| 3 Feet High And Rising | De La Soul | ||||
| On Fire | Galaxie 500 | ||||
| Full Moon Fever | Tom Petty | ||||
| Pretty Hate Machine | Nine Inch Nails | ||||
| New York | Lou Reed | ||||
| Technique | New Order | ||||
| Like A Prayer | Madonna | ||||
| The Sensual World | Kate Bush | ||||
| The Real Thing | Faith No More | ||||
| 13 Songs | Fugazi | ||||
| Hats | The Blue Nile | ||||
| Freedom | Neil Young | ||||
| Floating Into The Night | Julee Cruise | ||||
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