1980s AlbumsFilter CategoriesALL1980198119821983198419851986198719881989Reviewed 1980Talking Heads | Sire#1 Remain in Light 1980Joy Division | Factory#2 Closer 1980The Pretenders | Real#3 Pretenders 1980Prince | Warner Bros.#4 Dirty Mind 1980Bruce Springsteen | Columbia#5 The River 1980Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Columbia#6 Get Happy!! 1980Dead Kennedys | Cherry Red#7 Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables 1980The Clash | CBS#8 Sandinista! 1980John Lennon, Yoko Ono | Geffen#9 Double Fantasy 1980David Bowie | RCA#10 Scary Monsters 1980Stevie Wonder | Tamla#11 Hotter Than July 1980Peter Gabriel | Charisma#12 Peter Gabriel [Melt] 1980X | Slash#13 Los Angeles 1980AC/DC | Atlantic#14 Back in Black 1980The Feelies | Stiff#15 Crazy Rhythms 1980Dexys Midnight Runners | EMI#16 Searching for the Young Soul Rebels 1980Young Marble Giants | Rough Trade#17 Colossal Youth 1980Motörhead | Bronze#18 Ace of Spades 1980Alberta Hunter | Columbia#19 Amtrak Blues 1980Professor Longhair | Alligator#20 Crawfish Fiesta 1980George Jones | Epic#21 I Am What I Am 1980Emmylous Harris | Warner Bros.#22 Roses in the Snow 1980David Murray | Black Saint#23 Ming 1980Ganelion Trio#24 Ancora Da Capo 1980Fehlfarben | Welt-Rekord/EMI Electrola#25 Monarchie und Alltag 1981Grace Jones | Island#1 Nightclubbing 1981Brian Eno, David Byrne | Sire#2 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts 1981The Human League | Virgin#3 Dare! 1981Kraftwerk | Kling Klang/EMI Electrola#4 Computerwelt 1981Black Flag | Unicorn/SST#5 Damaged 1981X | Slash#6 Wild Gift 1981The Gun Club | Ruby#7 Fire of Love 1981Elvis Costello & the Attractions | F-Beat#8 Trust 1981Prince | Warner Bros.#9 Controversy 1981The Go-Gos | I.R.S.#10 Beauty and the Beat 1981Rush | Mercury#11 Moving Pictures 1981Rickie Lee Jones | Warner Bros.#12 Pirates 1981Rick James | Gordy#13 Street Songs 1981Squeeze | A&M#14 East Side Story 1981The Blasters | Slash#15 The Blasters 1981Tom Tom Club | Sire#16 Tom Tom Club 1981The Sound | Korova#17 From the Lions Mouth 1981Motörhead | Bronze#18 No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith 1981Merle Haggard | Epic#19 Big City 1981Chick Corea | Warner Bros.#20 Three Quartets 1981Billy Bang | Soul Note#21 Rainbow Gladiator 1981Dick Gaughan | Topic#22 Handful of Eath 1981Einstürzende Neubauten | Zickzack#23 Kollaps 1981Black Uhuru | Mango#24 Red 1981Djavan | EMI#25 Seduzir 1982Michael Jackson#1 Thriller 1982Bruce Springsteen | Columbia#2 Nebraska 1982Prince | Warner Bros.#3 1999 1982Richard & Linda Thompson | Hannibal#4 Shoot Out the Lights 1982Lou Reed | RCA#5 The Blue Mask 1982Laurie Anderson | Warner Bros.#6 Big Science 1982Elvis Costello & the Attractions | F-Beat#7 Imperial Bedroom 1982Chuck Berry | Chess#8 The Great Twenty-Eight 1982Roxy Music | EG#9 Avalon 1982Misfits | Ruby#10 Walk Among Us 1982Marshall Crenshaw | Warner Bros.#11 Marshall Crenshaw 1982ABC | Neutron#12 The Lexicon of Love 1982Flipper | Subterranean#13 Generic Flipper 1982Mission of Burma | Ace of Hearts#14 Vs. 1982The Fall | Kamera#15 Hex Enduction Hour 1982Donald Fagen | Warner Bros.#16 The Nightfly 1982George Clinton | Capitol#17 Computer Games 1982Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five | Sugar Hill#18 The Message 1982Iron Maiden | EMI#19 The Number of the Beast 1982George Strait | MCA#20 Strait from the Heart 1982Philip Glass | CBS#21 Glassworks 1982Ornette Coleman | Antilles#22 Of Human Feelings 1982Judas Priest | Columbia#23 Screaming for Vengeance 1982King Sunny Adé & His African Beats | Mango#24 Juju Music 1982Sister Nancy | Technique#25 One, Two 1983Cyndi Lauper | Portrait#1 She's So Unusual 1983Tom Waits | Island#2 Swordfishtrombones 1983R.E.M. | I.R.S.#3 Murmur 1983The Police | A&M#4 Synchronicity 1983Lou Reed | RCA Victor#5 Legendary Hearts 1983U2 | Island#6 War 1983Violent Femmes | Slash#7 Violent Femmes 1983New Order | Factory#8 Power, Corruption & Lies 1983Eurythmics | RCA#9 Touch 1983Madonna | Sire#10 Madonna 1983Aztec Camera | Sire#11 High Land, Hard Rain 1983Talking Heads | Sire#12 Speaking in Tongues 1983The Fall | Ikon#13 Perverted by Language 1983Metallica | Megaforce#14 Kill 'Em All 1983Womack & Womack | Elektra#15 Love Wars 1983The Pretenders | Sire#16 Learning to Crawl 1983DeBarge | Gordy#17 In a Special Way 1983Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | Epic#18 Texas Flood 1983Swans | Neutral#19 Filth 1983James Blood Ulmer | CBS#20 Odyssey 1983Henry Threadgill Sextet | About Time#21 Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket 1983Abdullah Ibrahim | Ekapa#22 Ekaya 1983UB40 | DEP International#23 Labour of Love 1983Chief Ebenezer Obey | Virgin#24 Je ka jo 1983Charly García | Interdisc#25 Clics modernos 1984Prince and the Revolution | Warner Bros.#1 Purple Rain 1984Bruce Springsteen | Columbia#2 Born in the U.S.A. 1984Bob Marley & the Wailers | Island#3 Legend (The Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers) 1984The Replacements | Twin/Tone#4 Let It Be 1984Hüsker Dü | SST#5 Zen Arcade 1984Minutemen | SST#6 Double Nickels on the Dime 1984Metallica | Megaforce#7 Ride the Lightning 1984U2 | Island#8 The Unforgettable Fire 1984Run-D.M.C. | Profile#9 Run-D.M.C. 1984Echo and the Bunnymen | Korova/WEA#10 Ocean Rain 1984R.E.M. | I.R.S.#11 Reckoning 1984The Bangles | Columbia#12 All Over the Place 1984Cocteau Twins | 4AD#13 Treasure 1984Madonna | Sire#14 Like a Virgin 1984Tina Turner | Capitol#15 Private Dancer 1984Sade | Epic#16 Diamond Life 1984George Strait | MCA#17 Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind 1984The Judds | RCA/Curb#18 Why Not Me 1984Los Lobos | Slash#19 How Will the Wolf Survive? 1984Arvo Pärt | ECM New Series#20 Tabula Rasa 1984Manuel Göttsching | Inteam#21 E2-E4 1984Rubén Blades, Seis Del Solar | Elektra#22 Buscando América 1984Los Prisioneros | EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.#23 La Voz de Los '80 1984Fabrizio de André#24 Creuza de mä 1984Ofsa Haza | Hed-Arzi#25 Yemenite Songs 1985Kate Bush | EMI#1 Hounds of Love 1985Tom Waits | Island#2 Rain Dogs 1985The Jesus and Mary Chain | Blanco y Negro#3 Psychocandy 1985The Fall | Beggars Banquet#4 This Nation's Saving Grace 1985Hüsker Dü | SST#5 New Day Rising 1985The Replacements | Sire#6 Tim 1985Talking Heads | Sire#7 Little Creatures 1985Tears for Fears | Phonogram#8 Songs from the Big Chair 1985Mekons | Sin Record Company#9 Fear and Whiskey 1985The Pogues | Stiff#10 Rum, Sodomy & the Lash 1985New Order | Factory#11 Low-Life 1985Prefab Sprout | Kitchenware#12 Steve McQueen 1985Scritti Politti | Virgin#13 Cupid & Psyche 1985Dire Straits | Vertigo#14 Brothers in Arms 1985The Velvet Underground | Verve#15 VU 1985LL Cool J | Def Jam#16 Radio 1985Aretha Franklin | Arista#17 Who's Zoomin Who? 1985Whitney Houston | Arista#18 Whitney Houston 1985Same Cooke | RCA#19 Live at the Harlem Square Club 1985Wynton Marsalis | Columbia#20 Black Codes (from the Underground) 1985James Newton | Blue Note#21 The African Flower — The Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn 1985Abdullah Ibrahim | Enja#22 Water from an Ancient Well 1985Various Artists | Shanachie#23 The Indestructible Beat of Soweto 1985Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar | Virgin#24 Immigrés 1985Bola Sete | Dancing Cat#25 Jungle Suite 1986The Smiths | Rough Trade#1 The Queen is Dead 1986Paul Simon | Warner Bros.#2 Graceland 1986Beastie Boys | Def Jam#3 Licensed to Ill 1986Run-D.M.C. | Profile#4 Raising Hell 1986Peter Gabriel | Geffen#5 So 1986Metallica | Elektra#6 Master of Puppets 1986Slayer | Def Jam#7 Reign in Blood 1986XTC | VIrgin#8 Skylarking 1986R.E.M. | I.R.S.#9 Lifes Rich Pageant 1986Sonic Youth | SST#10 EVOL 1986Janet Jackson | A&M#11 Control 1986Anita Baker | Elektra#12 Rapture 1986Prince and the Revolution | Paisley Park/RCA#13 Parade 1986Salt-N-Pepa | Next Plateau#14 Hot, Cool & Vicious 1986Bad Brains | SST#15 I Against I 1986Arthur Russell | Upsidee#16 World of Echo 1986Steve Earle | MCA#17 Guitar Town 1986Dwight Yoakam | Reprise#18 Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. 1986The Robert Cray Band | Mercury#19 Strong Persuader 1986Duke Ellington | RCA/Bluebird#20 The Blanton-Webster Band 1986John Zorn | Nonesuch#21 The Big Gundown 1986Pat Metheny, Ornette Coleman | Geffen#22 Song X 1986Astor Piazzolla | American Clavé#23 Tango: Zero Hour 1986Africa Bombaataa & Soulsonic Force | Tommy Boy#24 Plant Rock 1986Titãs | WEA#25 Cabeça Dinossauro 1987U2 | Island#1 The Joshua Tree 1987Prince | Paisley Park#2 Sign 'O' the Times 1987Eric B. & Rakim | 4th & Broadway#3 Paid in Full 1987Boogie Down Productions | B-Boy#4 Criminal Minded 1987Public Enemy | Def Jam#5 Yo! Bum Rush the Show 1987Michael Jackson | Epic#6 Bad 1987R.E.M. | I.R.S.#7 Document 1987George Michael | Columbia#8 Faith Guns 'N' Roses | Geffen#9 Appetite for Destruction19871987anemptytextlline 1987Sonic Youth | SST#10 Sister 1987Pet Shop Boys | Parlophone#11 Actually 1987New Order | Factory#12 Substance 1987The Replacements | Sire#13 Pleased to Meet Me 1987Def Leppard | Mercury#14 Hysteria 1987Dinosaur Jr. | SST#15 You're Living All Over Me 1987Big Black | Touch and Go#16 Songs About Fucking 1987Sinéad O'Connor | Chrysalis#17 The Lion and the Cobra 1987Marianne Faithful | Island#18 Strange Weather 1987Ornette Coleman | Harmolodic#19 In All Languages 1987Cecil Taylor | Soul Note#20 For Olim 1987Sonny Rollins | Milestone#21 G-Man 1987Salif Keita | Mango#22 Soro 1987Ali Farka Touré | Mango#23 Ali Farka Touré 1987African Sun Music | Franco#24 Attention Na Sida 1987Najima | Triple Earth#25 Qareeb 1988N.W.A. | Ruthless#1 Straight Outta Compton 1988Public Enemy | Def Jam#2 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1988Sonic Youth | Enigma#3 Daydream Nation 1988Sonic Youth | Enigma#4 Spirit of Eden 1988The Beatles | Capitol#5 Past Masters Volume 1 & 2 1988EPMD | Fresh#6 Strictly Business 1988Ultramagnetic MCs | Next Plateau#7 Critical Beatdown 1988Boogie Productions | Jive#8 By All Means Necessary 1988Eric B. & Rakim | UNI#9 Follow the Leader 1988Jungle Brothers | Warlock#10 Straight Out the Jungle 1988Slick Rick | Def Jam#11 The Great Adventures of Slick Rick 1988Eazy-E | Ruthless/Priority#12 Eazy-Duz-It 1988Stetasonic | Tommy Boy Music#13 In Full Gear 1988Pixies | 4AD/Rough Trade#14 Surfer Rosa 1988My Bloody Valentine | Creation#15 Isn't Anything 1988The Pogues | Pogue Mahone#16 If I Should Fall from Grace With God 1988Jane's Addiction | Warner Bros.#17 Nothing's Shocking 1988Tracy Chapman | Elektra#18 Tracy Chapman 1988Lucinda Williams | Rough Trade#19 Lucinda Williams 1988Leonard Cohen | Columbia#20 I'm Your Man 1988Living Colour | Epic#21 Vivid 1988Rodney Crowell | Columbia#22 Diamonds & Dirt 1988Art Farmer | Contemporary#23 Blame It on My Youth 1988Miriam Makeba | Warner Bros.#24 Sangoma 1988Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens | Polydor#25 Paris — Soweto 1989Beastie Boys | Capitol#1 Paul's Boutique 1989De La Soul | Tommy Boy Music#2 3 Feet High and Rising 1989Madonna | Sire#3 Like a Prayer 1989Janet Jackson | A&M#4 Rhythm Nation 1814 1989Pixies | 4AD/Elektra#5 Doolittle 1989The Stone Roses | Silvertone#6 The Stone Roses 1989The Cure | Elektra#7 Disintegration 1989Nine Inch Nails | TVT#8 Pretty Hate Machine 1989The Mekons | A&M#9 The Mekons Rock N' Roll 1989Galaxie 500 | Rough Trade#10 On Fire 1989Lou Reed | Sire#11 New York 1989Bonnie Raitt | Capitol#12 Nick of Time 1989Neneh Cherry | Virgin/Circa#13 Raw Like Sushi 1989Chris Isaak | Reprise#14 Heart Shaped World 1989Soul II Soul | Virgin#15 Keep on Movin' 1989808 State | ZTT#16 Ninety 1989The Neville Brothers | A&M#17 Yellow Moon 1989Stevie Ray Vaughan | Epic#18 In Step 1989George Strait | MCA#19 Beyond the Blue Neon 1989Keith Whitley | RCA/BMG Music#20 I Wonder Do You Think of Me 1989Baaba Maal, Mansour Seek | Mango#21 Djam Leelii 1989Mano Negra | Virgin#22 Puta's Fever 1989Caetano Veloso | Elektra Musician#23 Estangeiro 1989Boredoms | Shimmy Disc#24 Soul Discharge 1989Cui Jian#25 Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March
Filter CategoriesALL1980198119821983198419851986198719881989Reviewed 1980Talking Heads | Sire#1 Remain in Light 1980Joy Division | Factory#2 Closer 1980The Pretenders | Real#3 Pretenders 1980Prince | Warner Bros.#4 Dirty Mind 1980Bruce Springsteen | Columbia#5 The River 1980Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Columbia#6 Get Happy!! 1980Dead Kennedys | Cherry Red#7 Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables 1980The Clash | CBS#8 Sandinista! 1980John Lennon, Yoko Ono | Geffen#9 Double Fantasy 1980David Bowie | RCA#10 Scary Monsters 1980Stevie Wonder | Tamla#11 Hotter Than July 1980Peter Gabriel | Charisma#12 Peter Gabriel [Melt] 1980X | Slash#13 Los Angeles 1980AC/DC | Atlantic#14 Back in Black 1980The Feelies | Stiff#15 Crazy Rhythms 1980Dexys Midnight Runners | EMI#16 Searching for the Young Soul Rebels 1980Young Marble Giants | Rough Trade#17 Colossal Youth 1980Motörhead | Bronze#18 Ace of Spades 1980Alberta Hunter | Columbia#19 Amtrak Blues 1980Professor Longhair | Alligator#20 Crawfish Fiesta 1980George Jones | Epic#21 I Am What I Am 1980Emmylous Harris | Warner Bros.#22 Roses in the Snow 1980David Murray | Black Saint#23 Ming 1980Ganelion Trio#24 Ancora Da Capo 1980Fehlfarben | Welt-Rekord/EMI Electrola#25 Monarchie und Alltag 1981Grace Jones | Island#1 Nightclubbing 1981Brian Eno, David Byrne | Sire#2 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts 1981The Human League | Virgin#3 Dare! 1981Kraftwerk | Kling Klang/EMI Electrola#4 Computerwelt 1981Black Flag | Unicorn/SST#5 Damaged 1981X | Slash#6 Wild Gift 1981The Gun Club | Ruby#7 Fire of Love 1981Elvis Costello & the Attractions | F-Beat#8 Trust 1981Prince | Warner Bros.#9 Controversy 1981The Go-Gos | I.R.S.#10 Beauty and the Beat 1981Rush | Mercury#11 Moving Pictures 1981Rickie Lee Jones | Warner Bros.#12 Pirates 1981Rick James | Gordy#13 Street Songs 1981Squeeze | A&M#14 East Side Story 1981The Blasters | Slash#15 The Blasters 1981Tom Tom Club | Sire#16 Tom Tom Club 1981The Sound | Korova#17 From the Lions Mouth 1981Motörhead | Bronze#18 No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith 1981Merle Haggard | Epic#19 Big City 1981Chick Corea | Warner Bros.#20 Three Quartets 1981Billy Bang | Soul Note#21 Rainbow Gladiator 1981Dick Gaughan | Topic#22 Handful of Eath 1981Einstürzende Neubauten | Zickzack#23 Kollaps 1981Black Uhuru | Mango#24 Red 1981Djavan | EMI#25 Seduzir 1982Michael Jackson#1 Thriller 1982Bruce Springsteen | Columbia#2 Nebraska 1982Prince | Warner Bros.#3 1999 1982Richard & Linda Thompson | Hannibal#4 Shoot Out the Lights 1982Lou Reed | RCA#5 The Blue Mask 1982Laurie Anderson | Warner Bros.#6 Big Science 1982Elvis Costello & the Attractions | F-Beat#7 Imperial Bedroom 1982Chuck Berry | Chess#8 The Great Twenty-Eight 1982Roxy Music | EG#9 Avalon 1982Misfits | Ruby#10 Walk Among Us 1982Marshall Crenshaw | Warner Bros.#11 Marshall Crenshaw 1982ABC | Neutron#12 The Lexicon of Love 1982Flipper | Subterranean#13 Generic Flipper 1982Mission of Burma | Ace of Hearts#14 Vs. 1982The Fall | Kamera#15 Hex Enduction Hour 1982Donald Fagen | Warner Bros.#16 The Nightfly 1982George Clinton | Capitol#17 Computer Games 1982Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five | Sugar Hill#18 The Message 1982Iron Maiden | EMI#19 The Number of the Beast 1982George Strait | MCA#20 Strait from the Heart 1982Philip Glass | CBS#21 Glassworks 1982Ornette Coleman | Antilles#22 Of Human Feelings 1982Judas Priest | Columbia#23 Screaming for Vengeance 1982King Sunny Adé & His African Beats | Mango#24 Juju Music 1982Sister Nancy | Technique#25 One, Two 1983Cyndi Lauper | Portrait#1 She's So Unusual 1983Tom Waits | Island#2 Swordfishtrombones 1983R.E.M. | I.R.S.#3 Murmur 1983The Police | A&M#4 Synchronicity 1983Lou Reed | RCA Victor#5 Legendary Hearts 1983U2 | Island#6 War 1983Violent Femmes | Slash#7 Violent Femmes 1983New Order | Factory#8 Power, Corruption & Lies 1983Eurythmics | RCA#9 Touch 1983Madonna | Sire#10 Madonna 1983Aztec Camera | Sire#11 High Land, Hard Rain 1983Talking Heads | Sire#12 Speaking in Tongues 1983The Fall | Ikon#13 Perverted by Language 1983Metallica | Megaforce#14 Kill 'Em All 1983Womack & Womack | Elektra#15 Love Wars 1983The Pretenders | Sire#16 Learning to Crawl 1983DeBarge | Gordy#17 In a Special Way 1983Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | Epic#18 Texas Flood 1983Swans | Neutral#19 Filth 1983James Blood Ulmer | CBS#20 Odyssey 1983Henry Threadgill Sextet | About Time#21 Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket 1983Abdullah Ibrahim | Ekapa#22 Ekaya 1983UB40 | DEP International#23 Labour of Love 1983Chief Ebenezer Obey | Virgin#24 Je ka jo 1983Charly García | Interdisc#25 Clics modernos 1984Prince and the Revolution | Warner Bros.#1 Purple Rain 1984Bruce Springsteen | Columbia#2 Born in the U.S.A. 1984Bob Marley & the Wailers | Island#3 Legend (The Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers) 1984The Replacements | Twin/Tone#4 Let It Be 1984Hüsker Dü | SST#5 Zen Arcade 1984Minutemen | SST#6 Double Nickels on the Dime 1984Metallica | Megaforce#7 Ride the Lightning 1984U2 | Island#8 The Unforgettable Fire 1984Run-D.M.C. | Profile#9 Run-D.M.C. 1984Echo and the Bunnymen | Korova/WEA#10 Ocean Rain 1984R.E.M. | I.R.S.#11 Reckoning 1984The Bangles | Columbia#12 All Over the Place 1984Cocteau Twins | 4AD#13 Treasure 1984Madonna | Sire#14 Like a Virgin 1984Tina Turner | Capitol#15 Private Dancer 1984Sade | Epic#16 Diamond Life 1984George Strait | MCA#17 Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind 1984The Judds | RCA/Curb#18 Why Not Me 1984Los Lobos | Slash#19 How Will the Wolf Survive? 1984Arvo Pärt | ECM New Series#20 Tabula Rasa 1984Manuel Göttsching | Inteam#21 E2-E4 1984Rubén Blades, Seis Del Solar | Elektra#22 Buscando América 1984Los Prisioneros | EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.#23 La Voz de Los '80 1984Fabrizio de André#24 Creuza de mä 1984Ofsa Haza | Hed-Arzi#25 Yemenite Songs 1985Kate Bush | EMI#1 Hounds of Love 1985Tom Waits | Island#2 Rain Dogs 1985The Jesus and Mary Chain | Blanco y Negro#3 Psychocandy 1985The Fall | Beggars Banquet#4 This Nation's Saving Grace 1985Hüsker Dü | SST#5 New Day Rising 1985The Replacements | Sire#6 Tim 1985Talking Heads | Sire#7 Little Creatures 1985Tears for Fears | Phonogram#8 Songs from the Big Chair 1985Mekons | Sin Record Company#9 Fear and Whiskey 1985The Pogues | Stiff#10 Rum, Sodomy & the Lash 1985New Order | Factory#11 Low-Life 1985Prefab Sprout | Kitchenware#12 Steve McQueen 1985Scritti Politti | Virgin#13 Cupid & Psyche 1985Dire Straits | Vertigo#14 Brothers in Arms 1985The Velvet Underground | Verve#15 VU 1985LL Cool J | Def Jam#16 Radio 1985Aretha Franklin | Arista#17 Who's Zoomin Who? 1985Whitney Houston | Arista#18 Whitney Houston 1985Same Cooke | RCA#19 Live at the Harlem Square Club 1985Wynton Marsalis | Columbia#20 Black Codes (from the Underground) 1985James Newton | Blue Note#21 The African Flower — The Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn 1985Abdullah Ibrahim | Enja#22 Water from an Ancient Well 1985Various Artists | Shanachie#23 The Indestructible Beat of Soweto 1985Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar | Virgin#24 Immigrés 1985Bola Sete | Dancing Cat#25 Jungle Suite 1986The Smiths | Rough Trade#1 The Queen is Dead 1986Paul Simon | Warner Bros.#2 Graceland 1986Beastie Boys | Def Jam#3 Licensed to Ill 1986Run-D.M.C. | Profile#4 Raising Hell 1986Peter Gabriel | Geffen#5 So 1986Metallica | Elektra#6 Master of Puppets 1986Slayer | Def Jam#7 Reign in Blood 1986XTC | VIrgin#8 Skylarking 1986R.E.M. | I.R.S.#9 Lifes Rich Pageant 1986Sonic Youth | SST#10 EVOL 1986Janet Jackson | A&M#11 Control 1986Anita Baker | Elektra#12 Rapture 1986Prince and the Revolution | Paisley Park/RCA#13 Parade 1986Salt-N-Pepa | Next Plateau#14 Hot, Cool & Vicious 1986Bad Brains | SST#15 I Against I 1986Arthur Russell | Upsidee#16 World of Echo 1986Steve Earle | MCA#17 Guitar Town 1986Dwight Yoakam | Reprise#18 Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. 1986The Robert Cray Band | Mercury#19 Strong Persuader 1986Duke Ellington | RCA/Bluebird#20 The Blanton-Webster Band 1986John Zorn | Nonesuch#21 The Big Gundown 1986Pat Metheny, Ornette Coleman | Geffen#22 Song X 1986Astor Piazzolla | American Clavé#23 Tango: Zero Hour 1986Africa Bombaataa & Soulsonic Force | Tommy Boy#24 Plant Rock 1986Titãs | WEA#25 Cabeça Dinossauro 1987U2 | Island#1 The Joshua Tree 1987Prince | Paisley Park#2 Sign 'O' the Times 1987Eric B. & Rakim | 4th & Broadway#3 Paid in Full 1987Boogie Down Productions | B-Boy#4 Criminal Minded 1987Public Enemy | Def Jam#5 Yo! Bum Rush the Show 1987Michael Jackson | Epic#6 Bad 1987R.E.M. | I.R.S.#7 Document 1987George Michael | Columbia#8 Faith Guns 'N' Roses | Geffen#9 Appetite for Destruction19871987anemptytextlline 1987Sonic Youth | SST#10 Sister 1987Pet Shop Boys | Parlophone#11 Actually 1987New Order | Factory#12 Substance 1987The Replacements | Sire#13 Pleased to Meet Me 1987Def Leppard | Mercury#14 Hysteria 1987Dinosaur Jr. | SST#15 You're Living All Over Me 1987Big Black | Touch and Go#16 Songs About Fucking 1987Sinéad O'Connor | Chrysalis#17 The Lion and the Cobra 1987Marianne Faithful | Island#18 Strange Weather 1987Ornette Coleman | Harmolodic#19 In All Languages 1987Cecil Taylor | Soul Note#20 For Olim 1987Sonny Rollins | Milestone#21 G-Man 1987Salif Keita | Mango#22 Soro 1987Ali Farka Touré | Mango#23 Ali Farka Touré 1987African Sun Music | Franco#24 Attention Na Sida 1987Najima | Triple Earth#25 Qareeb 1988N.W.A. | Ruthless#1 Straight Outta Compton 1988Public Enemy | Def Jam#2 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1988Sonic Youth | Enigma#3 Daydream Nation 1988Sonic Youth | Enigma#4 Spirit of Eden 1988The Beatles | Capitol#5 Past Masters Volume 1 & 2 1988EPMD | Fresh#6 Strictly Business 1988Ultramagnetic MCs | Next Plateau#7 Critical Beatdown 1988Boogie Productions | Jive#8 By All Means Necessary 1988Eric B. & Rakim | UNI#9 Follow the Leader 1988Jungle Brothers | Warlock#10 Straight Out the Jungle 1988Slick Rick | Def Jam#11 The Great Adventures of Slick Rick 1988Eazy-E | Ruthless/Priority#12 Eazy-Duz-It 1988Stetasonic | Tommy Boy Music#13 In Full Gear 1988Pixies | 4AD/Rough Trade#14 Surfer Rosa 1988My Bloody Valentine | Creation#15 Isn't Anything 1988The Pogues | Pogue Mahone#16 If I Should Fall from Grace With God 1988Jane's Addiction | Warner Bros.#17 Nothing's Shocking 1988Tracy Chapman | Elektra#18 Tracy Chapman 1988Lucinda Williams | Rough Trade#19 Lucinda Williams 1988Leonard Cohen | Columbia#20 I'm Your Man 1988Living Colour | Epic#21 Vivid 1988Rodney Crowell | Columbia#22 Diamonds & Dirt 1988Art Farmer | Contemporary#23 Blame It on My Youth 1988Miriam Makeba | Warner Bros.#24 Sangoma 1988Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens | Polydor#25 Paris — Soweto 1989Beastie Boys | Capitol#1 Paul's Boutique 1989De La Soul | Tommy Boy Music#2 3 Feet High and Rising 1989Madonna | Sire#3 Like a Prayer 1989Janet Jackson | A&M#4 Rhythm Nation 1814 1989Pixies | 4AD/Elektra#5 Doolittle 1989The Stone Roses | Silvertone#6 The Stone Roses 1989The Cure | Elektra#7 Disintegration 1989Nine Inch Nails | TVT#8 Pretty Hate Machine 1989The Mekons | A&M#9 The Mekons Rock N' Roll 1989Galaxie 500 | Rough Trade#10 On Fire 1989Lou Reed | Sire#11 New York 1989Bonnie Raitt | Capitol#12 Nick of Time 1989Neneh Cherry | Virgin/Circa#13 Raw Like Sushi 1989Chris Isaak | Reprise#14 Heart Shaped World 1989Soul II Soul | Virgin#15 Keep on Movin' 1989808 State | ZTT#16 Ninety 1989The Neville Brothers | A&M#17 Yellow Moon 1989Stevie Ray Vaughan | Epic#18 In Step 1989George Strait | MCA#19 Beyond the Blue Neon 1989Keith Whitley | RCA/BMG Music#20 I Wonder Do You Think of Me 1989Baaba Maal, Mansour Seek | Mango#21 Djam Leelii 1989Mano Negra | Virgin#22 Puta's Fever 1989Caetano Veloso | Elektra Musician#23 Estangeiro 1989Boredoms | Shimmy Disc#24 Soul Discharge 1989Cui Jian#25 Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March
