1980s Albums

1980

Talking Heads | Sire

#1
Remain in Light
1980

Joy Division | Factory

#2
Closer
1980

The Pretenders | Real

#3
Pretenders
1980

Prince | Warner Bros.

#4
Dirty Mind
1980

Bruce Springsteen | Columbia

#5
The River
1980

Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Columbia

#6
Get Happy!!
1980

Dead Kennedys | Cherry Red

#7
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
1980

The Clash | CBS

#8
Sandinista!
1980

John Lennon, Yoko Ono | Geffen

#9
Double Fantasy
1980

David Bowie | RCA

#10
Scary Monsters
1980

Stevie Wonder | Tamla

#11
Hotter Than July
1980

Peter Gabriel | Charisma

#12
Peter Gabriel [Melt]
1980

X | Slash

#13
Los Angeles
1980

AC/DC | Atlantic

#14
Back in Black
1980

The Feelies | Stiff

#15
Crazy Rhythms
1980

Dexys Midnight Runners | EMI

#16
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
1980

Young Marble Giants | Rough Trade

#17
Colossal Youth
1980

Motörhead | Bronze

#18
Ace of Spades
1980

Alberta Hunter | Columbia

#19
Amtrak Blues
1980

Professor Longhair | Alligator

#20
Crawfish Fiesta
1980

George Jones | Epic

#21
I Am What I Am
1980

Emmylous Harris | Warner Bros.

#22
Roses in the Snow
1980

David Murray | Black Saint

#23
Ming
1980

Ganelion Trio

#24
Ancora Da Capo
1980

Fehlfarben | Welt-Rekord/EMI Electrola

#25
Monarchie und Alltag
1981

Grace Jones | Island

#1
Nightclubbing
1981

Brian Eno, David Byrne | Sire

#2
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
1981

The Human League | Virgin

#3
Dare!
1981

Kraftwerk | Kling Klang/EMI Electrola

#4
Computerwelt
1981

Black Flag | Unicorn/SST

#5
Damaged
1981

X | Slash

#6
Wild Gift
1981

The Gun Club | Ruby

#7
Fire of Love
1981

Elvis Costello & the Attractions | F-Beat

#8
Trust
1981

Prince | Warner Bros.

#9
Controversy
1981

The Go-Gos | I.R.S.

#10
Beauty and the Beat
1981

Rush | Mercury

#11
Moving Pictures
1981

Rickie Lee Jones | Warner Bros.

#12
Pirates
1981

Rick James | Gordy

#13
Street Songs
1981

Squeeze | A&M

#14
East Side Story
1981

The Blasters | Slash

#15
The Blasters
1981

Tom Tom Club | Sire

#16
Tom Tom Club
1981

The Sound | Korova

#17
From the Lions Mouth
1981

Motörhead | Bronze

#18
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
1981

Merle Haggard | Epic

#19
Big City
1981

Chick Corea | Warner Bros.

#20
Three Quartets
1981

Billy Bang | Soul Note

#21
Rainbow Gladiator
1981

Dick Gaughan | Topic

#22
Handful of Eath
1981

Einstürzende Neubauten | Zickzack

#23
Kollaps
1981

Black Uhuru | Mango

#24
Red
1981

Djavan | EMI

#25
Seduzir
1982

Michael Jackson

#1
Thriller
1982

Bruce Springsteen | Columbia

#2
Nebraska
1982

Prince | Warner Bros.

#3
1999
1982

Richard & Linda Thompson | Hannibal

#4
Shoot Out the Lights
1982

Lou Reed | RCA

#5
The Blue Mask
1982

Laurie Anderson | Warner Bros.

#6
Big Science
1982

Elvis Costello & the Attractions | F-Beat

#7
Imperial Bedroom
1982

Chuck Berry | Chess

#8
The Great Twenty-Eight
1982

Roxy Music | EG

#9
Avalon
1982

Misfits | Ruby

#10
Walk Among Us
1982

Marshall Crenshaw | Warner Bros.

#11
Marshall Crenshaw
1982

ABC | Neutron

#12
The Lexicon of Love
1982

Flipper | Subterranean

#13
Generic Flipper
1982

Mission of Burma | Ace of Hearts

#14
Vs.
1982

The Fall | Kamera

#15
Hex Enduction Hour
1982

Donald Fagen | Warner Bros.

#16
The Nightfly
1982

George Clinton | Capitol

#17
Computer Games
1982

Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five | Sugar Hill

#18
The Message
1982

Iron Maiden | EMI

#19
The Number of the Beast
1982

George Strait | MCA

#20
Strait from the Heart
1982

Philip Glass | CBS

#21
Glassworks
1982

Ornette Coleman | Antilles

#22
Of Human Feelings
1982

Judas Priest | Columbia

#23
Screaming for Vengeance
1982

King Sunny Adé & His African Beats | Mango

#24
Juju Music
1982

Sister Nancy | Technique

#25
One, Two
1983

Cyndi Lauper | Portrait

#1
She's So Unusual
1983

Tom Waits | Island

#2
Swordfishtrombones
1983

R.E.M. | I.R.S.

#3
Murmur
1983

The Police | A&M

#4
Synchronicity
1983

Lou Reed | RCA Victor

#5
Legendary Hearts
1983

U2 | Island

#6
War
1983

Violent Femmes | Slash

#7
Violent Femmes
1983

New Order | Factory

#8
Power, Corruption & Lies
1983

Eurythmics | RCA

#9
Touch
1983

Madonna | Sire

#10
Madonna
1983

Aztec Camera | Sire

#11
High Land, Hard Rain
1983

Talking Heads | Sire

#12
Speaking in Tongues
1983

The Fall | Ikon

#13
Perverted by Language
1983

Metallica | Megaforce

#14
Kill 'Em All
1983

Womack & Womack | Elektra

#15
Love Wars
1983

The Pretenders | Sire

#16
Learning to Crawl
1983

DeBarge | Gordy

#17
In a Special Way
1983

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | Epic

#18
Texas Flood
1983

Swans | Neutral

#19
Filth
1983

James Blood Ulmer | CBS

#20
Odyssey
1983

Henry Threadgill Sextet | About Time

#21
Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket
1983

Abdullah Ibrahim | Ekapa

#22
Ekaya
1983

UB40 | DEP International

#23
Labour of Love
1983

Chief Ebenezer Obey | Virgin

#24
Je ka jo
1983

Charly García | Interdisc

#25
Clics modernos
1984

Prince and the Revolution | Warner Bros.

#1
Purple Rain
1984

Bruce Springsteen | Columbia

#2
Born in the U.S.A.
1984

Bob Marley & the Wailers | Island

#3
Legend (The Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers)
1984

The Replacements | Twin/Tone

#4
Let It Be
1984

Hüsker Dü | SST

#5
Zen Arcade
1984

Minutemen | SST

#6
Double Nickels on the Dime
1984

Metallica | Megaforce

#7
Ride the Lightning
1984

U2 | Island

#8
The Unforgettable Fire
1984

Run-D.M.C. | Profile

#9
Run-D.M.C.
1984

Echo and the Bunnymen | Korova/WEA

#10
Ocean Rain
1984

R.E.M. | I.R.S.

#11
Reckoning
1984

The Bangles | Columbia

#12
All Over the Place
1984

Cocteau Twins | 4AD

#13
Treasure
1984

Madonna | Sire

#14
Like a Virgin
1984

Tina Turner | Capitol

#15
Private Dancer
1984

Sade | Epic

#16
Diamond Life
1984

George Strait | MCA

#17
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
1984

The Judds | RCA/Curb

#18
Why Not Me
1984

Los Lobos | Slash

#19
How Will the Wolf Survive?
1984

Arvo Pärt | ECM New Series

#20
Tabula Rasa
1984

Manuel Göttsching | Inteam

#21
E2-E4
1984

Rubén Blades, Seis Del Solar | Elektra

#22
Buscando América
1984

Los Prisioneros | EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.

#23
La Voz de Los '80
1984

Fabrizio de André

#24
Creuza de mä
1984

Ofsa Haza | Hed-Arzi

#25
Yemenite Songs
1985

Kate Bush | EMI

#1
Hounds of Love
1985

Tom Waits | Island

#2
Rain Dogs
1985

The Jesus and Mary Chain | Blanco y Negro

#3
Psychocandy
1985

The Fall | Beggars Banquet

#4
This Nation's Saving Grace
1985

Hüsker Dü | SST

#5
New Day Rising
1985

The Replacements | Sire

#6
Tim
1985

Talking Heads | Sire

#7
Little Creatures
1985

Tears for Fears | Phonogram

#8
Songs from the Big Chair
1985

Mekons | Sin Record Company

#9
Fear and Whiskey
1985

The Pogues | Stiff

#10
Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
1985

New Order | Factory

#11
Low-Life
1985

Prefab Sprout | Kitchenware

#12
Steve McQueen
1985

Scritti Politti | Virgin

#13
Cupid & Psyche
1985

Dire Straits | Vertigo

#14
Brothers in Arms
1985

The Velvet Underground | Verve

#15
VU
1985

LL Cool J | Def Jam

#16
Radio
1985

Aretha Franklin | Arista

#17
Who's Zoomin Who?
1985

Whitney Houston | Arista

#18
Whitney Houston
1985

Same Cooke | RCA

#19
Live at the Harlem Square Club
1985

Wynton Marsalis | Columbia

#20
Black Codes (from the Underground)
1985

James Newton | Blue Note

#21
The African Flower — The Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
1985

Abdullah Ibrahim | Enja

#22
Water from an Ancient Well
1985

Various Artists | Shanachie

#23
The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
1985

Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar | Virgin

#24
Immigrés
1985

Bola Sete | Dancing Cat

#25
Jungle Suite
1986

The Smiths | Rough Trade

#1
The Queen is Dead
1986

Paul Simon | Warner Bros.

#2
Graceland
1986

Beastie Boys | Def Jam

#3
Licensed to Ill
1986

Run-D.M.C. | Profile

#4
Raising Hell
1986

Peter Gabriel | Geffen

#5
So
1986

Metallica | Elektra

#6
Master of Puppets
1986

Slayer | Def Jam

#7
Reign in Blood
1986

XTC | VIrgin

#8
Skylarking
1986

R.E.M. | I.R.S.

#9
Lifes Rich Pageant
1986

Sonic Youth | SST

#10
EVOL
1986

Janet Jackson | A&M

#11
Control
1986

Anita Baker | Elektra

#12
Rapture
1986

Prince and the Revolution | Paisley Park/RCA

#13
Parade
1986

Salt-N-Pepa | Next Plateau

#14
Hot, Cool & Vicious
1986

Bad Brains | SST

#15
I Against I
1986

Arthur Russell | Upsidee

#16
World of Echo
1986

Steve Earle | MCA

#17
Guitar Town
1986

Dwight Yoakam | Reprise

#18
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
1986

The Robert Cray Band | Mercury

#19
Strong Persuader
1986

Duke Ellington | RCA/Bluebird

#20
The Blanton-Webster Band
1986

John Zorn | Nonesuch

#21
The Big Gundown
1986

Pat Metheny, Ornette Coleman | Geffen

#22
Song X
1986

Astor Piazzolla | American Clavé

#23
Tango: Zero Hour
1986

Africa Bombaataa & Soulsonic Force | Tommy Boy

#24
Plant Rock
1986

Titãs | WEA

#25
Cabeça Dinossauro
1987

U2 | Island

#1
The Joshua Tree
1987

Prince | Paisley Park

#2
Sign 'O' the Times
1987

Eric B. & Rakim | 4th & Broadway

#3
Paid in Full
1987

Boogie Down Productions | B-Boy

#4
Criminal Minded
1987

Public Enemy | Def Jam

#5
Yo! Bum Rush the Show
1987

Michael Jackson | Epic

#6
Bad
1987

R.E.M. | I.R.S.

#7
Document
1987

George Michael | Columbia

#8
Faith
Guns 'N' Roses | Geffen

#9
Appetite for Destruction

1987

1987

anemptytextlline
1987

Sonic Youth | SST

#10
Sister
1987

Pet Shop Boys | Parlophone

#11
Actually
1987

New Order | Factory

#12
Substance
1987

The Replacements | Sire

#13
Pleased to Meet Me
1987

Def Leppard | Mercury

#14
Hysteria
1987

Dinosaur Jr. | SST

#15
You're Living All Over Me
1987

Big Black | Touch and Go

#16
Songs About Fucking
1987

Sinéad O'Connor | Chrysalis

#17
The Lion and the Cobra
1987

Marianne Faithful | Island

#18
Strange Weather
1987

Ornette Coleman | Harmolodic

#19
In All Languages
1987

Cecil Taylor | Soul Note

#20
For Olim
1987

Sonny Rollins | Milestone

#21
G-Man
1987

Salif Keita | Mango

#22
Soro
1987

Ali Farka Touré | Mango

#23
Ali Farka Touré
1987

African Sun Music | Franco

#24
Attention Na Sida
1987

Najima | Triple Earth

#25
Qareeb
1988

N.W.A. | Ruthless

#1
Straight Outta Compton
1988

Public Enemy | Def Jam

#2
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1988

Sonic Youth | Enigma

#3
Daydream Nation
1988

Sonic Youth | Enigma

#4
Spirit of Eden
1988

The Beatles | Capitol

#5
Past Masters Volume 1 & 2
1988

EPMD | Fresh

#6
Strictly Business
1988

Ultramagnetic MCs | Next Plateau

#7
Critical Beatdown
1988

Boogie Productions | Jive

#8
By All Means Necessary
1988

Eric B. & Rakim | UNI

#9
Follow the Leader
1988

Jungle Brothers | Warlock

#10
Straight Out the Jungle
1988

Slick Rick | Def Jam

#11
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
1988

Eazy-E | Ruthless/Priority

#12
Eazy-Duz-It
1988

Stetasonic | Tommy Boy Music

#13
In Full Gear
1988

Pixies | 4AD/Rough Trade

#14
Surfer Rosa
1988

My Bloody Valentine | Creation

#15
Isn't Anything
1988

The Pogues | Pogue Mahone

#16
If I Should Fall from Grace With God
1988

Jane's Addiction | Warner Bros.

#17
Nothing's Shocking
1988

Tracy Chapman | Elektra

#18
Tracy Chapman
1988

Lucinda Williams | Rough Trade

#19
Lucinda Williams
1988

Leonard Cohen | Columbia

#20
I'm Your Man
1988

Living Colour | Epic

#21
Vivid
1988

Rodney Crowell | Columbia

#22
Diamonds & Dirt
1988

Art Farmer | Contemporary

#23
Blame It on My Youth
1988

Miriam Makeba | Warner Bros.

#24
Sangoma
1988

Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens | Polydor

#25
Paris — Soweto
1989

Beastie Boys | Capitol

#1
Paul's Boutique
1989

De La Soul | Tommy Boy Music

#2
3 Feet High and Rising
1989

Madonna | Sire

#3
Like a Prayer
1989

Janet Jackson | A&M

#4
Rhythm Nation 1814
1989

Pixies | 4AD/Elektra

#5
Doolittle
1989

The Stone Roses | Silvertone

#6
The Stone Roses
1989

The Cure | Elektra

#7
Disintegration
1989

Nine Inch Nails | TVT

#8
Pretty Hate Machine
1989

The Mekons | A&M

#9
The Mekons Rock N' Roll
1989

Galaxie 500 | Rough Trade

#10
On Fire
1989

Lou Reed | Sire

#11
New York
1989

Bonnie Raitt | Capitol

#12
Nick of Time
1989

Neneh Cherry | Virgin/Circa

#13
Raw Like Sushi
1989

Chris Isaak | Reprise

#14
Heart Shaped World
1989

Soul II Soul | Virgin

#15
Keep on Movin'
1989

808 State | ZTT

#16
Ninety
1989

The Neville Brothers | A&M

#17
Yellow Moon
1989

Stevie Ray Vaughan | Epic

#18
In Step
1989

George Strait | MCA

#19
Beyond the Blue Neon
1989

Keith Whitley | RCA/BMG Music

#20
I Wonder Do You Think of Me
1989

Baaba Maal, Mansour Seek | Mango

#21
Djam Leelii
1989

Mano Negra | Virgin

#22
Puta's Fever
1989

Caetano Veloso | Elektra Musician

#23
Estangeiro
1989

Boredoms | Shimmy Disc

#24
Soul Discharge
1989

Cui Jian

#25
Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March

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