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Best Albums of the 1980s by User Score

1.

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
September 1st, 1984
USER SCORE
91
1,016 ratings

2.

Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
June 25th, 1984
USER SCORE
91
3,869 ratings

3.

The Cure - Disintegration
May 2nd, 1989
USER SCORE
91
4,189 ratings

4.

Talking Heads - Remain in Light
October 8th, 1980
USER SCORE
91
6,110 ratings

5.

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
September 16th, 1985
USER SCORE
90
5,090 ratings

6.

Metallica - Master of Puppets
March 3rd, 1986
USER SCORE
90
4,767 ratings

7.

Azra - Sunčana strana ulice
June 5th, 1981
USER SCORE
89
17 ratings

8.

Michael Jackson - Thriller
November 30th, 1982
USER SCORE
89
5,004 ratings

9.

Azra - Azra
USER SCORE
89
13 ratings

10.

Metallica - Ride the Lightning
July 27th, 1984
USER SCORE
89
3,904 ratings

12.

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
June 16th, 1986
USER SCORE
88
5,692 ratings

14.

Kate Bush - The Dreaming
September 13th, 1982
USER SCORE
88
2,110 ratings

15.

António Variações - Dar & Receber
March 1st, 1984
USER SCORE
88
28 ratings

16.

山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] - For You
January 21st, 1982
USER SCORE
88
388 ratings

19.

Joy Division - Closer
July 18th, 1980
USER SCORE
88
2,787 ratings

20.

Prince - Sign O' the Times
March 31st, 1987
USER SCORE
88
1,476 ratings

21.

Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
November 1st, 1982
USER SCORE
87
907 ratings

22.

Sade - Diamond Life
July 16th, 1984
USER SCORE
87
1,406 ratings

25.

S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe - River's Island
March 21st, 1984
USER SCORE
87
14 ratings
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