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Compilation
(38)
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(35)
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(44)
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(1,127)
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(3)
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(6)
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(210)
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(39)
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AOR
(8)
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(7)
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(6)
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(10)
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(21)
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(29)
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(6)
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(7)
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(8)
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(22)
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(11)
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(6)
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(25)
Pop
(48)
Pop Rock
(31)
Post-Punk
(26)
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(6)
Progressive Rock
(6)
Punk
(10)
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(10)
Reggae
(9)
Rock
(86)
Singer-Songwriter
(12)
Soul
(11)
Synthpop
(6)
Jun 14
Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures
92
critic score
(7)
89
user score
(1,769)
Nov 30
Pink Floyd
The Wall
73
critic score
(5)
85
user score
(1,484)
Dec 14
The Clash
London Calling
100
critic score
(5)
89
user score
(1,031)
Aug 10
Michael Jackson
Off the Wall
98
critic score
(4)
86
user score
(735)
Aug 3
Talking Heads
Fear of Music
96
critic score
(5)
86
user score
(634)
May 18
David Bowie
Lodger
89
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(477)
Sep 25
Gang of Four
Entertainment!
94
critic score
(4)
85
user score
(358)
May 11
The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys
80
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(344)
Aug 3
AC/DC
Highway to Hell
90
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(264)
Aug 15
Led Zeppelin
In Through the Out Door
63
critic score
(4)
68
user score
(251)
Dec 1
Throbbing Gristle
20 Jazz Funk Greats
93
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(209)
Oct 12
Fleetwood Mac
Tusk
93
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(197)
Nov 23
Public Image Ltd.
Metal Box
96
critic score
(5)
84
user score
(185)
Apr 20
The Pop Group
Y
85
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(176)
Oct 19
Prince
Prince
72
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(173)
Mar 29
Supertramp
Breakfast in America
73
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(169)
Sep 1
Wire
154
94
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(165)
Sep 1
This Heat
This Heat
91
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(141)
Sep 25
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Solid State Survivor
85
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(132)
Oct 5
The Police
Reggatta de Blanc
60
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(128)
Aug 17
XTC
Drums and Wires
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(126)
Jul 6
The B-52's
The B-52's
85
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(118)
Apr 23
ABBA
Voulez-Vous
65
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(110)
Sep 7
Gary Numan
The Pleasure Principle
86
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(99)
Nov 3
The Raincoats
The Raincoats
93
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(97)
Apr 25
Donna Summer
Bad Girls
95
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(94)
Jul 9
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Rust Never Sleeps
100
critic score
(2)
87
user score
(94)
Aug 20
Bob Dylan
Slow Train Coming
68
critic score
(3)
63
user score
(92)
Jan 5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Armed Forces
94
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(91)
Sep 7
The Slits
Cut
88
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(90)
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Oct 10
The Specials
The Specials
100
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(84)
Oct 19
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Damn the Torpedoes
94
critic score
(7)
79
user score
(83)
Mar 24
Motörhead
Overkill
90
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(81)
Sep 1
Buzzcocks
Singles Going Steady
95
critic score
(3)
87
user score
(77)
Mar 16
The Fall
Live at the Witch Trials
84
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(70)
Mar 23
Van Halen
Van Halen II
85
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(69)
Sep 1
James Chance & The Contortions
Buy
95
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(69)
Oct 4
Blondie
Eat to the Beat
80
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(64)
Jan
Germs
(GI)
90
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(63)
1979
Robert Ashley
Automatic Writing
73
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(57)
Feb
Black Flag
Nervous Breakdown
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(56)
Feb 1
Marianne Faithfull
Broken English
83
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(56)
Jun 15
Dire Straits
Communiqué
56
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(56)
Sep
The Residents
Eskimo
85
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(56)
Apr 1
Tubeway Army
Replicas
85
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(54)
May 31
Electric Light Orchestra
Discovery
62
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(54)
Sep 1
Sparks
No. 1 in Heaven
92
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(51)
Nov 23
Pink Floyd
Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
87
user score
(48)
1979
Rita Lee
Rita Lee
60
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(47)
Oct 26
The Fall
Dragnet
82
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(47)
Jun 13
The Cars
Candy-O
82
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(46)
Jul 30
Chic
Risqué
88
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(46)
Mar 3
Frank Zappa
Sheik Yerbouti
65
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(45)
May 1
The Undertones
The Undertones
95
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(44)
Jun 13
Joni Mitchell
Mingus
62
critic score
(3)
69
user score
(42)
Sep 17
Frank Zappa
Joe's Garage Act I
65
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(41)
Jan 1
Philip Glass
Einstein on the Beach
95
critic score
(2)
86
user score
(40)
Oct 27
Motörhead
Bomber
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(40)
Nov 12
The Damned
Machine Gun Etiquette
84
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(40)
Mar 5
Joe Jackson
Look Sharp!
100
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(39)
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