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(19)
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(42)
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(61)
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(40)
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(40)
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(5)
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(8)
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(14)
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(11)
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(98)
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(14)
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(11)
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(13)
Oct 8
Talking Heads
Remain in Light
97
critic score
(7)
91
user score
(1519)
Jul 18
Joy Division
Closer
97
critic score
(6)
89
user score
(1010)
Sep 12
David Bowie
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
90
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(559)
Jul 25
AC/DC
Back in Black
94
critic score
(7)
76
user score
(404)
Sep 2
Dead Kennedys
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
88
critic score
(4)
85
user score
(319)
Apr 22
The Cure
Seventeen Seconds
71
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(300)
Sep 5
Kate Bush
Never For Ever
73
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(280)
Oct 8
Prince
Dirty Mind
99
critic score
(6)
83
user score
(264)
Jun 27
Queen
The Game
78
critic score
(4)
72
user score
(202)
Oct 1
Bauhaus
In the Flat Field
86
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(200)
Apr 14
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
80
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(185)
Apr 25
Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell
78
critic score
(5)
78
user score
(153)
Oct 17
Bruce Springsteen
The River
90
critic score
(3)
82
user score
(148)
Apr 1
The Feelies
Crazy Rhythms
96
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(134)
Apr 1
Brian Eno & Harold Budd
Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
82
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(134)
Oct 20
U2
Boy
77
critic score
(6)
75
user score
(132)
Dec 12
The Clash
Sandinista!
83
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(129)
Nov 8
Motörhead
Ace of Spades
95
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(127)
Jan 1
Rush
Permanent Waves
80
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(115)
Apr 26
X
Los Angeles
100
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(115)
Sep 20
Ozzy Osbourne
Blizzard of Ozz
90
critic score
(3)
82
user score
(106)
Feb 1
Young Marble Giants
Colossal Youth
90
critic score
(8)
81
user score
(99)
Oct 3
The Police
Zenyatta Mondatta
100
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(99)
Apr 14
Judas Priest
British Steel
73
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(97)
May 23
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
90
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(92)
May 16
Paul McCartney
McCartney II
73
critic score
(6)
66
user score
(84)
Nov 1
The Sound
Jeopardy
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(83)
Nov 21
Steely Dan
Gaucho
88
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(81)
Sep 1
Tom Waits
Heartattack and Vine
75
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(80)
Nov 3
ABBA
Super Trouper
60
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(80)
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Jun 28
The Soft Boys
Underwater Moonlight
95
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(75)
Aug 1
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Kaleidoscope
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(75)
Jan 11
Pretenders
Pretenders
100
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(69)
Oct 17
Dire Straits
Making Movies
86
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(68)
Sep 12
XTC
Black Sea
94
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(65)
Jun 20
The Rolling Stones
Emotional Rescue
70
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(63)
May 14
Devo
Freedom of Choice
67
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(62)
Jun 23
Bob Dylan
Saved
48
critic score
(3)
45
user score
(62)
Sep 1
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
95
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(62)
May 9
Grace Jones
Warm Leatherette
88
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(61)
Nov 17
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Double Fantasy
76
critic score
(4)
66
user score
(60)
Sep 29
Stevie Wonder
Hotter Than July
85
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(57)
Mar 28
Genesis
Duke
80
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(56)
Jul 18
Echo & the Bunnymen
Crocodiles
86
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(56)
Sep 25
Rita Lee
Rita Lee
82
user score
(56)
Jun 10
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Uprising
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(54)
May
The Cramps
Songs the Lord Taught Us
79
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(53)
Nov 17
The Fall
Grotesque (After the Gramme)
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(53)
Jan 19
Wipers
Is This Real?
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(52)
Feb 4
Ramones
End of the Century
68
critic score
(3)
69
user score
(52)
Nov 28
The Jam
Sound Affects
88
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(51)
Jun
Joy Division
Love Will Tear Us Apart
80
critic score
(1)
92
user score
(50)
May 22
Diana Ross
Diana
83
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(49)
Jan 1
Laraaji
Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
80
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(47)
Feb 15
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Get Happy!!
97
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(47)
Jul 11
Dexys
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(45)
Nov 26
Blondie
Autoamerican
40
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(45)
Mar 10
Billy Joel
Glass Houses
75
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(44)
Aug 22
Yes
Drama
65
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(43)
Jan 1
This Heat
Health and Efficiency
74
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(42)
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