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Michael Jackson
Thriller
Nov 30 • LP
97
critic score
(7)
91
user score
(17.7K)
The Cure
Pornography
May 3 • LP
63
critic score
(3)
86
user score
(6,217)
Kate Bush
The Dreaming
Sep 13 • LP
81
critic score
(6)
88
user score
(5,298)
Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast
Mar 22 • LP
88
critic score
(4)
85
user score
(3,739)
Prince
1999
Oct 27 • LP
92
critic score
(8)
86
user score
(3,060)
Dead Kennedys
Plastic Surgery Disasters
Nov 16 • LP
83
critic score
(3)
87
user score
(2,556)
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Feb 5 • LP
93
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(2,439)
Descendents
Milo Goes to College
Sep 12 • LP
95
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(2,073)
Bruce Springsteen
Nebraska
Sep 30 • LP
81
critic score
(5)
83
user score
(1,848)
山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]
For You
Jan 21 • LP
89
user score
(1,706)
Duran Duran
Rio
May 10 • LP
95
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(1,637)
The Clash
Combat Rock
May 14 • LP
79
critic score
(4)
73
user score
(1,461)
Queen
Hot Space
May 21 • LP
56
critic score
(4)
54
user score
(1,409)
Cocteau Twins
Garlands
Jul 10 • LP
63
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(1,310)
Judas Priest
Screaming for Vengeance
Jul 17 • LP
72
critic score
(6)
81
user score
(1,246)
Casiopea
Mint Jams
May 12 • Live
85
user score
(1,211)
King Crimson
Beat
Jun 18 • LP
73
critic score
(3)
69
user score
(1,108)
The Alan Parsons Project
Eye in the Sky
May 14 • LP
93
critic score
(3)
82
user score
(1,096)
Philip Glass
Glassworks
Mar • LP
93
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(1,007)
Laurie Anderson
Big Science
Apr 19 • LP
88
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(895)
Misfits
Walk Among Us
Mar • LP
91
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(844)
Swans
Swans
1982 • EP
50
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(817)
Sonic-Youth
Sonic Youth
Mar • LP
60
critic score
(4)
68
user score
(788)
Dire Straits
Love Over Gold
Sep 20 • LP
87
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(777)
Brian Eno
Ambient 4: On Land
Mar • LP
84
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(751)
Rush
Signals
Sep 9 • LP
60
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(659)
Fleetwood Mac
Mirage
Jun 18 • LP
75
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(656)
Venom
Black Metal
Nov 1 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(651)
吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura]
Wave Notation 1: Music for Nine Post Cards
1982 • LP
85
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(630)
Depeche Mode
A Broken Frame
Sep 27 • LP
56
critic score
(5)
64
user score
(627)
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Roxy Music
Avalon
May 28 • LP
85
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(605)
Talk Talk
The Party's Over
Jul 12 • LP
43
critic score
(3)
67
user score
(594)
Siouxsie and the Banshees
A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
Nov 5 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(588)
Paul McCartney
Tug of War
Apr 26 • LP
83
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(582)
TOTO
Toto IV
Apr 8 • LP
65
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(554)
Donald Fagen
The Nightfly
Oct 29 • LP
87
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(553)
Bauhaus
The Sky's Gone Out
Oct 1 • LP
60
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(548)
Djavan
Luz
Aug 20 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(511)
Led Zeppelin
Coda
Nov 19 • Compilation
68
critic score
(4)
61
user score
(497)
Discharge
Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
May 21 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(486)
Talking Heads
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
Mar 24 • Live
88
critic score
(6)
88
user score
(480)
XTC
English Settlement
Feb 12 • LP
80
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(476)
Marvin Gaye
Midnight Love
Nov 8 • LP
80
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(472)
Oingo Boingo
Nothing to Fear
Jun 22 • LP
45
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(450)
Mission of Burma
Vs.
Oct 11 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(445)
間宮貴子 [Takako Mamiya]
ラブ・トリップ [Love Trip]
Nov 25 • LP
81
user score
(427)
The Fall
Hex Enduction Hour
Mar 8 • LP
82
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(423)
Christian Death
Only Theatre of Pain
Mar 24 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(403)
R.E.M.
Chronic Town
Aug 24 • EP
73
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(368)
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Sep 21 • LP
40
critic score
(2)
49
user score
(366)
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Sep 6 • LP
80
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(361)
Billy Joel
The Nylon Curtain
Sep 23 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(340)
Van Halen
Diver Down
Apr 14 • LP
55
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(338)
濱田金吾 [Kingo Hamada]
Midnight Cruisin'
Oct 21 • LP
80
user score
(335)
Lou Reed
The Blue Mask
Feb 23 • LP
91
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(323)
ABC
The Lexicon of Love
Jun 25 • LP
93
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(319)
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
The Message
Oct 3 • LP
77
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(312)
Charly García
Yendo de la Cama al Living
Oct 28 • LP
84
user score
(311)
Diamanda Galás
The Litanies of Satan
Feb 25 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(308)
Scorpions
Blackout
Mar 29 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(304)
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