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Jul 21
Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction
92
critic score
(7)
73
user score
(1,399)
Mar 31
Prince
Sign O' the Times
100
critic score
(7)
87
user score
(1,279)
Oct 19
Swans
Children of God
60
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(1,273)
Sep 28
The Smiths
Strangeways, Here We Come
81
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(1,220)
Mar 9
U2
The Joshua Tree
100
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(1,062)
Sep 7
Pink Floyd
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
33
critic score
(3)
53
user score
(979)
May 25
The Cure
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
80
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(966)
Jun 1
Sonic Youth
Sister
95
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(912)
Dec 14
Dinosaur
You're Living All Over Me
78
critic score
(4)
84
user score
(881)
Sep 10
Big Black
Songs About Fucking
85
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(596)
Apr 27
David Bowie
Never Let Me Down
45
critic score
(4)
41
user score
(538)
Apr 13
Fleetwood Mac
Tango in the Night
71
critic score
(7)
80
user score
(510)
Sep 1
R.E.M.
Document
90
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(439)
Sep 28
Pixies
Come on Pilgrim
84
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(361)
Oct 18
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Darklands
80
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(342)
Mar 1
Butthole Surfers
Locust Abortion Technician
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(319)
Sep 29
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
70
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(296)
Nov 4
Sinéad O'Connor
The Lion and the Cobra
88
critic score
(5)
82
user score
(287)
Aug 3
Def Leppard
Hysteria
93
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(256)
Oct 19
INXS
Kick
80
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(232)
Nov 13
The Sisters of Mercy
Floodland
84
critic score
(5)
79
user score
(215)
Jun 17
The Replacements
Pleased to Meet Me
80
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(214)
Oct 9
Bruce Springsteen
Tunnel of Love
95
critic score
(5)
79
user score
(210)
Aug 17
New Order
Substance
87
critic score
(3)
90
user score
(205)
Aug 17
Tom Waits
Franks Wild Years
78
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(195)
Nov 2
George Harrison
Cloud Nine
75
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(151)
Nov 1
Black Sabbath
The Eternal Idol
60
critic score
(3)
50
user score
(147)
Sep 8
Rush
Hold Your Fire
57
critic score
(3)
61
user score
(121)
Sep
Spacemen 3
The Perfect Prescription
93
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(118)
Sep 17
Yes
Big Generator
40
critic score
(1)
54
user score
(104)
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May 15
Mötley Crüe
Girls, Girls, Girls
70
critic score
(2)
64
user score
(103)
Oct 5
The Cure
Just Like Heaven
96
user score
(94)
Aug 18
Aerosmith
Permanent Vacation
60
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(93)
Jan 5
Hüsker Dü
Warehouse: Songs and Stories
80
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(87)
Jan 6
The Flaming Lips
Oh My Gawd!!!
60
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(85)
Apr 1
Suzanne Vega
Solitude Standing
80
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(79)
1987
Frank Zappa
Joe's Garage: Acts I, II & III
75
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(79)
Oct 13
Sting
...Nothing Like the Sun
90
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(76)
Aug 1
Midnight Oil
Diesel and Dust
85
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(76)
Feb 23
The Smiths
The World Won't Listen
71
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(69)
Jul 6
Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen
70
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(65)
1987
Charly García
Parte de la Religión
80
user score
(65)
Oct 15
Joe Satriani
Surfing With The Alien
90
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(63)
Apr 7
Whitesnake
Whitesnake
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(60)
Jul 21
Dio
Dream Evil
70
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(60)
Mar 16
U2
With or Without You
91
user score
(58)
Apr 6
The Cult
Electric
73
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(57)
Jun 15
Roger Waters
Radio K.A.O.S.
65
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(52)
Sep 18
KISS
Crazy Nights
25
critic score
(2)
32
user score
(51)
Oct 3
Guns N' Roses
Welcome to the Jungle
75
user score
(49)
Nov 10
Cher
Cher
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(47)
Aug 20
Yoo Jae-ha
Because I Love You 사랑하기 때문에
84
user score
(42)
Jun 12
Marillion
Clutching at Straws
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(42)
Apr 27
Wire
The Ideal Copy
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(40)
Sep 5
Motörhead
Rock 'n' Roll
40
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(40)
May 25
U2
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
100
critic score
(1)
89
user score
(38)
Jan 1
Yo La Tengo
New Wave Hot Dogs
80
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(36)
Jun 22
Einstürzende Neubauten
Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(36)
Mar 2
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Through the Looking Glass
63
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(36)
Nov 16
R.E.M.
It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
92
user score
(35)
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