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Highest Rated Pop Rock Albums of the 1980s
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1980s
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Pop Rock
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Peter Gabriel - So
May 19, 1986
Pop Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
100
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2
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Paul McCartney - Tug of War
April 26, 1982
Pop Rock
Score
100
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3
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The Who - It's Hard
September 4, 1982
Pop Rock
Score
100
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4
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The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
October 26, 1981
Yacht Rock
,
New Wave
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
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5
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Paul Simon - Graceland
August 12, 1986
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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6
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U2 - The Joshua Tree
March 9, 1987
Pop Rock
,
Heartland Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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7
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The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
October 3, 1980
New Wave
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
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8
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The Beatles - Past Masters, Volume One
March 8, 1988
Pop Rock
Score
100
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9
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Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence
June 27, 1989
Pop Rock
Score
100
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10
.
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
October 9, 1987
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Heartland Rock
Score
100
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11
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Prince - Sign O' the Times
March 31, 1987
Contemporary R&B
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
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12
.
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
May 13, 1985
Pop Rock
,
Blues Rock
Score
90
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13
.
Prince - Dirty Mind
October 8, 1980
Pop Rock
,
Synth Funk
Score
90
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14
.
The Beatles - Past Masters, Volume Two
March 8, 1988
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
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15
.
The Police - Synchronicity
June 1, 1983
New Wave
,
Pop Rock
Score
90
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16
.
Rolling Stones - Undercover
November 7, 1983
Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
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17
.
Steely Dan - Gaucho
November 21, 1980
Yacht Rock
,
Jazz-Rock
Score
90
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18
.
Bob Dylan - Infidels
October 27, 1983
Singer-Songwriter
,
Pop Rock
Score
90
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19
.
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun
October 13, 1987
Pop Rock
,
Sophisti-Pop
,
Jazz Pop
Score
90
Source →
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20
.
The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
June 20, 1980
Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
80
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21
.
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
June 25, 1984
Synth Funk
,
Pop Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
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22
.
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
August 15, 1981
Pop Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
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23
.
Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
August 1, 1987
Pop Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
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24
.
Squeeze - East Side Story
May 15, 1981
Pop Rock
,
New Wave
Score
80
Source →
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25
.
The Kinks - State of Confusion
June 10, 1983
Pop Rock
Score
80
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