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Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock
January 1, 1983
New Wave
Critic Score
90
1 review
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199
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Tenor Saw - Fever
Reggae
,
Dancehall
Critic Score
90
1 review
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198
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Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
September 7, 1984
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
90
1 review
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197
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Whodini - Escape
October 17, 1984
Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
1 review
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196
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Virgo Four - Virgo
House
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Chicago House
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195
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Cecil Taylor - For Olim
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Free Jazz
Critic Score
90
1 review
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194
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Patrice Rushen - Straight from the Heart
April 14, 1982
Contemporary R&B
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Smooth Soul
,
Boogie
Critic Score
90
1 review
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193
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Flipper - Album - Generic Flipper
June 0, 1982
Noise Rock
,
Punk Rock
Critic Score
90
1 review
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192
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Salt-n-Pepa - Hot, Cool & Vicious
December 8, 1986
Pop Rap
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East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
60
1 review
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191
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Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent
October 15, 1984
Synthpop
Critic Score
81
2 reviews
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190
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Ini Kamoze - Ini Kamoze
January 1, 1984
Dancehall
,
Reggae
Critic Score
100
1 review
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189
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Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
March 1, 1987
Noise Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Critic Score
90
1 review
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188
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Yoko Ono - Season of Glass
June 8, 1981
New Wave
,
Pop Rock
Critic Score
86
3 reviews
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187
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Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club
June 23, 1981
New Wave
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
80
1 review
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186
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Paul McCartney - McCartney II
May 16, 1980
Pop Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Experimental
Critic Score
60
2 reviews
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185
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Too $hort - Life is...Too Short
January 31, 1989
Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
100
1 review
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184
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Change - The Glow of Love
May 16, 1980
Disco
,
Funk
Critic Score
90
1 review
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183
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The B-52's - Wild Planet
September 27, 1980
New Wave
Critic Score
90
3 reviews
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182
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ABBA - The Visitors
November 30, 1981
Pop
,
Europop
Critic Score
60
2 reviews
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181
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Nuno Canavarro - Plux Quba
August 24, 1988
Electroacoustic
,
Tape Music
Critic Score
60
1 review
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180
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808 State - 90
December 4, 1989
Acid House
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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179
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LiLiPUT - LiLiPUT
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
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178
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Joe Jackson - Night and Day
June 1, 1982
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
2 reviews
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177
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Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen
November 1, 1989
Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
1 review
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176
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Psychic TV - Dreams Less Sweet
Experimental
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Post-Industrial
Critic Score
60
1 review
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175
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Godflesh - Streetcleaner
November 13, 1989
Industrial Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
91
4
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174
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Ornette Coleman - In All Languages
February 1, 1987
Jazz
,
Free Jazz
Critic Score
80
2 reviews
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173
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Tina Turner - Private Dancer
May 29, 1984
Pop Rock
,
Soul
Critic Score
90
3 reviews
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172
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Duran Duran - Rio
May 10, 1982
Synthpop
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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171
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Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85
June 10, 1985
Synthpop
,
Sophisti-Pop
Critic Score
87
3 reviews
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170
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Yellowman - Mister Yellowman
January 15, 1982
Dancehall
Critic Score
90
1 review
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169
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The Faith / Void - Faith/Void Split LP
September 10, 1982
Hardcore Punk
Critic Score
80
1 review
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168
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Nurse with Wound - Soliloquy For Lilith
Drone
,
Dark Ambient
Critic Score
90
1 review
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167
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Au Pairs - Playing With a Different Sex
May 0, 1981
Post-Punk
Critic Score
90
1 review
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166
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Ice-T - Rhyme Pays
November 4, 1987
Hip Hop
,
Gangsta Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
70
1 review
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165
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Swell Maps - ....in "Jane from Occupied Europe"
July 28, 1980
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Critic Score
91
3 reviews
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164
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Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis - Deep Listening
January 1, 1989
Drone
,
Ambient
Critic Score
91
2 reviews
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163
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坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto] - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
May 1, 1983
Electronic
,
Cinematic Classical
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162
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King Sunny Adé and His African Beats - Syncro System
January 1, 1983
Critic Score
50
1 review
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161
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Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
March 15, 1982
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
100
1 review
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160
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Mr. Fingers - Ammnesia
Deep House
,
Chicago House
Critic Score
90
1 review
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159
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Various Artists - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
January 1, 1985
Critic Score
100
1 review
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158
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Judas Priest - British Steel
April 14, 1980
Heavy Metal
,
Hard Rock
Critic Score
73
3 reviews
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157
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MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock
September 13, 1988
Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
1 review
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156
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Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
September 29, 1980
Soul
Critic Score
88
3 reviews
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155
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
July 2, 1982
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
New Wave
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
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154
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LL Cool J - Radio
November 18, 1985
Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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153
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Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music
Modern Classical
,
Post-Minimalism
,
Chamber Music
Critic Score
80
1 review
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152
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Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
April 1, 1984
Alternative Rock
,
Punk Rock
,
Punk Blues
Critic Score
100
1 review
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151
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The Clean - Compilation
Jangle Pop
Critic Score
90
1 review
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#3 "Straight Outta Compton" must be a joke. It's not a bad album, but it has aged badly and some of the tracks are crap. The first poll from 2002 was way better. This time Pitchfork bowed to blind nostalgia and forced diversity.
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