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Best Albums of the 1980s by User Score
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1
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Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
September 1st, 1984
New Wave
,
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
91
1,018 ratings
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2
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Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
June 25th, 1984
Synth Funk
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
91
3,872 ratings
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3
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The Cure - Disintegration
May 2nd, 1989
Gothic Rock
,
Post-Punk
,
Dream Pop
USER SCORE
91
4,192 ratings
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4
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Talking Heads - Remain in Light
October 8th, 1980
New Wave
,
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
91
6,113 ratings
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5
.
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
September 16th, 1985
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
USER SCORE
90
5,091 ratings
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6
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Metallica - Master of Puppets
March 3rd, 1986
Thrash Metal
USER SCORE
90
4,768 ratings
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7
.
Azra - Sunčana strana ulice
June 5th, 1981
New Wave
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
89
17 ratings
Amazon
8
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Michael Jackson - Thriller
November 30th, 1982
Dance-Pop
,
Contemporary R&B
,
Pop
USER SCORE
89
5,005 ratings
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9
.
Azra - Azra
New Wave
,
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
89
13 ratings
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10
.
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
July 27th, 1984
Thrash Metal
USER SCORE
89
3,905 ratings
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11
.
Krystian Zimerman - Chopin: 4 Balladen; Barcarolle; Fantasie
July 8th, 1988
Romanticism
USER SCORE
88
26 ratings
Amazon
12
.
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
June 16th, 1986
Jangle Pop
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
88
5,693 ratings
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13
.
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
May 16th, 1980
Cinematic Classical
,
Orchestral
,
Modern Classical
USER SCORE
88
89 ratings
Amazon
14
.
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
September 13th, 1982
Progressive Pop
,
Art Pop
USER SCORE
88
2,110 ratings
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15
.
António Variações - Dar & Receber
March 1st, 1984
Synthpop
,
Art Pop
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
88
28 ratings
Amazon
16
.
山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] - For You
January 21st, 1982
City Pop
USER SCORE
88
388 ratings
Amazon
17
.
Various Artists - Little Shop Of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
November 24th, 1986
Show Tunes
,
Rock & Roll
,
Doo-Wop
USER SCORE
88
29 ratings
Amazon
18
.
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka] - The Rainbow Goblins
March 10th, 1981
Jazz Fusion
,
Jazz-Rock
USER SCORE
88
315 ratings
Amazon
19
.
Joy Division - Closer
July 18th, 1980
Post-Punk
,
Gothic Rock
USER SCORE
88
2,787 ratings
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20
.
Prince - Sign O' the Times
March 31st, 1987
Contemporary R&B
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
88
1,476 ratings
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21
.
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
November 1st, 1982
Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
87
907 ratings
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22
.
David Kauffman / Eric Caboor - Songs From Suicide Bridge
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
87
298 ratings
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23
.
Sade - Diamond Life
July 16th, 1984
Sophisti-Pop
,
Smooth Soul
USER SCORE
87
1,406 ratings
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24
.
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in America
Modern Classical
,
Cinematic Classical
,
Big Band
USER SCORE
87
44 ratings
Amazon
25
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S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe - River's Island
March 21st, 1984
USER SCORE
87
14 ratings
Amazon
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