alicore's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s

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A list by alicore

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reworked jan 25, 2021

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

1.

Hounds of Love1985

100

Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain

2.

Prince and The Revolution

Purple Rain1984

100

Talking Heads - Remain in Light

3.

Remain in Light1980

100

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

4.

Daydream Nation1988

100

Galaxie 500 - On Fire

5.

100

The Cure - Disintegration

6.

Disintegration1989

100

New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies

7.

Power, Corruption & Lies1983

100

Kate Bush - The Dreaming

8.

The Dreaming1982

100

The Replacements - Let It Be

9.

The Replacements

100

Sade - Diamond Life

10.

Diamond Life1984

100

Pixies - Doolittle

11.

100

12.

100

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy

13.

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Psychocandy1985

100

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing

14.

Nightclubbing1981

100

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Tinderbox

15.

Siouxsie & The Banshees

100

Cocteau Twins - Treasure

16.

100

Madonna - True Blue

17.

100

Prince - Sign "☮︎" the Times

18.

Sign "☮︎" the Times1987

100

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

19.

Violent Femmes1983

100

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

20.

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back1988

100

Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word

21.

Forever Breathes the Lonely Word1986

100

Joy Division - Closer

22.

100

U2 - The Joshua Tree

23.

The Joshua Tree1987

100

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

24.

Ride the Lightning1984

100

25.

Surfer Rosa1988

100

The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace

26.

This Nation's Saving Grace1985

100

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

27.

Double Nickels on the Dime1984

100

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

28.

Crazy Rhythms1980

100

Kraftwerk - Computerwelt

29.

Computerwelt1981

100

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

30.

The Queen Is Dead1986

100

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

31.

Tracy Chapman1988

100

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

32.

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses1989

100

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

33.

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus1986

100

Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade

34.

100

Bruce Springsteen - The River

35.

Bruce Springsteen

98

Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring

36.

Rites of Spring

Rites of Spring1985

100

Metallica - Master of Puppets

37.

Master of Puppets1986

100

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

38.

100

Prince - 1999

39.

98

Arthur Russell - World of Echo

40.

World of Echo1986

97

Killing Joke - Killing Joke

41.

Killing Joke1980

97

R.E.M. - Reckoning

42.

96

This Heat - Deceit

43.

96

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.

44.

Bruce Springsteen

Born in the U.S.A.1984

96

808 State - Newbuild

45.

93

Madonna - Like a Prayer

46.

Like a Prayer1989

92

The Police - Synchronicity

47.

Synchronicity1983

95

Galaxie 500 - Today

48.

96

Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen

49.

Steve McQueen1985

95

Dinosaur - You're Living All Over Me

50.

You're Living All Over Me1987

95

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5y

gd this list is so good, better than any publications best-of the 80s list i’ve ever seen

5y

Might steal your disclaimer and the ideas in it...

1y

It's been awhile since this list was updated so I assume you already have a change of heart but Kate Bush on No. 1 felt so right.

1y

@Spirallogram i have been thinking about updating this list and the 70s one sometime next year actually. but i'd very likely keep Hounds of Love at the top here

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