Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on January 14, 1980 through Anthem Records. The album charted at No. 3 in Canada and the UK, and No. 4 in the United States.
It received favourable reviews from sources such as Rolling Stone. In 2018 it was included by Louder on its list of The 50 best albums of the 80s (#17).
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Rio is the second studio album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 10 May 1982 through EMI. The album peaked at #2 in the United Kingdom and remained in the chart for 110 weeks. Initially unsuccessful in the United States, the album was remixed by Capitol Records; the remixed album spent 129 weeks on the Billboard chart, reaching #6.
It initially received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Retrospective reviewers consider Rio timeless and the band's best work. It ... read more
Kill 'Em All is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 25, 1983, through the independent label Megaforce Records. It was certified 4× platinum by RIAA in 2025 for shipping four million copies in the United States.
The record was critically praised at the time of its release and has since been regarded as a groundbreaking album for thrash metal. It was also retrospectively placed on a few publications' best album lists. It was ranked at #35 ... read more
Sister is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on SST Records on June 1, 1987.
The album was not commercially successful at the time of its release, but received critical acclaim. Retrospectively, several publications have named it as one of the best albums of the 1980s. It was voted the 12th best album of the year in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for 1987. The album ranked No. 4 among "Albums of the Year" for ... read more
Reckoning is the second studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 9, 1984, by I.R.S. Records. It reached number 27 in the United States and peaked at number 91 in the United Kingdom.
The album received critical acclaim at its release. It placed seventh in NME's Best Album of the Year critics' poll and ranked sixth in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop poll. Slant Magazine listed the album at number 81 on its list of "Best Albums of the ... read more