The Top 200 Albums from the 1980s

Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Year	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	17	Public Enemy	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	1988		Listen
2	26	Prince	Sign 'O' the Times	1987		Listen
3	28	The Smiths	The Queen Is Dead	1986		Listen
4	33	Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982		Listen
5	35	U2	The Joshua Tree	1987		Listen
6	39	Talking Heads	Remain in Light	1980		Listen
7	46	Joy Division	Closer	1980		Listen
8	47	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	1989		Listen
9	49	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	1984		Listen
10	57	R.E.M.	Murmur	1983		Listen
11	62	Guns 'n' Roses	Appetite for Destruction	1987		Listen
12	65	Pixies	Doolittle	1989		Listen
13	67	Paul Simon	Graceland	1986		Listen
14	69	Sonic Youth	Daydream Nation	1988		Listen
15	71	De La Soul	3 Feet High and Rising	1989		Listen
16	77	Pixies	Surfer Rosa	1988		Listen
17	81	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Psychocandy	1985		Listen
18	100	Tom Waits	Swordfishtrombones	1983		Listen
19	113	Beastie Boys	Paul's Boutique	1989
20	123	Bruce Springsteen	Nebraska	1982		Listen
21	124	Tom Waits	Rain Dogs	1985		Listen
22	125	AC/DC	Back in Black	1980		Listen
23	133	N.W.A.	Straight Outta Compton	1988		Listen
24	142	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984		Listen
25	158	Pretenders	Pretenders	1980		Listen
26	168	Beastie Boys	Licensed to Ill	1986		Listen
27	173	The Smiths	The Smiths	1984		Listen
28	178	Prince and The Revolution	1999	1982		Listen
29	185	Run-D.M.C.	Raising Hell	1986		Listen
30	187	Metallica	Master of Puppets	1986		Listen
31	201	Hüsker Dü	Zen Arcade	1984		Listen
32	204	The Human League	Dare!	1981
33	207	The Replacements	Let It Be	1984		Listen
34	210	The Police	Synchronicity	1983		Listen
35	212	Peter Gabriel	So	1986		Listen
36	224	Kate Bush	Hounds of Love	1985		Listen
37	233	Sonic Youth	Sister	1987		Listen
38	236	Bruce Springsteen	The River	1980		Listen
39	237	The Pogues	Rum, Sodomy & the Lash	1985		Listen
40	239	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Imperial Bedroom	1982		Listen
41	251	New Order	Technique	1989		Listen
42	257	Prefab Sprout	Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good	1985		Listen
43	258	Minutemen	Double Nickels on the Dime	1984		Listen
44	270	U2	War	1983		Listen
45	290	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	1983		Listen
46	295	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Get Happy!!	1980		Listen
47	306	Richard and Linda Thompson	Shoot Out the Lights	1982		Listen
48	311	Dexy's Midnight Runners	Searching for the Young Soul Rebels	1980
49	315	R.E.M.	Document	1987
50	318	Donald Fagen	The Nightfly	1982		Listen
51	323	The Dead Kennedys	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables	1980
52	324	Brian Eno - David Byrne	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts	1981		Listen
53	326	The Cure	Disintegration	1989		Listen
54	328	ABC	The Lexicon of Love	1982		Listen
55	333	Jane's Addiction	Nothing's Shocking	1988		Listen
56	341	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987		Listen
57	362	Talk Talk	Spirit of Eden	1988		Listen
58	371	Lou Reed	New York	1989		Listen
59	374	Roxy Music	Avalon	1982		Listen
60	375	Madonna	Like a Prayer	1989		Listen
61	378	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1988		Listen
62	385	Black Flag	Damaged	1981		Listen
63	395	Slayer	Reign in Blood	1986		Listen
64	398	XTC	Skylarking	1986		Listen
65	404	X	Los Angeles	1980