Acclaimed Music - The Top 200 Albums from the 1980s

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	H�sker D�	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		Listen
66	414	H�sker D�	New Day Rising	1985		Listen
67	417	U2	The Unforgettable Fire	1984		Listen
68	421	Prince	Dirty Mind	1980		Listen
69	429	The Jam	Sound Affects	1980		Listen
70	438	The Fall	This Nation's Saving Grace	1985
71	446	Lloyd Cole and The Commotions	Rattlesnakes	1984		Listen
72	448	New Order	Power, Corruption and Lies	1983		Listen
73	452	Iron Maiden	The Number of the Beast	1982
74	455	New Order	Low-Life	1985		Listen
75	456	Boogie Down Productions	Criminal Minded	1987		Listen
76	459	Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel (III)	1980		Listen
77	468	The Feelies	Crazy Rhythms	1980		Listen
78	472	Public Enemy	Yo! Bum Rush the Show	1987		Listen
79	473	The Replacements	Tim	1985		Listen
80	480	Soul II Soul	Club Classics Vol. 1/Keep On Movin'	1989		Listen
81	491	David Bowie	Scary Monsters	1980		Listen
82	494	Nine Inch Nails	Pretty Hate Machine	1989		Listen
83	499	Mot�rhead	No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith	1981
84	504	The Clash	Sandinista!	1980		Listen
85	507	Echo and the Bunnymen	Ocean Rain	1984		Listen
86	508	H�sker D�	Warehouse: Songs and Stories	1987		Listen
87	514	Sam Cooke	Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963	1985		Listen
88	518	R.E.M.	Green	1988		Listen
89	541	Kraftwerk	Computer Welt	1981		Listen
90	545	Leonard Cohen	I'm Your Man	1988		Listen
91	546	The Smiths	Strangeways, Here We Come	1987		Listen
92	558	X	Wild Gift	1981		Listen
93	560	R.E.M.	Reckoning	1984		Listen
94	561	King Sunny Ad�	Juju Music	1982		Listen
95	568	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense	1984		Listen
96	577	Mot�rhead	Ace of Spades	1980		Listen
97	581	My Bloody Valentine	Isn't Anything	1988		Listen
98	582	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	1985		Listen
99	584	Dinosaur Jr.	You're Living All Over Me	1987		Listen
100	587	Neil Young	Freedom	1989		Listen
101	588	The Cure	The Head on the Door	1985		Listen
102	592	Bruce Springsteen	Tunnel of Love	1987		Listen
103	606	Def Leppard	Hysteria	1987		Listen
104	611	Run-D.M.C.	Run-D.M.C.	1984		Listen
105	614	George Michael	Faith	1987		Listen
106	615	Tina Turner	Private Dancer	1984		Listen
107	616	Bon Jovi	Slippery when Wet	1986		Listen
108	626	Janet Jackson	Control	1986		Listen
109	630	The Smiths	Hatful of Hollow	1984		Listen
110	638	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder	1985		Listen
111	639	Faith No More	The Real Thing	1989		Listen
112	646	Def Leppard	Pyromania	1983		Listen
113	664	John Hiatt	Bring the Family	1987		Listen
114	670	LL Cool J	Radio	1985		Listen
115	684	Anita Baker	Rapture	1986		Listen
116	685	Fehlfarben	Monarchie und Alltag	1980		Listen
117	687	Sonic Youth	EVOL	1986		Listen
118	688	Young Marble Giants	Colossal Youth	1980
119	695	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Tender Prey	1988		Listen
120	702	Lucinda Williams	Lucinda Williams	1988		Listen
121	703	Prince and The Revolution	Parade	1986		Listen
122	709	Metallica	Kill 'Em All	1983		Listen
123	713	R.E.M.	Life's Rich Pageant	1986		Listen
124	717	The Cure	Pornography	1982		Listen
125	718	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Blood and Chocolate	1986		Listen
126	720	Midnight Oil	Diesel and Dust	1987		Listen
127	727	Cocteau Twins	Treasure	1984
128	731	John Cale	Music for a New Society	1982		Listen
129	734	The Cure	Seventeen Seconds	1980		Listen
130	742	ZZ Top	Eliminator	1983		Listen
131	743	Laurie Anderson	Big Science	1982		Listen
132	750	Echo and the Bunnymen	Crocodiles	1980		Listen
133	751	The Waterboys	This Is the Sea	1985		Listen
134	752	Minor Threat	Out of Step	1983
135	759	Duran Duran	Rio	1982
136	765	U2	Boy	1980		Listen
137	767	The Costello Show	King of America	1986
138	770	The Blue Nile	Hats	1989		Listen
139	772	Los Lobos	How Will the Wolf Survive?	1984		Listen
140	773	Aztec Camera	High Land Hard Rain	1983		Listen
141	778	Bad Brains	I Against I	1986		Listen
142	782	Billy Bragg	Talking with the Taxman about Poetry	1986		Listen
143	783	The Go-Betweens	16 Lovers Lane	1988
144	786	The Soft Boys	Underwater Moonlight	1980
145	789	Pet Shop Boys	Pet Shop Boys, Actually	1987		Listen
146	795	Van Halen	1984	1984		Listen
147	797	The Pogues	If I Should Fall from Grace with God	1988
148	800	The Police	Zenyatta Mondatta	1980		Listen
149	803	Soft Cell	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret	1981		Listen
150	813	Japan	Tin Drum	1981		Listen
151	814	Grace Jones	Nightclubbing	1981		Listen
152	818	The Replacements	Pleased to Meet Me	1987		Listen
153	819	Boogie Down Productions	By All Means Necessary	1988		Listen
154	822	Le Myst�re des Voix Bulgares	Le Myst�re des Voix Bulgares	1987		Listen
155	823	The Gun Club	Fire of Love	1981		Listen
156	825	Simple Minds	New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)	1982		Listen
157	838	Cyndi Lauper	She's so Unusual	1983		Listen
158	840	Big Black	Songs about Fucking	1987		Listen
159	848	The Beat	I Just Can't Stop It	1980		Listen
160	865	Cowboy Junkies	The Trinity Session	1988		Listen
161	869	EPMD	Strictly Business	1988		Listen
162	875	The Jungle Brothers	Done by the Forces of Nature	1989		Listen
163	880	Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984		Listen
164	888	Ruben Blad�s	Buscando Am�rica	1984		Listen
165	896	The Neville Brothers	Yellow Moon	1989		Listen
166	907	Aerosmith	Pump	1989		Listen
167	912	Steve Earle	Guitar Town	1986		Listen
168	914	Eric B. & Rakim	Follow the Leader	1988		Listen
169	916	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Darklands	1987
170	917	Bonnie Raitt	Nick of Time	1989		Listen
171	926	Sin�ad O'Connor	The Lion and the Cobra	1987		Listen
172	936	Black Uhuru	Red	1981		Listen
173	937	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	The Message	1982
174	939	The Velvet Underground	VU	1985		Listen
175	948	Squeeze	East Side Story	1981		Listen
176	956	The The	Soul Mining	1983		Listen
177	959	Depeche Mode	Music for the Masses	1987		Listen
178	960	Dinosaur Jr.	Bug	1988		Listen
179	965	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Trust	1981		Listen
180	967	Rickie Lee Jones	Pirates	1981		Listen
181	969	The Waterboys	Fisherman's Blues	1988		Listen
182	970	Pretenders	Learning to Crawl	1984		Listen
183	971	Salif Keita	Soro	1987		Listen
184	972	The Go-Betweens	Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express	1986
185	973	The Rolling Stones	Tattoo You	1981		Listen
186	978	XTC	English Settlement	1982		Listen
187	980	Galaxie 500	On Fire	1989
188	982	Marvin Gaye	Midnight Love	1982		Listen
189	984	Happy Mondays	Bummed	1988
190	986	Youssou N'Dour	Immigres	1984		Listen
191	988	Nirvana	Bleach	1989		Listen
192	989	Rush	Moving Pictures	1981		Listen
193	991	Meat Puppets	II	1983		Listen
194	993	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasure Dome	1984		Listen
195	998	H�sker D�	Flip Your Wig	1985		Listen
196	999	The Psychedelic Furs	Talk Talk Talk	1981		Listen
197	1006	Spacemen 3	Perfect Prescription	1987		Listen
198	1008	Big Black	Atomizer	1986
199	1009	Marshall Crenshaw	Marshall Crenshaw	1982		Listen
200	1014	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	Doc at the Radar Station	1980		Listen