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	27	Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982		Listen
4	28	The Smiths	The Queen Is Dead	1986		Listen
5	35	Talking Heads	Remain in Light	1980		Listen
6	38	U2	The Joshua Tree	1987		Listen
7	41	Joy Division	Closer	1980		Listen
8	50	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	1984		Listen
9	55	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	1989		Listen
10	59	Pixies	Doolittle	1989		Listen
11	60	Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction	1987		Listen
12	65	R.E.M.	Murmur	1983		Listen
13	72	Sonic Youth	Daydream Nation	1988		Listen
14	76	Paul Simon	Graceland	1986		Listen
15	77	De La Soul	3 Feet High and Rising	1989		Listen
16	84	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Psychocandy	1985		Listen
17	95	AC/DC	Back in Black	1980		Listen
18	96	Pixies	Surfer Rosa	1988		Listen
19	100	Tom Waits	Swordfishtrombones	1983		Listen
20	109	N.W.A	Straight Outta Compton	1988		Listen
21	114	Tom Waits	Rain Dogs	1985		Listen
22	119	Beastie Boys	Paul's Boutique	1989
23	123	Bruce Springsteen	Nebraska	1982		Listen
24	152	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984		Listen
25	157	Metallica	Master of Puppets	1986		Listen
26	163	Pretenders	Pretenders	1980		Listen
27	178	Run-D.M.C.	Raising Hell	1986		Listen
28	186	Kate Bush	Hounds of Love	1985		Listen
29	192	The Smiths	The Smiths	1984		Listen
30	199	The Human League	Dare!	1981
31	201	Prince and The Revolution	1999	1982		Listen
32	204	H�sker D�	Zen Arcade	1984		Listen
33	207	Beastie Boys	Licensed to Ill	1986		Listen
34	214	Peter Gabriel	So	1986		Listen
35	228	Prefab Sprout	Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good	1985		Listen
36	233	The Replacements	Let It Be	1984		Listen
37	235	The Police	Synchronicity	1983		Listen
38	240	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Imperial Bedroom	1982		Listen
39	248	The Pogues	Rum, Sodomy & the Lash	1985		Listen
40	282	Brian Eno - David Byrne	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts	1981		Listen
41	288	Slayer	Reign in Blood	1986		Listen
42	289	Bruce Springsteen	The River	1980		Listen
43	293	Donald Fagen	The Nightfly	1982		Listen
44	296	Dexys Midnight Runners	Searching for the Young Soul Rebels	1980
45	297	Minutemen	Double Nickels on the Dime	1984		Listen
46	298	U2	War	1983		Listen
47	303	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987		Listen
48	305	Sonic Youth	Sister	1987		Listen
49	311	ABC	The Lexicon of Love	1982		Listen
50	318	New Order	Technique	1989		Listen
51	326	Dead Kennedys	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables	1980
52	332	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	1983		Listen
53	334	Black Flag	Damaged	1981		Listen
54	347	Richard and Linda Thompson	Shoot Out the Lights	1982		Listen
55	360	The Cure	Disintegration	1989		Listen
56	364	Madonna	Like a Prayer	1989		Listen
57	365	Jane's Addiction	Nothing's Shocking	1988		Listen
58	377	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Get Happy!!	1980		Listen
59	378	R.E.M.	Document	1987
60	381	Iron Maiden	The Number of the Beast	1982
61	400	Lou Reed	New York	1989		Listen
62	402	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1988		Listen
63	416	Talk Talk	Spirit of Eden	1988		Listen
64	426	H�sker D�	New Day Rising	1985		Listen
65	428	X	Los Angeles	1980		Listen
66	444	New Order	Low-Life	1985		Listen
67	451	Roxy Music	Avalon	1982		Listen
68	452	U2	The Unforgettable Fire	1984		Listen
69	467	Kraftwerk	Computerwelt	1981		Listen
70	470	Echo and the Bunnymen	Ocean Rain	1984		Listen
71	473	Prince	Dirty Mind	1980		Listen
72	476	XTC	Skylarking	1986		Listen
73	477	New Order	Power, Corruption & Lies	1983		Listen
74	478	Lloyd Cole and The Commotions	Rattlesnakes	1984		Listen
75	480	The Fall	This Nation's Saving Grace	1985
76	487	The Jam	Sound Affects	1980		Listen
77	488	The Cure	Pornography	1982		Listen
78	491	David Bowie	Scary Monsters	1980		Listen
79	492	The Clash	Sandinista!	1980		Listen
80	494	Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel (III)	1980		Listen
81	497	Soul II Soul	Club Classics Vol. One/Keep On Movin'	1989		Listen
82	499	The Feelies	Crazy Rhythms	1980		Listen
83	503	Mot�rhead	No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith	1981
84	507	The Replacements	Tim	1985		Listen
85	518	Public Enemy	Yo! Bum Rush the Show	1987		Listen
86	526	Boogie Down Productions	Criminal Minded	1987		Listen
87	527	Sam Cooke	Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963	1985		Listen
88	530	The Cure	The Head on the Door	1985		Listen
89	532	King Sunny Ad�	Juju Music	1982		Listen
90	535	Nine Inch Nails	Pretty Hate Machine	1989		Listen
91	555	Mot�rhead	Ace of Spades	1980		Listen
92	567	George Michael	Faith	1987		Listen
93	568	The Smiths	Hatful of Hollow	1984		Listen
94	570	My Bloody Valentine	Isn't Anything	1988		Listen
95	572	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense	1984		Listen
96	574	Dinosaur Jr.	You're Living All Over Me	1987		Listen
97	575	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	1985		Listen
98	577	Pet Shop Boys	Actually	1987		Listen
99	582	Young Marble Giants	Colossal Youth	1980
100	588	The Cure	Seventeen Seconds	1980		Listen
101	593	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder	1985		Listen
102	599	The Smiths	Strangeways, Here We Come	1987		Listen
103	600	X	Wild Gift	1981		Listen
104	601	Metallica	Kill 'Em All	1983		Listen
105	603	Fehlfarben	Monarchie und Alltag	1980		Listen
106	605	Leonard Cohen	I'm Your Man	1988		Listen
107	607	Prince and The Revolution	Parade	1986		Listen
108	610	H�sker D�	Warehouse: Songs and Stories	1987		Listen
109	617	R.E.M.	Reckoning	1984		Listen
110	627	R.E.M.	Green	1988		Listen
111	634	Les Rita Mitsouko	The No Comprendo	1986		Listen
112	657	Tina Turner	Private Dancer	1984		Listen
113	661	Def Leppard	Hysteria	1987		Listen
114	663	Soft Cell	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret	1981		Listen
115	669	Anita Baker	Rapture	1986		Listen
116	673	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Tender Prey	1988		Listen
117	690	Faith No More	The Real Thing	1989		Listen
118	693	Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984		Listen
119	696	Run-D.M.C.	Run-D.M.C.	1984		Listen
120	698	Janet Jackson	Control	1986		Listen
121	699	Laurie Anderson	Big Science	1982		Listen
122	700	Grace Jones	Nightclubbing	1981		Listen
123	703	R.E.M.	Lifes Rich Pageant	1986		Listen
124	708	Neil Young	Freedom	1989		Listen
125	710	The Pogues	If I Should Fall from Grace with God	1988
126	721	John Hiatt	Bring the Family	1987		Listen
127	733	Cocteau Twins	Treasure	1984
128	735	Sonic Youth	EVOL	1986		Listen
129	741	LL Cool J	Radio	1985		Listen
130	748	Big Black	Songs About Fucking	1987		Listen
131	756	Def Leppard	Pyromania	1983		Listen
132	762	The Costello Show	King of America	1986
133	763	Bruce Springsteen	Tunnel of Love	1987		Listen
134	769	Van Halen	1984	1984		Listen
135	779	ZZ Top	Eliminator	1983		Listen
136	781	The Cramps	Songs the Lord Taught Us	1980		Listen
137	786	John Cale	Music for a New Society	1982		Listen
138	787	Bad Brains	I Against I	1986		Listen
139	790	Echo and the Bunnymen	Crocodiles	1980		Listen
140	792	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasuredome	1984		Listen
141	797	Midnight Oil	Diesel and Dust	1987		Listen
142	799	Rush	Moving Pictures	1981		Listen
143	809	U2	Boy	1980		Listen
144	810	Bon Jovi	Slippery when Wet	1986		Listen
145	815	Youssou N'Dour	Immigres / Bitim Rew	1984		Listen
146	821	Japan	Tin Drum	1981		Listen
147	829	The Go-Betweens	16 Lovers Lane	1988
148	830	Lucinda Williams	Lucinda Williams	1988		Listen
149	832	Duran Duran	Rio	1982
150	833	Depeche Mode	Music for the Masses	1987		Listen
151	836	Cyndi Lauper	She's so Unusual	1983		Listen
152	849	Talk Talk	The Colour of Spring	1986		Listen
153	851	Squeeze	East Side Story	1981		Listen
154	852	The Waterboys	This Is the Sea	1985		Listen
155	856	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Blood and Chocolate	1986		Listen
156	860	The Neville Brothers	Yellow Moon	1989		Listen
157	861	The Blue Nile	Hats	1989		Listen
158	864	Simple Minds	New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)	1982		Listen
159	867	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	The Message	1982
160	871	Happy Mondays	Bummed	1988
161	876	Boogie Down Productions	By All Means Necessary	1988		Listen
162	877	Aztec Camera	High Land, Hard Rain	1983		Listen
163	882	Salif Keita	Soro	1987		Listen
164	887	The The	Soul Mining	1983		Listen
165	888	H�sker D�	Candy Apple Grey	1986		Listen
166	895	Rickie Lee Jones	Pirates	1981		Listen
167	900	Big Black	Atomizer	1986
168	905	XTC	English Settlement	1982		Listen
169	909	Los Lobos	How Will the Wolf Survive?	1984		Listen
170	911	Joe Jackson	Night and Day	1982		Listen
171	921	Dinosaur Jr.	Bug	1988		Listen
172	922	Billy Bragg	Talking with the Taxman About Poetry	1986		Listen
173	924	The Gun Club	Fire of Love	1981		Listen
174	926	Iron Maiden	Iron Maiden	1980
175	927	Minor Threat	Out of Step EP	1983		Listen
176	929	Aerosmith	Pump	1989		Listen
177	941	Eric B. & Rakim	Follow the Leader	1988		Listen
178	942	The Replacements	Pleased to Meet Me	1987		Listen
179	956	The Waterboys	Fisherman's Blues	1988		Listen
180	957	The Gun Club	Miami	1982
181	962	The Soft Boys	Underwater Moonlight	1980
182	967	The Police	Zenyatta Mondatta	1980		Listen
183	970	Jungle Brothers	Done by the Forces of Nature	1989		Listen
184	974	Cowboy Junkies	The Trinity Session	1988		Listen
185	980	The Police	Ghost in the Machine	1981		Listen
186	991	R.E.M.	Fables of the Reconstruction	1985		Listen
187	995	The Beat	I Just Can't Stop It	1980		Listen
188	999	Ultramagnetic MCs	Critical Beatdown	1988		Listen
189	1001	Dexys Midnight Runners	Too-Rye-Ay	1982		Listen
190	1008	The Teardrop Explodes	Kilimanjaro	1980		Listen
191	1017	David Bowie	Let's Dance	1983
192	1019	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Darklands	1987
193	1022	Nirvana	Bleach	1989		Listen
194	1027	Steve Earle	Guitar Town	1986		Listen
195	1030	The Clash	Combat Rock	1982		Listen
196	1033	EPMD	Strictly Business	1988		Listen
197	1057	Mary Margaret O'Hara	Miss America	1988		Listen
198	1064	Orange Juice	You Can't Hide Your Love Forever	1982
199	1065	Galaxie 500	On Fire	1989
200	1066	Judas Priest	British Steel	1980		Listen