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	The Smiths	The Queen Is Dead	1986		Listen
4	28	Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982		Listen
5	37	Talking Heads	Remain in Light	1980		Listen
6	38	U2	The Joshua Tree	1987		Listen
7	40	Joy Division	Closer	1980		Listen
8	49	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	1984		Listen
9	52	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	62	R.E.M.	Murmur	1983		Listen
13	71	Sonic Youth	Daydream Nation	1988		Listen
14	73	Paul Simon	Graceland	1986		Listen
15	74	De La Soul	3 Feet High and Rising	1989		Listen
16	83	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Psychocandy	1985		Listen
17	94	Pixies	Surfer Rosa	1988		Listen
18	96	Tom Waits	Swordfishtrombones	1983		Listen
19	99	AC/DC	Back in Black	1980		Listen
20	109	N.W.A	Straight Outta Compton	1988		Listen
21	116	Tom Waits	Rain Dogs	1985		Listen
22	123	Beastie Boys	Paul's Boutique	1989
23	124	Bruce Springsteen	Nebraska	1982		Listen
24	146	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984		Listen
25	153	Metallica	Master of Puppets	1986		Listen
26	160	Pretenders	Pretenders	1980		Listen
27	179	Run-D.M.C.	Raising Hell	1986		Listen
28	189	Prince and The Revolution	1999	1982		Listen
29	196	The Smiths	The Smiths	1984		Listen
30	202	Beastie Boys	Licensed to Ill	1986		Listen
31	203	H�sker D�	Zen Arcade	1984		Listen
32	204	Kate Bush	Hounds of Love	1985		Listen
33	210	The Human League	Dare!	1981
34	221	Peter Gabriel	So	1986		Listen
35	222	Prefab Sprout	Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good	1985		Listen
36	229	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Imperial Bedroom	1982		Listen
37	230	The Replacements	Let It Be	1984		Listen
38	239	The Police	Synchronicity	1983		Listen
39	247	The Pogues	Rum, Sodomy & the Lash	1985		Listen
40	264	Brian Eno - David Byrne	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts	1981		Listen
41	269	Bruce Springsteen	The River	1980		Listen
42	273	U2	War	1983		Listen
43	276	Sonic Youth	Sister	1987		Listen
44	281	Slayer	Reign in Blood	1986		Listen
45	284	Minutemen	Double Nickels on the Dime	1984		Listen
46	288	Donald Fagen	The Nightfly	1982		Listen
47	300	Dexys Midnight Runners	Searching for the Young Soul Rebels	1980
48	301	ABC	The Lexicon of Love	1982		Listen
49	303	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987		Listen
50	307	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	1982		Listen
51	308	New Order	Technique	1989		Listen
52	310	Dead Kennedys	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables	1980
53	324	Black Flag	Damaged	1981		Listen
54	332	Jane's Addiction	Nothing's Shocking	1988		Listen
55	335	The Cure	Disintegration	1989		Listen
56	342	Richard and Linda Thompson	Shoot Out the Lights	1982		Listen
57	351	Madonna	Like a Prayer	1989		Listen
58	357	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Get Happy!!	1980		Listen
59	368	Lou Reed	New York	1989		Listen
60	375	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1988		Listen
61	386	R.E.M.	Document	1987
62	390	Talk Talk	Spirit of Eden	1988		Listen
63	395	Iron Maiden	The Number of the Beast	1982
64	403	X	Los Angeles	1980		Listen
65	418	H�sker D�	New Day Rising	1985		Listen
66	422	XTC	Skylarking	1986		Listen
67	433	Roxy Music	Avalon	1982		Listen
68	440	New Order	Low-Life	1985		Listen
69	445	U2	The Unforgettable Fire	1984		Listen
70	446	New Order	Power, Corruption and Lies	1983		Listen
71	450	Prince	Dirty Mind	1980		Listen
72	455	Kraftwerk	Computerwelt	1981		Listen
73	457	Echo and the Bunnymen	Ocean Rain	1984		Listen
74	458	The Clash	Sandinista!	1980		Listen
75	470	Lloyd Cole and The Commotions	Rattlesnakes	1984		Listen
76	472	Public Enemy	Yo! Bum Rush the Show	1987		Listen
77	474	The Cure	Pornography	1982		Listen
78	483	The Jam	Sound Affects	1980		Listen
79	486	Mot�rhead	No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith	1981
80	487	Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel (III)	1980		Listen
81	489	David Bowie	Scary Monsters	1980		Listen
82	491	The Feelies	Crazy Rhythms	1980		Listen
83	493	Soul II Soul	Club Classics Vol. One/Keep On Movin'	1989		Listen
84	495	The Fall	This Nation's Saving Grace	1985
85	502	Nine Inch Nails	Pretty Hate Machine	1989		Listen
86	506	Sam Cooke	Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963	1985		Listen
87	508	The Replacements	Tim	1985		Listen
88	517	The Cure	The Head on the Door	1985		Listen
89	523	Boogie Down Productions	Criminal Minded	1987		Listen
90	528	King Sunny Ad�	Juju Music	1982		Listen
91	540	Mot�rhead	Ace of Spades	1980		Listen
92	543	Pet Shop Boys	Actually	1987		Listen
93	549	My Bloody Valentine	Isn't Anything	1988		Listen
94	551	George Michael	Faith	1987		Listen
95	556	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense	1984		Listen
96	569	Leonard Cohen	I'm Your Man	1988		Listen
97	570	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	1985		Listen
98	571	The Smiths	Hatful of Hollow	1984		Listen
99	572	H�sker D�	Warehouse: Songs and Stories	1987		Listen
100	576	Dinosaur Jr.	You're Living All Over Me	1987		Listen
101	578	Prince and The Revolution	Parade	1986		Listen
102	579	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder	1985		Listen
103	582	The Cure	Seventeen Seconds	1980		Listen
104	584	Young Marble Giants	Colossal Youth	1980
105	589	X	Wild Gift	1981		Listen
106	590	Fehlfarben	Monarchie und Alltag	1980		Listen
107	606	R.E.M.	Green	1988		Listen
108	610	Les Rita Mitsouko	The No Comprendo	1986		Listen
109	614	R.E.M.	Reckoning	1984		Listen
110	620	The Smiths	Strangeways, Here We Come	1987		Listen
111	629	Anita Baker	Rapture	1986		Listen
112	630	Metallica	Kill 'Em All	1983		Listen
113	632	Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984		Listen
114	635	Def Leppard	Hysteria	1987		Listen
115	651	Run-D.M.C.	Run-D.M.C.	1984		Listen
116	652	Soft Cell	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret	1981		Listen
117	658	Tina Turner	Private Dancer	1984		Listen
118	661	Laurie Anderson	Big Science	1982		Listen
119	663	Janet Jackson	Control	1986		Listen
120	667	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Tender Prey	1988		Listen
121	668	R.E.M.	Life's Rich Pageant	1986		Listen
122	671	Faith No More	The Real Thing	1989		Listen
123	675	The Pogues	If I Should Fall from Grace with God	1988
124	678	Grace Jones	Nightclubbing	1981		Listen
125	680	Neil Young	Freedom	1989		Listen
126	687	John Hiatt	Bring the Family	1987		Listen
127	698	Sonic Youth	EVOL	1986		Listen
128	717	Bad Brains	I Against I	1986		Listen
129	723	Bruce Springsteen	Tunnel of Love	1987		Listen
130	730	The Costello Show	King of America	1986
131	734	Cocteau Twins	Treasure	1984
132	739	Big Black	Songs About Fucking	1987		Listen
133	742	The Go-Betweens	16 Lovers Lane	1988
134	743	Midnight Oil	Diesel and Dust	1987		Listen
135	745	Van Halen	1984	1984		Listen
136	746	John Cale	Music for a New Society	1982		Listen
137	749	LL Cool J	Radio	1985		Listen
138	752	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasuredome	1984		Listen
139	754	ZZ Top	Eliminator	1983		Listen
140	758	Def Leppard	Pyromania	1983		Listen
141	761	The Cramps	Songs the Lord Taught Us	1980		Listen
142	762	Echo and the Bunnymen	Crocodiles	1980		Listen
143	776	Bon Jovi	Slippery when Wet	1986		Listen
144	785	Youssou N'Dour	Immigres / Bitim Rew	1984		Listen
145	786	U2	Boy	1980		Listen
146	788	Rush	Moving Pictures	1981		Listen
147	801	Boogie Down Productions	By All Means Necessary	1988		Listen
148	808	Japan	Tin Drum	1981		Listen
149	810	Talk Talk	The Colour of Spring	1986		Listen
150	814	Depeche Mode	Music for the Masses	1987		Listen
151	818	The Waterboys	This Is the Sea	1985		Listen
152	819	Cyndi Lauper	She's so Unusual	1983		Listen
153	820	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	Blood and Chocolate	1986		Listen
154	821	Simple Minds	New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)	1982		Listen
155	825	The Neville Brothers	Yellow Moon	1989		Listen
156	826	Lucinda Williams	Lucinda Williams	1988		Listen
157	832	H�sker D�	Candy Apple Grey	1986		Listen
158	834	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	The Message	1982
159	836	The Blue Nile	Hats	1989		Listen
160	840	Duran Duran	Rio	1982
161	846	Happy Mondays	Bummed	1988
162	859	Rickie Lee Jones	Pirates	1981		Listen
163	860	Los Lobos	How Will the Wolf Survive?	1984		Listen
164	861	Salif Keita	Soro	1987		Listen
165	865	Squeeze	East Side Story	1981		Listen
166	869	The The	Soul Mining	1983		Listen
167	878	Eric B. & Rakim	Follow the Leader	1988		Listen
168	886	Big Black	Atomizer	1986
169	887	Aerosmith	Pump	1989		Listen
170	890	Iron Maiden	Iron Maiden	1980
171	893	Aztec Camera	High Land, Hard Rain	1983		Listen
172	895	Joe Jackson	Night and Day	1982		Listen
173	901	XTC	English Settlement	1982		Listen
174	904	Billy Bragg	Talking with the Taxman About Poetry	1986		Listen
175	905	The Gun Club	Fire of Love	1981		Listen
176	909	Dinosaur Jr.	Bug	1988		Listen
177	912	Jungle Brothers	Done by the Forces of Nature	1989		Listen
178	913	Minor Threat	Out of Step EP	1983		Listen
179	918	Ultramagnetic MCs	Critical Beatdown	1988		Listen
180	920	The Waterboys	Fisherman's Blues	1988		Listen
181	923	Cowboy Junkies	The Trinity Session	1988		Listen
182	927	The Gun Club	Miami	1982
183	932	The Police	Zenyatta Mondatta	1980		Listen
184	944	EPMD	Strictly Business	1988		Listen
185	954	The Replacements	Pleased to Meet Me	1987		Listen
186	955	The Soft Boys	Underwater Moonlight	1980
187	958	The Beat	I Just Can't Stop It	1980		Listen
188	983	David Bowie	Let's Dance	1983
189	985	Nirvana	Bleach	1989		Listen
190	992	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Darklands	1987
191	1003	Galaxie 500	On Fire	1989
192	1004	Sting	The Dream of the Blue Turtles	1985		Listen
193	1005	Dexys Midnight Runners	Too-Rye-Ay	1982		Listen
194	1016	The Clash	Combat Rock	1982		Listen
195	1017	Sin�ad O'Connor	The Lion and the Cobra	1987		Listen
196	1021	Bonnie Raitt	Nick of Time	1989		Listen
197	1023	Marvin Gaye	Midnight Love	1982		Listen
198	1025	Mary Margaret O'Hara	Miss America	1988		Listen
199	1034	Orange Juice	You Can't Hide Your Love Forever	1982
200	1040	Prince and The Revolution	Around the World in a Day	1985		Listen