Monday, 22 April 2013

Rolling Stone Top 100 Albums Of The 80's


01. London Calling - The Clash 
02. Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution 
03. The Joshua Tree - U2 
04. Remain In Light - Talking Heads 
05. Graceland - Paul Simon 
06. Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen 
07. Thriller - Michael Jackson 
08. Murmur - Rem / (Circus Animals - Cold Chisel) 
09. Shoot Out The Lights - Richard And Linda Thompson /(Diesel And Dust - Midnight Oil) 
10. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 
11. Get Happy - Elvis Costello & The Attractions 
12. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us - Public Enemy / (Kick - Inxs) 
13. Diesel And Dust - Midnight Oil / (Human Frailty - Hunters & Collectors) 
14. So - Peter Gabriel 
15. Let It Be - The Replacements / (True Colours - Split Enz) 
16. 1999 - Prince / (Post - Paul Kelly) 
17. Synchronicity - The Police 
18. Dirty Mind - Prince 
19. New York - Lou Reed 
20. Pretenders - Pretenders 
21. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits 
22. The Smiths - The Smiths / (Crowded House - Crowded House) 
23. Red - Black Uhuru / (The Smiths - The Smiths) 
24. Los Angeles - X / (16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens) 
25. Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen 
26. Back In Black - Ac/Dc 
27. Appetite For Destruction - Guns 'N' Roses 
28. Control - Janet Jackson 
29. Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono 
30. How Will The Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos 
31. Avalon - Roxy Music 
32. Uh-Huh - John Cougar Mellencamp 
33. Zen Arcade - Husker Du / (Prayers On Fire - The Birthday Party) 
34. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones 
35. Kill Em All - Metallica 
36. Rapture - Anita Baker / (Eliminator - Zz Top) 
37. Midnight Love - Marvin Gaye 
38. Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions / (Lovetown - Stephen Cummings) 
39. Eliminator - Zz Top / (Rapture - Anita Baker) 
40. War - U2 
41. Document - Rem 
42. Strong Persuader - The Robert Cray Band 
43. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen 
44. Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan 
45. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth 
46. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Third Solo Album - 1980) 
47. Private Dancer - Tina Turner 
48. Skylarking - Xtc / (Quasimodo's Dream - The Reels) 
49. Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies / (Cats And Dogs - Mental As Anything) 
50. Madonna - Madonna 
51. Run Dmc - Run Dmc 
52. Making Movies - Dire Straights 
53. Bring The Family - John Hiatt / (Born Sandy Devotional - The Triffids) 
54. Speaking In Tongues - Talking Heads 
55. Centrefield - John Fogerty 
56. Closer - Joy Division 
57. Empty Glass - Pete Townsend / (The Swing - Inxs) 
58. The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto - Various Artists 
59. Computer Games - George Clinton / (Brave - Kate Ceberano) 
60. The Blue Mask - Lou Reed 
61. Doc At The Radar Station - Captain Beefheart 
62. Pyromania - Def Leppard / (Time And Tide - Split Enz) 
63. Entertainment - Gang Of Four 
64. Vivid - Living Colour / (The Pleasure Of Your Company... - Models) 
65. In My Tribe - 10,000 Maniacs / (East - Cold Chisel) 
66. Fiyo On The Bayou - The Neville Brothers 
67. Trouble In Paradise - Randy Newman / (Primitive Man - Icehouse) 
68. The Specials - The Specials / (Gossip - Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls) 
69. Radio - Ll Cool J 
70. Travelling Wilburys Vol. 1 - Travelling Wilburys 
71. Crowded House - Crowded House / (10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Midnight Oil) 
72. Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw / (The Blurred Crusade - The Church) 
73. Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley 
74. Sign O' The Times - Prince 
75. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper 
76. Second Edition - Public Image Ltd 
77. Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson 
78. Dare - The Human League 
79. Guitar Town - Steve Earle / (Tender Prey - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds) 
80. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega 
81. 1984 - Van Halen / (East Side Story - Uk Squeeze) 
82. East Side Story - Uk Squeeze / (1984 - Van Halen) 
83. Let's Dance - David Bowie 
84. Faith - George Michael 
85. Freedom - Neil Young 
86. The River - Bruce Springsteen 
87. Steel Wheels - The Rolling Stones 
88. Lives In The Balance - Jackson Browne 
89. Who's Zooming Who - Aretha Franklin 
90. ... Nothing Like The Sun - Sting 
91. Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett / (Stoneage Romeos - Hoodoo Gurus) 
92. Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty 
93. The Night I Feel In Love - Luther Vandross / (For The Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes) 
94. Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order 
95. Scarecreow - John Cougar Mellencamp 
96. Colour By Numbers - Culture Club 
97. The Mona Lisa's Sister - Graham Parker / (Lovebuzz - The Humingbirds) 
98. Labour Of Love - Ub40 
99. What's Up, Dog? - Was (Not Was) / (Max Q) 
100. Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid 

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