Pitchfork - The top 100 albums of the 1980s
| Pos | Album |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
· 1988
|
| 2 |
Remain in Light
Talking Heads
· 1980
|
| 3 |
Paul’s Boutique
Beastie Boys
· 1989
|
| 4 |
Doolittle
Pixies
· 1989
|
| 5 |
Murmur
R.E.M.
· 1983
|
| 6 |
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
· 1986
|
| 7 |
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
· 1988
|
| 8 |
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
· 1985
|
| 9 |
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
· 1988
|
| 10 |
Closer
Joy Division
· 1980
|
| 11 |
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
· 1983
|
| 12 |
Purple Rain
Prince and The Revolution
· 1984
|
| 13 |
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
· 1985
|
| 14 |
Sister
Sonic Youth
· 1987
|
| 15 |
Skylarking
XTC
· 1986
|
| 16 |
On Fire
Galaxie 500
· 1989
|
| 17 |
Double Nickels on the Dime
Minutemen
· 1984
|
| 18 |
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
· 1989
|
| 19 |
Second edition
Public Image Ltd
· 1980
niet gekoppeld
|
| 20 |
Deceit
This Heat
· 1981
|
| 21 |
My life in the bush of ghosts
Brian Eno & David Byrne
· 1981
niet gekoppeld
|
| 22 |
Isn’t Anything
My Bloody Valentine
· 1988
|
| 23 |
Psychocandy
The Jesus and Mary Chain
· 1985
|
| 24 |
Solid Gold
Gang of Four
· 1981
|
| 25 |
Damaged
Black Flag
· 1981
|
| 26 |
Get Happy!!
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
· 1980
|
| 27 |
Thriller
Michael Jackson
· 1982
|
| 28 |
Power, Corruption & Lies
New Order
· 1983
|
| 29 |
Let It Be
The Replacements
· 1984
|
| 30 |
The Joshua Tree
U2
· 1987
|
| 31 |
EVOL
Sonic Youth
· 1986
|
| 32 |
Zen Arcade
Hüsker Dü
· 1984
|
| 33 |
Hex Enduction Hour
The Fall
· 1982
|
| 34 |
Spirit of Eden
Talk Talk
· 1988
|
| 35 |
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A
· 1988
|
| 36 |
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
· 1983
|
| 37 |
Tim
The Replacements
· 1985
|
| 38 |
Disintegration
The Cure
· 1989
|
| 39 |
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
· 1989
|
| 40 |
You’re Living All Over Me
Dinosaur
· 1987
|
| 41 |
Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys
· 1986
|
| 42 |
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
· 1988
|
| 43 |
Raising Hell
Run‐D.M.C.
· 1986
|
| 44 |
Computerwelt
Kraftwerk
· 1981
|
| 45 |
Sign “☮︎” the Times
Prince
· 1987
|
| 46 |
English Settlement
XTC
· 1982
|
| 47 |
Naked City
John Zorn
· 1990
|
| 48 |
Document
R.E.M.
· 1987
|
| 49 |
Vs.
Mission of Burma
· 1982
|
| 50 |
The Perfect Prescription
Spacemen 3
· 1987
|
| 51 |
I’m Your Man
Leonard Cohen
· 1988
|
| 52 |
Paid in Full
Eric B. & Rakim
· 1987
|
| 53 |
Signals, Calls, and Marches
Mission of Burma
· 1981
|
| 54 |
Songs About Fucking
Big Black
· 1987
|
| 55 |
Synchronicity
The Police
· 1983
|
| 56 |
Discipline
King Crimson
· 1981
|
| 57 |
Come On Pilgrim
Pixies
· 1987
|
| 58 |
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
· 1982
|
| 59 |
Appetite for Destruction
Guns N' Roses
· 1987
|
| 60 |
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
· 1982
|
| 61 |
Homotopy to Marie
Nurse With Wound
· 1981
|
| 62 |
Reckoning
R.E.M.
· 1984
|
| 63 |
Colossal Youth
Young Marble Giants
· 1980
|
| 64 |
…and Don’t the Kids Just Love It
Television Personalities
· 1981
|
| 65 |
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
· 1980
|
| 66 |
Psonic Psunspot
The Dukes of Stratosphear
· 1987
|
| 67 |
Rum Sodomy & the Lash
The Pogues
· 1985
|
| 68 |
Stop Making Sense
Talking Heads
· 1984
|
| 69 |
Crazy Rhythms
The Feelies
· 1980
|
| 70 |
Trust
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
· 1981
|
| 71 |
Pleased to meet you
The Replacements
· 1987
niet gekoppeld
|
| 72 |
Up on the Sun
Meat Puppets
· 1985
|
| 73 |
Horse Rotorvator
Coil
· 1986
|
| 74 |
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
· 1985
|
| 75 |
Criminal Minded
Boogie Down Productions
· 1987
|
| 76 |
Stands for deciBels
The dB’s
· 1981
|
| 77 |
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
· 1987
|
| 78 |
Lincoln
They Might Be Giants
· 1988
|
| 79 |
E2‐E4
Manuel Göttsching
· 1984
|
| 80 |
New Day Rising
Hüsker Dü
· 1985
|
| 81 |
Blue bell knob
Cocteau twins
· 1988
niet gekoppeld
|
| 82 |
Perverted by Language
The Fall
· 1983
|
| 83 |
The Colour of Spring
Talk Talk
· 1986
|
| 84 |
Come Away With ESG
ESG
· 1983
|
| 85 |
Graceland
Paul Simon
· 1986
|
| 86 |
Ghost in the Machine
The Police
· 1981
|
| 87 |
Dirty Mind
Prince
· 1980
|
| 88 |
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
· 1988
|
| 89 |
Soul discharge
Boredoms
· 1989
niet gekoppeld
|
| 90 |
Nothing’s Shocking
Jane’s Addiction
· 1988
|
| 91 |
Los Angeles
X
· 1980
|
| 92 |
Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
· 1985
|
| 93 |
Scary Monsters… and Super Creeps
David Bowie
· 1980
|
| 94 |
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
· 1984
|
| 95 |
Rio
Duran Duran
· 1982
|
| 96 |
Rites of Spring
Rites of Spring
· 1985
|
| 97 |
The Mekons Rock ’n’ Roll
The Mekons
· 1989
|
| 98 |
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
· 1984
|
| 99 |
Songs of the Free
Gang of Four
· 1982
|
| 100 |
Out of Step
Minor Threat
· 1983
|