Nudeviking vs. The Best Albums of the 80s
Apr 24, 2017 1:09:25 GMT -5
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Post by Nudeviking on Apr 24, 2017 1:09:25 GMT -5
It's time for a saga. I've decided to do something different this time around and instead of reviewing a particular artist I've decided to review an entire decade, more specifically the 1980s, even more specifically the best albums of the 80s as selected by Pitchfork. Why did I pick the 80s? Well, I was alive for the bulk of the decade, but a child so I missed out on a lot of stuff. I could have gone with the 60s or the 70s but felt that I'm probably a bit better versed in via osmosis from my parents. That being said, the 80s are also a decade that includes a lot of bands and albums that I do know about and like, which will be a bit of a change of pace for me and these reviews.
I'll probably get started with the reviews this week, but there's a bit of a problem. This list? She's a monster! I'm not sure if I want to attempt to review 100 albums or if I just want to start towards the top and do the top 20 or 30 albums. Here's the list in question. Let me know what you think in the next day or two so I can get this show on the road. I've had enough of a sabbatical and I'm ready to get reviewing!
2002 Version
100: Minor Threat - Out of Step
099: Gang of Four - Songs of the Free
098: Cocteau Twins - Treasure
097: Mekons - The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll
096: Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring
095: Duran Duran - Rio
094: Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
093: David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
092: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
091: X - Los Angeles
090: Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
089: Boredoms - Soul Discharge
088: Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
087: Prince - Dirty Mind
086: The Police - Ghost in the Machine
085: Paul Simon - Graceland
084: ESG - Come Away With ESG
083: Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
082: The Fall - Perverted by Language
081: Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
080: Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
079: Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
078: They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
077: The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
076: The dB's - Stands for Decibels
075: Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
074: Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
073: Coil - Horse Rotorvator
072: Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
071: The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
070: Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Trust
069: The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
068: Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
067: The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash
066: The Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
065: The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
064: Television Personalities - ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It
063: Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
062: R.E.M. - Reckoning
061: Nurse With Wound - Homotopy to Marie
060: Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
059: Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
058: Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
057: Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
056: King Crimson - Discipline
055: The Police - Synchronicity
054: Big Black - Songs About Fucking
053: Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches
052: Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
051: Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
050: Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
049: Mission of Burma - Vs.
048: R.E.M. - Document
047: John Zorn - Naked City
046: XTC - English Settlement
045: Prince - Sign o' the Times
044: Kraftwerk - Computer World
043: Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
042: Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
041: Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
040: Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
039: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
038: The Cure - Disintegration
037: The Replacements - Tim
036: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
035: N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
034: Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
033: The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
032: Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
031: Sonic Youth - EVOL
030: U2 - The Joshua Tree
029: The Replacements - Let It Be
028: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
027: Michael Jackson - Thriller
026: Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!!
025: Black Flag - Damaged
024: Gang of Four - Solid Gold
023: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
022: My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
021: Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
020: This Heat - Deceit
019: PiL - Second Edition
018: De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
017: Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
016: Galaxie 500 - On Fire
015: XTC - Skylarking
014: Sonic Youth - Sister
013: The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
012: Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain
011: Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
010: Joy Division - Closer
009: Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
008: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
007: Pixies - Surfer Rosa
006: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
005: R.E.M. - Murmur
004: Pixies - Doolittle
003: Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
002: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
001: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
EDITED Spetember 19, 2018
Pitchfork apparently listened to all my complaints about how dumb and one dimensional their original list was and recently released a revised version that cranks the overall number of records up to 200 so they can add straight ahead pop, metal, a B-52s album, and hip-hop. Because I hate myself, I've decided to attack this list as well. Here's a list!
2018 Version
200. Malcolm Mclaren – Duck Rock
199. Tenor Saw – Fever
198. Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break the Oath
197. Whodini – Escape
196. Virgo – Virgo
195. Cecil Taylor – For Olim
194. Patrice Rushen – Straight from the Heart
193. Flipper – Generic Album – Flipper
192. Salt-N-Peppa – Hot, Cool & Vicious
191. Bronski Beat – The Age of Consent
190. Ini Kamoze – Ini Kamoze
189. Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
188. Yoko Ono – Season of Glass
187. Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
186. Paul McCartney – McCartney II
185. Too $hort – Life Is… Too $hort
184. Change – The Glow of Love
183. The B-52s – Wild Planet
182. ABBA – The Visitors
181. Nuno Canavarro – Plux Quba
180. 808 State – 90
179. LiliPut – LiliPut
178. Joe Jackson – Night and Day
177. Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
176. Psychic TV – Dreams Less Sweet
175. Godflesh – Streetcleaner
174. Ornette Coleman – In All Languages
173. Tina Turner – Private Dancer
172. Duran Duran – Rio
171. Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
170. Yellowman – Mr. Yellowman
169. The Faith / Void – The Faith / Void
168. Nurse With Wound – Soliloquy for Lilith
167. Au Pairs – Playing With a Different Sex
166. Ice T – Rhyme Pays
165. Swell Maps – Jane From Occupied Europe
164. Pauline Oliveros/Stuart Dempster/Panaiotis – Deep Listening
163. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
162. King Sunny Adé & His African Beats – Syncro System
161. Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights
160. Mr. Fingers – Amnesia
159. Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
158. Judas Priest – British Steel
157. MC Lyte – Lyte As a Rock
156. Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July
155. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
154. LL Cool J – Radio
153. Meredith Monk – Dolmen Music
152. Meat Puppets – II
151. The Clean – Compilation
150. La Monte Young – The Well-Tuned Piano
149. Anita Baker – Rapture
148. Rites of Spring – Rites of Spring
147. Virginia Astley – In the Gardens Where We Feel Secure
146. Geto Boys – Grip It! On That Other Level
145. Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album
144. The Clash – Sandinista!
143. Descendents – Milo Goes to College
142. Midori Takada – Through the Looking Glass
141. Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion
140. 3rd Bass – The Cactus Album
139. The Durutti Column – Vini Really
138. Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane
137. Horace Andy – Dance Hall Style
136. Neneh Cherry – Raw Like Sushi
135. Big Black – Songs About Fucking
134. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
133. XTC – Skylarking
132. Prefab Sprout – Steve Mcqueen
131. Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
130. Scientist – Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
129. The D.O.C. – No One Can Do It Better
128. AC/DC – Back In Black
127. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
126. Pet Shop Boys – Actually
125. Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel
124. Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
123. The Go-Gos – Beaty and the Beat
122. Beat Happening – Beat Happening
121. Pretenders – Pretenders
120. Run D.M.C. – Run D.M.C.
119. Steely Dan – Gaucho
118. Phillip Glass – Solo Piano
117. Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
116. Misfits – Walk Among Us
115. Madonna – Like a Virgin
114. INXS – Kick
113. Spaceman 3 – Playing With Fire
112. New Order – Technique
111. Roxy Music – Avalon
110. X – Los Angeles
109. The Cure – The Head on the Door
108. Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth
107. The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
106. Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe
105. Boogie Down Productions – By All Means Necessary
104. Public Image Ltd – Second Edition
103. Beastie Boys – License to Ill
102. Wipers – Youth of America
101. Alice Coltrane – Turiya Sings
100. Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
99. Kool G Rap/ DJ Polo – Road to the Riches
98. Nirvana – Bleach
97. The Raincoats – Odyshape
96. Fela Kuti – Coffin for Head of State
95. Brian Eno/Daniel Lanois/Roger Eno – Apollo: Soundtracks and Atmospheres
94. Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness
93. Steve Reich – “Different Trains” / “Electric Counterpoint”
92. Fleetwood Mac – Tango In the Night
91. George Michael – Faith
90. R.E.M. – Reckoning
89. Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll
88. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
87. Tears For Fears – Songs From the Big Chair
86. Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
85. The Blue Nile – Hats
84. Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams
83. Jungle Brothers – Straight Out the Jungle
82. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
81. Brian Eno/David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
80. Manuel Göttsching – E2-E4
79. The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
78. Madonna – Like a Prayer
77. Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
76. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
75. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Juju
74. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Uprising
73. This Heat – Deceit
72. Michael Jackson – Bad
71. Motorhead – Ace of Spades
70. Ultramagnetic MCs – Critical Beatdown
69. Metallica – Ride the Lightning
68. Husker Du – Zen Arcade
67. Julee Cruise – Floating Into the Night
66. Vangelis – Blade Runner Soundtrack
65. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
64. Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
63. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – From Her to Eternity
62. Glenn Branca – The Ascension
61. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
60. EPMD – Strictly Business
59. Kate Bush – The Sensual World
58. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
57. Galaxie 500 – On Fire
56. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
55. Metallica – Master of Puppets
54. The Replacements – Tim
53. David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
52. Minutemen – Double Nickles On the Dime
51. Sonic Youth – EVOL
50. ESG – Come Away With ESG
49. Paul Simon – Graceland
48. Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
47. U2 – The Joshua Tree
46. Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
45. Fugazi – Fugazi
44. Sinéad O’Connor – The Lion and the Cobra
43. The Smiths – Hatful of Hollow
42. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
41. Bad Brains – Bad Brains
40. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
39. R.E.M. – Murmur
38. Run D.M.C. – Raising Hell
37. Sade – Stronger than Pride
36. Black Flag – Damaged
35. The Replacements – Let It Be
34. Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
33. Prince – Dirty Mind
32. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
31. Slayer – Reign In Blood
30. Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
29. Erik B. and Rakim – Follow the Leader
28. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
27. Cocteau Twins – Treasure
26. Prince – 1999
25. Arthur Russell – World of Echo
24. Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
23. Minor Threat – Complete Discography
22. Laurie Anderson – Big Science
21. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
20. Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded
19. New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
18. Kraftwerk – Computer World
17. Prince – Sign o’ the Times
16. Madonna – Madonna
15. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
14. Pixies – Doolittle
13. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
12. Joy Division – Closer
11. Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full
10. Sade – Diamond Life
9. The Cure – Disintegration
8. Janet Jackson – Control
7. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
6. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
5. Talking Heads – Remain In Light
4. Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
3. N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
2. Michael Jackson – Thriller
1. Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
I'll probably get started with the reviews this week, but there's a bit of a problem. This list? She's a monster! I'm not sure if I want to attempt to review 100 albums or if I just want to start towards the top and do the top 20 or 30 albums. Here's the list in question. Let me know what you think in the next day or two so I can get this show on the road. I've had enough of a sabbatical and I'm ready to get reviewing!
2002 Version
100: Minor Threat - Out of Step
099: Gang of Four - Songs of the Free
098: Cocteau Twins - Treasure
097: Mekons - The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll
096: Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring
095: Duran Duran - Rio
094: Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
093: David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
092: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
091: X - Los Angeles
090: Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
089: Boredoms - Soul Discharge
088: Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
087: Prince - Dirty Mind
086: The Police - Ghost in the Machine
085: Paul Simon - Graceland
084: ESG - Come Away With ESG
083: Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
082: The Fall - Perverted by Language
081: Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
080: Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
079: Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
078: They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
077: The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
076: The dB's - Stands for Decibels
075: Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
074: Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
073: Coil - Horse Rotorvator
072: Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
071: The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
070: Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Trust
069: The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
068: Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
067: The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash
066: The Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
065: The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
064: Television Personalities - ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It
063: Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
062: R.E.M. - Reckoning
061: Nurse With Wound - Homotopy to Marie
060: Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
059: Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
058: Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
057: Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
056: King Crimson - Discipline
055: The Police - Synchronicity
054: Big Black - Songs About Fucking
053: Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches
052: Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
051: Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
050: Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
049: Mission of Burma - Vs.
048: R.E.M. - Document
047: John Zorn - Naked City
046: XTC - English Settlement
045: Prince - Sign o' the Times
044: Kraftwerk - Computer World
043: Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
042: Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
041: Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
040: Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
039: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
038: The Cure - Disintegration
037: The Replacements - Tim
036: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
035: N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
034: Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
033: The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
032: Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
031: Sonic Youth - EVOL
030: U2 - The Joshua Tree
029: The Replacements - Let It Be
028: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
027: Michael Jackson - Thriller
026: Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!!
025: Black Flag - Damaged
024: Gang of Four - Solid Gold
023: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
022: My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
021: Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
020: This Heat - Deceit
019: PiL - Second Edition
018: De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
017: Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
016: Galaxie 500 - On Fire
015: XTC - Skylarking
014: Sonic Youth - Sister
013: The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
012: Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain
011: Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
010: Joy Division - Closer
009: Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
008: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
007: Pixies - Surfer Rosa
006: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
005: R.E.M. - Murmur
004: Pixies - Doolittle
003: Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
002: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
001: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
EDITED Spetember 19, 2018
Pitchfork apparently listened to all my complaints about how dumb and one dimensional their original list was and recently released a revised version that cranks the overall number of records up to 200 so they can add straight ahead pop, metal, a B-52s album, and hip-hop. Because I hate myself, I've decided to attack this list as well. Here's a list!
2018 Version
200. Malcolm Mclaren – Duck Rock
199. Tenor Saw – Fever
198. Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break the Oath
197. Whodini – Escape
196. Virgo – Virgo
195. Cecil Taylor – For Olim
194. Patrice Rushen – Straight from the Heart
193. Flipper – Generic Album – Flipper
192. Salt-N-Peppa – Hot, Cool & Vicious
191. Bronski Beat – The Age of Consent
190. Ini Kamoze – Ini Kamoze
189. Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
188. Yoko Ono – Season of Glass
187. Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
186. Paul McCartney – McCartney II
185. Too $hort – Life Is… Too $hort
184. Change – The Glow of Love
183. The B-52s – Wild Planet
182. ABBA – The Visitors
181. Nuno Canavarro – Plux Quba
180. 808 State – 90
179. LiliPut – LiliPut
178. Joe Jackson – Night and Day
177. Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
176. Psychic TV – Dreams Less Sweet
175. Godflesh – Streetcleaner
174. Ornette Coleman – In All Languages
173. Tina Turner – Private Dancer
172. Duran Duran – Rio
171. Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
170. Yellowman – Mr. Yellowman
169. The Faith / Void – The Faith / Void
168. Nurse With Wound – Soliloquy for Lilith
167. Au Pairs – Playing With a Different Sex
166. Ice T – Rhyme Pays
165. Swell Maps – Jane From Occupied Europe
164. Pauline Oliveros/Stuart Dempster/Panaiotis – Deep Listening
163. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
162. King Sunny Adé & His African Beats – Syncro System
161. Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights
160. Mr. Fingers – Amnesia
159. Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
158. Judas Priest – British Steel
157. MC Lyte – Lyte As a Rock
156. Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July
155. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
154. LL Cool J – Radio
153. Meredith Monk – Dolmen Music
152. Meat Puppets – II
151. The Clean – Compilation
150. La Monte Young – The Well-Tuned Piano
149. Anita Baker – Rapture
148. Rites of Spring – Rites of Spring
147. Virginia Astley – In the Gardens Where We Feel Secure
146. Geto Boys – Grip It! On That Other Level
145. Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album
144. The Clash – Sandinista!
143. Descendents – Milo Goes to College
142. Midori Takada – Through the Looking Glass
141. Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion
140. 3rd Bass – The Cactus Album
139. The Durutti Column – Vini Really
138. Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane
137. Horace Andy – Dance Hall Style
136. Neneh Cherry – Raw Like Sushi
135. Big Black – Songs About Fucking
134. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
133. XTC – Skylarking
132. Prefab Sprout – Steve Mcqueen
131. Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
130. Scientist – Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
129. The D.O.C. – No One Can Do It Better
128. AC/DC – Back In Black
127. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
126. Pet Shop Boys – Actually
125. Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel
124. Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
123. The Go-Gos – Beaty and the Beat
122. Beat Happening – Beat Happening
121. Pretenders – Pretenders
120. Run D.M.C. – Run D.M.C.
119. Steely Dan – Gaucho
118. Phillip Glass – Solo Piano
117. Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
116. Misfits – Walk Among Us
115. Madonna – Like a Virgin
114. INXS – Kick
113. Spaceman 3 – Playing With Fire
112. New Order – Technique
111. Roxy Music – Avalon
110. X – Los Angeles
109. The Cure – The Head on the Door
108. Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth
107. The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
106. Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe
105. Boogie Down Productions – By All Means Necessary
104. Public Image Ltd – Second Edition
103. Beastie Boys – License to Ill
102. Wipers – Youth of America
101. Alice Coltrane – Turiya Sings
100. Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
99. Kool G Rap/ DJ Polo – Road to the Riches
98. Nirvana – Bleach
97. The Raincoats – Odyshape
96. Fela Kuti – Coffin for Head of State
95. Brian Eno/Daniel Lanois/Roger Eno – Apollo: Soundtracks and Atmospheres
94. Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness
93. Steve Reich – “Different Trains” / “Electric Counterpoint”
92. Fleetwood Mac – Tango In the Night
91. George Michael – Faith
90. R.E.M. – Reckoning
89. Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll
88. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
87. Tears For Fears – Songs From the Big Chair
86. Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
85. The Blue Nile – Hats
84. Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams
83. Jungle Brothers – Straight Out the Jungle
82. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
81. Brian Eno/David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
80. Manuel Göttsching – E2-E4
79. The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
78. Madonna – Like a Prayer
77. Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
76. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
75. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Juju
74. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Uprising
73. This Heat – Deceit
72. Michael Jackson – Bad
71. Motorhead – Ace of Spades
70. Ultramagnetic MCs – Critical Beatdown
69. Metallica – Ride the Lightning
68. Husker Du – Zen Arcade
67. Julee Cruise – Floating Into the Night
66. Vangelis – Blade Runner Soundtrack
65. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
64. Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
63. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – From Her to Eternity
62. Glenn Branca – The Ascension
61. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
60. EPMD – Strictly Business
59. Kate Bush – The Sensual World
58. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
57. Galaxie 500 – On Fire
56. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
55. Metallica – Master of Puppets
54. The Replacements – Tim
53. David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
52. Minutemen – Double Nickles On the Dime
51. Sonic Youth – EVOL
50. ESG – Come Away With ESG
49. Paul Simon – Graceland
48. Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
47. U2 – The Joshua Tree
46. Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
45. Fugazi – Fugazi
44. Sinéad O’Connor – The Lion and the Cobra
43. The Smiths – Hatful of Hollow
42. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
41. Bad Brains – Bad Brains
40. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
39. R.E.M. – Murmur
38. Run D.M.C. – Raising Hell
37. Sade – Stronger than Pride
36. Black Flag – Damaged
35. The Replacements – Let It Be
34. Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
33. Prince – Dirty Mind
32. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
31. Slayer – Reign In Blood
30. Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
29. Erik B. and Rakim – Follow the Leader
28. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
27. Cocteau Twins – Treasure
26. Prince – 1999
25. Arthur Russell – World of Echo
24. Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
23. Minor Threat – Complete Discography
22. Laurie Anderson – Big Science
21. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
20. Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded
19. New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
18. Kraftwerk – Computer World
17. Prince – Sign o’ the Times
16. Madonna – Madonna
15. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
14. Pixies – Doolittle
13. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
12. Joy Division – Closer
11. Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full
10. Sade – Diamond Life
9. The Cure – Disintegration
8. Janet Jackson – Control
7. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
6. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
5. Talking Heads – Remain In Light
4. Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
3. N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
2. Michael Jackson – Thriller
1. Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
