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1980
[01] Talking Heads | Remain In Light
[02] Joy Division | Closer
[03] David Bowie | Scary Monsters
[04] The Jam | Sound Affects
[05] The Raincoats | The Raincoats
[06] Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel
[07] The Fall | Grotesque (After the Gramme)
[08] Young Marble Giants | Colossal Youth
[09] The Dead Kennedys | Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
[10] Magazine | The Correct Use of Soap
[11] The Cure | Seventeen Seconds
[12] Prince | Dirty Mind
[13] The Feelies | Crazy Rhythms
[14] XTC | Black Sea
[15] X | Los Angeles
[16] Swell Maps | Jane from Occupied Europe
[17] U2 | Boy
[18] Elvis Costello | Get Happy!!
[19] Echo and The Bunnymen | Crocodiles
[20] The Durutti Column | The Return of The Durutti Column
1981
[01] Glenn Branca | The Ascension
[02] This Heat | Deceit
[03] The Gun Club | Fire of Love
[04] Talking Heads | The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
[05] Kraftwerk | Computer World
[06] The Raincoats | Odyshape
[07] The Fall | Slates
[08] Brian Eno and David Byrne | My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
[09] The Human League | Dare!
[10] Gang of Four | Solid Gold
[11] Public Image Ltd. | Flowers of Romance
[12] Echo and The Bunnymen | Heaven Up Here
[13] Van Halen | Fair Warning
[14] The Cure | Faith
[15] Bauhaus | Mask
[16] King Crimson | Discipline
[17] Einstürzende Neubauten | Kollaps
[18] Japan | Tin Drum
[19] Rush | Moving Pictures
[20] ABBA | The Visitors
1982
[01] The Fall | Hex Enduction Hour
[02] Michael Jackson | Thriller
[03] Bruce Springsteen | Nebraska
[04] The Cure | Pornography
[05] Kate Bush | The Dreaming
[06] Mission of Burma | Vs.
[07] Elvis Costello | Imperial Bedroom
[08] Bad Brains | Bad Brains
[09] Flipper | Album - Generic Flipper
[10] XTC | English Settlement
[11] Brian Eno | Ambient 4: On Land
[12] Prince | 1999
[13] Vangelis | Blade Runner OST
[14] Roxy Music | Avalon
[15] Orange Juice | You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
[16] The Associates | Sulk
[17] Richard and Linda Thompson | Shoot Out The Lights
[18] Dire Straits | Love Over Gold
[19] Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast
[20] Sparks | Angst in My Pants
1983
[01] R.E.M. | Murmur
[02] New Order | Power, Corruption and Lies
[03] Tom Waits | Swordfishtrombones
[04] Sonic Youth | Confusion Is Sex
[05] Violent Femmes | Violent Femmes
[06] Meat Puppets | Meat Puppets II
[07] Pink Floyd | The Final Cut
[08] Brian Eno | Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
[09] The Fall | Perverted By Language
[10] Einstürzende Neubauten | Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.
[11] U2 | War
[12] The Minutemen | What Makes a Man Start Fires?
[13] ESG | Come Away with ESG
[14] Talking Heads | Speaking In Tongues
[15] The Chameleons | Script of the Bridge
[16] Cocteau Twins | Head Over Heels
[17] Aztec Camera | High Land, Hard Rain
[18] Metallica | Kill 'em All
[19] The Police | Synchronicity
1984
[01] The Smiths | The Smiths
[02] Prince | Purple Rain
[03] The Minutemen | Double Nickels on the Dime
[04] Cocteau Twins | Treasure
[05] The Replacements | Let It Be
[06] Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade
[07] Echo and The Bunnymen | Ocean Rain
[08] R.E.M. | Reckoning
[09] Depeche Mode | Some Great Reward
[10] Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A.
[11] Metallica | Ride the Lightning
[12] Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | From Her to Eternity
[13] U2 | The Unforgettable Fire
[14] The Fall | The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
[15] Scott Walker | Climate of Hunter
[16] Prefab Sprout | Swoon
[17] Talking Heads | Stop Making Sense
[18] Manuel Göttsching | E2-E4
[19] Madonna | Like a Virgin
[20] Current 93 | Dogs Blood Rising
1985
[01] Tom Waits | Rain Dogs
[02] The Jesus and Mary Chain | Psychocandy
[03] The Smiths | Meat Is Murder
[04] The Fall | This Nation's Saving Grace
[05] Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
[06] The Replacements | Tim
[07] New Order | Low-Life
[08] Einstürzende Neubauten | Halber Mensch
[09] The Pogues | Rum, Sodomy and The Lash
[10] Prefab Sprout | Steve McQueen
[11] Sonic Youth | Bad Moon Rising
[12] The Cure | The Head on the Door
[13] Red Hot Chili Peppers | Freaky Styley
[14] Hüsker Dü | New Day Rising
[15] The Mekons | Fear and Whiskey
[16] Tears for Fears | Songs from the Big Chair
[17] Butthole Surfers | Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac
[18] A-ha | Hunting High And Low
1986
[01] The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead
[02] Sonic Youth | Evol
[03] XTC | Skylarking
[04] Metallica | Master of Puppets
[05] Paul Simon | Graceland
[06] R.E.M. | Lifes Rich Pageant
[07] Talk Talk | The Colour of Spring
[08] Felt | Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
[09] Slayer | Reign in Blood
[10] New Order | Brotherhood
[11] Prince | Parade
[12] Depeche Mode | Black Celebration
[13] Madonna | True Blue
[14] Last Exit | Last Exit
[15] Cocteau Twins | Victorialand
[16] The Fall | Bend Sinister
[17] Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | Your Funeral… My Trial
[18] Peter Gabriel | So
[19] Arthur Russell | World of Echo
[20] Big Black | Atomizer
1987
[01] The Smiths | Strangeways, Here We Come
[02] Sonic Youth | Sister
[03] Dinosaur Jr. | You're Living All Over Me
[04] U2 | The Joshua Tree
[05] Prince | Sign 'o' the Times
[06] Eric B. & Rakim | Paid In Full
[07] Spacemen 3 | The Perfect Prescription
[08] Guns n’ Roses | Appetite for Destruction
[09] Pet Shop Boys | Actually
[10] The Jesus and Mary Chain | Darklands
[11] Tom Waits | Frank's Wild Years
[12] Big Black | Songs About Fucking
[13] R.E.M. | Document
[14] Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses
[15] Michael Jackson | Bad
[16] David Sylvian | Secrets of the Beehive
[17] Boogie Down Productions | Criminal Minded
[18] The Cure | Kiss Me! Kiss Me! Kiss Me!
[19] The Replacements | Pleased to Meet Me
1988
[01] Sonic Youth | Daydream Nation
[02] Pixies | Surfer Rosa
[03] Talk Talk | Spirit of Eden
[04] Public Enemy | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
[05] My Bloody Valentine | Isn't Anything
[06] Morrissey | Viva Hate
[07] Metallica | …And Justice for All
[08] R.E.M. | Green
[09] Cocteau Twins | Blue Bell Knoll
[10] Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | Tender Prey
[11] N.W.A | Straight Outta Compton
[12] The Smiths | Rank
[13] Leonard Cohen | I'm Your Man
[14] Dinosaur Jr. | Bug
[15] The Go-Betweens | 16 Lovers Lane
[16] The Sugarcubes | Life's Too Good
[17] The Durutti Column | The Guitar and Other Machines
[18] They Might Be Giants | Lincoln
[19] Queensryche | Operation: Mindcrime
[20] Roxette | Look Sharp!
1989
[01] Pixies | Doolittle
[02] The Stone Roses | The Stone Roses
[03] The Cure | Disintegration
[04] Beastie Boys | Paul's Boutique
[05] Galaxie 500 | On Fire
[06] De La Soul | 3 Feet High and Rising
[07] Nine Inch Nails | Pretty Hate Machine
[08] New Order | Technique
[09] Nirvana | Bleach
[10] Spacemen 3 | Playing With Fire
[11] The Mekons | The Mekons Rock n' Roll
[12] Madonna | Like a Prayer
[13] Einstürzende Neubauten | Haus der Lüge
[14] Depeche Mode | 101
[15] XTC | Oranges and Lemons
[16] The Blue Nile | Hats