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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s

My personal favorite albums of the 1980s. Between two powerful decades existed the 1980s. In this decade we saw the fall of many older artists, but the rise of a lot of new talent that helped define the years that followed.
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XTC - Skylarking
XTC - Skylarking
1
Thriller
Thriller
2
Remain in Light
Remain in Light
3
XTC - English Settlement
XTC - English Settlement
4
Disintegration
Disintegration
5
Synchronicity
Synchronicity
6
The Queen Is Dead
The Queen Is Dead
7
Doolittle
Doolittle
8
Purple Rain
Purple Rain
9
The Hurting
The Hurting
10
Master of Puppets
Master of Puppets
11
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
12
Surfer Rosa
Surfer Rosa
13
Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures
14
Back in Black
Back in Black
15
The Joshua Tree
The Joshua Tree
16
Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction
17
Big Science
Big Science
18
Licensed to Ill
Licensed to Ill
19
Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms
20
XTC - Black Sea
XTC - Black Sea
21
Graceland
Graceland
22
Bites
Bites
23
Murmur
Murmur
24
Ride the Lightning
Ride the Lightning
25
The Smiths
The Smiths
26
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)
27
XTC - Oranges and Lemons
XTC - Oranges and Lemons
28
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
29
Bad
Bad
30
Pornography
Pornography
31
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
32
Let It Be
Let It Be
33
New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies
New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies
34
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
35
Rain Dogs
Rain Dogs
36
Spirit of Eden
Spirit of Eden
37
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
38
Closer
Closer
39
Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads, 1983)
Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads, 1983)
40
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