List of 1980s albums considered the best

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This is a list of 1980s music albums that multiple music journalists, magazines, and professional music review websites have considered to be among the best of the 1980s and of all time, separated into the years of each album's release. The albums listed here are included on at least four separate "best/greatest of the 1980s/all time" lists from different professional publications (inclusive of all genres and nationalities) as chosen by their editorial staffs or by a sample size of an entire publication's audience, and/or hall of fame awards and historical preservation measures.

List

1980

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
January 11, 1980 [1]	Pretenders	The Pretenders	New wave punk rock rock and roll	Real Records		Accolades
February 29, 1980	Crazy Rhythms	The Feelies	Post-punk jangle pop avant-pop new wave	Stiff	Heavily influenced the alternative rock genre by combining post-punk and jangle pop. [2]	Accolades
February 1980 (1980-02) [3]	Colossal Youth	Young Marble Giants	Post-punk	Rough Trade		Rolling Stone's "80 Greatest albums of 1980" [4] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #17 [5] Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #63 [6] Spex's Die 100 Alben des Jahrhunderts: #69 [7]
April 26, 1980 [8]	Los Angeles	X	Punk rock	Slash		Accolades
May 23, 1980 (1980-05-23)	I Just Can't Stop It	The Beat	Ska two-tone new wave	Go-Feet Sire	Regarded as one of the most important albums of the "2-Tone and the Ska Resurrection" [9]	UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #168 [10] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #48 [11] Spin's "Top 100 Alternative Albums": #94 [12] Fast 'n' Bulbous - The 500 Best Albums Since 1965: #283 [13]
May 30, 1980 (1980-05-30) [14]	Peter Gabriel III	Peter Gabriel	Art rock [15] post-punk [16] post-progressive [17] progressive pop [17]	Charisma (UK) Mercury (US 1980) Geffen (US 1983)		Accolades
June 1980	Underwater Moonlight	The Soft Boys	Neo-psychedelia [18] post-punk [19] new wave [20] psychedelic pop [21] jangle pop [22] power pop [23]	Armageddon	Influential on the development of the neo-psychedelia and college rock music genres and on a number of bands, especially R.E.M. [24] [25]	Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #65 [6] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #47 [5] Rolling Stone's "80 Greatest albums of 1980": #63 [4] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26]
July 11, 1980	Searching For The Young Soul Rebels	Dexys Midnight Runners	New wave blue-eyed soul	EMI Parlophone		Accolades
July 18, 1980 (1980-07-18)	Closer	Joy Division	Post-punk new wave [27] gothic rock [28]	Factory	Widely recognised as a seminal release of the post-punk era, released following the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricist Ian Curtis. [29]	Accolades
July 18, 1980	Crocodiles	Echo & The Bunnymen	Post-punk [30] neo-psychedelia [31] new wave [32]	Korova		Accolades
July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25) [33]	Back In Black	AC/DC	Hard rock heavy metal [34]	Albert Atlantic		Accolades
September 2, 1980 (1980-09-02)	Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables	Dead Kennedys	Hardcore punk [35]	Cherry Red Alternative Tentacles Faulty Products Manifesto		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #365 [36] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #74 [5] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #146 [10] laut's Best Albums of the 80's: #20 [37]
September 12, 1980 (1980-09-12) [38]	Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)	David Bowie	Art rock new wave post-punk	RCA		Rankings
October 8, 1980 (1980-10-08)	Remain In Light	Talking Heads	New wave post-punk dance-rock afrofunk worldbeat art rock psychedelic funk progressive rock avant-garde music	Sire	Attained widespread acclaim from critics for its sonic experimentation, rhythmic innovations, and merging of disparate genres into a cohesive whole. [39] [40]	Accolades and legacy
October 10, 1980 (1980-10-10)	Kilimanjaro	The Teardrop Explodes	Neo-psychedelia post-punk	Mercury [41] [42]		Hartbeat!'s Greatest Albums of All Time: #40 [43] NME's Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s: #17 [44] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #68 [10] Q magazine's "100 Greatest British Albums Ever": #95 [45]
October 17, 1980 (1980-10-17) [46]	The River	Bruce Springsteen	Heartland rock rock and roll R&B folk country	Columbia		Rankings
October 20, 1980 (1980-10-20)	Boy	U2	Post-punk	Island		Accolades
October 1980 (1980-10) [47]	Ace Of Spades	Motörhead	Heavy metal speed metal hard rock	Bronze		Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #408 [48] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #71 [49] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26] Louder Sound's 50 Best Albums from the 1980s: #20 [50]
November 3, 1980 [51]	In The Flat Field	Bauhaus	Post-punk gothic rock	4AD	Regarded as a key prototypical gothic music release. [52]	Rolling Stone's "80 Greatest albums of 1980": #61 [4] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #189 [10] Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die . [53] Classic Rock's 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s: #100 [54]
November 28, 1980 (1980-11-28) [55]	Sound Affects	The Jam	New wave	Polydor		Accolades
December 12, 1980 (1980-12-12)	Sandinista!	The Clash	Post-punk [56] experimental [57] [58] world [59] reggae punk [59]	CBS Epic	Triple album influential in the punk rock movement with its experimental sound and eclectic genres. [60]	Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #323 [61] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #65 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #85 [62] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #91 [63]

1981

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
February 12, 1981 (1981-02-12)	Moving Pictures	Rush	Progressive rock hard rock [64]	Anthem		Accolades
February 1981 (1981-02)	My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts	Brian Eno & David Byrne	Avant-funk [65] [66] sampledelia [67] experimental rock [68] Afro rock [69]	Sire E.G.	Heavily influential on sample-oriented music. [70]	Reception and legacy
May 11, 1981 (1981-05-11)	Computerwelt	Kraftwerk	Electronic synth-pop electro [71]	Kling Klang EMI Electrola	Concept album themed around computer technology and its rise within society. Had a significant impact on the genres of hip-hop, electronic music, and has been sampled in many notable works.	Critical reception
May 11, 1981	Nightclubbing	Grace Jones	New wave [72] disco funk reggae dance R&B [73] post-disco [74]	Island		Legacy
May 29, 1981	Heaven Up Here	Echo & The Bunnymen	Post-punk neo-psychedelia [75]	Korova		Accolades
June 19, 1981	Juju	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Post-punk gothic rock	Polydor		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #43 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #75 [49] The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" [76] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die [26]
August 31, 1981	Fire Of Love	The Gun Club	Post-punk punk blues gothic country psychobilly [77]	Ruby	Considered the first album of its kind to combine punk rock with American roots music, helped to create punk blues. [78] [79]	UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #302 [10] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26] Classic Rock's 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s: #76 [54] Wiener's 100 Best Records of the Century: #77 [80]
September 1981	Deceit	This Heat	Experimental rock post-punk avant-prog	Rough Trade		Critical reception and legacy UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #454 [10]
October 2, 1981	Discipline	King Crimson	Art rock [81] progressive rock [81] new wave [82] dance-rock [83]	E.G. Warner Bros.	Significant influence on post-progressive rock. [84]	Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #56 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #163 [10] Classic Rock's 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s: #40 [54] Musikexpress's 50 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #48 [85]
October 16, 1981 [86]	Dare	The Human League	Synth-pop [87] new pop [88] [89] new wave [88]	Virgin		Legacy
October 2, 1981 (1981-10-02) [90]	Ghost In The Machine	The Police	New wave [91] avant-pop [92]	A&M		Accolades
November 6, 1981	Architecture & Morality	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	Synth-pop Electropop [93]	Dindisc		Legacy
November 1981 (1981-11)	Damaged	Black Flag	Hardcore punk [94]	SST	Regarded as one of the most influential punk rock records ever made for its intense depictions of rage, violence, and alienation. [95] [96]	Reception and legacy

1982

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
February 12, 1982	English Settlement	XTC	Pop [97] new wave [98]	Virgin		Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #46 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #301 [10] Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums : #884 [99] Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die . [53]
March 15, 1982 (1982-03-15)	Shoot Out The Lights	Richard & Linda Thompson	British folk rock [100]	Hannibal		Critical response
March 22, 1982 (1982-03-22)	The Number Of The Beast	Iron Maiden	Heavy metal	EMI		Reception and legacy
April 19, 1982	Big Science	Laurie Anderson	Art pop electronic minimalism	Warner Bros. Nonesuch Elektra		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #203 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #22 [49] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #44 [62] Rolling Stone's Essential 200 Rock Records [101]
May 4, 1982	Pornography	The Cure	Gothic rock [102] [103] [104] post-punk [102] [105] [106] neo-psychedelia [107]	Fiction	Considered an important milestone in the development of gothic rock.	Legacy
May 10, 1982 (1982-05-10)	Rio	Duran Duran	Synth-pop new wave pop rock disco rock [108]	EMI		Rankings
May 28, 1982 (1982-05-28)	Avalon	Roxy Music	Sophisti-pop [109] [110] [111] new wave [112] [113] pop-soul [114]	E.G. Polydor		Critical reception
June 21, 1982 (1982-06-21)	The Lexicon Of Love	ABC	Disco [115] [116] [117] [118] new pop [117] [119] [120] [121] pop [117] [122] new wave [117] [123] sophisti-pop [124] dance-pop [118] blue-eyed soul [125] synth-pop [126]	Neutron		Legacy
July 2, 1982 (1982-07-02) [127] [128]	Imperial Bedroom	Elvis Costello And The Attractions	New wave baroque pop art rock	F-Beat Columbia		Rankings
September 13, 1982 (1982-09-13)	The Dreaming	Kate Bush	Art rock [129] [130] avant-pop [131] progressive pop [132] progressive rock [133]	EMI		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #56 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #71 [62] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26] NPR's 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women: #24 [134]
September 30, 1982 (1982-09-30)	Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	Folk [135] heartland rock [136] lo-fi [135] indie rock [137]	Columbia		Critical reception
October 1, 1982	The Nightfly	Donald Fagen	Jazz pop pop rock R&B [138]	Warner Bros.	Regarded as one of the best recorded albums for audiophiles. [139] [140]	Accolades
October 11, 1982	Vs.	Mission Of Burma	Post-punk punk rock [141]	Ace of Hearts		Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #49 [49] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #132 [10] Treble's 150 Best Albums of the 1980s: #118 [142] Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History's Most Significant Rock Albums [143]
October 27, 1982 (1982-10-27)	1999	Prince	Minneapolis sound [144] funk synth-pop R&B [145] art pop [146] dance [144] new wave [147] [32]	Warner Bros.	Influential to Minneapolis sound, electro, house, and techno." [148] [149]	Critical reception and legacy
October 1982 (1982-10) [150]	The Days Of Wine And Roses	The Dream Syndicate	Post-punk jangle pop Paisley Underground	Ruby Records/Slash (original release) Rhino Records (reissue) Rough Trade Records		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980's: #126 [10] Blender 's 100 Greatest Indie-RockAlbums Ever: #99 [150] Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die . [53] The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" [76]
November 29, 1982 (1982-11-29)	Thriller	Michael Jackson	Pop [151] post-disco [152] rock [151] funk [151] synth-pop [153] R&B [154]	Epic	Best-selling album of all time.	Rankings

1983

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
January 20, 1983 (1983-01-20)	Pyromania	Def Leppard	Glam metal hard rock heavy metal	Vertigo		Critical reception and legacy
February 28, 1983 (1983-02-28)	War	U2	Post-punk	Island		Legacy
February 1983 (1983-02) [155]	High Land, Hard Rain	Aztec Camera	Jangle pop [156] [157] [158] pop [159] alternative pop [159] new wave [159] [160] folk rock [161] indie pop [162]	Rough Trade		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #293 [163] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #93 [5] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #59 [10] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #88 [164]
March 23, 1983	Eliminator	ZZ Top	Hard rock [165] blues rock [166] new wave [165] synth-rock [167]	Warner Bros.		Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003): #398 [168] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #138 [10] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #41 [169] laut's Best Albums of the 80's: #41 [170]
April 12, 1983 (1983-04-12)	Murmur	R.E.M.	Jangle pop [171] alternative rock [172] post-punk [173] folk rock [174] garage rock [175]	I.R.S.		Accolades
April 13, 1983	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	Folk punk [176] post-punk [177] alternative rock [178]	Slash		Reception
May 2, 1983 (1983-05-02)	Power, Corruption & Lies	New Order	Synth-pop [179] new wave [180] post-punk [181] synth-rock [182] dance-rock [181] dance-punk [181]	Factory		Critical reception
June 1, 1983	Speaking In Tongues	Talking Heads	New wave funk art rock funk-rock [183]	Sire		Rolling Stone's 100 Best albums of the 1980s: #54 [184] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #89 [62] Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die . [53] Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History's Most Significant Rock Albums [143]
June 17, 1983 (1983-06-17)	Synchronicity	The Police	New wave post-punk pop [185] [186]	A&M		Accolades
July 25, 1983 (1983-07-25)	Kill 'Em All	Metallica	Thrash metal [187] speed metal	Megaforce	Regarded as a groundbreaking album for the development of thrash metal. [188]	Reception
August 8, 1983	Script Of The Bridge	The Chameleons	Post-punk gothic rock	Statik	Regarded as influential on gothic music and Manchester bands. [189]	Fast 'n' Bulbous's 1000 Best Albums of All Time: #128 [190] The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" [76] Laut's List of Milestones [191] Ondarock's Rock Milestones List [192]
September 1, 1983	Swordfishtrombones	Tom Waits	Experimental rock [193]	Island		Reception
October 14, 1983 (1983-10-14)	She's So Unusual	Cyndi Lauper	Pop rock art pop new wave [194]	Portrait	Considered a pioneering achievement for a debut album by a female artist for achieving four top-five singles. [195]	Accolades
October 21, 1983	Soul Mining	The The	Pop post-punk synth-pop [196]	Some Bizzare/Epic		Legacy and accolades
November 5, 1983 (1983-11-05)	Clics Modernos	Charly García	New wave pop rock synthpop	Interdisc SG Discos	Significant work in Argentine rock music. [197]	Accolades Al Borde's 250 Most Important Latin Rock Albums (2006): #3 [198]
November 10, 1983 (1983-11-10)	Rebel Yell	Billy Idol	New wave [199] hard rock	Chrysalis		Classic Rock's 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s: #58 [54] Musikexpress's Greatest Albums of The 1980s [200] Ultimate Classic Rock's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s [201] Laut's List of Milestones [191]

1984

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
February 20, 1984 (1984-02-20)	The Smiths	The Smiths	Alternative rock [202] indie rock [202] post-punk [203]	Rough Trade		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #98 [204] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #20 [5] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #52 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #51 [62]
April 9, 1984 (1984-04-09)	Reckoning	R.E.M.	Jangle pop [205] alternative rock [205] post-punk [206]	I.R.S.		Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #62 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #99 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #81 [62] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #80 [169]
May 4, 1984 (1984-05-04)	Ocean Rain	Echo & The Bunnymen	Post-punk [207] [208] new wave [209] neo-psychedelia [210] symphonic rock [211]	Korova		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #276 [163] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #53 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #131 [49] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #58 [62] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #64 [169] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #30 [212]
June 4, 1984 (1984-06-04)	Born In The U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen	Rock and roll heartland rock pop	Columbia		Rankings
June 25, 1984 (1984-June-25)	Purple Rain	Prince And The Revolution	Pop rock R&B funk-pop [213] psychedelia	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack album	Accolades
July 3, 1984	Zen Arcade	Hüsker Dü	Hardcore punk [214] [215] [216] psychedelia [217] indie rock [218] post-hardcore [219]	SST	Regarded as instrumental in the creation of the alternative rock genre, [220] [221] and considered by some to be one of the greatest rock albums of all time. [222] [223] [224]	Legacy
July 15, 1984	Structures From Silence	Steve Roach	Ambient [225] [226] electronic space music [225] [227]	Fortuna	Regarded as one of the most important ambient albums of all time. [5]	FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #10 [5] New Age Magazine's 25 Most Influential Ambient CDs [228] Echoes Radio's #2 Album of All Time. [229] Pitchfork 's 33rd best ambient album of all time [230]
July 16, 1984 (1984-07-16)	Diamond Life	Sade	Smooth soul sophisti-pop [231] [232]	Epic	Credited as being influential to neo soul. [233]	Critical reception
July 1984 [234]	Double Nickels On The Dime	Minutemen	Hardcore punk [235] post-punk [236] post-hardcore [237]	SST	Highly regarded for its fusion of punk rock, funk, country, spoken word and jazz, and references a variety of themes, from the Vietnam War and racism in America, to working-class experience and linguistics. [238] [239]	Legacy
September 1984 (1984-09)	Stop Making Sense	Talking Heads	New wave post-punk	Sire Warner Bros.	Live album and soundtrack album to the concert film of the same name.	Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #68 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #192 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #61 [62] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #88 [169]
October 2, 1984 (1984-10-02)	Let It Be	The Replacements	Post-punk indie rock alternative rock college rock [240]	Twin/Tone		Critical reception
October 12, 1984 (1984-10-12)	Rattlesnakes	Lloyd Cole And The Commotions	Jangle pop [241] college rock folk rock	Polydor (UK and Europe) Geffen (US and Canada)		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #20 [10] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #86 [164] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26] The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" [76]
November 12, 1984	Hatful Of Hollow	The Smiths	Alternative rock jangle pop indie pop post-punk	Rough Trade	Compilation album	NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #100 [204] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #10 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #43 [49] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #22 [212]
November 12, 1984 [242]	Treasure	Cocteau Twins	Ethereal wave dream pop	4AD	Regarded as one of the greatest dream pop records. [243] [244]	Legacy and accolades
1984	Meat Puppets II	Meat Puppets	Cowpunk [245] psychedelic rock [246] bluegrass [247] folk [247] Americana [248]	SST		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #329 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #152 [49] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #91 [62] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26]
1984	E2-E4	Manuel Göttsching	Electronic kosmische musik minimalism	Inteam	Significant to the development of house, techno, and ambient techno music of the late 1980s and early 1990s. [249] [250] [251]	Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #79 [6] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #4 [5] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #165 [10] Treble's 150 Best Albums of the 1980s: #52 [142]

1985

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
January 1985	New Day Rising	Hüsker Dü	Post-hardcore [252] alternative rock [253] punk rock [254]	SST	Regarded as one of the first and most influential purely alternative rock albums. [255]	Aftermath and influence
February 11, 1985 (1985-02-11)	Meat Is Murder	The Smiths	Alternative rock indie rock [256] post-punk [257]	Rough Trade		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #254 [163] Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003): #295 [258] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #97 [10] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26]
February 25, 1985 (1985-02-25) [259]	Songs From The Big Chair	Tears For Fears	New wave [260] pop rock [261] progressive pop [261] synth-pop [262]	Mercury Phonogram [259]		Critical reception
May 13, 1985 (1985-05-13)	Low-Life	New Order	Synth-pop [263] dance-pop [264] post-punk [263]	Factory		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #346 [36] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #78 [10] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #82 [164] laut's Best Albums of the 80's: #28 [265]
May 17, 1985 (1985-05-17)	Brothers In Arms	Dire Straits	Rock	Vertigo		Accolades
June 17, 1985 [266]	Misplaced Childhood	Marillion	Neo-prog	EMI	Regarded as a significant benchmark in the "neo-prog" movement. [267]	Accolades
June 1985 (1985-06)	Steve McQueen	Prefab Sprout	Sophisti-pop [231]	Kitchenware Epic		Legacy
June 1985	Rites Of Spring	Rites Of Spring	Post-hardcore emo	Dischord	Often as regarded as the first emo album. [268]	Reception
August 5, 1985	Rum Sodomy & The Lash	The Pogues	Celtic punk folk punk new wave [269]	Stiff (UK & Europe) MCA (US & Canada)		Critical reception and accolades
August 30, 1985 [270]	The Head On The Door	The Cure	Alternative rock post-punk [271] art pop [272] new wave [273]	Fiction		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #494 [36] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #34 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #109 [49] Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums : #833 [99]
September 16, 1985 (1985-09-16)	Hounds Of Love	Kate Bush	Art pop progressive pop art rock progressive rock [274] sophisti-pop [231]	EMI		Accolades
September 18, 1985	Tim	The Replacements	Alternative rock punk rock power pop	Sire		Reception
September 23, 1985 (1985-09-23) [275]	This Nation's Saving Grace	The Fall	Post-punk	Beggars Banquet		Accolades
September 30, 1985	Rain Dogs	Tom Waits	Experimental rock Americana [276]	Island	A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City. [277] Noted for its broad spectrum of musical styles and genres such as dirty blues, New Orleans funeral brass, and Kurt Weill operas. [278]	Reception
November 18, 1985	Psychocandy	The Jesus And Mary Chain	Noise pop [279] alternative rock [279] post-punk [280] indie rock [281] [282]	Blanco y Negro	Considered a landmark recording due to its combined guitar feedback and noise with traditional pop melody and structure, influencing forthcoming shoegaze genre and alternative rock in general. [283] [284]	Reception and legacy

1986

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
February 4, 1986 (1986-02-04)	Control	Janet Jackson	Pop R&B	A&M	Regarded as a precursor to the new jack swing genre. [285] [286]	Accolades
February 17, 1986	The Colour Of Spring	Talk Talk	New wave [287] art pop [288] progressive pop [289] experimental pop [290]	EMI		Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #83 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #98 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #96 [62] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26]
March 3, 1986 (1986-03-03)	Master Of Puppets	Metallica	Thrash metal progressive metal	Elektra	Widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential metal albums of all time, and is credited with consolidating the American thrash metal scene. [291] [292]	Accolades and legacy
March 5, 1986	Guitar Town	Steve Earle	Country rock [293] roots rock [294] heartland rock [294]	MCA		Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012): #482 [295] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #284 [10] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #91 [169] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #85 [164]
May 15, 1986	Raising Hell	Run-DMC	Hip hop rap rock	Profile	The first Platinum and multi-Platinum hip hop record, and one of the greatest and most important albums in the history of hip hop music and culture. [296] [297]	Accolades
May 19, 1986 (1986-05-19)	So	Peter Gabriel	Pop [298] art pop art rock progressive pop worldbeat [299]	Charisma Virgin Geffen		Legacy
May 1986	EVOL	Sonic Youth	Alternative rock [6] post-punk noise rock	SST		Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #31 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #264 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #82 [62] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26]
June 16, 1986 (1986-06-16)	The Queen Is Dead	The Smiths	Indie pop jangle pop alternative rock indie rock [300] post-punk [280]	Rough Trade		Critical reception
June 1986 [301]	London 0 Hull 4	The Housemartins	Indie rock jangle pop [302]	Go! Discs		NME Readers' All Time Top 100 Albums: #88 [303] laut's Best Albums of the 80's: #50 [304] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #412 [10] Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die . [53]
July 28, 1986 (1986-07-28)	Lifes Rich Pageant	R.E.M.	Jangle pop [305] alternative rock [306]	I.R.S.		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #324 [36] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #77 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #52 [62] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #37 [169] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #65 [307]
August 1, 1986 [308]	Crowded House	Crowded House	Pop rock alternative rock new wave [309]	Capitol/EMI		Rolling Stone Australia's 200 Greatest Albums of All Time: #7 [310] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #93 [63] Paste's Best Albums of the 1980s: #50 [311] Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Top 100 Albums [312]
August 25, 1986 (1986-08-25)	Graceland	Paul Simon	Worldbeat pop rock folk afropop [313] [314]	Warner Bros.	Incorporated South African styles such as isicathamiya and mbaqanga into rock and folk influences.	Accolades
September 25, 1986 (1986-09-25)	Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?	Megadeth	Thrash metal [315] [316]	Capitol	Regarded as having helped give prominence to extreme metal. [317]	Legacy
October 7, 1986	Reign In Blood	Slayer	Thrash metal	Def Jam Geffen	Regarded as among the greatest heavy metal records ever. [318] [319]	Legacy
October 27, 1986 (1986-10-27)	Skylarking	XTC	Pop rock psychedelic	Virgin (UK) Geffen (US)	Significantly influential towards alternative pop. [320]	Retrospective reviews and legacy
November 17, 1986 (1986-11-17)	Infected	The The	Post-punk alternative rock	Some Bizzare Epic		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #96 [10] laut's Best Albums of the 80's: #42 [321] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26] Q magazine's "100 Greatest British Albums Ever": #99 [45]
1986	Horse Rotorvator	Coil	Post-industrial [322] psychedelia industrial [323]	Some Bizzare Force & Form Threshold House		Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #73 [6] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #13 [5] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #90 [169] Ondarock's Rock Milestones List [192]

1987

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
March 9, 1987 (1987-03-09) [324]	The Joshua Tree	U2	Rock	Island		Legacy
March 30, 1987 [325] [326]	Sign "O" The Times	Prince	R&B funk soul rock avant-pop	Paisley Park Warner Bros.		Legacy
June 1, 1987	Sister	Sonic Youth	Alternative rock noise pop noise rock art rock post-punk	SST		Critical reception
July 7, 1987 (1987-07-07) [327]	Paid In Full	Eric B. & Rakim	Golden age hip hop	4th & B'way Island	Credited as a benchmark album of golden age hip hop. Rakim's rapping, which pioneered the use of internal rhymes in hip hop, set a higher standard of lyricism in the genre and served as a template for future rappers. The album's heavy sampling by Eric B. became influential in hip hop production. [328] [329] [330]	Reception and influence
June 17, 1987	Pleased To Meet Me	The Replacements	Alternative rock power pop [331] post-punk [332]	Sire		Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #71 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #102 [10] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #96 [169] Paste's "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s": #70 [333]
July 21, 1987 (1987-07-21)	Appetite For Destruction	Guns N' Roses	Hard rock heavy metal hair metal pop metal [247]	Geffen		Appetite for Destruction
August 3, 1987 (1987-08-03)	Hysteria	Def Leppard	Glam metal [334] arena rock [334] hard rock [335] pop rock [336]	Phonogram	Regarded as one of the best pop-metal albums ever recorded. [337] [338]	Critical reception
August 17, 1987	Substance 1987	New Order	Dance-rock alternative dance [339] post-punk dance pop	Factory	Regarded as one of the greatest pop albums of all time, and greatly influential in dance and alternative dance genres. [340]	Release and reception
August 21, 1987	Diesel And Dust	Midnight Oil	Alternative rock	Sprint / Columbia		Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #72 [169] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #397 [10] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #50 [11] laut's Best Albums of the 80's: #29 [341]
August 31, 1987 (1987-08-31)	Document	R.E.M.	Alternative rock [342] jangle pop [343] post-punk [344]	I.R.S.		Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #48 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #115 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #17 [62] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #70 [169] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #28 [212]
August 31, 1987 (1987-08-31)	Bad	Michael Jackson	Pop Dance Rock hard rock [345] R&B Soul [346] Funk [347]	Epic		Accolades
September 7, 1987 (1987-09-07) [348]	Actually	Pet Shop Boys	Synth-pop dance-pop disco	Parlophone		Critical reception
September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28)	Strangeways, Here We Come	The Smiths	Alternative rock indie pop indie rock [349]	Rough Trade		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #47 [204] Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #77 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #69 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #69 [62] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #34 [350]
September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28)	Music For The Masses	Depeche Mode	Synth-pop electropop [351] new wave [352]	Mute		Critical reception
September 1987	The Perfect Prescription	Spacemen 3	Neo-psychedelia [31]	Glass (original UK release) Fire (various UK reissues) Genius Records (original US release) Taang! (1996 US reissue)	Concept album about "a vision of a drug trip from inception to its blasted conclusion, highs and lows fully intact." [353]	Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #50 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #307 [10] The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" [76] Ondarock's Rock Milestones List [192]
October 5, 1987 [354]	The Lion And The Cobra	Sinéad O'Connor	Pop rock [355] art rock [356]	Ensign Chrysalis		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #244 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #44 [49] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #46 [62] Spin's The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time: #24 [357]
October 19, 1987 [358]	Kick	INXS	New wave pop rock funk rock hard rock	WEA Mercury Atlantic		Legacy
October 19, 1987 [359]	Secrets Of The Beehive	David Sylvian	Art rock chamber rock [360]	Virgin		FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #64 [5] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #64 [10] Ondarock's Rock Milestones List [192] La Discothèque parfaite de l'odyssée du rock's Best Albums in the History of Rock [361]
November 2, 1987	Faith	George Michael	Pop funk R&B synth-pop soul rock blue-eyed soul [362]	Columbia Epic [363]		Accolades
December 14, 1987	You're Living All Over Me	Dinosaur Jr.	Indie rock alternative rock noise rock grunge	SST	Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums in alternative rock, and an influence on grunge music due to its drawling vocals paired with loud guitars and driving rhythms. [364] [365]	Legacy

1988

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
February 2, 1988	I'm Your Man	Leonard Cohen	Synth-pop [366] [367] sophisti-pop [368]	Columbia		Critical reception
March 21, 1988 (1988-03-21) [369]	Surfer Rosa	Pixies	Alternative rock indie rock art punk [370] grunge [371]	4AD		Accolades
April 5, 1988 (1988-04-05)	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	Contemporary folk folk rock [372] roots rock [247]	Elektra	Helped to revive the singer-songwriter genre. [373]	Legacy
June 28, 1988 [374]	It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back	Public Enemy	Hip hop political rap [375] sampledelia [376] boom bap [377]	Def Jam Columbia	Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time for its densely aggressive sound influenced by free jazz, heavy funk, and musique concrète with lead rapper Chuck D's sociopolitical rhetoric, revolutionary attitudes, and dense vocabulary. [378] [379] [380]	Accolades
August 8, 1988 (1988-08-08) [381]	Straight Outta Compton	N.W.A	West Coast hip hop [382] gangsta rap hardcore hip hop	Ruthless Priority	Triggered the rap genre's movement toward hardcore, gangsta rap. [383]	Rankings
August 23, 1988	Nothing's Shocking	Jane's Addiction	Alternative rock [384] alternative metal [385] art rock [386]	Warner Bros.		Critical reception
August 1988	16 Lovers Lane	The Go-Betweens	Rock alternative rock indie rock	Mushroom (AUS) Beggars Banquet (UK)		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #299 [163] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #33 [350] 100 Best Australian Albums: #12 [387] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26]
September 12, 1988 [388]	Spirit Of Eden	Talk Talk	Post-rock [389] art rock [390] experimental rock [391] ambient [392]	Parlophone (EMI)	Credited with pioneering the post-rock genre. [393]	Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #34 [6] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #9 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #56 [62] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #84 [164]
September 19, 1988	Tender Prey	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Post-punk [394] gothic rock [395] garage punk [396] gothic country [396] blues [396]	Mute Records		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #318 [10] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #49 [11] Inducted to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia. [397] 100 Best Australian Albums [387]
October 17, 1988 (1988-10-17) [398]	Fisherman's Blues	The Waterboys	Folk rock	Ensign Chrysalis		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #265 [10] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #47 [11] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26] Paste's Best Albums of the 1980s: #68 [311]
October 18, 1988	Daydream Nation	Sonic Youth	Noise rock alternative rock	Enigma	Double album. Significantly influential on the alternative and indie rock genres. [399] [400]	Reception and legacy
November 15, 1988 (1988-11-15)	The Trinity Session	Cowboy Junkies	Alternative country country rock folk blues	Latent RCA		Accolades
November 21, 1988 (1988-11-21)	Isn't Anything	My Bloody Valentine	Shoegaze [401] avant-rock [402] dream pop [403] noise pop [401] experimental pop [401] lo-fi [404]	Creation	Regarded as a pioneering work of shoegazing. [405] [406] [407]	Reception

1989

Release Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)	Label	Notes	Accolades
January 10, 1989 (1989-01-10)	New York	Lou Reed	Rock	Sire [408]		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #47 [10] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #70 [62] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #63 [307] Q's 40 Best Albums of the '80s: #26 [409]
January 30, 1989 (1989-01-30)	Technique	New Order	Alternative dance [410] acid house [411] dance-rock	Factory		NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #122 [412] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #30 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #112 [49] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #29 [212]
February 6, 1989	3 Feet High And Rising	De La Soul	Art rap [413] progressive rap jazz rap psychedelic hip hop sampledelia	Tommy Boy	Described as "the first psychedelic hip-hop record" as well as the beginning of alternative hip hop, jazz rap, progressive hip hop, and the use of the hip hop skit. [414] [415]	Retrospective opinion
March 21, 1989	Like A Prayer	Madonna	Pop	Sire Warner Bros.		Legacy
April 17, 1989	Doolittle	Pixies	Alternative rock	4AD Elektra	Praised for its "quiet/loud" dynamic that influenced the development of early-1990s grunge music. [416] [417]	Reception
April 24, 1989 [418]	Full Moon Fever	Tom Petty	Rock	MCA		Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #298 [419] 2019 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee. [420] Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums : #884 [99] Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History's Most Significant Rock Albums [143]
May 2, 1989	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	Madchester jangle pop neo-psychedelia indie rock [421] alternative rock	Silvertone / RCA (US)	Significant towards the development of the Madchester and baggy cultural scenes. [422]	Accolades
May 2, 1989 (1989-05-02)	Disintegration	The Cure	Gothic rock [423] [424] [425] alternative rock [426] dream pop [427] post-punk [428] art rock [429]	Fiction		Critical reception
July 25, 1989 (1989-07-25)	Paul's Boutique	Beastie Boys	Hip hop sampledelia	Capitol	Regarded as a landmark album of golden age hip hop and a seminal work in sample-based production. [430]	Accolades
September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01)	13 Songs	Fugazi	Post-hardcore art punk	Dischord	Regarded as one of the best albums of the post-hardcore genre. [431]	Accolades
September 12, 1989 (1989-09-12)	Floating Into The Night	Julee Cruise	Dream pop jazz lounge	Warner Bros.		Critical response FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #24 [5]
October 16, 1989 (1989-10-16)	The Sensual World	Kate Bush	Progressive pop [432]	EMI		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #410 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #59 [49] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #55 [62] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [26]
October 16, 1989 (1989-10-16)	Hats	The Blue Nile	Sophisti-pop [433] art pop [434] electropop [435] synth-pop [436] post-rock [437]	Linn A&M		UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #51 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #85 [49] Q's 40 Best Albums of the '80s: #38 [409] Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums : #345 [99]
October 20, 1989 (1989-10-20)	Pretty Hate Machine	Nine Inch Nails	Industrial rock electro-industrial synth-pop EBM	TVT		Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #453 Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #76 [49] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #50 [62] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #69 [169] laut's Best Albums of the 80's: #30 [438]
October 23, 1989 (1989-10-23) [439] [440]	On Fire	Galaxie 500	Slowcore [441] dream pop [441] psychedelia [441]	Rough Trade	Regarded as a benchmark album for the development of slowcore.	Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #16 [6] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #51 [5] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #152 [10] Popkultur.de's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #38 [169]

See also

• List of 1990s albums considered the best
• List of best-selling albums
• Lists of fastest-selling albums

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