100 Best Albums of the 1980s

#1

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Greatest Hits

Queen · 1981

👍 13M ▶ 2052M

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#2

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Hounds of Love

Kate Bush · 1985

👍 3M ▶ 403M

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#3

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The Best of Blondie

Blondie · 1981

👍 3M ▶ 644M

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#4

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Like a Prayer

Madonna · 1989

👍 2M ▶ 403M

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#5

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Like a Virgin

Madonna · 1984

👍 1M ▶ 223M

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#6

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Business as Usual

Men At Work · 1981

👍 1M ▶ 255M

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#7

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The Works

Queen · 1984

👍 1M ▶ 348M

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#8

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Legend (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)

Bob Marley · 1984

👍 1M ▶ 230M

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#9

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Songs from the Big Chair

Tears For Fears · 1985

👍 1M ▶ 255M

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#10

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Greatest Hits

The Human League · 1988

👍 1M ▶ 249M

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#11

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True Blue (Madonna album)

Madonna · 1986

👍 1M ▶ 260M

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#12

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Full Moon Fever

Tom Petty · 1989

👍 787K ▶ 139M

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#13

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Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode · 1987

👍 691K ▶ 128M

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#14

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The Raw & the Cooked

Fine Young Cannibals · 1989

👍 626K ▶ 93M

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#15

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Never for Ever

Kate Bush · 1980

👍 593K ▶ 54M

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#16

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Bad (album)

Michael Jackson · 1987

👍 585K ▶ 42M

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#17

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Super Trouper

ABBA · 1980

👍 581K ▶ 133M

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#18

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The Seeds of Love

Tears For Fears · 1989

👍 559K ▶ 108M

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#19

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Touch

Eurythmics · 1983

👍 550K ▶ 76M

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#20

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The Complete Works

Queen · 1985

👍 476K ▶ 58M

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#21

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Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2

Eagles · 1982

👍 426K ▶ 80M

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#22

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The Best of The Doors

The Doors · 1985

👍 417K ▶ 39M

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#23

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Upstairs at Eric's

Yazoo · 1982

👍 404K ▶ 52M

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#24

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The Stone Roses (album)

The Stone Roses · 1989

👍 402K ▶ 69M

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#25

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Powerslave

Iron Maiden · 1984

👍 378K ▶ 57M

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#26

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Avalon (Roxy Music album)

Roxy Music · 1982

👍 375K ▶ 70M

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#27

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The Head on the Door

The Cure · 1985

👍 339K ▶ 56M

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#28

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Zenyatta Mondatta

The Police · 1980

👍 297K ▶ 49M

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#29

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Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)

Talking Heads · 1983

👍 249K ▶ 26M

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#30

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Madonna (Madonna album)

Madonna · 1983

👍 238K ▶ 35M

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#31

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Tracy Chapman (album)

Tracy Chapman · 1988

👍 236K ▶ 37M

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#32

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Kate Bush (album)

Kate Bush · 1984

👍 187K ▶ 17M

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#33

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Making Movies

Dire Straits · 1980

👍 186K ▶ 40M

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#34

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Brothers in Arms (album)

Dire Straits · 1985

👍 185K ▶ 33M

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#35

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Absolutely

Madness · 1980

👍 168K ▶ 25M

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#36

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Bleach (Nirvana album)

Nirvana · 1989

👍 158K ▶ 14M

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#37

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The Game (Queen album)

Queen · 1980

👍 154K ▶ 27M

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#38

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Sweet Dreams

Eurythmics · 1983

👍 152K ▶ 32M

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#39

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Records

Foreigner · 1982

👍 142K ▶ 12M

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#40

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Ghost in the Machine

The Police · 1981

👍 142K ▶ 20M

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#41

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Ride the Lightning

Metallica · 1984

👍 141K ▶ 13M

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#42

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Little Creatures

Talking Heads · 1985

👍 127K ▶ 16M

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#43

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Discovery (Mike Oldfield album)

Mike Oldfield · 1984

👍 122K ▶ 22M

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#44

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The Joshua Tree

U2 · 1987

👍 121K ▶ 14M

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#45

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Rio (Duran Duran album)

Duran Duran · 1982

👍 119K ▶ 15M

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#46

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Thriller

Michael Jackson · 1982

👍 118K ▶ 8M

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#47

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The World Won't Listen

The Smiths · 1987

👍 117K ▶ 19M

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#48

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The Collection

Ultravox · 1984

👍 113K ▶ 10M

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#49

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Duran Duran (1981 album)

Duran Duran · 1981

👍 112K ▶ 15M

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#50

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Greatest Hits

The Cars · 1985

👍 108K ▶ 11M

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#51

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Kill 'Em All

Metallica · 1983

👍 100K ▶ 9M

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#52

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Crossroads

Tracy Chapman · 1989

👍 95K ▶ 15M

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#53

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Be Yourself Tonight

Eurythmics · 1985

👍 93K ▶ 14M

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#54

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Notorious

Duran Duran · 1986

👍 92K ▶ 10M

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#55

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Decade

Duran Duran · 1989

👍 84K ▶ 13M

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#56

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Somewhere in Time

Iron Maiden · 1986

👍 84K ▶ 10M

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#57

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Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits · 1983

👍 83K ▶ 3M

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#58

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You and Me Both

Yazoo · 1983

👍 80K ▶ 13M

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#59

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Hard Promises

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers · 1981

👍 79K ▶ 14M

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#60

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Infidels

Bob Dylan · 1983

👍 77K ▶ 13M

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#61

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Whammy!

The B-52's · 1983

👍 76K ▶ 9M

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#62

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Licensed to Ill

Beastie Boys · 1986

👍 76K ▶ 6M

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#63

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...And Justice for All (album)

Metallica · 1988

👍 76K ▶ 6M

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#64

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Violent Femmes (album)

Violent Femmes · 1983

👍 75K ▶ 6M

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#65

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The Ultimate Collection

Roxy Music · 1988

👍 73K ▶ 14M

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#66

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Greatest Hits

Fleetwood Mac · 1988

👍 73K ▶ 11M

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#67

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So (album)

Peter Gabriel · 1986

👍 72K ▶ 10M

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#68

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The Sensual World

Kate Bush · 1989

👍 71K ▶ 9M

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#69

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Who's Zoomin' Who?

Aretha Franklin · 1985

👍 68K ▶ 9M

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#70

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Doolittle (album)

Pixies · 1989

👍 66K ▶ 6M

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#71

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Shake It Up

The Cars · 1981

👍 66K ▶ 11M

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#72

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Sandinista!

The Clash · 1980

👍 61K ▶ 7M

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#73

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Pleasant Dreams

Ramones · 1981

👍 60K ▶ 8M

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#74

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October (U2 album)

U2 · 1981

👍 59K ▶ 9M

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#75

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The Dream of the Blue Turtles

Sting · 1985

👍 59K ▶ 10M

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#76

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Boy

U2 · 1980

👍 58K ▶ 5M

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#77

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Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath album)

Black Sabbath · 1980

👍 58K ▶ 5M

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#78

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Uprising (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)

Bob Marley · 1980

👍 58K ▶ 12M

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#79

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Christmas Album

Boney M. · 1981

👍 55K ▶ 8M

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#80

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Christmas with Boney M.

Boney M. · 1984

👍 55K ▶ 8M

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#81

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Iron Maiden (album)

Iron Maiden · 1980

👍 55K ▶ 5M

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#82

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Revenge (Eurythmics album)

Eurythmics · 1986

👍 53K ▶ 7M

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#83

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Greatest Hits

The Doors · 1980

👍 53K ▶ 3M

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#84

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Piece of Mind

Iron Maiden · 1983

👍 52K ▶ 5M

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#85

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Halfway to Sanity

Ramones · 1987

👍 51K ▶ 7M

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#86

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Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths · 1987

👍 49K ▶ 8M

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#87

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Foreign Affair

Tina Turner · 1989

👍 48K ▶ 8M

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#88

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Synchronicity (The Police album)

The Police · 1983

👍 45K ▶ 5M

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#89

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The Smiths

The Smiths · 1984

👍 45K ▶ 5M

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#90

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Power, Corruption & Lies

New Order · 1983

👍 43K ▶ 4M

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#91

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Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Iron Maiden · 1988

👍 41K ▶ 5M

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#92

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Substance 1987

New Order · 1987

👍 40K ▶ 4M

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#93

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Inside Information

Foreigner · 1987

👍 40K ▶ 5M

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#94

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Beneath the Remains

Sepultura · 1989

👍 40K ▶ 3M

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#95

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A Broken Frame

Depeche Mode · 1982

👍 39K ▶ 3M

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#96

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Midnight to Midnight

Psychedelic Furs · 1987

👍 37K ▶ 5M

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#97

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Solitude Standing

Suzanne Vega · 1987

👍 37K ▶ 1M

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#98

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Burning from the Inside

Bauhaus · 1983

👍 36K ▶ 1M

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#99

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Men and Women

Simply Red · 1987

👍 33K ▶ 9M

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Floodland

The Sisters Of Mercy · 1987

👍 32K ▶ 3M

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