Eighties

Top albums of the Eighties, no justifications or explanations, with runners and honors.

1. Let It Be, The Replacements (1984).
2. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses (1989).
3. Appetite for Destruction, Guns N Roses (1987).
4. Back in Black, AC/DC (1980).
5. Thriller, Michael Jackson (1982).
6. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy (1988).
7. Purple Rain, Prince (1984).
8. Graceland, Paul Simon (1986).
9. Stop Making Sense, The Talking Heads (1984).
10. Avalon, Roxy Music (1982).

11. The Joshua Tree, U2 (1987).
12. Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys (1989).
13. Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A. (1988).
14. Imperial Bedroom, Elvis Costello (1982).
15. Master of Puppets, Metallica (1986).
16. Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen (1984).
17. Sign O the Times, Prince (1987).
18. Like a Prayer, Madonna (1989).
19. The Traveling Willburys Vol. One, The Traveling Willburys (1988).
20. Ghost in the Machine, The Police (1981).

Runners up (alphabetically):

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, David Byrne and Brian Eno (1981).
Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman (1988).
3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul (1989).
Paid in Full, Eric B. and Rakim (1984).
Psychocandy, The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985).
Night and Day, Joe Jackson (1982).
Double Nickels on the Dime, The Minutemen (1984).
Doolittle, The Pixies (1989).
Synchronicity, The Police (1983).
Document, R.E.M. (1987).
Murmur, R.E.M. (1983).
Raising Hell, Run DMC (1986).
The Queen is Dead, The Smiths (1986).
Shoot Out the Lights, Richard and Linda Thompson (1982).