Eighties Redux

And here's the eighties. Only two new albums, in three years, but a shuffle in ordering.

1.       Back in Black, AC/DC (1980).

2.      Appetite for Destruction, Guns N Roses (1987).

3.      Stop Making Sense, The Talking Heads (1984).

4.      Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen (1984).

5.      The Joshua Tree, U2 (1987).

6.      Graceland, Paul Simon (1986).

7.      Avalon, Roxy Music (1982).

8.      The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses (1989).

9.      Purple Rain, Prince (1984).

10.  Shoot Out the Lights, Richard and Linda Thompson (1982).

11.  Codona 3, Codona (1982).

12.  My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, David Byrne and Brian Eno (1981).

13.   The Queen is Dead, The Smiths (1986).

14.  Doolittle, The Pixies (1989).

15.  The Traveling Willburys Vol. One, The Traveling Willburys (1988).

16.   Sign O the Times, Prince (1987).

17.   Master of Puppets, Metallica (1986).

18.   Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys (1989).

19.   Let It Be, The Replacements (1984).

20.  Ghost in the Machine, The Police (1981).

21.  Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman (1988).

22.  Double Nickels on the Dime, The Minutemen (1984).

23.  War, U2 (1983).

24.  Paid in Full, Eric B. and Rakim (1984).

25.  It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy (1988).

Runners up:

26.  Thriller, Michael Jackson (1982).

27.  Murmur, R.E.M. (1983).

28.  Night and Day, Joe Jackson (1982).

29.  Psychocandy, The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985).

30.  Like a Prayer, Madonna (1989).

31.   Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A. (1988).

32.  Synchronicity, The Police (1983).

33.  Imperial Bedroom, Elvis Costello (1982).

34.  Raising Hell, Run DMC (1986).

35.  Pretenders, Pretenders (1980).

36.  3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul (1989).

37. Document, R.E.M. (1987).