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Best 80s albums list?

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Kevin Chavez3 Kevin Chavez3 Veteran
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#41 ·
Was The Cure on the list? If they weren't, they really should have been. But whatever...

No, what about The Damned - Democracy?
dustyridge12 dustyridge12 Active Member
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#42 ·
No sign of Prefab Sprout for me...

So, here is what my personal list of the 100 greatest albums of all time looks like...

MOJO: THE 100 GREATEST ALBUMS EVER MADE - August 1995 edition

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
The Beatles - Revolver
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Bob Dylan - Blond on Blond
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Patti Smith - Horses
Love - Forever Changes
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
The Band - The Band
The Stooges - Fun House
Television - Marquee Moon
Joni Mitchell - Blue
The Beatles - The Beatles
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
David Bowie - Station to Station
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
The Clash - London Calling
The Beatles - Abbey Road
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The Doors - The Doors
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
James Brown & The Famous Flames - Live at the Apollo
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Prince - Sign 'o' the Times
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
The Who - The Who Sell out

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Big Star - Third (Sister Lovers)
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris - Grievous Angel
The Ramones - Ramones
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Lou Reed - Transformer
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
The New York Dolls - New York Dolls
The Beatles - Moby Grape
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Joy Division - Closer
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
The Clash - The Clash
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Todd Rundgren - Something / Anything
Can - Future Days
The Beatles - With the Beatles
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Clear Spot
Sly & The Family Stone - Stand
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
The Wailers - Catch a Fire
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
The Stooges - The Stooges
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
Randy Newman - Good Ol Boys
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Margaret O'Hara - Miss America
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Steely Dan - Gaucho
The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
The Smiths - The Smiths
Muddy Waters - Hard Again
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
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#43 ·
Just adding these to the list:

the gories - houserockin'
prefab sprout - steve mcqueen
james chance - james black and the white
stick men - instantiable
tav falco panther burns - behind the magnolia curtain
Robin Rodriguez5 Robin Rodriguez5 Active Member
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#44 ·
Hey, dustyridge12.
I’d just swap the tracklist order on those Beatles albums.
Bryan Martin31 Bryan Martin31 Active Member
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joined Sep 2008
#45 ·
48-o is an improvement over the last one...
dustyridge12 dustyridge12 Active Member
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joined Feb 2003
#46 ·
This list comes straight from Mojo magazine—it didn't just pop into my head.
Roger Jones5 Roger Jones5 Newcomer
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#47 ·
dustyridge12 said:Look, I just pulled this list straight from Mojo, it didn't come out of my own head.

😁 Honestly— 😁
Lisa Rodriguez73 Lisa Rodriguez73 Newcomer
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joined Jan 2003
#48 ·
HuffPost ate my long post, so I'll just keep this brief.

The list is solid. My biggest misses are Arcade Fire (though New Day Rising is great too), then Paul's Boutique, Oasis, and Minor Threat. Dead Kennedys definitely deserved better than #50—they should have had at least two albums on here. Meat Puppets could've used more space, too. There’s room for Bad Brains, Mano Negra, and plenty of others... but overall, it's a decent list.

(Don't you dare touch Minutemen)

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