Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
206 lines (203 loc) · 8.34 KB

1980s.md

File metadata and controls

206 lines (203 loc) · 8.34 KB

Pitchfork The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s

Current score: 67/200

$ grep "\[X\]" 1980s.md | wc -l

  • 1. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
  • 2. Michael Jackson - Thriller
  • 3. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
  • 4. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
  • 5. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
  • 6. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  • 7. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  • 8. Janet Jackson - Control
  • 9. The Cure - Disintegration
  • 10. Sade - Diamond Life
  • 11. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
  • 12. Joy Division - Closer
  • 13. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
  • 14. Pixies - Doolittle
  • 15. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
  • 16. Madonna - Madonna
  • 17. Prince - Sign O' the Times
  • 18. Kraftwerk - Computer World
  • 19. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
  • 20. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
  • 21. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
  • 22. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
  • 23. Minor Threat - Complete Discography
  • 24. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
  • 25. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
  • 26. Prince - 1999
  • 27. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
  • 28. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
  • 29. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
  • 30. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
  • 31. Slayer - Reign in Blood
  • 32. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
  • 33. Prince - Dirty Mind
  • 34. Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man
  • 35. The Replacements - Let It Be
  • 36. Black Flag - Damaged
  • 37. Sade - Stronger Than Pride
  • 38. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
  • 39. R.E.M. - Murmur
  • 40. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
  • 41. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
  • 42. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
  • 43. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
  • 44. Sinéad O’Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
  • 45. Fugazi - Fugazi
  • 46. Dinosaur Jr. - You’re Living All Over Me
  • 47. U2 - The Joshua Tree
  • 48. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
  • 49. Paul Simon - Graceland
  • 50. ESG - Come Away With ESG
  • 51. Sonic Youth - EVOL
  • 52. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
  • 53. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
  • 54. The Replacements - Tim
  • 55. Metallica - Master of Puppets
  • 56. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
  • 57. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
  • 58. My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything
  • 59. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
  • 60. EPMD - Strictly Business
  • 61. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
  • 62. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
  • 63. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
  • 64. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
  • 65. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
  • 66. Vangelis - Blade Runner (Music From the Original Soundtrack)
  • 67. Julee Cruise - Floating Into the Night
  • 68. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
  • 69. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
  • 70. Ultramagnetic MC’s - Critical Beatdown
  • 71. Motörhead - Ace of Spades
  • 72. Michael Jackson - Bad
  • 73. This Heat - Deceit
  • 74. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising
  • 75. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
  • 76. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
  • 77. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
  • 78. Madonna - Like a Prayer
  • 79. The Fall - This Nation’s Saving Grace
  • 80. Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
  • 81. Brian Eno / David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
  • 82. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
  • 83. Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle
  • 84. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
  • 85. The Blue Nile - Hats
  • 86. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
  • 87. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
  • 88. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
  • 89. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
  • 90. R.E.M. - Reckoning
  • 91. George Michael - Faith
  • 92. Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
  • 93. Steve Reich - “Different Trains” / “Electric Counterpoint”
  • 94. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
  • 95. Brian Eno / Daniel Lanois / Roger Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
  • 96. Fela Kuti - Coffin for Head of State
  • 97. The Raincoats - Odyshape
  • 98. Nirvana - Bleach
  • 99. Kool G Rap / DJ Polo - Road to the Riches
  • 100. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
  • 101. Alice Coltrane - Turiya Sings
  • 102. Wipers - Youth of America
  • 103. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
  • 104. Public Image Ltd - Second Edition
  • 105. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
  • 106. Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe
  • 107. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
  • 108. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
  • 109. The Cure - The Head on the Door
  • 110. X - Los Angeles
  • 111. Roxy Music - Avalon
  • 112. New Order - Technique
  • 113. Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
  • 114. INXS - Kick
  • 115. Madonna - Like a Virgin
  • 116. Misfits - Walk Among Us
  • 117. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
  • 118. Philip Glass - Solo Piano
  • 119. Steely Dan - Gaucho
  • 120. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
  • 121. Pretenders - Pretenders
  • 122. Beat Happening - Beat Happening
  • 123. The Go-Go’s - Beauty and the Beat
  • 124. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
  • 125. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
  • 126. Pet Shop Boys - Actually
  • 127. David Bowie - Let’s Dance
  • 128. AC/DC - Back in Black
  • 129. The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
  • 130. Scientist - Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
  • 131. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
  • 132. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
  • 133. XTC - Skylarking
  • 134. Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
  • 135. Big Black - Songs About Fucking
  • 136. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
  • 137. Horace Andy - Dance Hall Style
  • 138. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
  • 139. The Durutti Column - Vini Reilly
  • 140. 3rd Bass - The Cactus Album
  • 141. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
  • 142. Midori Takada - Through the Looking Glass
  • 143. Descendents - Milo Goes to College
  • 144. The Clash - Sandinista!
  • 145. Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album
  • 146. Geto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level
  • 147. Virginia Astley - In the Gardens Where We Feel Secure
  • 148. Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring
  • 149. Anita Baker - Rapture
  • 150. La Monte Young - The Well-Tuned Piano
  • 151. The Clean - Compilation
  • 152. Meat Puppets - II
  • 153. Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music
  • 154. LL Cool J - Radio
  • 155. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
  • 156. Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
  • 157. MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock
  • 158. Judas Priest - British Steel
  • 159. Various Artists - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
  • 160. Mr. Fingers - Amnesia
  • 161. Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
  • 162. King Sunny Adé & His African Beats - Syncro System
  • 163. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
  • 164. Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis - Deep Listening
  • 165. Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe
  • 166. Ice-T - Rhyme Pays
  • 167. Au Pairs - Playing With a Different Sex
  • 168. Nurse With Wound - Soliloquy for Lilith
  • 169. The Faith/Void - The Faith/Void
  • 170. Yellowman - Mister Yellowman
  • 171. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85
  • 172. Duran Duran - Rio
  • 173. Tina Turner - Private Dancer
  • 174. Ornette Coleman - In All Languages
  • 175. Godflesh - Streetcleaner
  • 176. Psychic TV - Dreams Less Sweet
  • 177. Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen
  • 178. Joe Jackson - Night and Day
  • 179. LiLiPUT - LiLiPUT
  • 180. 808 State - 90
  • 181. Nuno Canavarro - Plux Quba
  • 182. ABBA - The Visitors
  • 183. The B-52’s - Wild Planet
  • 184. Change - The Glow of Love
  • 185. Too $hort - Life Is... Too $hort
  • 186. Paul McCartney - McCartney II
  • 187. Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club
  • 188. Yoko Ono - Season of Glass
  • 189. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
  • 190. Ini Kamoze - Ini Kamoze
  • 191. Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent
  • 192. Salt-N-Pepa - Hot, Cool & Vicious
  • 193. Flipper - Generic Album - Flipper
  • 194. Patrice Rushen - Straight From the Heart
  • 195. Cecil Taylor - For Olim
  • 196. Virgo - Virgo
  • 197. Whodini - Escape
  • 198. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
  • 199. Tenor Saw - Fever
  • 200. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock