LISTS ONLY- Theboarddot's Best Albums of the 1980's

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Ah ok so here are the rules:

1. This thread is for the lists. Minimum 30 albums, max 100. Your #1 will receive 100 pts. Your #100 will get 1 point. The deadline for these lists is end of day on Monday, September 5. Rollout is happening, for real this time, Monday September 12.

Edit: Also, put them in Artist-Album Title format. Lookin at you nanatod

2. No touching of the hair or face.

3. To count, an album has to have come out in the USA during the 1980s. London Calling counts. The Wall does not. If you wanna list The Big Chill soundtrack I guess that's fine but jesus christ why would you?

4. 

[nanatod]

1. Merle Haggard and the Strangers, Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium
2. Joe Ely, Lord of the Highway
3. Los Lobos, ...And a Time to Dance
4. Los Lobos, How Will the Wolf Survive
5. Pixies, Doolittle
6. Dwight Yoakam, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
7. Joe Ely, Musta Notta Gotta Lotta
8. The Clash, London Calling
9. Various artists, WXRT Blues Deluxe Live 1980 Chicagofest
10. Pixies, Surfer Rosa
11. The [English] Beat, I Just Can't Stop It
12. Big Audio Dynamite, This is Big Audio Dynamite.
13. Marty Stuart, Hillbilly Rock
14. Los Lobos, By the Light of the Moon
15. Pretenders, Learning to Crawl
16. Steve Earle, Guitar Town
17. Led Zep, Coda
18. Bruce Springsteen, Live 75-85
19. Paul Simon, Graceland
20. Emmylou Harris, Cimarron
21. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
22. Velvet Underground, VU
23. Peter Gabriel, [The third self-titled album} Peter Gabriel
24. Steve Goodman, Affordable Art
25. John Mellencamp, Scarecrow
26. Prince, 1999
27. Mekons, Fear and Whiskey
28. Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes
29. Run DMC, Run DMC [debut]
30. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A.
31. Bruce Hornsby, The Way It Is
32. Los Lobos, etc., La Bamba (soundtrack)
33. Rosanne Cash, King's Record Shop
34. John Mellencamp, The Lonesome Jubilee
35. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
36. John Fogerty, Centerfield
37. Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill
38. Til Tuesday, Everything's Different Now
39. Hall & Oates, Rock 'n Soul Part 1
40. U2, Rattle and Hum
41. Melissa Etheridge, Melissa Etheridge
42. U2, The Joshua Tree
43. Don Henley, The End of the Innocence
44. Spinal Tap, This is Spinal Tap [soundtrack]

[goodson]

prefab sprout - from langley park to memphis
prefab sprout - steve mcqueen
prefab sprout - protest songs
prefab sprout - swoon
hiroshi sato - awakening
sonic youth, daydream nation
roxy music, avalon
prefab sprout, steve mcqueen
smiths, the queen is dead
smiths, meat is murder
smiths, strangeways here we come
smiths, s/t
paul simon, graceland
the stones roses, the stone roses
galaxie 500, on fire
my bloody valentine, isn't anything
xtc, skylarking
the blue nile, hats
bruce springsteen, born in the usa
jesus and mary chain, psychocandy
prince, purple rain
public image ltd, metal box
orange juice, you can't hide your love forever
arthur russell, world of echo
spk, leichenschrei
strawberry switchblade, s/t
bad brains, i against i
madonna, true blue 
public enemy, it takes a nation of millions
kate bush, hounds of love
spacemen 3, perfect prescription
talk talk, spirit of eden
clash, london calling
human league, dare
pixies, surfer rosa
replacements, let it be
feelies, crazy rhythms
dinosaur jr, you're living all over me
husker du, new day rising

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Can't imagine this'll change since I haven't

1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
2. The Cure - Disintegration
3. Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition
4. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
5. Pixies - Doolittle
6. R.E.M. - Reckoning
7. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
8. The Clash - London Calling
9. the Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
10. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me

11. Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches
12. Nirvana - Bleach
13. Sonic Youth - Sister
14. The Wipers - Youth of America
15. The Replacements - Let It Be
16. The Cure - The Head on the Door
17. Joy Division - Closer
18. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
19. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
20. Galaxie 500 - Today

21. Mission of Burma - Vs.
22. R.E.M. - Fables of Reconstruction
23. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
24. X - Los Angeles
25. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
26. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
27. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
28. Prince - Sign "O" the Times
29. R.E.M. - Document
30. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field

31. The Replacements - Tim
32. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
33. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
34. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
35. Swell Maps - Jane of Occupied France
36. Lou Reed - New York
37. This Heat - Deceit
38. Rites of Spring - Rights of Spring
39. The Sound - Jeopardy
40. Talking Heads - Remain in Light

41. Sonic Youth - EVOL
42. The Clash - Combat Rock
43. The Gun Club - Fire of Love
44. INXS - Kick
45. Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
46. Fugazi - Fugazi (EP)
47. The Wipers - Is this Real?
48. Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely World
49. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
50. Gang of Four - Solid Gold

[brainloading]

1 prince - sign o the times

2 the replacements - let it be

3 guns n roses - appetite for destruction

4 the cure - disengration

5 bruce springsteen - nebraska

6 metallica - ride the lightning

7 beastie boys - pauls boutique

8 roxy Music - avalon

9 Pixies - Doolittle

10. Pixies, Surfer Rosa

11. The [English] Beat, I Just Can't Stop It
12. Big Audio Dynamite, This is Big Audio Dynamite.
13. Marty Stuart, Hillbilly Rock
14. Los Lobos, By the Light of the Moon
15. Pretenders, Learning to Crawl
16. Steve Earle, Guitar Town
17. Led Zep, Coda
18. Bruce Springsteen, Live 75-85
19. Paul Simon, Graceland
20. Emmylou Harris, Cimarron
21. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
22. Velvet Underground, VU
23. Peter Gabriel, [The third self-titled album} Peter Gabriel
24. Steve Goodman, Affordable Art
25. John Mellencamp, Scarecrow
26. Prince, 1999
27. Mekons, Fear and Whiskey
28. Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes
29. Run DMC, Run DMC [debut]
30. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A.

[mookie]

1 U2 - The Joshua Tree
2 Peter Gabriel - So
3 Prince - Purple Rain 
4 Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
5 Michael Jackson - Thriller
6 Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
7 The Clash - London Calling
8 Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
9 Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA 
10 Prince - 1999
11 Def Leppard - Pyromania 
12 Van Halen - 1984 
13 R.E.M. - Document 
14 Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
15 Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
16 INXS - Kick
17 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Texas Flood
18 The Cars - Heartbeat City
19 Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
20 Metallica - ...And Justice For All
21 Def Leppard - Hysteria
22 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
23 Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
24 Madonna - True Blue
25 David Bowie - Let's Dance

26 Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
27 Go Gos - Beauty and the Beat
28 Metallica - Master of Puppets
29 White Lion - Pride
30 Duran Duran - Arena
31 Madonna - Like a Virgin
32 George Michael - Faith
33 Del Amitri - Waking Hours
34 Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
35 Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
36 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
37 The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
38 Duran Duran - Rio
39 R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
40 Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
41 Genesis  - Invisible Touch
42 The Police - Synchronicity
43 Don Henley - The End of the Innocence
44 Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
45 Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
46 Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
47  U2 - War
48 The Cure - Disintegration
49 Extreme - Extreme
50 Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombone

[chvrchbarrel]

1. U2 - The Joshua Tree
2. Prince - Purple Rain
3. INXS - Kick
4. Prince - 1999
5. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
6. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
7. Peter Gabriel - So
8. Rush - Permanent Waves
9. Van Halen - 1984
10. R.E.M. - Reckoning

11. Run DMC - Raising Hell
12. Prince - Sign O’ the Times
13. Fugazi - 13 Songs
14. The Cure - Disintegration
15. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
16. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
17. The Police - Synchronicity
18. AC/DC - Back in Black
19. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
20. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

21. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
22. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
23. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
24. Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches
25. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
26. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
27. Metallica - Kill ‘Em All
28. Rush - Moving Pictures
29. R.E.M. - Murmur
30. The Replacements - Don’t Tell a Soul

31. Morrissey - Viva Hate
32. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
33. John Cougar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
34. Michael Jackson - Bad
35. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
36. Pixies - Doolittle
37. Michael Jackson - Thriller
38. Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
39. Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
40. Madonna - Madonna

41. Nirvana - Bleach
42. Descendents - Milo Goes to College
43. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
44. Roxy Music - Avalon
45. Metallica - Master of Puppets
46. Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
47. R.E.M. - Document
48. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers 88
49. Wang Chung - To Live & Die in L.A.
50. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights

51. Paul Simon - Graceland
52. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
53. Nenah Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
54. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
55. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
56. George Michael - Faith
57. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
58. The Cure - The Head on the Door
59. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
60. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

61. U2 - War
62. Def Leppard - Hysteria
63. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
64. Weird Al Yankovic - Dare to Be Stupid
65. Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
66. Tina Turner - Private Dancer
67. The Tragically Hip - Up to Here
68. The Clash - London Calling
69. The Police - Ghost in the Machine
70. The Blue Nile - Hats

71. Janet Jackson - Control
72. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
73. Cyndi Lauper - She’s So Unusual
74. New Order - Power, Corruption, and Lies
75. Def Leppard - Pyromania
76. Pet Shop Boys - Actually
77. Billy Idol - Billy Idol
78. The Gun Club - Miami
79. The Time - Ice Cream Castle
80. Krokus - Head Hunter

81. REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
82. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
83. Primal Scream - Primal Scream
84. Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea
85. Stray Cats - Stray Cats
86. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
87. John Hiatt - Bring the Family
88. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
89. Van Halen - Women and Children First
90. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

91. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
92. Madonna - Like a Virgin
93. Squeeze - Babylon and On
94. Slaughter - Stick It To Ya
95. Naked Raygun - Throb Throb
96. Crowded House - Crowded House
97. B-52’s - Wild Planet
98. Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven
99. Tangerine Dream - Tangram
100. The Clash - Sadinista

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Violent Femmes- s/t
Talking Heads- Remain in Light
REM- Document
Galaxie 500- On Fire
Lou Reed- New York
The Cure- Disintegration
Young Marble Giants- Colossal Youth
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms
Dinosaur Jr.- You’re Living All Over Me

The Jesus and Mary Chain- Psychocandy
Guns and Roses- Appetite for Destruction
The Smiths- The Queen is Dead
New Order- Power, Corruption, and Lies
Dinosaur Jr.- Bug
Bruce Springsteen- Born in the USA
My Bloody Valentine- Isn’t Anything
Kraftwerk- computer world
REM- Life’s Rich Pageant
The Clash- London Calling

The Replacements- Let it Be
Pixies- Doolittle
Jane’s Addiction- Nothing’s Shocking
The Stone Roses- s/t
Tracy Chapman- s/t
AC/DC- Back in Black
Butthole Surfers- Locust Abortion Technicain
Minor Threat- Complete Discography
Beat Happening- s/t

The Gun Club- Miami
Prince- Dirty Mind
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing
Fugazi- 13 Songs
Talk Talk- Spirit of Eden
The Cure- The Head on the Door
X- Los Angeles
Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska
Butthole Surfers- Hairway to Steven
Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814

The Police- Synchronicity
Fine Young Cannibals- The Raw and the Cooked
Prince- Purple Rain
Roxy Music- Avalon
Joy Division- Closer
Metallica- Ride the Lightning
Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill
Laurie Anderson- Big Science
Black Flag- Damaged
Judas Priest- screaming for vengeance

Pixies- Surfer Rosa
Talking Heads- Speaking in Tongues
Bauhaus- In The Flat Field
INXS- Kick
REM- Murmur
Galaxie 500- Today
This Heat- Deceit
NWA- Straight Outta Compton
Neil Young- Freedom
U2- The Joshua Tree

Kate Bush- Hounds of Love
Grateful Dead- Go to Heaven
Daniel Johnston- Hi, How Are You?
Prince- 1999
The The- Soul Mining
REM- Reckoning
Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
New Order- Low Life
Run DMC- Raising Hell
Dire Straits- Making Movies

The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me
Nine Inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine
The Smiths- Meat Is Murder
Descendents- Milo Goes to College
Sonic Youth- Sister
New Order- Brotherhood
Orange Juice- Rip It Up
Grateful Dead- In the Dark
Prince- Sign O The Times
New Order- Technique

Rush- Moving Pictures
Echo & the bunnymen- s/t
Tom Waits- Raindogs
Tears for Fears- Songs From the Big Chair
REM- Green
Beastie Boys- Paul’s Boutique
David Byrne & Brian Eno- My Life in the Bushes of Ghosts
Whitney Houston- s/t
The Jesus and Mary Chain- Darklands
David Bowie- Scary Monsters & Super Creeps

John Cougar- American Fool
Michael Jackson- Thriller
The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms
Def Leppard- Pyromania
Beat Happening- Jamboree
The Smiths- s/t
Judas Priest- British Steel
Poison- Open Up and Say...Ahh!
Joan Jett- Bad Reputation

[falcozappa]

1 GnR - Appetitie For Destruction
2 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
3 Faith No More - The Real Thing
4 Iron Maiden - Killers
5 Beastie Boys - License To Ill
6 Pixies - Doolittle
7 The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
8 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
9 Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
10 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
11 Ramones - End Of The Century
12 Bad Religion - No Control
13 Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave
14 Iron Maiden - Powerslave
15 Metallica - Master Of Puppets
16 The (English) Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It
17 Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
18 RHCP - Freaky Styley
19 John Cale & Lou Reed - Songs For Drella
19 Bad Brains - Bad Brains
20 Queen - The Works
21 Bad Religion - Suffer
22 Frank Zappa - Them Or Us
23 The Proclaimers - This Is The Story
24 Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
25 Pixies - Surfer Rosa
26 Half Man Half Biscuit - Back In The DHSS
27 Slayer - Reign In Bloodhound
28 Falco - Einzelhaft
29 Metallica - …And Justice For All
30 The Specials - More Specials
31 Dire Straits - Making Movies
32 Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effluent
33 Faith No More - Introduce Yourself
34 Pop Will Eat Itself - Box Frenzy
35 Happy Mondays - Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
36 The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith
37 Dinosaur Jr - Bug
38 Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
39 Anthrax - Among The Living
40 Jethro Tull - Broadsword & The Beast
41 The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
42 Nine Inch Nails - Petty Hate Machine
43 Queen - The Game
44 Metallica - Ride The Lightning
45 Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
46 Falco - Junge Roemer
47 Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
48 The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Backyard
49 Nirvana - Bleach
50 Fugazi - 13 Songs

[ten15]

Here is my list. Almost entirely made up of albums I listened to in the 80s that I feel have held up over time. So, I suppose it is more of a favorites list than a best of list.


1. Pixies - Doolittle
2. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
3. The Cure - Disintegration
4. The Clash - London Calling
5. Prince - Purple Rain
6. XTC - Skylarking
7. Violent Femmes - S/T
8. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
9. The Church - Starfish
10. Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
11. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
12. The Stone Roses - S/T
13. Paul Simon - Graceland
14. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
15. U2 - The Joshua Tree
16. The Cure - The Head on the Door
17. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
18. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
19. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
20. Joy Division - Closer
21. Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
22. INXS - Kick
23. The Clash - Combat Rock
24. AC/DC - Back in Black
25. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
26. Prince - 1999
27. The Police - Synchronicity
28. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
29. The The - Infected
30. Def Leppard - Pyromania
31. The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
32. New Order - Brotherhood
33. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
34. Pop Will Eat Itself - This is the Day...This is the Hour...This is This!
35. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
36. The Replacements - Let it Be
37. The The - Mind Bomb
38. The Replacements - Don't Tell a Soul
39. Billy Joel - Glass Houses
40. Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
41. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
42. Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
43. R.E.M. - Document
44. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
45. Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
46. R.E.M. - Reckoning
47. Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age
48. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
49. The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
50. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
51. Madonna - S/T
52. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
53. Peter Gabriel - So
54. David Bowie - Let's Dance
55. XTC - Oranges & Lemons
56. New Order - Technique
57. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
58. Janet Jackson - Control
59. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow
60. Erasure - Wonderland
61. The Go Go's - Beauty and the Beat
62. Judas Priest - British Steel
63. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
64. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
65. INXS - Listen Like Thieves
66. The B-52's - Wild Planet
67. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
68. The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
69. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
70. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
71. Joe Jackson - Night and Day
72. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
73. Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury
74. Ice T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech ...
75. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
76. Tracy Chapman - S/T
77. Syd Straw - Surprise
78. Billy Squier - Don't Say No
79. Pet Shop Boys - Actually
80. Van Halen - 1984
81. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Crush
82. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
83. The Fixx - Reach the Beach
84. Tina Turner - Private Dancer
85. Duran Duran - Rio
86. Kraftwerk - Computer World
87. Slayer- Reign in Blood
88. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
89. Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time
90. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
91. Faith No More - The Real Thing
92. Heaven 17 -Penthouse and Pavement
93. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
94. John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
95. Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent
96. The Cure - Pornography
97. Ministry - With Sympathy
98. Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 1
99. The Smithereens - 11
100. George Michael - Faith

[Magma]

1. Prince - Purple Rain
2. Prince - Sign O’ the Times
3. George Michael - Faith
4. Metallica - …And Justice for All
5. Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love
6. Prince - Parade
7. Prince - 1999
8. Metallica - Master of Puppets
9. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
10. Vangelis - Blade Runner Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

11. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
12. The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
13. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
14. Peter Gabriel - So
15. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
16. Joy Division - Closer
17. Paul Simon - Graceland
18. The Time - Ice Cream Castles
19. Megadeth - So Far, So Good…So What!
20. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

21. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
22. The Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
23. OMD - Organisation
24. Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
25. Kraftwerk - Computer World
26. Prince - Dirty Mind
27. The Gap Band - The Gap Band IV
28. Metallica - The $5.98 EP - Garage Days Re-Revisited
29. The Cure - Disintegration
30. Prince - Controversy

31. Guns N' Roses - GNR Lies
32. The Art of Noise - In Visible Silence
33. Prince - Around the World in a Day
34. Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love
35. The Time - What Time Is It?
36. Vanity 6 - Vanity 6
37. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
38. Devo - Freedom of Choice
39. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
40. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

41. King Crimson - Discipline
42. Slayer - Reign in Blood
43. The Cure - Pornography
44. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
45. The Art of Noise - In No Sense? Nonsense!
46. Sade - Diamond Life
47. Terence Trent Darby - Introducing the Hardline
48. OMD - Architecture & Morality
49. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
50. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz

51. Prince - Batman
52. Various - Urban Cowboy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
53. Prince - Lovesexy
54. Crowded House - Crowded House
55. Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
56. Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
57. Various - Heavy Metal Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
58. The Cure - Faith
59. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
60. Faith No More - The Real Thing

61. Michael Jackson - Thriller
62. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
63. Def Leppard - Hysteria
64. Journey - Greatest Hits
65. Genesis - Duke
66. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
67. Van Halen - 1984
68. The Time - The Time
69. The Art of Noise - Into Battle with the Art of Noise
70. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration

71. Megadeth - Peace Sells…but Who's Buying?
72. Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg
73. Soundgarden - Ultramega OK
74. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
75. Testament - Practice What You Preach
76. Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose
77. Sheila E. - Romance 1600
78. Madonna - Madonna
79. Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life
80. Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life

81. U2 - The Joshua Tree
82. Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is
83. Neil Young - Freedom
84. Apollonia 6 - Apollonia 6
85. Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
86. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
87. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
88. Faith No More - Introduce Yourself
89. Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
90. World Party - Private Revolution

91. David Gilmour - About Face
92. The Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
93. Naked Eyes - Naked Eyes
94. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
95. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
96. Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True
97. Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
98. Huey Lewis & the News - Fore!
99. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley
100. Yes - 90125

[kb]

1. The Stone Roses
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. U2 - Boy
4. Prince - Purple Rain
5. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
6. The B-52s - Wild Planet
7. Gang of Four - Entertainment
8. U2 - War
9. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
10. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
11. REM - Life’s Rich Pageant
12. David Bowie - Let’s Dance
13. Love and Rockets - Express
14. New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
15. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
16. B-52’s - Whammy
17. REM - Reckoning
18. The Cure - Disintegration
19. The Clash - London Calling
20. Joy Division - Closer
21. The Go-Go’s - Beauty and the Beat
22. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
23. Prince - 1999
24. The Replacements - Let it Be
25. Wire - A Bell is a Cup…Until it is Struck
26. B-52’s - Cosmic Thing
27. XTC - Skylarking
28. INXS - Kick
29. Janet Jackson - Control
30. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight

[teekoh]

I guess I'll start listing some albums in here so Tweet stops chirping at me.

1. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
2. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
3. Pixies - Doolittle
4. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
5. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
6. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
7. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
8. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
9. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
10. Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
11. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
12. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
13. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
14. Slayer - Reign in Blood
15. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
16. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
17. The Replacements - Let It Be
18. Prince - Purple Rain
19. Paul Simon - Graceland
20. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Breakdown
21. Rush - Moving Pictures
22. The Clash - London Calling
23. Bad Brains - Rock For Light
24. Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen
25. Big Black - Atomizer
26. U2 - The Joshua Tree
27. INXS - Kick
28. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
29. Gang of Four - Entertainment
30. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
31. Devo - Freedom of Choice
32. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
33. Rush - Permanent Waves
34. U2 - War
35. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
36. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
37. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
38. Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches
39. MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock
40. Misfits - Walk Among Us
41. Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness
42. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
43. EPMD - Strictly Business
44. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
45. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
46. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
47. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
48. Minutemen - The Punch Line
49. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
50. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
51. Rush - Signals
52. The Replacements - Tim
53. Herbie Hancock - Future Shock
    
54. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
55. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
56. Black Flag - Damaged
57. Janet Jackson - Control
58. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
59. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
60. Alice Coltrane - Turiya Sings
61. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
62. Psychedelic Furs - Mirror Moves
63. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
64. Missing Persons - Spring Session M
65. Big Black - Songs About Fucking
66. Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
67. Judas Priest - British Steel
68. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
69. Minutemen - What Makes A Man Start Fires? 
70. David Byrne & Brian Eno - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
71. Talk Talk - Sprit of Eden
72. The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
73. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
74. AC/DC - Back in Black
75. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane
76. Motorhead - Ace of Spades

Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
Pretenders - Pretenders
The Police - Synchronicity

[zircona1]

1. The Clash - London Calling
2. Prince - Sign O the Times
3. Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
4. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
5. Slayer - Reign in Blood
6. Prince - Purple Rain
7. REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
8. R.E.M. - Murmur
9. Bill Lloyd - Feeling the Elephant
10. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

11. XTC - English Settlement
12. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
13. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
14. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
15. AC/DC - Back in Black
16. U2 - The Joshua Tree
17. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
18. The Cure - The Head on the Door
19. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
20. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me

21. XTC - Black Sea
22. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
23. Prince - 1999
24. Michael Jackson - Thriller
25. X - Los Angeles
26. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
27. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
28. Too Much Joy - Son of Sam I Am
29. Rodney Dangerfield - No Respect
30. George Carlin - Parental Advisory

31. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions...
32. Pixies - Doolittle
33. Pretenders - Pretenders
34. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
35. Killdozer - Twelve Point Buck
36. R.E.M. - Document
37. Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory
38. The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Gun-Shy
39. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - Element of Light
40. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

41. Bruce Springsteen -The River
42. The Replacements - Tim
43. Big Black - Atomizer
44. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
45. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
46. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
47. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
48. Gang of Four - Solid Gold
49. Duran Duran - Rio
50. Negativland - Escape From Noise

51. Prince - Dirty Mind
52. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
53. The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
54. Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
55. Wipers - Is This Real?
56. Nirvana - Bleach
57. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
58. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
59. The Frogs - It's Only Right and Natural
60. Billy Joel - Glass Houses

61. Metallica - Master of Puppets
62. Half Japanese - Music To Strip By
63. Meat Puppets - II
64. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
65. Mekons - Mekons Rock 'N Roll
66. U2 - Boy
67. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
68. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
69. Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech
70. Game Theory - Lolita Nation

[monasterymonochrome]

It's finally done! This was a blast and I loved the opportunity to revisit so many favorites and discover dozens of new ones in the process. Here goes:

1. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
2. Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
3. U2 - The Joshua Tree
4. Prince - Purple Rain
5. Replacements - Tim
6. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
7. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
8. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
9. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
10. Galaxie 500 - On Fire

11. King Sunny Ade - Juju Music
12. REM - Reckoning
13. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
14. EPMD - Strictly Business
15. Blue Nile - Hats
16. Paul Simon - Graceland
17. Dinosaur Jr - You’re Living All Over Me
18. Meat Puppets - II
19. Prince - 1999
20. AC/DC - Back in Black

21. REM - Murmur
22. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
23. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
24. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
25. Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
26. Judas Priest - British Steel
27. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
28. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
29. Various Artists - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
30. Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses

31. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
32. XTC - Skylarking
33. Fugazi - Fugazi (EP)
34. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
35. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
36. Steely Dan - Gaucho
37. Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues
38. The Cure - Disintegration
39. Fela Kuti - Original Sufferhead
40. Replacements - Let It Be

41. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
42. Husker Du - New Day Rising
43. Prince - Dirty Mind
44. Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
45. Wipers - Youth of America
46. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
47. The Gun Club - Fire of Love
48. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
49. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
50. Philip Glass - Glassworks

51. Devo - Freedom of Choice
52. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
53. Feelies - The Good Earth
54. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
55. William Onyeabor - Anything You Sow
56. Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches
57. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
58. U2 - War
59. Prince - Sign O’ The Times
60. The Fall - Grotesque

61. Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring
62. Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
63. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
64. Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
65. Bruce Springsteen - The River
66. Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music
67. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
68. Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
69. ESG - Come Away With ESG
70. David Bowie - Scary Monsters and Super Creeps

71. Peter Gabriel - So
72. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
73. REM - Life’s Rich Pageant
74. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
75. Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
76. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau
77. Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night
78. Liquid Liquid - Optimo
79. Paul McCartney - McCartney II
80. Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You

81. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
82. Misfits - Walk Among Us
83. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
84. Game Theory - Lolita Nation
85. Cleaners from Venus - Midnight Cleaners
86. Beverly Glenn Copeland - Keyboard Fantasies
87. The Cure - The Head on the Door
88. Go Gos - Beauty and the Beat
89. INXS - Kick
90. Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word

91. New Order - Power, Corruption, and Lies
92. Nick Cave - Tender Prey
93. Pixies - Doolittle
94. Van Halen - 1984
95. Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
96. This Heat - Deceit
97. Family Fodder - Monkey Banana Kitchen
98. Sade - Diamond Life
99. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
100. A Certain Ratio - Sextet

[venom]

1. XTC - Black Sea
2. Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure
3. Stone Roses - Stone Roses
4. Roxy Music - Avalon
5. R.E.M. - Document
6. The Undertones - Hypnotised
7. The Replacements - Let it Be
8. Jason & the Scorchers - Lost & Found
9. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises
10. Prince - Sign o' the Times
11. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
12. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
13. Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc Etc
14. U2 - The Joshua Tree
15. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
16. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
17. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
18. Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
19. Squeeze - Argybargy
20. Michael Jackson - Thriller
21. AC/DC - Back in Black
22. The Wonder Stuff - The Eight Legged Groove Machine
23. Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
24. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
25. Token Entry - Jaybird
26. Duran Duran - Rio
27. Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
28. Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
29. Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy
30. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
31. Warren Zevon - Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
32. Nirvana - Bleach
33. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1983)
34. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
35. Pixies - Doolittle
36. Crowded House - Crowded House
37. Misfits - Walk Among Us
38. Joy Division - Closer
39. Nikki & the Corvettes - Nikki & the Corvettes
40. Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
41. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
42. X - Wild Gift
43. Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic
44. Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
45. Human League - Dare
46. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
47. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
48. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Get Happy!!
49. Akira Takasaki - Tusk of Jaguar
50. The The - Soul Mining

[krentist]

1. Prince - Sign O the Times
2. GNFNR - Appetite for Destruction
3. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
4. Prince - Purple Rain
5. Steely Dan - Gaucho
6. Slayer - Reign in Blood
7. Pixies - Doolittle
8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
9. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
10. The Clash - London Calling
11. The Misfits - Walk Among Us
12. Talking Heads - remain in light
13. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
14. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
15. Dino Jr - You're Living All Over Me
16. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
17. Bruce Springsteen - The River
18. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
19. The Cure - Pornography.
20. INXS - Kick
21. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
22. Michael Jackson - Thriller
23. Prince - 1999
24. AC/DC - Back in Black
25. Roxy Music - Avalon
26. The Replacements - Let It Be
27. Fela Kuti - Original Sufferhead
28. Paul Simon - Graceland
29. X - Los Angeles
30. Black Flag - Damaged
31. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
32. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
33. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique




More to come, or not

[neader]

40. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
39. R.E.M. - Murmur
38. Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
37. Sade - Stronger than Pride
36. Black Flag - Damaged
35. The Replacements - Let It Be
34. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
33. Prince - Dirty Mind
32. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
31. Slayer - Reign In Blood
30. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
29. Erik B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader
28. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
27. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
26. Prince - 1999
25. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
24. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
23. Minor Threat - Complete Discography
22. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
21. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
20. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minds
19. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
18. Kraftwerk - Computer World
17. Prince - Sign o' the Times
16. Madonna - Madonna
15. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
14. Pixies - Doolittle
13. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
12. Joy Division - Closer
11. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
10. Sade - Diamond Life
9. The Cure - Disintegration
8. Janet Jackson - Control
7. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
6. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
5. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
4. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
3. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
2. Michael Jackson - Thriller
1. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain

[fiveiron83321]

here is a hastily compiled list

1. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
2. R.E.M - Reckoning
3. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
4. Prince - Purple Rain
5. INXS - Kick
6. Joy Division - Closer
7. The Cure - Disintegration
8. Pixies - Doolittle
9. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
10. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
11. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
12. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
13. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
14. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
15. Michael Jackson - Thriller
16. Stone Roses - Stone Roses
17. The Smiths - Queen is Dead
18. U2 - War
19. Duran Duran - Rio
20. Metallica - Master of Puppets
21. Nirvana - Bleach
22. Peter Gabriel - So
23. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
24. David Bowie - Let's Dance
25. Pretenders - Pretenders
26. Roxy Music - Avalon
27. Rush - Moving Pictures
28. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
29. OMD - Organisation
30. AC/DC - Back In Black

[doso]

1. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
2. Prince - Sign O’ the Times
3. Prince - Purple Rain
4. The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
5. The Replacements - Tim
6. Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
7. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
8. Bruce Springsteen - The River
9. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
10. The Jayhawks - s/t

11. Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey
12. Steve Earle - Guitar Town
13. R.E.M. - Murmur
14. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
15. The Tragically Hip - Up to Here
16. Soul Asylum - Hang Time
17. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
18. R.E.M. - Reckoning
19. R.E.M. - Life’s Rich Pageant
20. James McMurtry - Too Long in the Wasteland

21. Peter Gabriel - So
22. The Replacements - Let It Be
23. Steve Nicks - The Wild Heart
24. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
25. Gear Daddies - Let’s Go Scare Al
26. AC/DC - Back in Black
27. Prince - Lovesexy
28. John Hiatt - Bring the Family
29. U2 - The Joshua Tree
30. The Replacements - Hootenanny

31. Pretenders - s/t
32. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
33. The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues
34. Eleventh Dream Day - Beet
35. Violent Femmes - s/t
36. John Hiatt - Slow Turning
37. Van Halen - 1984
38. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
39. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Long After Dark
40. John Mellencamp - Scarecrow

41. Lou Reed - New York
42. Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap
43. R.E.M. - Document
44. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
45. Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
46. The Replacements - Don’t Tell a Soul
47. John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
48. Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
49. Def Leppard - Pyromania
50. Jason and the Scorchers - Thunder and Fire

51. Webb Wilder - It Came from Nashville
52. Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
53. Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
54. John Mellencamp - Big Daddy
55. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises
56. Wire Train - Between Two Words
57. Genesis - Duke
58. Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Hotel Room
59. Bob Mould - Workbook
60. The Waterboys - This Is the Sea

61. Soul Asylum - While You Were Out
62. The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash
63. INXS - Listen Like Thieves
64. Michael Jackson - Thriller
65. X - See How We Are
66. Tina Turner - Private Dancer
67. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
68. Steve Earle & the Dukes - Exit 0
69. Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
70. Soul Asylum - Made to Be Broken

71. Prince - 1999
72. Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
73. INXS - Kick
74. Billy Squier - Don’t Say No
75. The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
76. U2 - War
77. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
78. John Mellencamp - Uh-huh
79. Bob Dylan - Infidels
80. The Cure - Disintegration

81. U2 - Boy
82. Blue Rodeo - Outskirts
83. U2 - Rattle and Hum
84. Journey - Escape
85. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
86. Cyndi Lauper - She’s So Unusual
87. Eleventh Dream Day - Prairie School Freakout
88. The Rolling Stones - Undercover
89. The Police - Synchronicity
90. Judas Priest - British Steel

91. David Bowie - Let’s Dance
92. Fleetwood Mac - Mirage
93. Prince - Around the World in a Day
94. John Mellencamp - American Fool
95. Billy Idol - s/t
96. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
97. Robert Plant - The Principle of Moments
98. The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard in My Backyard
99. The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels
100. The Who - Face Dances

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