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Ultimate Record Collection - the 500 greatest albums of the 1980s (2024)

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Albums in List

Pos Album Artist
1 Hounds of love Kate Bush
2 Remain in light Talking heads
3 Closer Joy division
4 Computer world Kraftwerk
5 3 feet high and rising De la soul
6 Sign o the times Prince
7 The queen is dead The Smiths
8 Isn't anything My bloody Valentine
9 Spirit of Eden Talk talk
10 Hatful of hollow The Smiths
11 Murmur R.E.M.
12 Disintegration The Cure
13 Daydream nation Sonic youth
14 Dare The Human league
15 Nebraska Bruce Springsteen
16 The Stone roses The Stone roses
17 Doolittle Pixies
18 It takes a nation of millions to hold us back Public enemy
19 Purple rain Prince
20 Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
21 Surfer Rosa Pixies
22 Psychocandy The Jesus and Mary chain
23 Avalon Roxy music
24 Steve McQueen Prefab sprout
25 My life in the bush of ghosts Brian Eno & David Byrne
26 The lexicon of love ABC
27 Thriller Michael Jackson
28 Parade Prince
29 Paul's boutique Beastie boys
30 Technique New order
31 Graceland Paul Simon
32 Scary monsters & super creeps David Bowie
33 I'm your man Leonard Cohen
34 The head on the door The Cure
35 Cupid & psyche 85 Scritti politti
36 Searching for the young soul rebels Dexy's midnight runners
37 Rain dogs Tom Waits
38 The nightfly Donald Fagen
39 Treasure Cocteau twins
40 Power, corruption and lies New order
41 Blood & chocolate Elvis Costello
42 Bummed Happy mondays
43 Juju Siouxsie and the Banshees
44 King of America Elvis Costello
45 Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits
46 Darklands The Jesus and Mary chain
47 New York Lou Reed
48 Imperial bedroom Elvis Costello
49 Hex enduction hour The Fall
50 Around the world in a day Prince
51 Hats The Blue Nile
52 The Smiths The Smiths
53 Ocean rain Echo & the Bunnymen
54 This nation's saving grace The Fall
55 Floodland The Sisters of mercy
56 The dreaming Kate Bush
57 Crocodiles Echo & the Bunnymen
58 Back in black AC/DC
59 High land, hard rain Aztec camera
60 First and last and always The Sisters of mercy
61 You can't hide your love forever Orange juice
62 Non-stop erotic cabaret Soft cell
63 So Peter Gabriel
64 Secrets of the beehive David Sylvian
65 Sandinista! The Clash
66 Apollo : atmospheres & soundtracks Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno
67 Faith The Cure
68 Kilimanjaro The Teardrop explodes
69 Strangeways, here we come The Smiths
70 The House of love House of Love
71 Miss America Mary Margaret O'Hara
72 Songs the Lord taught us The Cramps
73 More Specials The Specials
74 Skylarking XTC
75 Sulk Associates
76 A secret wish Propaganda
77 Life's rich pageant R.E.M.
78 Low-life New order
79 Playing with fire Spacemen 3
80 Crazy rhythms The Feelies
81 Underwater moonlight The Soft boys
82 Gaucho Steely dan
83 Sound affects The Jam
84 The river Bruce Springsteen
85 Please Pet shop boys
86 Soul mining The The
87 Peter Gabriel (3) Peter Gabriel
88 Songs from the big chair Tears for fears
89 Odyshape The Raincoats
90 Seventeen seconds The Cure
91 Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen
92 Rum, sodomy & the lash Pogues
93 Control Janet Jackson
94 Pornography The Cure
95 Forever breathes the lonely word Felt
96 Infected The The
97 Meat is murder The Smiths
98 The colour of spring Talk talk
99 Reckoning R.E.M.
100 Compact disc Public Image Ltd
101 Junkyard The Birthday party
102 Pleased to meet you Replacements
103 Shoot out the lights Richard & Linda Thompson
104 Architecture & morality Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
105 Fables of the reconstruction/Reconstruction of the fables R.E.M.
106 Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams
107 East side story Squeeze
108 Zen arcade Hüsker dü
109 Pelican West Haircut 100
110 Don't stand me down Dexy's midnight runners
111 Green R.E.M.
112 Time Electric Light Orchestra
113 From gardens where we feel secure Virginia Astley
114 Born sandy devotional Triffids
115 Document R.E.M.
116 Songs to remember Scritti politti
117 Let it be Replacements
118 From her to eternity Nick Cave and the Bad seeds
119 Happy nightmare baby Opal
120 You're living all over me Dinosaur jr.
121 Bug Dinosaur jr.
122 Heaven up here Echo & the Bunnymen
123 If I should fall from grace with God Pogues
124 Rapture Anita Baker
125 Up for a bit with the Pastels Pastels
126 The days of wine and roses The Dream syndicate
127 The hurting Tears for fears
128 1999 Prince
129 Come away with ESG ESG
130 Music for a new society John Cale
131 Talking with the taxman about poetry Billy Bragg
132 Vs. Mission of Burma
133 Colossal youth Young marble giants
134 Warehouse : songs and stories Hüsker dü
135 Duke Genesis
136 Blue bell knob Cocteau twins
137 Diamond life Sade
138 Eliminator ZZ top
139 Old rotten hat Robert Wyatt
140 George Best Wedding present
141 Liberty Belle and the black diamond express The Go-betweens
142 Absolutely Madness
143 Fear and whiskey Mekons
144 Metamatic John Foxx
145 A little man and a house and the whole world window Cardiacs
146 Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables Dead Kennedys
147 Ride the lightning Metallica
148 Too-rye-ay Dexy's midnight runners
149 Double nickels on the dime Minutemen
150 Journey to the one Pharoah Sanders
151 The last FourFathers Prisoners
152 On fire Galaxie 500
153 Our favourite shop The Style council
154 Pirates Rickie Lee Jones
155 Saint Julian Julian Cope
156 Five good evils Playn Jayn
157 Stoneage Romeos Hoodoo gurus
158 Tales of the unexpected Red guitars
159 The Joshua tree U2
160 Oh mercy Bob Dylan
161 Paris, Texas (soundtrack) Ry Cooder
162 Red Black uhuru
163 Discipline King Crimson
164 Dreamtime Tom Verlaine
165 E2-E4 Manuel Göttsching
166 Early recordings Opal
167 Get happy! Elvis Costello
168 I just can't stop it The Beat
169 The white album Diamond head
170 Nightclubbing Grace Jones
171 Punch the clock Elvis Costello
172 The correct use of soap Magazine
173 1984 Van Halen
174 Café bleu The Style council
175 Electric The Cult
176 Hotter than july Stevie Wonder
177 Kite Kirsty MacColl
178 Master of puppets Metallica
179 Music for the masses Depeche mode
180 Robespierre's velvet basement Jacobites
181 This is the sea Waterboys
182 Bizarro Wedding present
183 Blizzard of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne
184 Boomerang The Creatures
185 Combat rock The Clash
186 Black sea XTC
187 The painted word Television personalities
188 What's this for ... ! Killing joke
189 In the flat field Bauhaus
190 Bring the family John Hiatt
191 Flip your wing Hüsker dü
192 Stop making sense Talking heads
193 This is Big audio dynamite Big audio dynamite
194 Copperhead road Steve Earle
195 Explosions in the glass palace Rain parade
196 Giant Woodentops
197 Hypnotised The Undertones
198 Royal trux Royal trux
199 The Lilac time Lilac time
200 Waiting Fun boy three
201 Substance 1987 New order
202 If I die, I die Virgin prunes
203 16 lovers lane The Go-betweens
204 Big science Laurie Anderson
205 The eight legged groove machine The Wonder stuff
206 Gyrate Pylon
207 Hallowed ground Violent femmes
208 Let's dance David Bowie
209 Swoon Prefab sprout
210 The return of the Durutti column The Durutti column
211 The walking Jane Siberry
212 Tunnel of love Bruce Springsteen
213 Acnalbasac Noom Slapp happy
214 Crumbling the antiseptic beauty Felt
215 Franks wild years Tom Waits
216 Kins Griot Galaxy
217 Miami Gun club
218 Paradise circus Lilac time
219 Perverted by language The Fall
220 Playing with a different sex Au pairs
221 Talk is cheap Keith Richards
222 Watash-dake? Keiji Haino
223 39 minutes Microdisney
224 Heartbeat city The Cars
225 Tallulah The Go-betweens
226 The Trinity sessions Cowboy junkies
227 This is the story Proclaimers
228 Before Hollywood The Go-betweens
229 Black snake diamond role Robyn Hitchcock
230 Boat to Bolivia Martin Stephenson and the Daintees
231 Heaven & the sea Pete Shelley
232 Nothing can stop us Robert Wyatt
233 One of our gilrs (has gone missing) A.C Marias
234 Welcome to the club Ian Hunter
235 Black metal Venom
236 Emergency third rail power trip Rain parade
237 False accusations Robert Cray band
238 Let the snakes crinkle their heads to death Felt
239 Making movies Dire straits
240 Never for ever Kate Bush
241 Peepshow Siouxsie and the Banshees
242 Peter Gabriel (4) Peter Gabriel
243 She's so unusual Cyndi Lauper
244 The lion and the cobra Sinéad O'Connor
245 The Plimsouls The Plimsouls
246 The Psychedelic furs The Psychedelic furs
247 Tug of war Paul McCartney
248 101 Depeche mode
249 Actually Pet shop boys
250 Bitter funeral beer Bengt Berger
251 New clear day The Vapors
252 Trust Elvis Costello
253 69 A.R. Kane
254 Beat boys in the jet age The Lambrettas
255 Climate of hunter Scott Walker
256 Common one Van Morrison
257 Forever now The Psychedelic furs
258 Human frailty Hunters + Collectors
259 Introducing the hardline according to Terence Trent D'Arby
260 Paid in full Eric B & Rakim
261 Automatic The Jesus and Mary chain
262 A walk across the rooftops The Blue Nile
263 Duck rock Malcolm McLaren
264 EVOL Sonic youth
265 Fisherman's blues Waterboys
266 Locust abortion technician Butthole surfers
267 Throwing muses (1986) Throwing muses
268 What makes a man start fires Minutemen
269 Nothing's shocking Jane's addiction
270 Porcupine Echo & the Bunnymen
271 Spring hill fair The Go-betweens
272 Tinderbox Siouxsie and the Banshees
273 Tonight David Bowie
274 Under the sun Paul Kelly & the Coloured girls
275 Bend sinister The Fall
276 Brilliant trees David Sylvian
277 Dum-Dum Vaselines
278 Love The Cult
279 Life is a grand… Henry Badowski
280 On land (ambient 4) Brian Eno
281 Flesh + blood Roxy music
282 Special Beat service The Beat
282 Freedom Neil Young
283 Brotherhood New order
284 Guitar town Steve Earle
285 Into the pandemonium Celtic frost
286 Kangaroo? Red crayola
287 Kill 'em all Metallica
288 Mark of the Mole The Residents
289 Stronger than pride Sade
290 Tin drum Japan
291 Appetite for destruction Guns n' roses
293 Love buzz Hummingbirds
294 Off the bone The Cramps
295 Rio Duran duran
296 Rip it up Orange juice
297 Slow turning John Hiatt
298 Songs of the free Gang of four
299 A taste of pink! Prisoners
300 Tattoo you The Rolling stones
301 English settlement XTC
302 Fire of love Gun club
303 McCartney II Paul McCartney
304 Sextet A Certain ratio
305 So far away The Chords
306 The moon and the melodies Harold Budd, Simon Raymonde, Robin Guthrie & Elizabeth Frazer
307 The perfect prescription Spacemen 3
308 War U2
309 A kiss in the dreamhouse Siouxsie and the Banshees
310 Animal magic The Blow monkeys
311 Atomizer Big black
312 Birth school work death Godfathers
313 Don't break the oath Mercyful fate
314 Don't tell a soul Replacements
315 Lazy ways Marine girls
316 Let's play domination World domination enterprises
317 Reckless Bryan Adams
318 Tender prey Nick Cave and the Bad seeds
319 Sister Sonic youth
320 Songs to learn and sing Echo & the Bunnymen
321 Tom tom club Tom tom club
322 Victorialand Cocteau twins
323 World of echo Arthur Russell
324 Beautiful vision Van Morrison
325 Duran duran Duran duran
326 Gravity talks Green on red
327 Jonathan sings! Jonathan Richman and the Modern lovers
328 Magnetic fields Jean-Michel Jarre
329 Meat puppets II Meat puppets
330 Strange boutique The Monochrome set
331 The pictorial Jackson review Felt
332 TheWiserMiserDemelza Prisoners
333 TP Teddy Pendergrass
334 Welcome to the Pleasure dome Frankie goes to Hollywood
335 Complete discography Minor threat
336 Face value Phil Collins
337 Glassworks Philip Glass
338 La varieté by Weekend Weekend
339 Sentimental hygiene Warren Zevon
340 Songs about fucking Big black
341 LC The Durutti column
342 Pacific street The Pale fountains
343 Bad brains Bad brains
344 Heyday The Church
345 King of the dead Cirith ungol
346 Mr Uddich-Schmuddich goes to town Laughing clowns
347 Steel wheels The Rolling stones
348 Stray cats Stray cats
349 Boy U2
350 Club classics : vol. one Soul II Soul
351 Emotional rescue The Rolling stones
352 Eye for an eye Corrosion of conformity
353 Fried Julian Cope
354 Le Mystère des voix Bulgares : vol. 1 Mystère des voix Bulgares
355 Electrical storm Ed Kuepper
356 The guitar and other machines The Durutti column
357 The wonderful and frightening world of The Fall
358 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman
359 As Falls Wichita, So falls Wichita falls Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
360 Empires and dance Simple minds
361 Idlewild Everything but the girl
362 Sex The Necks
363 Roaring days Weddings Parties Anything
364 Sound of confusion Spacemen 3
365 Red roses for me Pogues
366 Bird dog Verlaines
367 Brothers in arms Dire straits
368 Damaged Black flag
369 Gold mine trash Felt
370 Long live the Kane Big Daddy Kane
371 Pretenders II The Pretenders
372 Speaking in tongues Talking heads
373 The serpent's egg Dead can dance
374 The Colorblind James experience Colorblind James experience
375 Rooms of the magnificent Ed Kuepper
376 Honi soit John Cale
377 Introspective Pet shop boys
378 Like a prayer Madonna
379 Manic, magic, majestic Band of Holy joy
380 Music for stowaways British Electric Foundation
381 Nobody's heroes Stiff little fingers
382 Old friends Guy Clark
383 Spike Elvis Costello
384 The world as it is today Art bears
385 Dirty mind Prince
386 Grotesque (after the Gramme) The Fall
387 Listen like thieves Inxs
388 Manual of errors Snakefinger
389 My war Black flag
390 Rank The Smiths
391 Synchro system King Sunny Adé
392 Tango in the night Fleetwood mac
393 The final cut Pink floyd
394 The splendour of fear Felt
395 Today Galaxie 500
396 Baby's got a gun The Only ones
397 Diesel and dust Midnight oil
398 Floating into the night Julee Cruise
399 Love is hell Kitchens of distinction
400 Over the edge Wipers
401 Seven year ache Rosanne Cash
402 Tim Replacements
403 Violent femmes Violent femmes
404 Madness 7 Madness
405 Candy apple grey Hüsker dü
406 In from the cold Prisoners
407 Mask Bauhaus
408 Minor threat Minor threat
409 Pontiac Lyle Lovett
410 The sensual world Kate Bush
411 Kick Inxs
412 London 0 Hull 4 The Housemartins
413 Private eyes Hall & Oates
414 Radio K.A.O.S. Roger Waters
415 Teddy boys don't knit Vivian Stanshall
416 The burning world Swans
417 The house sound of Chicago #
418 The number of the beast Iron maiden
419 Dolmen music Meredith Monk
420 Dome Dome
421 Genesis Genesis
422 Louder than love Soundgarden
423 Penthouse and pavement Heaven 17
424 Reign in blood Slayer
425 Bleach Nirvana
426 Hunkpapa Throwing muses
427 I feel for you Chaka Khan
428 Into the gap Thompson twins
429 Licensed to ill Beastie boys
430 Me and a monkey on the moon Felt
431 Strawberries The Damned
432 Women and children first Van Halen
433 Ace of spades Motörhead
434 Bad moon rising Sonic youth
435 Double fantasy John Lennon & Yoko Ono
436 Kings of the wild frontier Adam and the Ants
437 Kiss me, kiss me, kiss me The Cure
438 Lone star state of mind Nanci Griffith
439 Rockin' and romance Jonathan Richman and the Modern lovers
440 Script for a jester's tear Marillion
441 Straight from the heart Patrice Rushen
442 The world won't listen The Smiths
443 Virgins and Philistines The Colourfield
444 Wild planet B-52's
445 And don't the kids just love it Television personalities
446 13 songs Fugazi
447 Suicide Alan Vega & Martin Rev
448 Beauty and the beat The Go-Go's
449 British steel Judas priest
450 Cadaquéz Marden hill
451 California American music club
452 Construction time again Depeche mode
453 Critical beatdown UltraMagnetic MC's
454 Deceit This heat
455 Doc at the radar station Captain Beefheart and the Magic band
456 Eye in the sky Alan Parsons project
457 Fernwarme Michael Rother
458 Hup The Wonder stuff
459 I often dream of trains in New York Robyn Hitchcock
460 It'll end in tears This mortal coil
461 Jane from occupied Europe Swell maps
462 The party's over Talk talk
463 Lincoln They might be giants
464 Night and day Joe Jackson
465 Private revolution World party
466 For a reason Lifetones
467 Scientist rids the world of the evil curse of the vampires Scientist
468 Royal bastard King of Luxembourg
469 Scar Lush
470 Slave to the rhythm Grace Jones
471 Stands for Decibels DB's
472 Straight out the jungle Jungle brothers
473 Streetcleaner Godflesh
474 Superfuzz bigmuff Mudhoney
475 Kicking against the pricks Nick Cave and the Bad seeds
476 The expanding universe Laurie Spiegel
477 The Lounge lizards Lounge lizards
478 Touch Eurythmics
479 Traveling Wilburys : volume 1 The Traveling Wilburys
480 Tutu Miles Davis
481 Under the sign of the black mark Bathory
482 Undercover The Rolling stones
483 Upstairs at Eric's Yazoo
484 Zilch Shack
485 Psychedelic speed freaks High rise
486 Wilder The Teardrop explodes
487 Your funeral ..my trial Nick Cave and the Bad seeds
488 Youth of America Wipers
489 They might be giants They might be giants
490 Boys and girls Bryan Ferry
491 Joy ride Brilliant corners
492 From Langley Park to Memphis Prefab sprout
493 Fun boy three Fun boy three
494 Hysteria Def leppard
495 Heart shaped world Chris Isaak
496 Tocsin X mal Deutschland
497 Juju music King Sunny Adé
498 Madonna Madonna
499 Mirage Fleetwood mac
500 The wishing chair 10.000 Maniacs