The 1980s

BOLDED: 8/10s+ - HIGHLY Recommended albums. I LOVED these!
Normal: 6/10s & 7/10s - Recommended albums. I liked these overall.

Country:

Dwight Yoakam - "Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room" (1988)

Dwight Yoakam - "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc." (1984)

K.D. Lang - "Shadowland" (1988)

Lyle Lovett - "Pontiac" (1987)

Randy Travis - "Storms of Life" (1986)

Rodney Crowell - "Diamonds & Dirt" (1988)

Steve Earle - "Guitar Town" (1986)

Electronica:

The Art of Noise - "Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?" (1984)

Film/Video Game Score:

Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Metal/Hardcore:

Celtic Frost - “To Mega Therion” (1985)

Death - "Scream Bloody Gore" (1987)

Judas Priest - "British Steel" (1980)

Metallica - "Kill Em All" (1983)

Metallica - "Ride the Lightning" (1984)

Pestilence - "Consuming Impulse" (1989)

Raw Power - "Screams from the Gutter" (1985)

Slayer - "Reign in Blood" (1986)

Pop/R&B:

Madonna - "Madonna" (1983)

Michael Jackson - "Bad" (1987)

Michael Jackson - "Thriller" (1982)

Prince - "Dirty Mind" (1980)

Prince - "Purple Rain" (1984)

Prince - "Sign O' the Times" (1987)

Rap:

Boogie Down Productions - "Criminal Minded" (1987)

Ice-T - "The Iceburg / Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say" (1989)

LL Cool J - "Radio" (1985)

Ultramagnetic MC's - "Critical Beatdown" (1988)

Young MC - "Stone Cold Rhymin" (1989)

Rock/Folk:

ABC - "The Lexicon of Love" (1982)

AC/DC - "Back In Black" (1980)

Aztec Camera - "High Land, Hard Rain" (1983)

Black Flag - “Damaged” (1981)

Blondie - "The Best of Blondie" (1981)

Bruce Springsteen - "Born in the USA" (1984)

Bruce Springsteen - "The River" (1980)

Bruce Springsteen - "Tunnel of Love" (1987)

Bryan Adams - “Reckless” (1984)

The Cars - "Complete Greatest Hits" (1970s/1980s)

The Chameleons - "Strange Times" (1986)

The Church - "The Blurred Crusade" (1982)

The Comsat Angels - "Sleep No More" (1981)

The Cure - "Disintegration" (1989)

The Cure - "Galore (The Singles: 1987-1997)" (1980s/1990s)

The Cure - "Standing On A Beach: The Singles" (1980s)

David Bowie - "Scary Monsters" (1980)

David Bowie - "The Singles Collection" (1970s/1980s)

Dead Kennedys - "Plastic Surgery Disasters" (1982)

Def Leppard - "Hysteria" (1987)

Def Leppard - "Pyromania" (1983)

Devo - "Freedom of Choice" (1980)

Dinosaur Jr. - "Bug" (1988)

Dinosaur Jr. - "You're Living All Over Me" (1987)

The Dream Syndicate - "The Days of Wine & Roses" (1982)

Duran Duran - "Rio" (1982)

Echo & the Bunnymen - "Crocodiles" (1980)

Echo & the Bunnymen - "Heaven Up Here" (1981)

Echo & the Bunnymen - "Ocean Rain" (1984)

Elvis Costello - "Get Happy" (1980)

Elvis Costello - "Trust" (1981)

The English Beat - "I Just Can't Stop It" (1980)

The Fall - "458489 A Sides" (1970s/1980s)

Felt - "The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories" (1984)

Ferron - "Shadows On A Dime" (1984)

Ferron - "Testimony" (1980)

Fine Young Cannibals - "The Raw & the Cooked" (1989)

A Flock of Seagulls - "A Flock of Seagulls" (1982)

Fugazi - "13 Songs" (1989)

Galaxie 500 - "On Fire" (1989)

Gang of Four - "Solid Gold" (1981)

The Go-Betweens - "16 Lovers Lane" (1988)

The Gun Club - "Fire of Love" (1981)

Guns N Roses - "Appetite for Destruction" (1987)

Huey Lewis & the News - "Sports" (1983)

The Human League - "Dare!" (1981)

Husker Du - "Flip Your Wig" (1985)

Husker Du - "New Day Rising" (1985)

Husker Du - "Warehouse: Songs and Stories" (1987)

Husker Du - "Zen Arcade" (1984)

James Booker - "Classified" (1982)

Jane's Addiction - "Nothing's Shocking" (1988)

The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Psychocandy" (1985)

Journey - "Escape" (1981)

Joy Division - "Closer" (1980)

Killing Joke - "Killing Joke" (1980)

Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - "Rattlesnakes" (1984)

Marshall Crenshaw - "Marshall Crenshaw" (1982)

Meat Puppets - "Meat Puppets II" (1984)

Men At Work - "Business As Usual" (1981)

Minutemen - "Double Nickels on the Dime" (1984)

New Order - "Power, Corruption & Lies" (1983)

New Order - "Technique" (1989)

Nine Inch Nails - "Pretty Hate Machine" (1989)

NRBQ - "Tiddly Winks" (1980)

The Ocean Blue - "The Ocean Blue" (1989)

Paul Simon - "Graceland" (1986)

Peter Gabriel - "Peter Gabriel 3: Melt" (1980)

Phil Collins - "Face Value" (1981)

Phil Collins - "No Jacket Required" (1985)

Pixies - "Doolittle" (1989)

Pixies - "Surfer Rosa" (1988)

The Plimsouls - "The Plimsouls" (1981)

The Police - "Synchronicity" (1983)

The Police - "Zenyatta Mandatta" (1980)

Pretenders - "Learning to Crawl" (1984)

Pretenders - "Pretenders" (1980)

Pretenders - "The Singles" (1980s)

The Psychedelic Furs - "Talk Talk Talk" (1981)

R.E.M. - "Document" (1987)

R.E.M. - "Murmur" (1983)

R.E.M. - "Reckoning" (1984)

The Replacements - "For Sale: Live at Maxwell's" (1986)

The Replacements - "Let It Be" (1984)

The Replacements - "Pleased to Meet Me" (1987)

The Replacements - "Tim" (1985)

Rockpile - "Seconds of Pleasure" (1980)

Roxy Music - "Avalon" (1982)

Rush - "Moving Pictures" (1981)

Simple Minds - "New Gold Dream" (1982)

The Smiths - "The Queen Is Dead" (1986)

The Smiths - "Singles" (1980s)

The Smiths - "The Smiths" (1984)

The Soft Boys - "Underwater Moonlight" (1980)

Sonic Youth - "Daydream Nation" (1988)

Sonic Youth - "Sister" (1987)

The Sound - "From the Lion's Mouth" (1981)

The Sound - “Jeopardy” (1980)

Squeeze - "Argybargy" (1980)

Squeeze - “East Side Story” (1981)

Squeeze - "Singles: 45's and Under" (1989)

Stevie Ray Vaughan - "In Step" (1989)

Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Texas Flood" (1983)

The Stone Roses - "The Stone Roses" (1989)

Suicidal Tendencies - "Suicidal Tendencies" (1983)

Talk Talk - "The Colour of Spring" (1986)

Talk Talk - "Spirit of Eden" (1988)

Talking Heads - "Remain In Light" (1980)

The Teardrop Explodes - "Kilimanjaro" (1980)

Tears for Fears - "The Hurting" (1983)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - "Greatest Hits" (1970s/1980s/1990s)

Tom Waits - "Rain Dogs" (1985)

Tom Waits - "Swordfishtrombones" (1983)

Tracy Chapman - “Tracy Chapman” (1988)

U2 - "The Joshua Tree" (1987)

U2 - "War" (1983)

Van Halen - "1984" (1984)

The Vapors - "New Clear Days" (1980)

Violent Femmes - "Violent Femmes" (1983)

Wipers - "Is This Real?" (1980)

X - "Los Angeles" (1980)

X - "More Fun in the New World" (1983)

X - "Under the Big Black Sun" (1982)

X - "Wild Gift" (1981)

XTC - "Skylarking" (1986)