My favourite albums of the 80s

Submitted by HectorG on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 09:46
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  1. 9.5/10
  2. La Monte Young - The Well-Tuned Piano
  3. Einstürzende Neubauten - Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.
  4. 9/10
  5. Public Image Ltd. - Flowers of Romance
  6. Djam Karet - Reflections From the Firepool
  7. Missing Foundation - 1933
  8. Colin Newman - A-Z
  9. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  10. 8.5/10
  11. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
  12. Big Black - Atomizer
  13. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
  14. Peter Frohmader - Through Time and Mystery
  15. Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps
  16. Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory
  17. Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return
  18. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
  19. Current 93 - Dogs Blood Rising
  20. 8/10
  21. Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
  22. Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
  23. AMM - The Crypt
  24. Peter Michael Hamel - Transition
  25. Massacre - Killing Time
  26. P16. D4 - Kühe in 1/2 Trauer
  27. Godflesh - Streetcleaner
  28. Alvin Lucier - I Am Sitting in a Room
  29. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
  30. Band of Susans - Love Agenda
  31. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
  32. Michael Jones - After the Rain
  33. Tackhead - Friendly as a Hand Grenade
  34. Swans - Cop
  35. Swans - Filth
  36. Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
  37. Rudimentary Peni - Cacophony
  38. Black Flag - Damaged
  39. Current 93 - Nature Unveiled
  40. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
  41. Savage Republic - Customs
  42. Missing Foundation - Missing Foundation
  43. Boredoms - Soul Discharge
  44. Napalm Death - Scum
  45. Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction
  46. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
  47. Flipper - Generic Flipper
  48. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
  49. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
  50. Stan Ridgway - The Big Heat
  51. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
  52. King Snake Roost - Things That Play Themselves
Author Comments: 

A couple of these albums weren't recorded in the 80s, but I go by release dates rather than recording dates.

JAMOOL01/19/2009

Good list, but if you ask me Crazy Rhythms deserves a 10. It is just that awesome ;)