Top Ten Rock Albums of Each Year - 1980-1989

1. Back In Black
AC/DC

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2. Remain In Light
Talking Heads

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3. Closer
Joy Division

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4. Ace Of Spades
Motorhead

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5. The River
Bruce Springsteen

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6. Dirty Mind
Prince

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7. Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon

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8. The Game
Queen

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9. Diana
Diana Ross

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10. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys

1. Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's

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2. Dare!
The Human League

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3. Ghost In The Machine
The Police

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4. Moving Pictures
Rush

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5. Tattoo You
Rolling Stones

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6. Damaged
Black Flag

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7. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno & David Byrne

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8. Escape
Journey

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9. 4
Foreigner

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10. Private Eyes
Hall & Oates

1. Thriller
Michael Jackson

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2. 1999
Prince

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3. Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden

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4. The Message
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

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5. Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen

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6. Avalon
Roxy Music

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7. Rio
Duran Duran

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8. The Nightfly
Donald Fagen

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9. Business As Usual
Men At Work

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10. Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello and The Attractions

1. Murmur
R.E.M.

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2. Synchronicity
The Police

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3. War
U2

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4. She's So Unusual
Cindi Lauper

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5. Can't Slow Down
Lionel Richie

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6. Break Out
Pointer Sisters

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7. Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits

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8. Eliminator
ZZ Top

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9. Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes

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10. Pyromania
Def Leppard

1. Purple Rain
Prince and the Revolution

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2. Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen

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3. Like A Virgin
Madonna

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4. Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.

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5. 1984
Van Halen

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6. The Unforgettable Fire
U2

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7. Let It Be
The Replacements

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8. The Smiths
The Smiths

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9. Ride The Lightning
Metallica

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10. Private Dancer
Tina Turner

1. Radio
LL Cool J

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2. Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits

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3. Rain Dogs
Tom Waits

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4. King Of Rock
Run-D.M.C.

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5. No Jacket Required
Phil Collins

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6. Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

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7. Psychocandy
The Jesus and Mary Chain

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8. Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush

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9. Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good
Prefab Sprout

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10. Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
The Pogues

1. Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.

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2. Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys

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3. Graceland
Paul Simon

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4. The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths

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5. Master of Puppets
Metallica

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6. So
Peter Gabriel

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7. Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi

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8. Reign In Blood
Slayer

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9. True Blue
Madonna

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10. Rapture
Ainta Baker

1. The Joshua Tree
U2

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2. Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses

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3. Sign O' The Times
Prince

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4. Paid In Full
Eric B. & Rakim

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5. Bad
Michael Jackson

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6. Hysteria
Def Leppard

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7. Faith
George Michael

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8. Document
R.E.M.

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9. Kick
INXS

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10. Criminal Minded
Boogie Down Productions

1. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy

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2. Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A

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3. Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth

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4. Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman

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5. Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction

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6. Surfer Rosa
Pixies

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7. Strictly Business
EPMD

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8. Spirit Of Eden
Talk Talk

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9. Green
R.E.M.

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10. ...And Justice For All
Metallica

1. 3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul

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2. Doolittle
Pixies

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3. The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses

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4. Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys

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5. Like A Prayer
Madonna

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6. Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson

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7. Disintegration
The Cure

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8. Nick of Time
Bonnie Raitt

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9. The End of the Innocence
Don Henley

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10. Technique
New Order