Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties

London Calling

The Clash (1979)

Purple Rain

Prince & The Revolution (1984)

The Joshua Tree

U2 (1987)

Remain In Light

Talking Heads (1980)

Graceland

Paul Simon (1986)

Born In the U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen (1984)

Thriller

Michael Jackson (1982)

Murmur

R.E.M. (1983)

Shoot Out the Lights

Richard and Linda Thompson (1991)

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman (1988)

Get Happy!!

Elvis Costello and The Attractions (2007)

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy (1988)

So

Peter Gabriel (1986)

Let It Be

The Replacements (1984)

1999 (2019 Remaster)

Prince (1982)

Synchronicity

The Police (1983)

Dirty Mind

Prince (1980)

New York

Lou Reed (1988)

Pretenders (Expanded Edition) [2006 Remaster]

Pretenders (1979)

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits (1985)

The Smiths

The Smiths (1984)

Red

Black Uhuru (1980)

Los Angeles

X (1979)

Tunnel of Love

Bruce Springsteen (1987)

Back In Black

AC/DC (1980)

Appetite for Destruction

Guns N’ Roses (1987)

Control

Janet Jackson (1986)

Double Fantasy

John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1989)

How Will the Wolf Survive?

Los Lobos (1984)

Avalon

Roxy Music (1982)

Uh-Huh! (Bonus Track) [2005 Remaster]

John Cougar Mellencamp (1983)

Zen Arcade

Hüsker Dü (1984)

Tattoo You

The Rolling Stones (1981)

Kill 'Em All (Remastered)

Metallica (1983)

Rapture

Anita Baker (1986)

Midnight Love

Marvin Gaye (1982)

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello and The Attractions (1984)

Eliminator

ZZ Top (1983)

War

U2 (1983)

Document

R.E.M. (1987)

Strong Persuader

Robert Cray (1985)

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen (1982)

Oh Mercy

Bob Dylan (1989)

Daydream Nation (2012 Remastered Version)

Sonic Youth (1988)

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel (1978)

Private Dancer (2015 Remaster)

Tina Turner (1984)

Skylarking (Remastered)

XTC (1986)

Crazy Rhythms (Bonus Track Version)

The Feelies (1980)

Madonna

Madonna (1983)

Run‐D.M.C.

Run‐D.M.C. (1984)

Making Movies

Dire Straits (1980)

Bring the Family

John Hiatt (1987)

Speaking In Tongues

Talking Heads (1983)

Centerfield (25th Anniversary)

John Fogerty (1985)

Closer (Collector's Edition)

Joy Division (1980)

Empty Glass

Pete Townshend (1980)

The Indestructible Beat of Soweto - Volume One

Various Artists (1985)

Computer Games

George Clinton (1982)

The Blue Mask

Lou Reed (1981)

Doc at the Radar Station

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (2015)

Pyromania

Def Leppard (1983)

Entertainment!

Gang of Four (1979)

Vivid (2023 Remaster)

Living Colour (1988)

In My Tribe

10,000 Maniacs (1987)

Fiyo On The Bayou

The Neville Brothers (1980)

Trouble In Paradise

Randy Newman (1983)

The Specials (Deluxe Version)

The Specials (1979)

Radio

LL COOL J (1985)

Traveling Wilburys Volume 1

Traveling Wilburys (2008)

Crowded House

Crowded House (1986)

Marshall Crenshaw

Marshall Crenshaw (1982)

Building The Perfect Beast (Remastered 2024)

Don Henley (1984)

Sign O' The Times

Prince (1987)

She’s So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper (1990)

Second Edition

Public Image Ltd. (1979)

Dare

The Human League (1981)

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson (1987)

Guitar Town

Steve Earle (1986)

Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega (1985)

1984

Van Halen (1984)

East Side Story

Squeeze (1981)

Let’s Dance

David Bowie (1983)

Faith

George Michael (1987)

Freedom

Neil Young (1989)

The River

Bruce Springsteen (1980)

Steel Wheels Live

The Rolling Stones (2020)

Lives In the Balance

Jackson Browne (1986)

Who's Zoomin' Who? (Expanded Edition)

Aretha Franklin (1985)

…Nothing Like the Sun

Sting (1987)

Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett (1986)

Full Moon Fever

Tom Petty (1989)

The Night I Fell In Love

Luther Vandross & Martha Wash (1985)

Power, Corruption & Lies

New Order (1983)

Scarecrow (Deluxe Edition) [2022 Mix]

John Cougar Mellencamp (1985)

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club (1983)

The Mona Lisa's Sister

Graham Parker (1988)

Labour of Love

UB40 (1983)

What Up, Dog?

Was (Not Was) (1988)

Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (Deluxe Edition)

Artists United Against Apartheid (1985)