Rolling Stone: The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980

London Calling

The Clash (1979)

Remain In Light

Talking Heads (1980)

Dirty Mind

Prince (1980)

Back In Black

AC/DC (1980)

Pretenders (Expanded Edition) [2006 Remaster]

Pretenders (1979)

Los Angeles

X (1979)

Scary Monsters

David Bowie (1981)

The River

Bruce Springsteen (1980)

Diana

Diana Ross (1980)

Closer (Collector's Edition)

Joy Division (1980)

Ace of Spades

Motörhead (2020)

Get Happy!!

Elvis Costello and The Attractions (2007)

I Just Can’t Stop It (2012 Remaster)

The English Beat (1980)

Real People

Chic (1980)

Sound Affects

The Jam (1980)

Gaucho

Steely Dan (1980)

British Steel (Bonus Track Version)

Judas Priest (1980)

Wanna Buy a Bridge? A Rough Trade Compilation of Singles

Various Artists (1980)

Double Fantasy

John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1989)

Wild Planet

The B‐52’s (1989)

Hotter Than July

Stevie Wonder (1980)

Crazy Rhythms (Bonus Track Version)

The Feelies (1980)

Boy

U2 (1980)

Storm Windows

John Prine (1980)

TP (Expanded Edition)

Teddy Pendergrass (1980)

McCartney II

Paul McCartney (1980)

Blizzard of Ozz (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

Ozzy Osbourne (1980)

Sinsemilla

Black Uhuru (1980)

I Am What I Am

George Jones & Gene Pitney (1980)

Second Edition

Public Image Ltd. (1979)

Emotional Rescue (2009 Remaster)

The Rolling Stones (1980)

Colossal Youth

Young Marble Giants (1979)

Me Myself I

Joan Armatrading (1980)

Freedom of Choice

Devo (1980)

Warm Thoughts

Smokey Robinson (1979)

Glass Houses

Billy Joel (1980)

Warm Leatherette

Grace Jones (1980)

Kaleidoscope

Siouxsie and the Banshees (1980)

Doc at the Radar Station

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (2015)

Three for Love

Shalamar (1980)

Gyrate

Pylon (1980)

Common One (Bonus Track Version)

Van Morrison (1980)

The Wanderer

Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand (1980)

Heaven and Hell

Black Sabbath (1980)

Never for Ever

Kate Bush (1980)

Women and Children First

Van Halen (1980)

Jane from Occupied Europe

Swell Maps (1979)

Bad Reputation (Expanded Edition)

Joan Jett (1981)

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure (1980)

Love Stinks

The J. Geils Band (1979)

Crimes of Passion

Pat Benatar (1980)

Argybargy (Deluxe Edition)

Squeeze (1980)

The Gap Band IV

The Gap Band (1978)

Grotesque (After the Gramme) [Expanded Edition]

The Fall (1980)

The Psychedelic Furs (Bonus Track Version)

The Psychedelic Furs (1979)

Empty Glass

Pete Townshend (1980)

In the Flat Field

Bauhaus (1980)

9 to 5 and Odd Jobs

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers (1980)

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys (1979)

Naughty

Chaka Khan & Rufus (1980)

Is This Real?

Wipers (1979)

Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered)

The Police (1980)

Duke (Remastered)

Genesis (1980)

Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Blow (1979)

Crocodiles

Echo & The Bunnymen (1980)

Xanadu (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra (1980)

Organisation

Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark (1980)

Saved (Remastered)

Bob Dylan (1980)

Catholic Boy

The Jim Carroll Band (1979)

Foolish Behaviour

Rod Stewart (1980)

Songs the Lord Taught Us

The Cramps (1979)