fredag 23 Nov 2012, 19:04

Here it is - a mega list of the best albums from the 1980's. I have used a ratings system to compile this list. All of the 24k tracks on my ipod are rated 1-5 stars. I have listened to 400-500 albums from the eighties(a lot of these albums several times) so it's easy for me to compile a list like this. There are no compilations or greatest hits on this list. No mini albums or EP's either, an album must have at least seven tracks to feature. In my opinion, there is only one album that I have ever heard that is perfection and every single track on it gets 5 stars. That album is at number one on my list. If you have never heard "Script of the Bridge" then please check it out. You won't be disappointed!

200 the cult - love (1985)
199 the damned - anything (1986)
198 pixies - surfer rosa (1988)
197 immaculate fools - hearts of fortune (1985)
196 siouxsie and the banshees - a kiss in the dreamhouse (1982)
195 the stranglers - la folie (1981)
194 the lucy show - undone (1985)
193 tears for fears - the hurting (1983)
192 wire - the ideal copy (1987)
191 flue - one and a half (1981)
190 breathless - the glass bead game (1986)
189 the smiths - strangeways, here we come (1987)
188 screaming for emily - Scriptures (1987)
187 galaxie 500 - on fire (1989)
186 fra lippo lippi - in silence (1981)
185 the snake corps - flesh on flesh (1985)
184 the wild swans - bringing home the ashes (1988)
183 the bible - walking the ghost back home (1986)
182 japan - tin drum (1981)
181 the comsat angels - waiting for a miracle (1980)
180 red lorry yellow lorry - talk about the weather (1985)
179 the mission - children (1988)
178 the screaming blue messiahs - gun shy (1986)
177 ultravox - rage in eden (1981)
176 for against - december (1988)
175 u2 - the Joshua tree (1987)
174 faith brothers - eventide (1985)
173 it's immaterial - Life's Hard And Then You Die (1986)
172 the names - swimming (1982)
171 Aztec camera - high land, hard rain (1983)
170 gene loves jezebel - The House Of Dolls (1987)
169 the pogues - rum sodomy & the lash (1985)
168 the psychedelic furs - mirror moves (1984)
167 The Go-Betweens - before hollywood (1983)
166 talk talk - the colour of spring (1986)
165 the mighty lemon drops - happy head (1986)
164 billy bragg - brewing up with billy bragg (1984)
163 sonic youth - sister (1987)
162 opposition - intimacy (1983)
161 orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - architecture and morality (1981)
160 siouxsie and the banshees - hyaena (1984)
159 shop assistants - will anything happen (1986)
158 del amitri - waking hours (1989)
157 bauhaus - burning from the inside (1983)
156 blue in heaven - explicit material (1986)
155 and also the trees - the evening of the 24th (1987)
154 this mortal coil - it'll end in tears (1984)
153 that petrol emotion - manic pop thrill (1986)
152 r.e.m. - life's rich pageant (1986)
151 my dad is dead - peace, love and murder (1987)
150 Hüsker Dü - flip your wig (1985)
149 the icicle works - the small price of a bicycle (1985)
148 the undertones - positive touch (1981)
147 clan of xymox - medusa (1986)
146 simple minds - sparkle in the rain (1984)
145 the essence - purity (1985)
144 close lobsters - foxheads stalk this land (1987)
143 microdisney - crooked mile (1987)
142 public image ltd. - flowers of romance (1981)
141 depeche mode - black celebration (1986)
140 The Go-Betweens - liberty belle and the black diamond express (1986)
139 the b-52's - cosmic thing (1989)
138 the sisters of mercy - first and last and always (1985)
137 the sugarcubes - life's too good (1988)
136 r.e.m. - reckoning (1984)
135 goodbye mr. mackenzie - Good Deeds and Dirty Rags (1985)
134 the sound - heads and hearts (1985)
133 The Go-Betweens - spring hill fair (1984)
132 mary goes round - 70 suns in the sky (1981)
131 sad lovers and giants - feeding the flame (1983)
130 the woodentops - giant (1986)
129 ruefrex - flowers for ocassions (1985)
128 the danse society - heaven is waiting (1984)
127 the lucy show - mania (1986)
126 talk talk - the party's over (1982)
125 andy white - rave on (1986)
124 shriekback - oil and gold (1985)
123 new order - power, corruption & lies (1983)
122 the essence - ecstasy (1988)
121 the cult - dreamtime (1984)
120 u2 - october (1981)
119 felt - ignite the seven cannons (1985)
118 half man half biscuit - back again in the d.h.s.s. (1987)
117 the church - of skins and heart (1982)
116 the lotus eaters - no sense of sin (1984)
115 the godfathers - hit by hit (1986)
114 nine inch nails - pretty hate machine (1989)
113 gene loves jezebel - discover (1986)
112 screaming for emily - malice (1989)
111 the cure - seventeen seconds (1980)
110 the housemartins - London 0 hull 4 (1986)
109 balaam and the angel - the greatest story ever told (1986)
108 and also the trees - the millpond years (1988)
107 the sisters of mercy - floodland (1987)
106 lowlife - godhead (1989)
105 red lorry yellow lorry - nothing wrong (1988)
104 new order - movement (1981)
103 deacon blue - raintown (1987)
102 prefab sprout - steve mcqueen (1985)
101 felt - forever breathes the lonely word (1986)
100 sonic youth - daydream nation (1988)
99 escape with romeo - escape with romeo (1989)
98 Lloyd cole and the commotions - mainstream (1987)
97 fields of the nephilim - the nephilim (1988)
96 immaculate fools - dumb poet (1987)
95 the blue nile - a walk across the rooftops (1980)
94 the fall - this nation's saving grace (1985)
93 invincible - venus (1989)
92 the teardrop explodes - kilimanjaro (1980)
91 Blue in heaven - All The God's Men (1985)
90 red lorry yellow lorry - paint your wagon (1986)
89 the comsat angels - sleep no more (1981)
88 pink turns blue - meta (1988)
87 the jesus and mary chain - automatic (1989)
86 the very things - the bushes scream while my daddy prunes (1984)
85 party day - glasshouse (1985)
84 the the - infected (1986)
83 talk talk - spirit of eden (1988)
82 the jam - sound affects (1980)
81 microdisney - the clock comes down the stairs (1985)
80 siouxsie and the banshees - tinderbox (1986)
79 fields of the nephilim - dawnrazor (1987)
78 b.f.g. - fathoms (1988)
77 the weather prophets - mayflower (1987)
76 the psychedelic furs - midnight to midnight (1987)
75 billy bragg - talking with the taxman about poetry (1986)
74 hurrah! - tell god i'm here (1987)
73 the triffids - born sandy devotional (1986)
72 the damned - phantasmagoria (1985)
71 the sun and the moon - the sun and the moon (1988)
70 the cure - the head on the door (1985)
69 the psychedelic furs - forever now (1982)
68 echo & the bunnymen - ocean rain (1984)
67 de press - product (1982)
66 the essence - a monument of trust (1987)
65 cocteau twins - garlands (1982)
64 for against - echelons (1987)
63 the wolfhounds - unseen ripples from a pebble (1987)
62 mccarthy - i am a wallet (1987)
61 r.e.m. - fables of the reconstruction (1985)
60 echo & the bunnymen - echo & the bunnymen (1987)
59 cocteau twins - victorialand (1986)
58 siouxsie and the banshees - kaleidoscope (1980)
57 pink turns blue - if two worlds kiss (1987)
56 Lloyd cole and the commotions - rattlesnakes (1984)
55 the field mice - snowball (1987)
54 simple minds - new gold dream (81-82-83-84) (1984)
53 killing joke - brighter than a thousand suns (1986)
52 new model army - vengeance (1984)
51 morrissey - viva hate (1988)
50 pixies - doolittle (1989)
49 modern eon - fiction tales (1981)
48 clan of xymox - clan of xymox (1985)
47 the railway children - reunion wilderness (1987)
46 siouxsie and the banshees - juju (1981)
45 The Go-Betweens - tallulah (1987)
44 easterhouse - contenders (1986)
43 echo & the bunnymen - heaven up here (1981)
42 killing joke - night time (1985)
41 new model army - no rest for the wicked (1985)
40 big country - the crossing (1983)
39 The Go-Betweens - 16 lover's lane (1988)
38 the church - starfish (1988)
37 lowlife - permanent sleep (1986)
36 opposition - promises (1984)
35 echo & the bunnymen - porcupine (1983)
34 the wedding present - bizarro (1989)
33 cocteau twins - head over heels (1983)
32 r.e.m. - murmur (1983)
31 the sound - from the lion's mouth (1981)
30 the mission - gods own medicine (1987)
29 the railway children - recurrence (1988)
28 the fall - bend sinister (1986)
27 breathless - chasing promises (1989)
26 the cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)
25 the cure - faith (1981)
24 cactus world news - urban beaches (1986)
23 the jesus and mary chain - darklands (1987)
22 the smiths - the queen is dead (1986)
21 cocteau twins - blue bell knoll (1988)
20 joy division - closer (1980)
19 the bodines - played (1987)
18 kitchens of distinction - love is hell (1989)
17 the wedding present - george best (1987)
16 the stone roses - the stone roses (1989)
15 the jesus and mary chain - Psychocandy (1985)
14 new order - low-life (1985)
13 new order - technique (1989)
12 the wake - here comes everybody (1985)
11 the cure - pornography (1982)
10 the chameleons - strange times (1986)
09 new order - brotherhood (1986)
08 the smiths - the smiths (1984)
07 echo & the bunnymen - crocodiles (1980)
06 the cure - disintegration (1989)
05 the smiths - meat is murder (1985)
04 Lowlife - diminuendo (1987)
03 the chameleons - what does anything mean? basically (1985)
02 asylum party - borderline (1989)
01 the chameleons - script of the bridge (1983)