Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s:
http://www.rocklist.net/rstone.html#80's
Here are the top 10:
1. London Calling - The Clash
2. Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
3. The Joshua Tree - U2
4. Remain In Light - Talking Heads
5. Graceland - Paul Simon
6. Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
7. Thriller - Michael Jackson
8. Murmur - REM / (Circus Animals - Cold Chisel)
9. Shoot Out The Lights - Richard And Linda Thompson /(Diesel And Dust -
Midnight Oil)
10. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
NME:
http://www.rocklist.net/607080.html
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses ‘89
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths ‘85
Three feet high and rising - De la soul ‘89
Sign ‘O’ the times - Prince ‘87
It takes a nation of millions to hold us back - Public Enemy ‘88
Psychocandy - Jesus and Mary Chain ‘85
Hatful of hollow - The Smiths ‘84
Closer - Joy Division ‘80
Sound Affects - The Jam ‘80
Low-life - New Order ‘85
Village Voice:
http://www.rocklist.net/vvpage2.html#80s
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
The Clash - London Calling
Prince - Sign O' The Times
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Paul Simon - Graceland
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
R.E.M. - Murmur
Los Lobos - How Will The Wolf Survive?