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Best Albums of the 1980s

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The 1980's gave birth to a wave of digitally enhanced music. The artists that embraced this transition released some awesome music during that time. This is a list of the best albums released between 1980 and 1990. Don't agree with the list? Place your vote or add a new item for others to vote on.

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Vote for Michael Jackson - Thriller 1) Michael Jackson - Thriller
“love···love···love···love···love···love···love···love···love···love···love···”

“Thriller’s like the best disc that ever came out!”

“BEST ALBUM EVER. the amount sold proves that, 109 million!”

Vote for Michael Jackson - Bad 2) Michael Jackson - Bad
“Bad is my favourite album. It was a great successor to Thriller and it further extended King MJ’s great run which no other artist ever saw!”“Lovely songs... so inspring!”

“I love each and every song in this album, what amazing thoughts! what a beautiful voice!”

Vote for Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction 3) Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction
“The GREATEST!!!! simply WOW

“simply... the best ever

“Teh greatest album ever and will always be the best Woo I love the old guns and roses<33 Best alubum ever

Vote for Beastie Boys - Liscensed to Ill 4) Beastie Boys - Liscensed to Ill

Vote for Duran Duran - Rio 5) Duran Duran - Rio
“Duran Duran is the backbone to music now!! They inspired back then, and they still do to this day!!

Vote for U2 - The Joshua Tree 6) U2 - The Joshua Tree
“I LOVE U2

Vote for AC/DC - Back In Black 7) AC/DC - Back In Black
“Why is this not in the Top 10?”

“Best band ever”

“it should be in the top 5 or at least 10. it only sold 21 million copies.”

Vote for David Bowie - Scary Monsters 8) David Bowie - Scary Monsters

Vote for The Police - Ghost in the Machine 9) The Police - Ghost in the Machine

Vote for The Cure - Disintergration 10) The Cure - Disintergration
“Epic record and an even better concert

Vote for Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet 11) Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
“best ever album

“the best song of the 80's are on this album: livin' on a prayer, you give love a bad name, wanted dead or alive...

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Vote for The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come 12) The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

Vote for Paul Simon - Graceland 13) Paul Simon - Graceland

Vote for Queen - The Game 14) Queen - The Game

Vote for The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden 15) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
“Genius

Vote for Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes 16) Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Vote for Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen 17) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen

Vote for The Police - Synchronicity 18) The Police - Synchronicity

Vote for Madonna - True Blue 19) Madonna - True Blue

Vote for The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 20) The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Vote for Foreigner - 4 21) Foreigner - 4

Vote for The Cars - Heartbeat City 22) The Cars - Heartbeat City
“One of the alltime Motown and memorable hits.

Vote for Van Halen - 1984 23) Van Halen - 1984