Best Albums of the 1980s

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 if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on.

1) Michael Jackson - Thriller

“biggest selling album of all time !”

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

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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!”

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3) Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction

“The best!”

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

“simply... the best ever”

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4) Beastie Boys - Liscensed to Ill

5) Duran Duran - Rio

“Duran Duran is the backbone to music now!! They inspired back then, and they still do to this day!!”

6) U2 - The Joshua Tree

“I LOVE U2
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7) The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

8) 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.”

9) Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

“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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“best ever album”

10) The Cure - Disintergration

“Epic record and an even better concert”

11) David Bowie - Scary Monsters

12) The Police - Ghost in the Machine

13) Paul Simon - Graceland

14) Queen - The Game

15) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden

“Genius”

16) Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

17) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen

18) The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

19) The Police - Synchronicity

20) Madonna - True Blue

21) Rush - Moving Pictures

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22) Avalon - Roxy Music

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23) Foreigner - 4

24) The Cars - Heartbeat City

“One of the alltime Motown and memorable hits.”

25) Van Halen - 1984

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26) It's My Life - Talk Talk