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Robert Christgau’s Album Lists 1970-1999 | Best of the '80's & '90's

Pazz & Jop End of Year Critic Lists
NOTE! - No lists were compiled in 1972 or 1973.

1971 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981
1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
The '90's & 00's

Village Voice 1971 Albums

1. The Who - Who's Next Decca
2. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Rolling Stones
3. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story Mercury
4. Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey Warner Bros.
5. John Lennon – Imagine Apple
6. Joy of Cooking - Joy of Cooking Capitol
7. Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead Warner Bros.
8. The Concert for Bangladesh - The Concert for Bangladesh Apple
9. Joni Mitchell – Blue Reprise
10. Carole King – Tapestry Ode
11. Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame Columbia
12. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up Brother
13. Janis Joplin – Pearl Columbia
14. The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies RCA Victor
15. Randy Newman – Live Reprise
16. The Allman Brothers - Live at the Fillmore East Atlantic
17. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On Epic
18. David Bowie - Hunky Dory RCA Victor
19. The Move - Message from the Country Capitol
20. Procol Harum - Broken Barricades A&M
21. Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Island
22. Jethro Tull – Aqualung Reprise
23. Jeff Beck Group - Rough and Ready Epic
24. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Lost in the Ozone Paramount
25. The Band – Cahoots Capitol
26. Alice Cooper – Killer Warner Bros.
27. Yes - The Yes Album Atlantic
28. Delaney & Bonnie - Motel Shot Atco
29. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson RCA Victor
30. Led Zeppelin – IV - Atlantic

1974 Albums

1. Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark

2. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

3. Randy Newman - Good Old Boys

4. Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale

5. Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'N Roll

6. Bob Dylan & The Band - Before The Flood

7. Roxy Music - Stranded

8. Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky

9. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard

10. New York Dolls - In Too Much Too Soon

11. Linda Rondstadt - Heart Like A Wheel

12. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel

13. Raspberries - Starting Over

14. Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things

15. Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch

16. Average White Band - Average White Band

==. Velvet Underground - 1969 Velvet Underground Live

18. Bob Dylan - Planet Waves

19. Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets

20. Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now

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1975 Albums

1. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
2. Patti Smith - Horses
3. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
4. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
5. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
6. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
7. Roxy Music - Country Life
8. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread
9. The Band - Northern Lights-Southern Cross
10. The Who - The Who By Numbers
11. Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
12. Neil Young - Zuma
13. Roxy Music - Siren
14. Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
15. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
16. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
17. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - To Be True
18. Gary Stewart - Out Of Hand
19. Nils Lofgren - Nils Lofgren
20. Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

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1976 Albums

1. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
2. Graham Parker & The Rumour - Heat Treatment
3. Jackson Browne - The Pretender
4. Graham Parker & The Rumour - Howlin' Wind
5. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
6. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
7. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
8. Ramones - Ramones
9. Rod Stewart - A Night On The Town
10. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune
11. Eno - Another Green World
12. The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas
13. David Bowie - Station To Station
14. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
15. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
16. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
17. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live!
18. Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music
19. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
20. The Dwight Twilley Band - Sincerely

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1977 Albums

1. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
2. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
3. Television - Marquee Moon
4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
5. Steely Dan - Aja
6. Ramones - Rocket To Russia
7. Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77
8. Randy Newman - Little Criminals
9. Garland Jeffreys - Ghost Writer
10. Cheap Trick - In Color
11. Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
12. Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix
13. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Dancer With Bruised Knees
14. Al Green - The Belle Album
15. Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head
16. Bryan Ferry - In Your Mind
17. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
18. The Kinks - Sleepwalker
19. Graham Parker & The Rumour - Stick To Me
20. Neil Young - American Stars 'N Bars

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Albums - 1978

1. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
2. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
3. Nick Lowe - Pure Pop For Power People (Jesus of cool - UK title)
4. The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope
5. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings & Food
6. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness At The Edge Of Town
7. Ramones - Road To Ruin
8. Neil Young - Comes A Time
9. The Cars - The Cars
10. David Johansen - David Johansen
11. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
12. Brian Eno - Before And After Science
13. Ian Dury - New Boots And Panties!
14. Patti Smith Group - Easter
15. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
16. Dave Edmunds - Tracks On Wax 4
17. The Who - Who Are You
18. Television - Adventure
19. Willie Nelson - Stardust
20. Devo - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!

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Albums - 1979

1. Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
2. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
3. The Clash - The Clash
4. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
5. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
6. Van Morrison - Into The Music
7. The B-52s - The B-52s
8. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
9. Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
10. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
11. The Roches - The Roches
12. Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary
13. Nick Lowe - Labour Of Lust
14. Tom Verlaine - Tom Verlaine
15. Iggy Pop - New Values
16. Marianne Faithful - Broken English
17. Blondie - Eat To The Beat
18. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
19. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
20. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady

Singles - 1979

1. Ian Dury & The Blockheads -Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick/Reasons To Be Cheerful,Pt.3.

2. M - Pop Musik

3. Donna Summer - Hot Stuff

4. Sister Sledge - We Are Family/He's The Greatest Dancer

=. The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing/The Wait

6. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

=. The Knack - My Sharona

8. Blondie - Dreaming

9. The Brains - Money Changes Everything

=. The Flying Lizards - Money

=.The Specials - Gangsters

12. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough

==. The Pretenders - Kid

==. The Records - Starry Eyes

==. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime

16. Lester Bangs - Let It Blurt

==. Chic - Good Times

==. Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk

==. Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep

==. Peaches & Herb - Reunited

==. Donna Summer - Bad Girls

22. Gang Of Four - At Home He's A Tourist/It's Her Factory

==. Robin Lane & The Chartbusters - Why Do You Tell Lies/When Things Go Wrong

==. Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind

==. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

==. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

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Albums - 1980

1. The Clash - London Calling
2. Bruce Springsteen - The River
3. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
4. Pretenders - Pretenders
5. Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition
6. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc At The Radar Station
7. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Get Happy!!
8. Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
9. Prince - Dirty Mind
10. Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
11. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
12. Steely Dan - Gaucho
13. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
14. Peter Townshend - Empty Glass
15. Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure
16. X - Los Angeles
17. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
18. Dire Straits - Making Movies
19. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
20. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue

Singles - 1980

1. Kurtis Blow - The Breaks

2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

3. Blondie - Call Me

4. The Clash - Train In Vain/London Calling

=. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

6. Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')

7. John Lennon - Just Like Starting Over/Yoko Ono - Kiss Kiss Kiss

8. The Vapors - Turning Japanese

9. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

10. Diana Ross - Upside Down

==. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart

12. Devo - Whip It

13. Pretenders - Talk Of The Town/Cuban Slide

14. Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach

15. Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue

16. Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious

==. The Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy

18. Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps/Snakes Crawl/You Taste Like The Tropics

==. The Jam - Going Underground

==. Joy Division - Atmosphere/She's Lost Control

21. Paul Simon - Late In The Evening

==. Donna Summer - The Wanderer

23. Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died

==. Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

==. Pylon - Cool/Dub

==. Split Enz - I Got You

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Albums - 1981

1. The Clash - Sandanista!
2. X - Wild Gift
3. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Trust
4. The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
5. Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
6. Squeeze - East Side Story
7. Tom Verlaine - Dreamtime
8. Prince - Controversy
9. Rick James - Street Songs
10. Go-Gos - Beauty & The Beat
11. Human Switchboard - Who's Landing In My Hangar
12. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places
13. David Byrne - Songs From The Broadway Production Of "The Catherine Wheel"
14. Black Uhuru - Red
15. Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
16. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Reactor
17. Romeo Void - It's A Condition
18. U2 - Boy
19. Neville Brothers - Fiyo On The Bayou
20. Was (Not Was) - Was (Not Was)

Singles 1981

1. Laurie Anderson - O Superman/Walk The Dog

=. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

3. Grandmaster Flash - The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel

4. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

=. Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice

6. Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love

7. Pete Shelley - Homosapien

=. Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?

9. Funky Four Plus One - That's The Joint

10. Prince - Controversy

11. Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper

12. Taana Gardner - Heartbeat

==. Billy Idol With Generation X - Dancing With Myself

==. Teena Marie - Square Biz

==. Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus

16. Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed

17. Smokey Robinson - Being With You

18. Rick James - Super Freak

19. Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache

20. New Order - Ceremony

21. Bob Dylan - The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

22. The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand

==. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

24. Squeeze - Tempted

25. Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty

==. Deniece Williams - Silly

EPs - 1981

1. The Specials - Ghost Town/Why?/Friday Night, Saturday Morning

2. Romeo Void - Never Say Never

3. ESG - ESG

=. Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls & Marches

=. Pretenders - Extended Play

6. DNA - A Taste Of DNA

7. Lene Lovich - New Toy

=. The Lyres - AHS 1005

=. Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns - Party Safari

10. Peter Dayton - Love At First Sight

==. The Individuals - Aquamarine EP

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Albums - 1982

1. Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
2. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
3. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
4. King Sunny Adé & His African Beats - Juju Music
5. Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
6. Prince - 1999
7. The English Beat - Special Beat Service
8. Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love
9. Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw
10. X - Under The Big Black Sun
11. Roxy Music - Avalon
12. Flipper - Album/Generic Flipper
13. Ornette Coleman - Of Human Feelings
14. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
15. Michael Jackson - Thriller
16. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
17. Joe Jackson - Night & Day
18. The Clash - Combat Rock
19. ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
20. Gang Of Four - Songs Of The Free

Singles - 1982

1. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

2. Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing

3. The Clash - Rock The Casbah

4. Prince - 1999/How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore?

5. Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?

6. Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

7. Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang/My City Was Gone

8. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock

9. ABC - The Look Of Love

=. Aretha Franklin - Jump To It

=. The Human League - Don't You Want Me

12. New Order - Temptation

13. Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In A Uniform/Producer

14. Junior - Mama Used To Say

15. Toni Basil - Mickey

16. Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey

==. The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me

18. The English Beat - Save It For Later/Jeannette

==. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

20. Yaz - Situation/Don't Go

21. The Fearless Four - Rockin' It

22. Flipper - Sex Bomb/Brainwash

23. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me

==. Go-Gos - Vacation

==. The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

==. Stevie Wonder - That Girl/Do I Do

EPs - 1982

1. T-Bone Burnett - Trap Door

2. REM - Chronic Town

3. The Dream Syndicate - The Dream Syndicate

4. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets

=. The Neats - The Monkey's Head In The Corner Of The Room

6. The Jam - The Gift

7. The Brains - Dancing Under Streetlights

8. The Waitresses - I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get The Parts

9. ESG - ESG Says Dance To The Beat Of The Moody

10. Gang Of Four - Another Day/Another Dollar

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Albums - 1983

1. Michael Jackson - Thriller
2. REM - Murmur
3. Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
4. X - More Fun In The New World
5. The Police - Synchronicity
6. U2 - War
7. Lou Reed - Legendary Hearts
8. Johnathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Jonathan Sings!
9. Richard Thompson - Hand Of Kindness
10. Bob Dylan - Infidels
11. Elvis Costello - Punch The Clock
12. Culture Club - Colour By Numbers
13. Randy Newman - Trouble In Paradise
14. George Clinton - Computer Games
15. Big Country - The Crossing
16. Jerry Lee Lewis - The Sun Sessions
17. Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain
18. T-Bone Burnett - Proof Through The Night
19. David Bowie - Let's Dance
20. James Blood Ulmer - Odyssey

Singles - 1983

1. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

2. The Police - Every Breath You Take

3. The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

4. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Looking For The Perfect Beat

=. Prince - Little Red Corvette

6. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

7. Michael Jackson - Beat It

8. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

9. Run-D.M.C. - It's Like That/Sucker MCs

10. Talking Heads - Burning Down The House

11. Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book

12. Big Country - In A Big Country

13. George Clinton - Atomic Dog

14. David Bowie - Let's Dance

==. Lionel Richie - All Night Long

==. Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money

17. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

==. Herbie Hancock - Rockit

19. Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

20. Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind

==. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

==. S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good To Me

23. Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

24. David Bowie - Modern Love

==. Lyres - I Want To Help You Ann/I Really Want You Right Now

EPs - 1983

1. Los Lobos - ...And A Time To Dance
2. Let's Active - Afoot
3. Jason & The Nashville Scorchers - Fervor
4. The Bangos - Numbers With Wings
5. The Bluebells - The Bluebells
6. The Alarm - The Alarm
7. Minutemen - Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat
8. Minor Threat - Out Of Step
9. Bangles - Bangles
10. DFX2 - Emotion

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Albums - 1984

1. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
2. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
3. Los Lobos - How Will The Wolf Survive?
4. The Replacements - Let It Be
5. Tina Turner - Private Dancer
6. REM - Reckoning
7. The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl
8. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
9. Lou Reed - New Sensations
10. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
11. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
12. Bangles - All Over The Place
13. Ramones - Too Tough To Die
14. Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
15. The DB's - Like This
16. Womack & Womack - Love Wars
17. Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak
18. Rubén Blades y Sens del Solar - Buscando America
19. Laurie Anderson - United States Live
20. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II

Singles - 1984

1.Prince - When Doves Cry/17 Days

2.Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark/Pink Cadillac

3.Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It

4.Hüsker Dü - Eight Miles High

5.Van Halen - Jump

6.Prince - Let's Go Crazy/Erotic City

7. Afrika Bambaataa & The Godfather Of Soul James Brown - Unity

7. Run-D.M.C. - Rock Box

9.Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

10. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

10. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time

12.U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

13.John Fogerty - The Old Man Down The Road/Big Train (From Memphis)

14.The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road/2000 Miles

15.Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA/Shut Out The Light

16.Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life

17. The Replacements - I Will Dare

17. The Special AKA - Free Nelson Mandela

19. The Bangles - Going To Liverpool

19. REM - South Central Rain

21. Time Zone - World Destruction

21. Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy

23.Malcolm McClaren - Madam Butterfly

24.Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me

25. Newcleus - Jam On It

25. John Waite - Missing You

EPs - 1984

1.Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone

2.Jason & The Nashville Scorchers - Fervor

3.Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - The Legendary A&M Sessions

4.Love Tractor - Til The Cows Come Home

5.Art Of Noise - Into Battle With The Art Of Noise

6.The Judds - The Judds

7.The LeRoix Brothers - Forget About The Danger...Think Of The Fun

8.The Waterboys - The Waterboys

9. Julie Brown - Goddess In Progress

9. Charlie Pickett & The Eggs - Cowboy Junkie Au-Go-Go

9. Salem 66 - Salem 66

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Albums - 1985

1. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
2. The Replacements - Tim
3. John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
4. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
5. Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
6. Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig
7. R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction
8. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
9. Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?
10. John Fogerty - Centerfield
11. Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club
12. The Velvet Underground - VU
13. Richard Thompson - Across A Crowded Room
14. Sade - Diamond Life
15. Go Go Crankin'
16. Bob Dylan - Biograph
17. Lost In The Stars: The Music Of Kurt Weill
18. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
19. The Blasters - Hard Line
20. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

Singles - 1985

1.Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City

2.Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love

3.John Fogerty - The Old Man Down The Road/Big Train (From Memphis)

4.Hüsker Dü - Makes No Sense At All/Love Is All Around

5.Ramones - Bonzo Goes To Bitburg

6.Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer/A Month Of Sundays

7.Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You?

8.Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force - I Wonder If I Take You Home

9.Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - The Show/La-Di-Da-Di

10.Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

11.Madonna - Into The Groove

12.Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

13. John Fogerty - Rock & Roll Girls/Centerfield

13. Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine

13. Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away

16.Talking Heads - And She Was

17. Rockin' Sidney - My Toot Toot

17. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?

17. USA For Africa - We Are The World

20. Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret

20. R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here

24.Run-D.M.C. - King Of Rock

23. The Commodores - Nightshift

23. John Cougar Mellencamp - Small Town

25. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More

25. Sade - Smooth Operator

25. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

EPs - 1985

1.Alex Chilton - Feudalist Tarts

2.Minutemen - Project: Mersh

3.Fishbone - Fishbone

4.UB40 - Little Baggariddim

5.U2 - Wide Awake In America

6.Big Black - Racer-X

7.Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, etc., etc.

8.Butthole Surfers - Cream Corn From The Sockets Of Davis

9.Lifeboat - Lifeboat

10. Roky Erickson - Clear Night For Love

10. Full Time Men - Full Time Men

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Albums - 1986

1. Paul Simon - Graceland
2. Elvis Costello - King Of America
3. The Robert Cray Band - Strong Persuader
4. Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band - Live 1975/85
5. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
6. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
7. Peter Gabriel - So
8. R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
9. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood And Chocolate
10. The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto
11. Janet Jackson - Control
12. Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey
13. Steve Earle - Guitar Town
14. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
15. Mekons - The Edge Of The World
16. Peter Case - Peter Case
17. Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
18. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
19. Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman - Song X
20. The Feelies - The Good Earth

Singles - 1986

1.Run-D.M.C. - Walk This Way

2.Cameo - Word Up

3.Prince & The Revolution - Kiss/Love Or Money

4.Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

5. Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears

5. R.E.M. - Fall On Me

5. Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Steve Winwood - Higher Love

9. Public Image Ltd. - Rise

9. Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life

11.Janet Jackson - Nasty

12. Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (To Party)

12. The Smithereens - Blood And Roses/Behind The Wall Of Sleep

15.Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong

16. Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian

16. Ciccone Youth - Into The Groovey/Burnin' Up/Tuff Tidy Rap

16. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

16. Timex Social Club - Rumours/Vicious Rumours

20. James Brown - Living In America

20. Madonna - Papa Don't Preach

22. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

23. Bangles - Manic Monday

23. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is

23. Rolling Stones - One Hit (To The Body)

EPs - 1986

1.Alex Chilton - No Sex/Under Class/Wild Kingdom

2.The Pogues - Poguetry In Motion

3.Meat Puppets - Out Our Way

4.Scruffy The Cat - High Octane Revived

5.Uzi - Sleep Asylum

6. Balancing Act - New Campfire Songs

6. Julian Cope - Julian Cope

6. Green On Red - No Free Lunch

9.Das Damen - Das Damen

10Tommy Keene - Run Now

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Albums - 1987

1. Prince - Sign O' The Times
2. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
3. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
4. U2 - The Joshua Tree
5. John Hiatt - Bring The Family
6. Los Lobos - By The Light Of The Moon
7. John Cougar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
8. R.E.M. - Document
9. XTC - Skylarking
10. Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs & Stories
11. Ornette Coleman - In All Languages
12. Sonic Youth - Sister
13. Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
14. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
15. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
16. Marianne Faithful - Strange Weather
17. Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline
18. Stevie Wonder - Characters
19. Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay
20. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands

Singles - 1987

1.Prince - Sign O' The Times

2.Suzanne Vega - Luka

3.Los Lobos - La Bamba

4.Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man/Hot Thing

5.M/A/A/R/S - Pump Up The Volume

6. Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey

6. Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise/Lucky Man

6. R.E.M. - The One I Love

9.Prince - U Got The Look/Housequake

10. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love

10. X - Fourth Of July/Positively Fourth Street

12. R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

12. Stevie Wonder - Skeletons

14.Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul

15. La Vert - Casanova

15. U2 - With Or Without You

17.Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter

18. Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

18. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

20. George Michael - I Want Your Sex

20. The Replacements - Alex Chilton

22. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

23. Fleetwood Mac - Big Love/You And I

23. Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel

23. George Michael - Faith

23. Alexander O'Neal - Fake

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Albums - 1988

1. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
4. Midnight Oil - Diesel & Dust
5. Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked
6. Was (Not Was) - What Up, Dog?
7. Pere Ubu - The Tenement Year
8. Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap
9. Travelling Wilburys - Volume One
10. Randy Newman - Land Of Dreams
11. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
12. Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson
13. Ornette Coleman & Prime Time - Virgin Beauty
14. Richard Thompson - Amnesia
15. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
16. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
17. Prince - Lovesexy
18. John Hiatt - Slow Turning
19. Womack & Womack - Conscience
20. Prince - The Black Album

Singles - 1988

1.Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

2.Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock - It Takes Two

3.Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child Of Mine

4.Prince - Alphabet St.

5.Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning/The Dead Heart

6. Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype/Prophets Of Rage

6. Travelling Wilburys - Handle With Care

8.Bobby Brown - My Prerogative

9. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader

9. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Parents Just Don't Understand

9. The Primitives - Crash

12.Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well

13.Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle/Mr. Brownstone

14.E.U. - Da Butt

15.The Sugarcubes - Birthday

16. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full

16. Michelle Shocked - Anchorage

18.Salt-N-Pepa - Push It/Tramp

19.Ofra Haza - Im Nin'alu/Galbi

20. Ice-T - Colors

20. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

20. Salt-N-Pepa - Shake Your Thang

23.Patti Smith - People Have The Power

24.Keith Sweat - I Want Her

25.Tone-Loc - Wild Thing

EPs - 1988

1.Bruce Springsteen - Chimes Of Freedom

2.Pussy Galore - Sugarshit Sharp

3.Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff

4. Billy Bragg - Help Save The Youth Of America: Live & Dubious

4. Live Skull - Snuffer

6. Poi Dog Pondering - Poi Dog Pondering

7. Bullet La Volta - Bullet La Volta

7. Divine Horsemen - Handful Of Sand

7. Grant Hart - 2541

7. Mission Of Burma - Mission Of Burma

7. Soundgarden - Screaming Life

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Albums - 1989

1. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
2. Neil Young - Freedom
3. Lou Reed - New York
4. The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
5. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
6. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
7. Elvis Costello - Spike
8. The Mekons - The Mekons Rock 'N Roll
9. Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin'
10. Pixies - Doolittle
11. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
12. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
13. Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked
14. Bob Mould - Workbook
15. Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
16. The Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul
17. Pere Ubu - Cloudland
18. Madonna - Like A Prayer
19. Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
20. Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip-Hop

Singles - 1989

1.Public Enemy - Fight The Power

2.Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

3.Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin'

4.Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy

5.Tone-Loc - Wild Thing

6.Young M.C. - Bust A Move

7.Madonna - Like A Prayer

8.The B-52s - Love Shack

9.Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

10.Rolling Stones - Mixed Emotions

11. Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun

11. Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World

13.XTC - The Mayor Of Simpleton

14. Prince - Batdance

14. Tone-Loc - Funky Cold Medina

16.Elvis Costello - Veronica

17.Soul II Soul - Back To Life

18. Digital Underground - Doowutchyalike

18. The Replacements - I'll Be You

20. De La Soul - Me Myself And I

20. Living Colour - Cult Of Personality

20. The Stop The Violence Movement - Self-Destruction

23.Paula Abdul - Straight Up

24. Inner City - Good Life

24. Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven

EPs - 1989

1. Lucinda Williams - Passionate Kisses
2. Fugazi - Margin Walker
3. Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven
4. Lush - Scar
5. John Wesley Harding - God Made Me Do It-The Christmas EP