Lists of Bests: Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s

Send to Printer Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s Published in an issue of Rolling Stone in 1989 around the weekend that the Berlin Wall fell. Source: http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rstone.html#80’s
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	1.		London Calling by The Clash
	2.		Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain" by Prince & the Revolution
	3.		The Joshua Tree by U2
	4.		Remain in Light by Talking Heads
	5.		Graceland by Paul Simon
	6.	?	Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen
	7.		Thriller by Michael Jackson
	8.		Murmur by R.E.M.
	9.		Shoot Out the Lights by Richard & Linda Thompson
	10.		Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman
	11.		Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello & the Attractions
	12.		It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy
	13.		Diesel and Dust by Midnight Oil
	14.		So by Peter Gabriel
	15.		Let It Be by Replacements
	16.		1999 by Prince
	17.		Synchronicity by The Police
	18.		Dirty Mind by Prince
	19.		New York by Lou Reed
	20.		Pretenders by Pretenders
	21.		Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
	22.		The Smiths by The Smiths
	23.		Red by Black Uhuru
	24.		Los Angeles by X
	25.		Tunnel of Love by Bruce Springsteen
	26.		Back in Black by AC/DC
	27.		Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses
	28.		Control by Janet Jackson
	29.		Double Fantasy by John Lennon
	30.		How Will the Wolf Survive? by Los Lobos
	31.		Avalon by Roxy Music
	32.		Uh-Huh by John Mellencamp
	33.		Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü
	34.		Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
	35.		Kill 'Em All by Metallica
	36.		Rapture by Anita Baker
	37.		Midnight Love by Marvin Gaye
	38.		Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello
	39.		Eliminator by ZZ Top
	40.		War by U2
	41.		Document by R.E.M.
	42.		Strong Persuader by Robert Cray
	43.		Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
	44.		Oh Mercy by Bob Dylan
	45.		Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
	46.		Peter Gabriel 3: Melt by Peter Gabriel
	47.		Private Dancer by Tina Turner
	48.		Skylarking by XTC
	49.		Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies
	50.		Madonna by Madonna
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