Pitchfork Top 100 Albums of the 1980s

Best albums list by Pitchforkmedia.com.

See also Pitchfork Top 100 Albums of the 1970s or Pitchfork Top 100 Albums of the 1990s

#1 Sonic Youth Daydream Nation 1988	#2 Talking Heads Remain in Light 1980	#3 Beastie Boys Paul`s Boutique 1989	#4 Pixies Doolittle 1989	#5 R.E.M. Murmur 1983
#6 The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 1986	#7 Pixies Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim 1987	#8 Tom Waits Rain Dogs 1985	#9 Public Enemy It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 1988	#10 Joy Division Closer 1980
#11 Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones 1983	#12 Prince Purple Rain 1984	#13 The Fall This Nation`s Saving Grace 1985	#14 Sonic Youth Sister 1994	#15 XTC Skylarking 1986
#16 Galaxie 500 On Fire 1989	#17 Minutemen Double Nickels On The Dime 1984	#18 De La Soul 3 Feet High And Rising (Bonus Cd) 2001	#19 Public Image Ltd. Second Edition 1980	#20 This Heat Deceit 1981
#21 Brian Eno My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts 1981	#22 My Bloody Valentine Isn`t Anything 1988	#23 The Jesus And Mary Chain Psychocandy 1985	#24 Gang Of Four Solid Gold & Another Day, Another Dollar 1995	#25 Black Flag Damaged 1981
#26 Elvis Costello Get Happy 1980	#27 Michael Jackson Thriller 1982	#28 New Order Power, Corruption & Lies 1983	#29 The Replacements Let It Be (expanded) 1984	#30 U2 The Joshua Tree 1987
#31 Sonic Youth EVOL 1986	#32 Husker Du Zen Arcade 1983	#33 The Fall Hex Enduction Hour 1982	#34 Talk Talk Spirit Of Eden 1988	#35 N.W.A Straight Outta Compton 2002
#36 Violent Femmes Violent Femmes 1983	#37 The Replacements Tim 1985	#38 The Cure Disintegration 1989	#39 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 1989	#40 Dinosaur Jr. You`re Living All Over Me 1987
#41 Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill 1986	#42 Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session 1988	#43 Run DMC Raising Hell 1986	#44 Kraftwerk Computer World 1981	#45 Prince Sign O The Times 1987
#46 XTC English Settlement 1982	#47 John Zorn Naked City 1989	#48 R.E.M. Document 1987	#49 Mission Of Burma Vs 1982	#50 Spacemen 3 The Perfect Prescription 1995
#51 Leonard Cohen I`m Your Man 1988	#52 Eric B. and Rakim Paid In Full 1987	Mission Of Burma Signals, Calls & Marches	#54 Big Black Songs About Fucking 1987	#55 The Police Synchronicity 1983
#56 King Crimson Discipline (Remaster) 1981	Pixies Come on Pilgrim	#58 Elvis Costello Imperial Bedroom (remastered, w bonus tracks) 1982	#59 Guns `n` Roses Appetite For Destruction 1987	#60 Bruce Springsteen Nebraska 1982
Nurse With Wound Homotopy To Marie	#62 R.E.M. Reckoning 1984	#63 Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth 1980	Television Personalities And Don't The Kids Just Love It	#65 The Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight, And How It Got There 2001
The Dukes Of Stratosphear Psonic Psunspot	#67 The Pogues Rum Sodomy And Lash 1985	#68 Talking Heads Stop Making Sense 1984	The Feelies Crazy Rhythms	#70 Elvis Costello Trust 1981
#71 The Replacements Pleased To Meet Me 1987	#72 Meat Puppets Up On The Sun 1985	#73 Coil Horse Rotorvator 1986	#74 The Mekons Fear And Whiskey 1985	#75 Boogie Down Productions Criminal Minded (Extra Tracks) 2001
#76 The dB`s Stands For Decibels/Repercussion 2002	#77 The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come 1987	#78 They Might Be Giants Lincoln 1989	#79 Manuel Gottsching E2-E4 1981	#80