| 1983 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| The Police - Synchronicity | 23 |
| Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes | 17 |
| David Bowie - Let’s Dance | 15 |
| Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues | 11 |
| Metallica - Kill ‘em All | 10 |
| Tears For Fears – The Hurting | 9 |
| U2 - War | 7 |
| Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones | 6 |
| Men at Work - Cargo | 5 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood | 5 |
| ZZ Top - Eliminator | 5 |
| Billy Idol - Rebel Yell | 4 |
| Eurythmics - Touch | 4 |
| R.E.M. - Murmur | 4 |
| Billy Joel - An Innocent Man | 3 |
| Bob Dylan - Infidels | 3 |
| Cyndi Lauper- She’s So Unusual | 3 |
| Divinyls - Desperate | 3 |
| The Exploited - Let’s Start A War | 3 |
| Huey Lewis and the News - Sports | 3 |
| Models - The Pleasure Of Your Company | 3 |
| Van Halen - Diver Down | 3 |
| Big Country - The Crossing | 2 |
| The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge | 2 |
| Elizabeth Cotton - Live | 2 |
| Elton John - Too Low For Zero | 2 |
| Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind | 2 |
| Jerry’s Kids - Is This My World | 2 |
| Lionel Richie - Can’t Slow Down | 2 |
| Madonna - Madonna | 2 |
| Mark Knopfler - Local Hero | 2 |
| The The - Soul Mining | 2 |
| Australian Crawl - Phalanx | 1 |
| Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed Of Light | 1 |
| Brian Eno - Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks | 1 |
| The Kinks - State Of Confusion | 1 |
| Marillion -Script For A Jester’s Tears | 1 |
| Negative Approach - Tied Down | 1 |
| Spandau Ballet - True | 1 |
| Tim Finn- Escapade | 1 |
| The Wipers - Over The Edge | 1 |
| Yes - 90125 | 1 |
3 Likes
| 1984 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain | 15 |
| Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense | 15 |
| INXS - The Swing | 14 |
| Van Halen - 1984 | 14 |
| Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain | 12 |
| Metallica - Ride the Lightning | 12 |
| Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos | 11 |
| U2 – The Unforgettable Fire | 10 |
| Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA | 8 |
| Midnight Oil - Red Sails In The Sunset | 8 |
| The Cars - Heartbeat City | 6 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn’t Stand the Weather | 6 |
| The Smiths - The Smiths | 5 |
| Cold Chisel - Twentieth Century | 4 |
| Iron Maiden - Powerslave | 4 |
| Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes | 3 |
| The Ramones - Too Tough To Die | 3 |
| The Replacements - Let It Be | 3 |
| Rush - Grace Under Pressure | 3 |
| Style Council - Cafe Bleu | 3 |
| The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops | 2 |
| Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome | 2 |
| Huey Lewis and the News - Sports | 2 |
| Negative FX - Negative FX | 2 |
| Sade - Diamond Life | 2 |
| Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap | 2 |
| ■■■■ Sparrer - Running Riot In ‘84 | 1 |
| Cold Chisel - The Barking Spiders Live | 1 |
| Ghostbusters OST | 1 |
| Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl | 1 |
| Husker Du - Zen Arcade | 1 |
| Madonna - Like A Virgin | 1 |
| Nick Cave - From Here to Eternity | 1 |
| Queen - The Works | 1 |
| REM - Reckoning | 1 |
3 Likes
| 1985 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms | 18 |
| INXS - Listen Like Thieves | 13 |
| Talking Heads - Little Creatures | 12 |
| Tom Waits - Rain Dogs | 11 |
| Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Need Guitars | 10 |
| Kate Bush - Hounds of Love | 10 |
| The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash | 9 |
| Tear For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair | 8 |
| Iron Maiden - Live After Death | 7 |
| The Church - Heyday | 6 |
| The Cure – The Head On The Door | 6 |
| John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow | 6 |
| The Cult - Love | 4 |
| The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy | 4 |
| Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time | 4 |
| Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles | 4 |
| Jimmy Barnes - For the Working Class Man | 3 |
| The Misfits - Legacy Of Brutality | 3 |
| New Order - Low Life | 3 |
| Roger Daltrey - Under a Raging Moon | 3 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan - Soul to Soul | 3 |
| ZZ Top - Afterburner | 3 |
| Divinyls - What A Life | 2 |
| Exodus - Bonded By Blood | 2 |
| Megadeth - Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! | 2 |
| The Replacements - Tim | 2 |
| Rush - Power Windows | 2 |
| Ry Cooder - Alamo Bay | 2 |
| Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (Feb '85; the film was released in '84) | 2 |
| The Smiths - Meat Is Murder | 2 |
| The Style Council - Our Favourite Shop | 2 |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents | 2 |
| Corrosion Of Conformity - Animosity | 1 |
| Hasil Adkins - He Said | 1 |
| The Hooters - Nervous Night | 1 |
| Minor Threat - Salad Days | 1 |
| Paul Kelly - Post | 1 |
| Prince - Around the World In A Day | 1 |
| Robert Palmer - Riptide | 1 |
| Sade – Promise | 1 |
| Til Tuesday - Voices Carry | 1 |
| U2 - Wide Awake In America | 1 |
3 Likes
| 1986 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| Crowded House - Crowded House | 16 |
| Metallica - Master of Puppets | 16 |
| Peter Gabriel – So | 16 |
| Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls - Gossip | 12 |
| The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead | 12 |
| Van Halen - 5150 | 11 |
| Paul Simon - Graceland | 9 |
| John Farnham - Whispering Jack | 8 |
| Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys | 6 |
| Hunters and Collections - Human Frailty | 6 |
| XTC - Skylarking | 6 |
| Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet | 5 |
| Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey | 5 |
| Hasil Adkins - Out To Hunch | 3 |
| Slayer - Reign in Blood | 3 |
| The Smithereens - Especially You | 3 |
| Spy V Spy - AO Mod TV Vers | 3 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live Alive | 3 |
| AC/DC - Who Made Who | 2 |
| Big Black - Atomizer | 2 |
| Eurythmics- Revenge | 2 |
| Megadeth - Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? | 2 |
| Nick Cave - Kicking Against the ■■■■■■ | 2 |
| R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant | 2 |
| Rolling Stones - Dirty Work | 2 |
| Stan Ridgway – The Big Heat | 2 |
| Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring | 2 |
| Ted Hawkins - Happy Hour | 2 |
| The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional | 2 |
| Bad Brains - I Against I | 1 |
| The Bangles - Different Light | 1 |
| Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry | 1 |
| Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile | 1 |
| Bruce Springsteen - Live/ 1975-85 | 1 |
| Cro-Mags - Age Of Quarrel | 1 |
| David Lee Roth - Eat ‘em and Smile, | 1 |
| Dragon - Dreams of Ordinary Men | 1 |
| Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! | 1 |
| Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time | 1 |
| Pet Shop Boys - Please | 1 |
| Queen - A Kind of Magic | 1 |
| Ry Cooder - Crossroads OST | 1 |
| Vince Jones – Tell Me A Secret | 1 |
| Ups & Downs - Sleepless EP | 1 |
3 Likes
| 1987 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| U2 -The Joshua Tree | 28 |
| Midnight Oil – Diesel and Dust | 20 |
| Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction | 18 |
| INXS - Kick | 13 |
| Def Leppard - Hysteria | 6 |
| The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me | 6 |
| R.E.M. - Document | 5 |
| Icehouse - Man of Colours | 4 |
| Napalm Death - Scum | 4 |
| Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush the Show | 4 |
| The Angels - Liveline | 3 |
| Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium | 3 |
| The Cult - Electric | 3 |
| The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me | 3 |
| Dead Kennedy’s - Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death | 3 |
| Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full | 3 |
| George Harrison - Cloud Nine | 3 |
| Hasil Adkins -The Wildman | 3 |
| Pet Shop Boys - Actually | 3 |
| The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come | 3 |
| Weddings Parties Anything - Scorn Of The Women | 3 |
| Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love | 2 |
| Descendents - All | 2 |
| Dukes Of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot | 2 |
| John Mellencamp- The Lonesome Jubilee | 2 |
| John Lee Hooker - Jealous | 2 |
| Michael Jackson - Bad | 2 |
| Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse In Reason | 2 |
| Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson | 2 |
| Roger Waters - Radio KAOS | 2 |
| Tom Waits - Frank’s Wild Years | 2 |
| Warzone - Don’t Forget The Struggle, Don’t Forget The Streets | 2 |
| World Party - Private Revolution | 2 |
| Anthrax - Among the Living | 1 |
| BoDeans - Outside Looking In | 1 |
| Chris Rea – Dancing With Strangers | 1 |
| Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses | 1 |
| The Fabulous Thunder Birds - Hot Number | 1 |
| Hunters and Collectors - What’s a Few Men | 1 |
| James Reyne - James Reyne | 1 |
| The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands | 1 |
| Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls | 1 |
| Noiseworks - Noiseworks | 1 |
| Pixies - Come On Pilgrim | 1 |
| Prince - Sign O’ The Times | 1 |
| Primal Scream - Sonic Flower Groove | 1 |
| Rush - Hold Your Fire | 1 |
| Steve Earle - Exit O | 1 |
3 Likes
| 1988- Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| Pixies - Surfer Rosa | 16 |
| Metallica - … And Justice For All | 13 |
| U2 – Rattle and Hum | 13 |
| R.E.M. - Green | 12 |
| Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | 10 |
| Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation | 10 |
| Crowded House - Temple of Low Men | 7 |
| NWA - Straight Outta Compton | 7 |
| Travelling Wilburys - Vol 1 | 7 |
| The Church -Starfish | 5 |
| Iron Maiden - 7th Son of a 7th Son | 5 |
| Living Colour - Vivid | 5 |
| TISM - Great Truckin’ Songs of the Renaissance | 5 |
| Van Halen - OU812 | 5 |
| Tracey Chapman - Tracey Chapman | 4 |
| Buffalo Tom - Buffalo Tom | 3 |
| Danzig - Danzig | 3 |
| Guns N Roses - G N’ R Lies | 3 |
| Happy Mondays - Bummed | 3 |
| Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking | 3 |
| Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff | 3 |
| My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything | 3 |
| Roxette - The Look | 3 |
| The Style Council - Confessions Of A Pop Group | 3 |
| The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues | 3 |
| Bad Religion -Suffer | 2 |
| The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane | 2 |
| Morrissey -Viva Hate | 2 |
| Ozzy Osborne - No Rest For The Wicked | 2 |
| Soundgarden - Ultramega OK | 2 |
| Stephen Cummings - Lovetown | 2 |
| Steve Earle - Copperhead Road | 2 |
| Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden | 2 |
| Talking Heads - Naked | 2 |
| Billy Bragg - Worker’s Playtime | 1 |
| The Choirboys - Big Bad Noise | 1 |
| Eazy E - Eazy Duz It | 1 |
| Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge | 1 |
| The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith | 1 |
| The Rockmelons- Tales of the City | 1 |
| Suicidal Tendencies- How Will I Laugh Tomorrow | 1 |
3 Likes
| 1989 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| The Cure - Disintegration | 24 |
| The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses | 13 |
| Pixies - Doolittle | 12 |
| Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique | 11 |
| Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever | 11 |
| Nirvana – Bleach | 8 |
| Del Amitri - Waking Hours | 6 |
| De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising | 5 |
| Faith No More - The Real Thing | 5 |
| The Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic | 5 |
| Lou Reed - New York | 5 |
| John Lee Hooker - The Healer | 4 |
| Madonna - Like a Prayer | 4 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother’s Milk | 4 |
| Bee Gees - One | 3 |
| Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness | 3 |
| Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & the Cooked | 3 |
| Galaxie 500 - On Fire | 3 |
| Ian Moss - Matchbook | 3 |
| Judge - Bringin It Down | 3 |
| Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge | 3 |
| Michael Bolton- Soul Provider | 3 |
| The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels | 3 |
| Rush - Presto | 3 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step | 3 |
| Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love | 3 |
| Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos | 2 |
| The Cult - Sonic Temple | 2 |
| Fugazi - 13 Songs | 2 |
| Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today | 2 |
| Hunters and Collectors - Ghost Nation | 2 |
| Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls | 2 |
| Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood | 2 |
| Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl | 2 |
| Snake Nation - Snake Nation | 2 |
| Underworld - Underneath The Radar | 2 |
| Weddings, Parties, Anything - The Big Don’t Argue | 2 |
| Aerosmith - Pump | 1 |
| B-52s - Cosmic Thing | 1 |
| Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness, | 1 |
| Operation Ivy - Energy | 1 |
| Public Image Ltd - 9 | 1 |
3 Likes
Top Albums from each year:
| Year | Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | AC/DC – Back In Black | 26 |
| 1981 | Midnight Oil - Place Without A Postcard | 14 |
| 1982 | Midnight Oil - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 | 35 |
| 1983 | The Police - Synchronicity | 23 |
| 1984 | Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain | 15* |
| Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense | 15* | |
| 1985 | Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms | 18 |
| 1986 | Crowded House - Crowded House | 16* |
| Metallica - Master of Puppets | 16* | |
| Peter Gabriel – So | 16* | |
| 1987 | U2 -The Joshua Tree | 28 |
| 1988 | Pixies - Surfer Rosa | 16 |
| 1989 | The Cure - Disintegration | 24 |
6 Likes
Full List
1980
AC/DC – Back In Black
Adam and the Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Australian Crawl - The Boys Light Up
B52s - Wild Planet
Billy Joel - Glass Houses
Blues Brothers Soundtrack
Bob Dylan - Saved
Bruce Springsteen - The River
The Clash - Sandinista
Cold Chisel - East
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Dead Kennedy’s - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Devo - Freedom Of Choice
Dire Straits - Making Movies
Flowers - Icehouse
The Jam - Sound Affects
John Lennon - Double Fantasy
Joy Division - Closer
Judas Priest - British Steel
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap
The Models - Alphabravocharliedeltafoxtrotgolf
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
Paul McCartney - McCartney II
Peter Gabriel - Self-titled 3 (aka Melt)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
Pretenders - Pretenders
REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
Rush - Permanent Waves
Split Enz - True Colours
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Tom Waits - Heart Attack and Vine
U2 - Boy
Ultravox - Vienna
Van Halen - Women And Children First
XTC - Black Sea
1981
AC/DC - For Those About to Rock
The Angels - Night Attack
Australian Crawl - Sirocco
Billy Field - Bad Habits
Billy Idol - Billy Idol
Black Flag - Damaged
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
Brian Eno + David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy
The Church - Of Skins And Heart
The Cure - Faith
Duran Duran - Duran Duran
Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
Foreigner - 4
Germs - What We Do Is Secret
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
The Gun Club - Fire of Love
Human League - Dare
Iron Maiden - Killers
Journey - Escape
The Kinks - Give The People What They Want
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Mark Gillespie – Sweet Nothing
Matt Finish - Short Note
Men At Work - Business As Usual
Midnight Oil - Place Without A Postcard
Models - Local and/or General
Motley Crüe - Too Fast For Love
Muddy Waters - King Bee
OMD - Architecture and Morality
Phil Collins - Face Value
The Police - Ghost in the Machine
Prince - Controversy
Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
Rick James - Street Songs
Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
Rush - Moving Pictures
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju
Spandau Ballet – Journeys To Glory
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
The Stray Cats - The Stray Cats
Sunnyboys - Sunnyboys
This Heat - Deceit
Toto - Turn Back
U2 - October
Ultravox – Rage In Eden
Van Halen - Fair Warning
The Wipers - Youth Of America
ZZ Top - El Loco
1982
ABC – The Lexicon Of Love
Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
The Birthday Party - Junkyard
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
The Church – The Blurred Crusade
Cold Chisel - Circus Animals
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Cure - P.ornography
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
Duran Duran- Rio
Goanna - Spirit of Place
Hunters & Collectors - Hunters & Collectors
Icehouse - Primitive Man
INXS - Shabooh Shoobah
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Joe Jackson - Night And Day
John Cougar - American Fool
John Harrison - Creepshow OST
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
KISS - Creatures of the Night
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
Led Zeppelin - Coda
ManoWar - Battle Hymns
MDC - Millions Of Dead Cops
Men Without Hats - Rhythm of Youth
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Midnight Oil - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Motels - All Four One
Paul McCartney - Tug of War
Prince - 1999
Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now
Roxy Music - Avalon
Rush - Signals
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 81-84
Split Enz – Time And Tide
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
Ted Hawkins - Watch Your Step
Tom Petty - Long After Dark
Toto - Toto IV
XTC - English Settlement
1983
Australian Crawl - Phalanx
Big Country - The Crossing
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
Bob Dylan - Infidels
Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed Of Light
Brian Eno - Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks
The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge
Cyndi Lauper- She’s So Unusual
David Bowie - Let’s Dance
Divinyls - Desperate
Elizabeth Cotton - Live
Elton John - Too Low For Zero
Eurythmics - Touch
The Exploited - Let’s Start A War
Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
Jerry’s Kids - Is This My World
The Kinks - State Of Confusion
Lionel Richie - Can’t Slow Down
Madonna - Madonna
Marillion - Script For A Jester’s Tears
Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
Men at Work - Cargo
Metallica - Kill ‘em All
Models - The Pleasure Of Your Company
Negative Approach - Tied Down
The Police - Synchronicity
R.E.M. - Murmur
Spandau Ballet - True
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
Tears For Fears – The Hurting
The The - Soul Mining
Tim Finn- Escapade
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
U2 - War
Van Halen - Diver Down
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
The Wipers - Over The Edge
Yes - 90125
ZZ Top - Eliminator
1984
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
The Cars - Heartbeat City
■■■■ Sparrer - Running Riot In ‘84
Cold Chisel - The Barking Spiders Live
Cold Chisel - Twentieth Century
Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Ghostbusters OST
Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl
Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
INXS - The Swing
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
Madonna - Like A Virgin
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Midnight Oil - Red Sails In The Sunset
Negative FX - Negative FX
Nick Cave - From Here to Eternity
Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain
Queen - The Works
The Ramones - Too Tough To Die
REM - Reckoning
The Replacements - Let It Be
Rush - Grace Under Pressure
Sade - Diamond Life
The Smiths - The Smiths
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn’t Stand the Weather
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Style Council - Cafe Bleu
U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
Van Halen - 1984
1985
The Church - Heyday
Corrosion Of Conformity - Animosity
The Cult - Love
The Cure – The Head On The Door
Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
Divinyls - What A Life
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Hasil Adkins - He Said
Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Need Guitars
The Hooters - Nervous Night
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
INXS - Listen Like Thieves
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Jimmy Barnes - For the Working Class Man
John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!
Minor Threat - Salad Days
The Misfits - Legacy Of Brutality
New Order - Low Life
Paul Kelly - Post
The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
Prince - Around the World In A Day
The Replacements - Tim
Robert Palmer - Riptide
Roger Daltrey - Under a Raging Moon
Rush - Power Windows
Ry Cooder - Alamo Bay
Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (Feb '85; the film was released in '84)
Sade – Promise
Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Soul to Soul
Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles
The Style Council - Our Favourite Shop
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Tear For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
U2 - Wide Awake In America
ZZ Top - Afterburner
1986
AC/DC - Who Made Who
Bad Brains - I Against I
The Bangles - Different Light
Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys
Big Black - Atomizer
Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Bruce Springsteen - Live/ 1975-85
Cro-Mags - Age Of Quarrel
Crowded House - Crowded House
David Lee Roth - Eat ‘em and Smile,
Dragon - Dreams of Ordinary Men
Eurythmics- Revenge
Hasil Adkins - Out To Hunch
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore!
Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey
Hunters and Collections - Human Frailty
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Jimmy Barnes - For the Working Class Man
John Farnham - Whispering Jack
Megadeth - Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Nick Cave - Kicking Against the ■■■■■■
Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls - Gossip
Paul Simon - Graceland
Pet Shop Boys - Please
Peter Gabriel – So
Queen - A Kind of Magic
R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
Rolling Stones - Dirty Work
Ry Cooder - Crossroads OST
Slayer - Reign in Blood
The Smithereens - Especially You
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Spy V Spy - AO Mod TV Vers
Stan Ridgway – The Big Heat
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live Alive
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
Ted Hawkins - Happy Hour
The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional
Vince Jones – Tell Me A Secret
Ups & Downs - Sleepless EP
Van Halen - 5150
XTC - Skylarking
1987
The Angels - Liveline
Anthrax - Among the Living
BoDeans - Outside Looking In
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
Chris Rea – Dancing With Strangers
The Cult - Electric
The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Dead Kennedy’s - Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
Descendents - All
Dukes Of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
The Fabulous Thunder Birds - Hot Number
George Harrison - Cloud Nine
Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Hasil Adkins -The Wildman
Hunters and Collectors - What’s a Few Men
Icehouse - Man of Colours
INXS - Kick
James Reyne - James Reyne
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
John Mellencamp- The Lonesome Jubilee
John Lee Hooker - Jealous
Michael Jackson - Bad
Midnight Oil – Diesel and Dust
Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
Napalm Death - Scum
Noiseworks - Noiseworks
Pet Shop Boys - Actually
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse In Reason
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
Prince - Sign O’ The Times
Primal Scream - Sonic Flower Groove
Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush the Show
R.E.M. - Document
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
Roger Waters - Radio KAOS
Rush - Hold Your Fire
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
Steve Earle - Exit O
Tom Waits - Frank’s Wild Years
U2 -The Joshua Tree
Warzone - Don’t Forget The Struggle, Don’t Forget The Streets
Weddings Parties Anything - Scorn Of The Women
World Party - Private Revolution
1988
Bad Religion -Suffer
Billy Bragg - Worker’s Playtime
Buffalo Tom - Buffalo Tom
The Choirboys - Big Bad Noise
The Church -Starfish
Crowded House - Temple of Low Men
Danzig - Danzig
Eazy E - Eazy Duz It
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
Guns N Roses - G N’ R Lies
Happy Mondays - Bummed
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
Living Colour - Vivid
Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge
Metallica - … And Justice For All
Morrissey -Viva Hate
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Ozzy Osborne - No Rest For The Wicked
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
R.E.M. - Green
The Rockmelons- Tales of the City
Roxette - The Look
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Soundgarden - Ultramega OK
Stephen Cummings - Lovetown
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
The Style Council - Confessions Of A Pop Group
Suicidal Tendencies- How Will I Laugh Tomorrow
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
Talking Heads - Naked
TISM - Great Truckin’ Songs of the Renaissance
Tracey Chapman - Tracey Chapman
Travelling Wilburys - Vol 1
U2 – Rattle and Hum
Van Halen - OU812
The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues
1989
Aerosmith - Pump
B-52s - Cosmic Thing
Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
Bee Gees - One
Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos
Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness
The Cult - Sonic Temple
The Cure - Disintegration
De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
Del Amitri - Waking Hours
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & the Cooked
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
Hunters and Collectors - Ghost Nation
Ian Moss - Matchbook
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic
John Lee Hooker - The Healer
Judge - Bringin It Down
Lou Reed - New York
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge
Michael Bolton- Soul Provider
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness,
Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood
Nirvana – Bleach
Operation Ivy - Energy
Pixies - Doolittle
Public Image Ltd - 9
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother’s Milk
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
Rush - Presto
Snake Nation - Snake Nation
Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
Underworld - Underneath The Radar
Weddings, Parties, Anything - The Big Don’t Argue
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