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    This document presents a readers poll of the top 100 albums of the 1980s as voted on by readers of Slicing Up Eyeballs website. The top album was The Cure's "Disintegration" from 1988, followed by albums from artists like The Smiths, Pixies, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, U2, New Order, R.E.M., The Police, and others through the 100th spot given to The B-52s album "Cosmic Thing" from 1980. The list covers a wide range of genres from post-punk to alternative rock to new wave.

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    This document presents a readers poll of the top 100 albums of the 1980s as voted on by readers of Slicing Up Eyeballs website. The top album was The Cure's "Disintegration" from 1988, followed by albums from artists like The Smiths, Pixies, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, U2, New Order, R.E.M., The Police, and others through the 100th spot given to The B-52s album "Cosmic Thing" from 1980. The list covers a wide range of genres from post-punk to alternative rock to new wave.

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    This document presents a readers poll of the top 100 albums of the 1980s as voted on by readers of Slicing Up Eyeballs website. The top album was The Cure's "Disintegration" from 1988, followed by albums from artists like The Smiths, Pixies, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, U2, New Order, R.E.M., The Police, and others through the 100th spot given to The B-52s album "Cosmic Thing" from 1980. The list covers a wide range of genres from post-punk to alternative rock to new wave.

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    This document presents a readers poll of the top 100 albums of the 1980s as voted on by readers of Slicing Up Eyeballs website. The top album was The Cure's "Disintegration" from 1988, followed by albums from artists like The Smiths, Pixies, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, U2, New Order, R.E.M., The Police, and others through the 100th spot given to The B-52s album "Cosmic Thing" from 1980. The list covers a wide range of genres from post-punk to alternative rock to new wave.

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    Slicing Up Eyeballs

    READERS POLL: TOP 100 ALBUMS OF THE 1980s


    1. The Cure, Disintegration

    2. The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

    3. Pixies, Doolittle

    4. Joy Division, Closer

    5. Depeche Mode, Music For the Masses

    6. The Cure, The Head on the Door

    7. The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

    8. U2, The Joshua Tree

    9. Depeche Mode, Black Celebration

    10. The Cure, Pornography

    11. New Order, Power, Corruption & Lies

    12. R.E.M., Murmur

    13. Pixies, Surfer Rosa

    14. The Smiths, Meat is Murder

    15. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses

    16. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy

    17. Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine

    18. Duran Duran, Rio

    19. The Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come

    20. Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes

    21. Echo & The Bunnymen, Ocean Rain

    22. Peter Gabriel, So

    23. The Smiths, The Smiths


    24. Morrissey, Viva Hate

    25. Jane’s Addiction, Nothing’s Shocking

    26. R.E.M., Lifes Rich Pageant

    27. New Order, Low-Life

    28. INXS, Kick

    29. The Replacements, Let It Be

    30. Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation

    31. U2, The Unforgettable Fire

    32. R.E.M., Document

    33. The Police, Synchronicity

    34. The Cure, Seventeen Seconds

    35. The Cure, Faith

    36. Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique

    37. The Cult, Love

    38. The Clash, Combat Rock (TIE)

    38. Talking Heads, Remain in Light (TIE)

    40. Kate Bush, Hounds of Love

    41. New Order, Technique

    42. Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction

    43. The Church, Starfish

    44. U2, War

    45. R.E.M., Green

    46. The Replacements, Tim

    47. Tears For Fears, Songs From the Big Chair

    48. The Replacements, Pleased To Meet Me

    49. R.E.M., Reckoning


    50. Roxy Music, Avalon

    51. Tears For Fears, The Hurting

    52. The Sisters of Mercy, Floodland

    53. David Bowie, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

    54. Pretenders, Pretenders

    55. Depeche Mode, Some Great Reward

    56. The Clash, Sandinista!

    57. Yazoo, Upstairs at Eric’s

    58. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Darklands

    59. David Bowie, Let’s Dance

    60. The Human League, Dare

    61. Sinead O’Connor, The Lion and the Cobra

    62. Peter Murphy, Deep

    63. Duran Duran, Duran Duran (TIE)

    63. R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction (TIE)

    65. Cocteau Twins, Treasure

    66. Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

    67. Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

    68. New Order, Brotherhood

    69. The Sisters of Mercy, First and Last and Always

    70. The Cure, The Top

    71. Bauhaus, In the Flat Field (TIE)

    71. New Order, Movement (TIE)

    71. XTC, Skylarking (TIE)

    74. My Bloody Valentine, Isn’t Anything (TIE)


    74. Prince, Sign O the Times (TIE)

    76. Simple Minds, New Gold Dream (81-€“82-€“83-€“84)

    77. Love and Rockets, Express

    78. Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade

    79. Siouxsie and the Banshees, Juju

    80. Echo & The Bunnymen, Echo & The Bunnymen

    81. Midnight Oil, Diesel and Dust

    82. Cocteau Twins, Blue Bell Knoll (TIE)

    82. The Cult, Electric (TIE)

    84. Kraftwerk, Computer World (TIE)

    84. Nirvana, Bleach (TIE)

    84. U2, Boy (TIE)

    87. Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

    88. Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime

    89. The The, Soul Mining

    90. The Pogues, Rum Sodomy & The Lash

    91. Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues

    92. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Rattlesnakes (TIE)

    92. X, Los Angeles (TIE)

    94. Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising

    95. Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow

    96. ABC, The Lexicon of Love

    97. INXS, Listen Like Thieves (TIE)

    97. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Automatic (TIE)

    99. Echo & The Bunnymen, Crocodiles

    100. The B-52s, Cosmic Thing

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