Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1980s

By popular demand, I'd like to put forth my own personal list of the top twenty albums of the eighties.

THE LIST

20. The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)

19. U2 - Boy (1980)

18. The Cure - Staring at The Sea - The Singles (1986)

17. Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989)

16. Echo and the Bunnymen - Porcupine (1983)

15. Joy Divison - Closer (1980)

14. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983)

13. Love Tractor - Themes From Venus (1989)

12. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)

11. U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987)

10. Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)

9. R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)

8. The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)

7. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)

6. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (1987)

5. Pixies - Doolittle (1989)

4. Stewart Copeland - The Rhythmatist (1985)

3. The Gun Club - Fire of Love (1981)

2. The Police - Ghost in The Machine (1983)

1. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)