100 Greatest Albums of 1980

  1. Back In Black - AC/DC
  2. Remain In Light - Talking Heads
  3. Closer - Joy Division
  4. Ace Of Spades - Motörhead
  5. The River - Bruce Springsteen
  6. Dirty Mind - Prince
  7. Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon
  8. The Game - Queen
  9. Diana - Diana Ross
10. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
11. Blizzard Of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne
12. Searching For Young Soul Rebels - Dexy's Midnight Runners
13. Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police
14. Los Angeles - X
15. Peter Gabriel (III) - Peter Gabriel
16. Sandinista! - The Clash
17. Boy - U2
18. Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies
19. Double Fantasy - John Lennon and Yoko Ono
20. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie
21. Sound Affects - The Jam
22. The Wanderer - Donna Summer
23. Crimes Of Passion - Pat Benatar
24. Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
25. Voices - Daryl Hall & John Oates
26. Empty Glass - Pete Townshend
27. Triumph - The Jacksons
28. Against The Wind - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
29. The Gap Band III - The Gap Band
30. Give Me The Night - George Benson
31. Glass Houses - Billy Joel
32. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
33. I Just Can't Stop It - The (English) Beat
34. Zapp - Zapp
35. Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder
36. British Steel - Judas Priest
37. Autoamerican - Blondie
38. Permanent Waves - Rush
39. Gaucho - Steely Dan
40. Women And Children First - Van Halen
41. Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones
42. Love Stinks - J. Geils Band
43. Arc Of A Diver - Steve Winwood
44. Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow
45. Uprising - Bob Marley & The Wailers
46. Heaven And Hell - Black Sabbath
47. Argybargy - Squeeze
48. Hold Out - Jackson Browne
49. Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants
50. Departure - Journey

51. Duke - Genesis
52. The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond
53. Three For Love - Shalamar
54. Lightning To The Nations - Diamond Head
55. Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys
56. Vienna - Ultravox
57. Freedom Of Choice - Devo
58. Making Movies - Dire Straits
59. Wild Planet - The B-52s
60. Light Up The Night - Brothers Johnson
61. Songs The Lord Taught Us - The Cramps
62. End Of The Century - The Ramones
63. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
64. Kilimanjaro - The Teardrop Explodes
65. Seventeen Seconds - The Cure
66. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
67. One-Trick Pony - Paul Simon
68. Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants
69. In The Flat Field - Bauhaus
70. Celebrate! - Kool & The Gang
71. The Turn Of A Friendly Card - Alan Parsons Project
72. Signing Off - UB40
73. Seconds Of Pleasure - Rockpile
74. TP - Teddy Pendergrass
75. Black Sea - XTC
76. Crocodiles - Echo & The Bunnymen
77. Catholic Boy - Jim Carroll Band
78. Heartattack And Vine - Tom Waits
79. SOS - The SOS Band
80. Clues - Robert Palmer
81. Loverboy - Loverboy
82. True Colours - Split Enz
83. Super Trouper - ABBA
84. Never For Ever - Kate Bush
85. More Specials - The Specials
86. Faces - Earth Wind & Fire
87. The Romantics - The Romantics
88. Eagles Live - Eagles
89. Bass Culture - Linton Kwesi Johnson
90. Joy And Pain - Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
91. Is This Real? - The Wipers
92. The Blues Brothers: Music From The Soundtrack - The Blues Brothers
93. Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading
94. Heroes - The Commodores
95. Strong Arm Of The Law - Saxon
96. The Correct Use Of Soap - Magazine
97. Warm Thoughts - Smokey Robinson
98. Kaleidoscope - Siouxsie & The Banshees
99. One Step Closer - The Doobie Brothers
100. Visage - Visage