1. Michael Jackson, Thriller - 33
2. R.E.M., Murmur - 57
3. Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues - 1215
4. X, More Fun in the New World - 2064
5. The Police, Synchronicity - 210
6. U2, War - 270
7. Lou Reed, Legendary Hearts - 2846
8. Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Jonathan Sings! - ---
9. Richard Thompson, Hand of Kindness - 2609
10. Bob Dylan, Infidels - 2662
11. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Punch the Clock - 1795
12. Culture Club, Colour by Numbers - 1211
13. Randy Newman, Trouble in Paradise - 2706
14. George Clinton, Computer Games - 2068
15. Big Country, The Crossing - 1802
16. Jerry Lee Lewis, The Sun Sessions - [ineligible]
17. Aztec Camera, High Land, Hard Rain - 773
18. T-Bone Burnett, Proof Through the Night - 2804
19. David Bowie, Let’s Dance - 1072
20. James Blood Ulmer, Odyssey - ---
21. The Rolling Stones, Undercover - ---
22. The Blasters, Non Fiction - ---
23. New Order, Power, Corruption and Lies - 448
24. Malcolm McLaren, Duck Rock - 2411
25. Prince, 1999 - 178
26. Violent Femmes - 290
27. Was (Not Was), Born to Laugh at Tornadoes - ---
28. Graham Parker, The Real Macaw - ---
29. Marshall Crenshaw, Field Day - ---
30. The Replacements, Hootenanny - ---
31. Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 1316
32. Tom Waits, Swordfishtrombones - 100
33. Eddy Grant, Killer on the Rampage - ---
34. Trio, Trio and Error - 2175
35. Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Doppelganger - ---
36. The Fleshtones, Hexbreaker - ---
37. Linda Ronstadt, What’s New - ---
38. King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, Synchro System - 2012
39. Nile Rodgers, Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove - ---
40. Paul Simon, Hearts and Bones - ---
Highest-ranking album not on poll:
Def Leppard, Pyromania - 646
