1. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A. - 142
2. Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain - 49
3. Los Lobos, How Will the Wolf Survive? - 772
4. The Replacements, Let It Be - 207
5. Tina Turner, Private Dancer - 615
6. R.E.M., Reckoning - 560
7. The Pretenders, Learning to Crawl - 970
8. Husker Du, Zen Arcade - 201
9. Lou Reed, New Sensations - 2075
10. Run-D.M.C. - 611
11. Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual - 838
12. The Bangles, All Over the Place - 2575
13. The Ramones, Too Tough to Die - ---
14. The Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime - 258
15. dBs, Like This - ---
16. Womack and Womack, Love Wars - 1140
17. Laurie Anderson, Mister Heartbreak - 2634
18. Ruben Blades y Seis de Solar, Buscando America - 888
19. Laurie Anderson, United States Live - ---
20. Meat Puppets II - 991
21. The Neville Brothers, Neville-ization - ---
22. The Smiths - 173
23. Let’s Active, Cypress - ---
24. Tom Verlaine, Cover - ---
25. Van Halen, 1984 - 795
26. The Del-Lords, Frontier Days - ---
27. Linton Kwesi Johnson, Making History - ---
28. George Clinton, You Shouldn’t-Nuf Bit, Fish - ---
29. U2, The Unforgettable Fire - 417
30. King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, Aura - ---
31. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense - 568
32. ZZ Top, Eliminator - 742
33. Peter Wolf, Lights Out - ---
34. The Gospel at Colonus - ---
35. The Lyres, On Fyre - ---
36. The Everly Brothers, EB 84 - ---
37. P-Funk All-Stars, Urban Dancefloor Guerrillas - ---
38. The Del Fuegos, The Longest Day - ---
39. The Special A.K.A., In the Studio - 1653
40. Rickie Lee Jones, The Magazine - ---
Highest-ranking album not on poll:
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Rattlesnakes - 446
