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Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s

The list is here

The following rule applies : no more than 2 albums by the same artist

80. X - Los Angeles
79. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
78. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
77. Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
76. Black Flag - Damaged
75. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
74. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
73. Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
72. The Blasters - Hard Line
71. Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
70. The Replacements – Pleased to Meet Me
69. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
68. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
67. Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
66. Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
65. Nirvana - Bleach
64. Guadalcanal Diary - 2x4
63. Bruce Cockburn - Humans
62. The Pretenders - The Pretenders
61. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
60. Camper Van Beethoven – Key Lime Pie
59. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
58. Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
57. Fugazi - 13 Songs
56. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
55. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
54. Steve Earle - Guitar Town
53. Los Lobos – By the Light of the Moon
52. Squeeze - East Side Story
51. John Hiatt - Bring the Family
50. Crowded House – Crowded House
49. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
48. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
47. Tears For Fears – Songs From the Big Chair
46. The Clash – Sandinista
45. The dB’s – Stands For Decibels
44. The Smiths – The Smiths
43. Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
42. Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw
41. Ornette Coleman – In All Languages
40. Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
39. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
38. U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
37. Van Halen – 1984
36. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
35. Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
34. Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising
33. XTC – Skylarking
32. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
31. Joy Division - Closer
30. R.E.M. – Murmur
29. Bruce Springsteen – The River
28. Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Sessions
27. Peter Gabriel – So
26. Prince – Sign o’ the Times
25. Elvis Costello – Trust
24. Richard & Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights
23. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction
22. The Police – Synchronicity
21. New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
20. AC/DC – Back in Black
19. The Pixies – Surfer Rosa
18. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
17. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
16. The Cure – Disintigration
15. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
14. The Replacements – Let It Be
13. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
12. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
11. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
10. Prince – Purple Rain
9. U2 – The Joshua Tree
8. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
7. Paul Simon – Graceland
6. R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant
5. The Clash – London Calling
4. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
3. Michael Jackson – Thriller
2. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
1. The Pixies – Doolittle

My top 3 of the decade (Paul's Boutique, Violent Femmes, Let it Be) is in the 11-20 section

Re: Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s

Males dominating the list like crazy- shocking.

Thanks for posting.