1. Talking Heads, Little Creatures - 1019
2. The Replacements, Tim - 473
3. John Cougar Mellencamp, Scarecrow - 1370
4. Tom Waits, Rain Dogs - 124
5. Artists United Against Apartheid, Sun City - 2253
6. Husker Du, Flip Your Wig - 998
7. R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction - 1178
8. Husker Du, New Day Rising - 414
9. Aretha Franklin, Who’s Zooming Who? - ---
10. John Fogerty, Centerfield - 1696
11. Sam Cooke, Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 - 514
12. The Velvet Underground, VU - 939
13. Richard Thompson, Across a Crowded Room - ---
14. Sade, Diamond Life - 1416
15. Go Go Crankin’ - ---
16. Bob Dylan, Biograph - [ineligible]
17. Lost in the Stars: A Tribute to Kurt Weill - ---
18. Kate Bush, Hounds of Love - 224
19. The Blasters, Hard Line - 2279
20. Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms - 582
21. Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles - 1159
22. Jason and the Scorchers, Lost and Found - ---
23. Meat Puppets, Up on the Sun - 1197
24. Lone Justice - ---
25. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy - 81
26. The Mekons, Fear and Whiskey - 1283
27. Golden Palominos, Visions of Excess - ---
28. Prefab Sprout, Two Wheels Good - 257
29. Don Henley, Building the Perfect Beast - 2123
30. Luther Vandross, The Night I Fell in Love - 2067
31. Bryan Ferry, Boys and Girls - 2620
32. Run-D.M.C., King of Rock - 2772
33. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, Fegmania! - 2660
34. Ruben Blades y Seis de Solar, Escenas - ---
35. Marshall Crenshaw, Downtown - ---
36. Professor Longhair, Rock ‘n’ Roll Gumbo - ---
37. LL Cool J, Radio - 670
38. Marti Jones, Unsophisticated Time - ---
39. Suzanne Vega - 1318
40. The Minutemen, 3-Way Tie (for Last) - ---
Highest-ranking album not on poll:
The Fall, This Nation's Saving Grace - 438
