Village Voice - the 80s
| 1 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the USA | 1984 |
| 2 | Prince | Purple rain | 1984 |
| 3 | Clash | London calling | 1979 |
| 4 | Prince | Sign o the times | 1987 |
| 5 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | 1982 |
| 6 | Elvis Costello | Imperial bedroom | 1982 |
| 7 | Bruce Springsteen | The river | 1980 |
| 8 | Paul Simon | Graceland | 1986 |
| 9 | Public enemy | It takes a nation of millions to hold us back | 1988 |
| 10 | R.E.M. | Murmur | 1983 |
| 11 | Los Lobos | How will the wolf survive? | 1984 |
| 12 | Talking heads | Little creatures | 1985 |
| 13 | Richard & Linda Thompson | Shoot out the lights | 1982 |
| 14 | Clash | Sandinista! | 1980 |
| 15 | Talking heads | Remain in light | 1980 |
| 16 | De la soul | 3 feet high and rising | 1989 |
| 17 | Bruce Springsteen | Tunnel of love | 1987 |
| 18 | Bruce Springsteen | Nebraska | 1982 |
| 19 | X | Wild gift | 1981 |
| 20 | Elvis Costello | Trust | 1981 |
| 21 | Replacements | Let it be | 1984 |
| 22 | Replacements | Pleased to meet you | 1987 |
| 23 | Replacements | Tim | 1985 |
| 24 | Talking heads | Speaking in tongues | 1983 |
| 25 | Pretenders | Pretenders | 1980 |
| 26 | X | More fun in the new world | 1983 |
| 27 | King Sunny Adé | Juju music | 1982 |
| 28 | Sonic youth | Daydream nation | 1988 |
| 29 | Tina Turner | Private dancer | 1984 |
| 30 | R.E.M. | Reckoning | 1984 |
| 31 | Rolling stones | Tattoo you | 1981 |
| 32 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | 1988 |
| 33 | Elvis Costello | King of America | 1986 |
| 34 | Lou Reed | The blue mask | 1982 |
| 35 | Public Image Ltd | Second edition | 1980 |
| 36 | Neil Young | Freedom | 1989 |
| 37 | U2 | The Joshua tree | 1987 |
| 38 | John Hiatt | Bring the family | 1987 |
| 39 | Prince | 1999 | 1982 |
| 40 | Lou Reed | New York | 1989 |
| 41 | Captain Beefheart and the Magic band | Doc at the radar station | 1980 |
| 42 | Pretenders | Learning to crawl | 1984 |
| 43 | Elvis Costello | Get happy! | 1980 |
| 44 | Hüsker dü | Zen arcade | 1984 |
| 45 | John Cougar Mellencamp | Scarecrow | 1985 |
| 46 | Beat | Special Beat service | 1982 |
| 47 | Tom Waits | Rain dogs | 1985 |
| 48 | Robert Cray band | Strong persuader | 1986 |
| 49 | Marvin Gaye | Midnight love | 1982 |
| 50 | Lou Reed | New sensations | 1984 |
| 51 | Neville brothers | Yellow moon | 1989 |
| 52 | Sun city | Artists united against Apartheid | 1985 |
| 53 | Neneh Cherry | Raw like sushi | 1989 |
| 54 | N.W.A. | Straight outta Compton | 1988 |
| 55 | Rickie Lee Jones | Pirates | 1981 |
| 56 | Bruce Springsteen | Live 1975/1985 | 1986 |
| 57 | Run DMC | Raising hell | 1986 |
| 58 | Police | Synchronicity | 1983 |
| 59 | Hüsker dü | Flip your wing | 1985 |
| 60 | R.E.M. | Fables of the reconstruction/Reconstruction of the fables | 1985 |
| 61 | Beastie boys | Licensed to ill | 1986 |
| 62 | Run DMC | Run DMC | 1984 |
| 63 | Cyndi Lauper | She's so unusual | 1983 |
| 64 | Los Lobos | By the light of the moon | 1987 |
| 65 | Squeeze | East side story | 1981 |
| 66 | Tom Verlaine | Dreamtime | 1981 |
| 67 | John Cougar Mellencamp | The lonesome jubilee | 1987 |
| 68 | Elvis Costello | Spike | 1989 |
| 69 | Marshall Crenshaw | Marshall Crenshaw | 1982 |
| 70 | X | Under the big black sun | 1982 |
| 71 | Stevie Wonder | Hotter than july | 1980 |
| 72 | Mekons | The Mekons rock 'n' roll | 1989 |
| 73 | Peter Gabriel | So | 1986 |
| 74 | Hüsker dü | New day rising | 1985 |
| 75 | Bangles | All over the place | 1984 |
| 76 | Prince | Dirty mind | 1980 |
| 77 | R.E.M. | Document | 1987 |
| 78 | R.E.M. | Life's rich pageant | 1986 |
| 79 | Soul II Soul | Club classics, vol. 1 | 1989 |
| 80 | U2 | War | 1983 |
| 81 | Elvis Costello | Blood & chocolate | 1986 |
| 82 | # | The indestructable beat of Soweto : vol. one | 1985 |
| 83 | Lou Reed | Legendary hearts | 1983 |
| 84 | XTC | Skylarking | 1986 |
| 85 | Aretha Franklin | Who's zooming who? | 1985 |
| 86 | Ramones | Too tough to die | 1984 |
| 87 | Roxy music | Avalon | 1982 |
| 88 | John Fogerty | Centerfield | 1985 |
| 89 | Prince | Controversy | 1981 |
| 90 | Sam Cooke | Live at the Harlem Square club, 1963 | 1985 |
| 91 | Pixies | Doolittle | 1989 |
| 92 | Janet Jackson | Control | 1986 |
| 93 | Hüsker dü | Candy apple grey | 1986 |
| 94 | Jonathan Richman and the Modern lovers | Jonathan sings! | 1983 |
| 95 | Gang of four | Entertainment! | 1979 |
| 96 | Velvet underground | VU | 1985 |
| 97 | Hüsker dü | Warehouse : songs and stories | 1987 |
| 98 | Rick James | Street songs | 1981 |
| 99 | Ornette Coleman | In all languages | 1987 |
| 100 | Minutemen | Double nickels on the dime | 1984 |
| 82 | # | The indestructable beat of Soweto : vol. one | 1985 |
| 27 | King Sunny Adé | Juju music | 1982 |
| 75 | Bangles | All over the place | 1984 |
| 61 | Beastie boys | Licensed to ill | 1986 |
| 46 | Beat | Special Beat service | 1982 |
| 41 | Captain Beefheart and the Magic band | Doc at the radar station | 1980 |
| 32 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | 1988 |
| 53 | Neneh Cherry | Raw like sushi | 1989 |
| 3 | Clash | London calling | 1979 |
| 14 | Clash | Sandinista! | 1980 |
| 99 | Ornette Coleman | In all languages | 1987 |
| 90 | Sam Cooke | Live at the Harlem Square club, 1963 | 1985 |
| 81 | Elvis Costello | Blood & chocolate | 1986 |
| 43 | Elvis Costello | Get happy! | 1980 |
| 6 | Elvis Costello | Imperial bedroom | 1982 |
| 33 | Elvis Costello | King of America | 1986 |
| 68 | Elvis Costello | Spike | 1989 |
| 20 | Elvis Costello | Trust | 1981 |
| 48 | Robert Cray band | Strong persuader | 1986 |
| 69 | Marshall Crenshaw | Marshall Crenshaw | 1982 |
| 16 | De la soul | 3 feet high and rising | 1989 |
| 88 | John Fogerty | Centerfield | 1985 |
| 85 | Aretha Franklin | Who's zooming who? | 1985 |
| 73 | Peter Gabriel | So | 1986 |
| 95 | Gang of four | Entertainment! | 1979 |
| 49 | Marvin Gaye | Midnight love | 1982 |
| 38 | John Hiatt | Bring the family | 1987 |
| 93 | Hüsker dü | Candy apple grey | 1986 |
| 59 | Hüsker dü | Flip your wing | 1985 |
| 74 | Hüsker dü | New day rising | 1985 |
| 97 | Hüsker dü | Warehouse : songs and stories | 1987 |
| 44 | Hüsker dü | Zen arcade | 1984 |
| 92 | Janet Jackson | Control | 1986 |
| 5 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | 1982 |
| 98 | Rick James | Street songs | 1981 |
| 55 | Rickie Lee Jones | Pirates | 1981 |
| 63 | Cyndi Lauper | She's so unusual | 1983 |
| 64 | Los Lobos | By the light of the moon | 1987 |
| 11 | Los Lobos | How will the wolf survive? | 1984 |
| 72 | Mekons | The Mekons rock 'n' roll | 1989 |
| 45 | John Cougar Mellencamp | Scarecrow | 1985 |
| 67 | John Cougar Mellencamp | The lonesome jubilee | 1987 |
| 100 | Minutemen | Double nickels on the dime | 1984 |
| 54 | N.W.A. | Straight outta Compton | 1988 |
| 51 | Neville brothers | Yellow moon | 1989 |
| 91 | Pixies | Doolittle | 1989 |
| 58 | Police | Synchronicity | 1983 |
| 42 | Pretenders | Learning to crawl | 1984 |
| 25 | Pretenders | Pretenders | 1980 |
| 39 | Prince | 1999 | 1982 |
| 89 | Prince | Controversy | 1981 |
| 76 | Prince | Dirty mind | 1980 |
| 2 | Prince | Purple rain | 1984 |
| 4 | Prince | Sign o the times | 1987 |
| 9 | Public enemy | It takes a nation of millions to hold us back | 1988 |
| 35 | Public Image Ltd | Second edition | 1980 |
| 77 | R.E.M. | Document | 1987 |
| 60 | R.E.M. | Fables of the reconstruction/Reconstruction of the fables | 1985 |
| 78 | R.E.M. | Life's rich pageant | 1986 |
| 10 | R.E.M. | Murmur | 1983 |
| 30 | R.E.M. | Reckoning | 1984 |
| 86 | Ramones | Too tough to die | 1984 |
| 83 | Lou Reed | Legendary hearts | 1983 |
| 50 | Lou Reed | New sensations | 1984 |
| 40 | Lou Reed | New York | 1989 |
| 34 | Lou Reed | The blue mask | 1982 |
| 21 | Replacements | Let it be | 1984 |
| 22 | Replacements | Pleased to meet you | 1987 |
| 23 | Replacements | Tim | 1985 |
| 94 | Jonathan Richman and the Modern lovers | Jonathan sings! | 1983 |
| 31 | Rolling stones | Tattoo you | 1981 |
| 87 | Roxy music | Avalon | 1982 |
| 57 | Run DMC | Raising hell | 1986 |
| 62 | Run DMC | Run DMC | 1984 |
| 8 | Paul Simon | Graceland | 1986 |
| 28 | Sonic youth | Daydream nation | 1988 |
| 79 | Soul II Soul | Club classics, vol. 1 | 1989 |
| 1 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the USA | 1984 |
| 56 | Bruce Springsteen | Live 1975/1985 | 1986 |
| 18 | Bruce Springsteen | Nebraska | 1982 |
| 7 | Bruce Springsteen | The river | 1980 |
| 17 | Bruce Springsteen | Tunnel of love | 1987 |
| 65 | Squeeze | East side story | 1981 |
| 52 | Sun city | Artists united against Apartheid | 1985 |
| 12 | Talking heads | Little creatures | 1985 |
| 15 | Talking heads | Remain in light | 1980 |
| 24 | Talking heads | Speaking in tongues | 1983 |
| 13 | Richard & Linda Thompson | Shoot out the lights | 1982 |
| 29 | Tina Turner | Private dancer | 1984 |
| 37 | U2 | The Joshua tree | 1987 |
| 80 | U2 | War | 1983 |
| 96 | Velvet underground | VU | 1985 |
| 66 | Tom Verlaine | Dreamtime | 1981 |
| 47 | Tom Waits | Rain dogs | 1985 |
| 71 | Stevie Wonder | Hotter than july | 1980 |
| 26 | X | More fun in the new world | 1983 |
| 70 | X | Under the big black sun | 1982 |
| 19 | X | Wild gift | 1981 |
| 84 | XTC | Skylarking | 1986 |
| 36 | Neil Young | Freedom | 1989 |
(zaterdag 13 januari 2018)