The Best Albums Of 1985

Top 50

1. Meat is murder - THE SMITHS
2. Psychocandy - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
3. This nation’s saving grace - THE FALL
4. Our favourite shop - THE STYLE COUNCIL
5. Gas, food, lodging / No free lunch - GREEN ON RED
6. New day rising / Flip your wig - HUSKER DU
7. Wild weed - JEFFREY LEE PIERCE
8. Charm world - YO
9. Valley of rain - GIANT SAND
10. The firstborn is dead - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
11. Frankenchrist - DEAD KENNEDYS
12. First and last and always - THE SISTERS OF MERCY
13. Lysergic emanations - THE FUZZTONES
14. Exploring the axis - THIN WHITE ROPE
15. Up on the sun - MEAT PUPPETS
16. Fables of the reconstruction - R.E.M.
17. Low life - NEW ORDER
18. The covenant, the sword and the arm of the lord - CABARET VOLTAIRE
19. Around the world in a day - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
20. State of our union - THE LONG RYDERS
21. Sundown on Venus - THE JET BLACK BERRIES
22. The head on the door - THE CURE
23. Colourbox - COLOURBOX
24. King of rock - RUN DMC
25. Bad moon rising - SONIC YOUTH
26. 3 way tie (for last) - MINUTEMEN
27. Stone cold world - THE DROOGS
28. The lost weekend - DANNY & DUSTY
29. 28th day - 28TH DAY
30. Wonder wonderful wonderland - PLASTICLAND
31. Keep your cool and read the rules - PLAN 9
32. Straight ahead - GREG SAGE
33. Antietam - ANTIETAM
34. Tim - THE REPLACEMENTS
35. Crashing dream - RAIN PARADE
36. Fegmania! - ROBYN HITCHCOCK AND THE EGYPTIANS
37. Ghosts of an ideal wife - LAUGHING CLOWNS
38. Stella - YELLO
39. The album - MANTRONIX
40. Language barrier - SLY AND ROBBIE
41. Once upon a time - SIMPLE MINDS
42. This is the sea - THE WATERBOYS
43. Little creatures - TALKING HEADS
44. Slave girl - LIME SPIDERS
45. Succumb - TO DAMASCUS
46. Love - THE CULT
47. A secret wish - PROPAGANDA
48. Love not money - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
49. Ain’t love grant - X
50. No rest for the wicked - NEW MODEL ARMY

Also recommended:

Dinosaur - DINOSAUR JR., Run better run - CHEEPSKATES, Electrical storm - ED KUEPPER, Τρύπες - ΤΡΥΠΕΣ, When in Rome do as the Vandals - THE VANDALS, Six sharp cuts - SPIKES, Night of a thousand candles - THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG, Beat Happening - BEAT HAPPENING, As the veneer of democracy starts to fade - MARK STEWART, Halber mensch - EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, Robespierre’s velvet basement - JACOBITES, Tales of the new west - THE BEAT FARMERS, Underwater - CRIPPLED PILGRIMS, Cinema verite - DRAMARAMA, The bright orange years - VOLCANO SUNS, Lite life - ANGST, Translate slowly - ZEITGEIST, There are eight million stories… - JUNE BRIDES, Rockin' and romance - JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS, Oil and gold - SHRIEKBACK, Radio - LL COOL J, Raindogs - TOM WAITS, Rum sodomy and the lush - THE POGUES, The clock comes down the stairs - MICRODISNEY, Not born beautiful - SHOCK HEADED PETERS, Nail - SCRAPING FOETUS OFF THE WHEEL, Talk about the weather - RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY, New beginnings - PINK INDUSTRY, Night time - KILLING JOKE, Loose nut - BLACK FLAG, The Lazy Cowgirls - THE LAZY COWGIRLS, Boston, Mass. - THE DEL FUEGOS, Lost & found - JASON & THE SCORCHERS, Wishing chair - 10000 MANIACS, Lone Justice - LONE JUSTICE, Prayer for the halcyon fear - TINY LIGHTS, Town + Country - THE RAVE-UPS, Pass the paintbrush, honey.. - BIFF BANG POW!, Sex and travel - THE JAZZ BUTCHER, Inside out - THE MIRACLE WORKERS, Stop! - THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS, Mars needs guitars! - HOODOO GURUS, Hallelujah all the way home - THE VERLAINES, You get what you deserve - SCIENTISTS, Greed - SWANS, Bringing home the bait - LIVE SKULL, Fear and whiskey - MEKONS, Gift of noise - MEMBRANES, Back in the D.H.S.S. - HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT, Pokkeherrie - THE EX, Rites of Spring - RITES OF SPRING, The difference is…- MOOD SIX, Energized - BLUE MURDER, Spleen and ideal - DEAD CAN DANCE, Ceremonial - SAVAGE REPUBLIC, 25 o’ clock - THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHERE, Old rottenhat - ROBERT WYATT, Hounds of love - KATE BUSH, Steve McQueen - PREFAB SPROUT, Centerfield - JOHN FOGERTY, Paris, Texas - RY COODER, Songs from the big chair - TEARS FOR FEARS, Virgins and Philistines - THE COLOURFIELD, Suzanne Vega - SUZANNE VEGA, Boys and girls - BRYAN FERRY, Easy pieces - LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS, Don't stand me down - DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS, Mad not mad - MADNESS, Cupid & psyche 85 - SCRITTI POLITTI, Working nights - WORKING WEEK, Pressure points - ANNE CLARK, Holy wars - TUXEDOMOON, Ignite the seven cannons - FELT, Perhaps - ASSOCIATES, Groovy decoy - ROBYN HITCHCOCK, What does anything mean? Basically - THE CHAMELEONS, Asylum - THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, Raging souls - MINIMAL COMPACT, Maximizing the audience - WIM MERTENS, Just south of heaven - CRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION, Seventh dream of teenage heaven - LOVE AND ROCKETS, Alive - THE LEATHER NUN, Phantasmagoria - THE DAMNED, Real nighttime - GAME THEORY, The evening visits... and stays for years - THE APARTMENTS, More places forever - DAVID THOMAS, Topsy turvy - YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS, Past, present and future - WATERMELON MEN, Odditties - THE CLEAN, That's the long and the short of it - TALL DWARVES, City slab horror - SEVERED HEADS, Ashes - CHRISTIAN DEATH, Clan of Xymox - CLAN OF XYMOX, Here comes everybody - THE WAKE, Seven days in Sammystown - WALL OF VOODOO, Dead man's party - OINGO BOINGO, Big lizard in my backyard - THE DEAD MILKMEN, I don't want to grow up - DESCENDENTS, The Crucifucks - THE CRUCIFUCKS, Walk together, rock together - 7 SECONDS, Fly on a wire - THE EFFIGIES, More beer - FEAR, Freaky styley - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, The way to go out - HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, Green peas - THE VIETNAM VETERANS, Flesh on flesh - THE SNAKE CORPS, Shoulder to shoulder - TEST DEPT. & SOUTH WALES STRIKING MINERS CHOIR, Philister - PHILIP BOA AND THE VOODOO CLUB, Fancy meeting God! - MARC RILEY WITH THE CREEPERS, Hip priest and Kamerads - THE FALL, Live - WIPERS, Beyond the sunset - RAIN PARADE

The Best Albums Of 1984

Top 50

1. Zen Arcade - HUSKER DU
2. The wonderful and frightening world of... - THE FALL
3. The Smiths - THE SMITHS
4. Atom drum bop - THE THREE JOHNS
5. Tocsin - X-MAL DEUTSCHLAND
6. From her to eternity - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
7. Medicine show - THE DREAM SYNDICATE
8. Meat Puppets II - MEAT PUPPETS
9. Native sons - THE LONG RYDERS
10. Hallowed ground - VIOLENT FEMMES
11. Let it be - THE REPLACEMENTS
12. Double nickels on the dime - MINUTEMEN
13. The Las Vegas story - THE GUN CLUB
14. Reckoning - R.E.M.
15. World shut your mouth / Fried - JULIAN COPE
16. Learning to crawl - THE PRETENDERS
17. Sparkle in the rain - SIMPLE MINDS
18. Vengeance - NEW MODEL ARMY
19. Joined up writing - ANNE CLARK
20. Micro-phonies - CABARET VOLTAIRE
21. Ricochet days - MODERN ENGLISH
22. Ocean rain - ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
23. Natural history - THE MARCH VIOLETS
24. Brilliant trees - DAVID SYLVIAN
25. The waking hour - DALIS CAR
26. A word to the wise guy - THE MIGHTY WAH!
27. Treasure - COCTEAU TWINS
28. Cover - TOM VERLAINE
29. Born in the USA - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
30. Purple rain - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
31. Raining pleasure - THE TRIFFIDS
32. Spring hill fair - THE GO-BETWEENS
33. The axeman's jazz - THE BEASTS OF BOURBON
34. Good tidings - YO
35. On fyre - LYRES
36. Explosions in the glass palace - RAIN PARADE
37. Time stands still - CHRIS D & DIVINE HORSEMAN
38. Drifters - TRUE WEST
39. Goodbye cruel world - ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS
40. Cafe blue - THE STYLE COUNCIL
41. Body and soul - JOE JACKSON
42. Instincts - ROMEO VOID
43. Fervor - JASON AND THE SCORCHERS
44. Hole - SCRAPING FOETUS OFF THE WHEEL
45. This is what you want...this is what you get - P.I.L.
46. The top - THE CURE
47. Mirror moves - THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
48. Keep moving - MADNESS
49. Hysteria - HUMAN LEAGUE
50. How men are - HEAVEN 17

Also recommended:

Urban gamelan - 23 SKIDOO, Knowledge, power, truth and sex / Jam science - SHRIEKBACK, (Who’s afraid of ?) The Art Of Noise! - THE ART OF NOISE, Slow to fade - RED GUITARS, Law of nature - LAUGHING CLOWNS, I often dream of trains - ROBYN HITCHCOCK, Jesus egg that wept - DANIELLE DAX, It’ll end in tears - THIS MORTAL COIL, Jedda by the sea - 17 PYGMIES, November's heat - CERTAIN GENERAL, The longest day - DEL FUEGOS, Frontier days - DEL LORDS, Way down blue highway - THE LEAVING TRAINS, Naked Prey - NAKED PREY, Head down hand out - CRIPPLED PILGRIMS, Color appreciation / Plasticland - PLASTICLAND, Plan 9 - PLAN 9, Stoneage Romeos - HOODOO GURUS, Rainy Day - RAINY DAY, Colored heaven - THE THINGS, Psychic...Powerless...Another man's sac - BUTTHOLE SURFERS, Slip it in - BLACK FLAG, Too tough to die - RAMONES, Teen babes from Monsanto - REDD KROSS, Gone fishin' - FLIPPER, Cop - SWANS, Throb throb - NAKED RAYGUN, The Celibate Rifles - THE CELIBATE RIFLES, Outta the nest! - THE VIPERS, It's about time - THE PANDORAS, Cemetery - DEJA VOODOO, Action reaction - GET SMART!, Change today? - T.S.O.L., Cypress - LET’S ACTIVE, Blood On The Saddle - BLOOD ON THE SADDLE, The fabulous sounds of the Pacific Northwest - THE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS, Painting smiles on a dead man - THE LAST, Moving - THE RAINCOATS, Hyaena - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, Red roses for me - THE POGUES, Brewing up with Billy Bragg - BILLY BRAGG, The painted word - TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, Pop - TONES ON TAILS, Run DMC - RUN DMC, Escape - WHODINI, In the studio - SPECIAL A.K.A., Love wars - WOMACK AND WOMACK, Poet 2 - BOBBY WOMACK, Shango funk theology - SHANGO, No motive - 3 TEENS KILL 4, Soul possession - ANNIE ANXIETY, If I kissed her, I’d have to kill her first - 400 BLOWS, Mister Heartbreak - LAURIE ANDERSON, The big express - XTC, Pacific street - THE PALE FOUNTAINS, The Orange Juice / Texas fever - ORANGE JUICE, Splendor of fear / The strange idols pattern and other short stories - FELT, Dreamtime - THE CULT, The unforgettable fire - U2, A pagan place - THE WATERBOYS, Everybody is fantastic - MICRODISNEY, Eden - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, All over the place - BANGLES, Rattlesnakes - LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS, Walking in the shadow of the big man - GUADALCANAL DIARY, How will the wolf survive? - LOS LOBOS, Stampede - THE METEORS, The bushes scream while my daddy prunes - THE VERY THINGS, Bullets for you - BLURT, Deadly weapons - MINIMAL COMPACT, Night air - BLAINE L. REININGER, This last night in Sodom - SOFT CELL, Dead Can Dance - DEAD CAN DANCE, Some great reward - DEPECHE MODE, Welcome to the pleasuredome - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, The age of consent - BRONSKI BEAT, The Icicle Works - THE ICICLE WORKS, In limbo - LYDIA LUNCH, Diamanda Galas - DIAMANDA GALAS, Catastrophe ballet - CHRISTIAN DEATH, Scatology - COIL, And Also The Trees - AND ALSO THE TREES, Gardens - NEW MATH, The lovers / The tower - THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, From the hip - SECTION 25, The jaws of life - HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, Like this - THE DB'S, Die Kreuzen - DIE KREUZEN, A scandal in Bohemia - THE JAZZ BUTCHER, Beating the retreat - TEST DEPT., The fucking cunts treat us like pricks - FLUX OF PINK INDIANS, From the cradle to the grave - SUBHUMANS, Crawfish for the notary - THE VIETNAM VETERANS, Rhyme & reason - MISSING PERSONS, Knife - AZTEC CAMERA, Swoon - PREFAB SPROUT, A walk across the rooftops - THE BLUE NILE, Red sails in the sunset - MIDNIGHT OIL, Climate of the hunter - SCOTT WALKER, George and James - THE RESIDENTS, The love songs - PETER HAMILL, Caribbean sunset - JOHN CALE, New sensations - LOU REED, The magazine - RICKIE LEE JONES, Diamond life - SADE, Bananarama - BANANARAMA, Into the gap - THOMPSON TWINS, The Treacherous Three - THE TREACHEROUS THREE, Hatful of hollow - THE SMITHS, Ten bloody marys and ten how’s your fathers - ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS, Exorcising ghosts - JAPAN, At the Palace - GANG OF 4

The Best Albums Of 1983

Top 50

1. Fire dances - KILLING JOKE
2. Perverted by language - THE FALL
3. Before Hollywood - THE GO-BETWEENS
4. Violent Femmes - VIOLENT FEMMES
5. Murmur - R.E.M.
6. Over the edge - WIPERS
7. Mommy’s little monster - SOCIAL DISTORTION
8. Burning from the inside - BAUHAUS
9. Hex breaker - THE FLESHTONES
10. Power, corruption and lies - NEW ORDER
11. The crackdown - CABARET VOLTAIRE
12. Porcupine - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
13. Treeless plain - THE TRIFFIDS
14. High land hard rain - AZTEC CAMERA
15. War - U2
16. Gravity talks - GREEN ON RED
17. Confusion is sex - SONIC YOUTH
18. My war - BLACK FLAG
19. Burnin' the ice - DIE HAUT AND NICK CAVE
20. Speaking in tongues - TALKING HEADS
21. Jonathan sings - JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS
22. Saturn strip - ALAN VEGA
23. Punch the clock - ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS
24. Life’s a riot with a spy vs spy - BILLY BRAGG
25. Head over heels - COCTEAU TWINS
26. Script of the bridge - THE CHAMELEONS
27. Let the tribe increase - THE MOB
28. Hootenanny - THE REPLACEMENTS
29. Death party - THE GUN CLUB
30. Metal circus - HUSKER DU
31. Out of step - MINOR THREAT
32. More fun in the new world - X
33. A hard road to follow - THE FLESH EATERS
34. Rock for light - BAD BRAINS
35. Subterranean jungle - RAMONES
36. Buzz or howl under the influence of heat - MINUTEMEN
37. Filth - SWANS
38. Learning to cope with cowardice - MARK STEWART
39. Feast - CREATURES
40. The hurting - TEARS FOR FEARS
41. Luxury gap - HEAVEN 17
42. The art of falling apart - SOFT CELL
43. Swordfishtrombones - TOM WAITS
44. 10-5-60 - THE LONG RYDERS
45. Emergency third rail power trip - RAIN PARADE
46. Mummer - XTC
47. Soul mining - THE THE
48. You gotta say yes to another excess - YELLO
49. Computer games - GEORGE CLINTON
50. Come away with ESG - ESG

Also recommended:

Pop-eyes - DANIELLE DAX, Fetisch - XMAL DEUTSCHLAND, Blue sunshine - THE GLOVE, Whammy - THE B-52s, Golden shower of hits - CIRCLE JERKS, Dealing with the dead - PLAN 9, Hollywood holiday - TRUE WEST, D is for Dumptruck - DUMPTRUCK, Chomp - PYLON, The secrets of the I-ching - 10000 MANIACS, Waterboys - WATERBOYS, Beggars can be choosers - NEWTOWN NEUROTICS, Zeichnungen des patienten O.T. - EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, Bible belt - NIKKI SUDDEN, Torment & toreros - MARC & THE MAMBAS, Oil on canvas - JAPAN, Let's dance - DAVID BOWIE, Legendary hearts - LOU REED, Hysterics - THE NIGHTINGALES, Hard - GANG OF 4, Engine shudder - MOODISTS, It's all done by mirrors - THE ASTRONAUTS, Autoportrait - MECANO, One by one - MINIMAL COMPACT, Rust red September - EYELESS IN GAZA, Dreams less sweet - PSYCHIC TV, Feeding the flame - SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS, Everybody's fantastic - MICRODISNEY, Embrace the herd - THE GIST, Foundation Steppers - THE NEW AGE STEPPERS, The culling is coming - 23 SKIDOO, Lend an ear - PIGBAG, Attitude - RIP RIG AND PANIC, Advantage - CLOCK D.V.A, Koyaanisqatsi / The photographer - PHILIP GLASS, Changing places - ANNE CLARK, Lazy ways - MARINE GIRLS, Everywhere at once - THE PLIMSOULS, Here are the Chesterfield Kings - THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS, Sixteen tambourines - THE THREE O'CLOCK, 100 Flowers - 100 FLOWERS, Sleep in safety - 45 GRAVE, Yes sir, I will - CRASS, Sideroxylon - THE CELIBATE RIFLES, On the right track now - THE VIETNAM VETERANS, Jerky versions of the dream - HOWARD DEVOTO, Saw a ranch house burning last night - DEEP FREEZE MICE, Wreckin' crew - THE METEORS, Mean time - THE BARRACUDAS, Suicidal Tendencies - SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, Kill 'em all - METALLICA, Synchronicity - THE POLICE, Construction time again - DEPECHE MODE, Whodini - WHODINI, Cold-blooded - RICK JAMES, Future shock - HERBIE HANCOCK, Duck rock - MALCOLM McLAREN, You and me both - YAZOO, Quick step & side kick - THOMPSON TWINS, Waiting - FUN BOY 3, Heaven is waiting - THE DANSE SOCIETY, Promise - GENE LOVES JEZEBEL, Another setting - THE DURUTTI COLUMN, The fireman's curse - HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, Curse - LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, Cherished dreams come true - IN THE NURSERY, In bath of Bacon - THE JAZZ BUTCHER, The burden of mules - THE WOLFGANG PRESS, It - PULP, Yip/Jump music - DANIEL JOHNSTON, Off the bone / Smell of female - THE CRAMPS, Snap! - THE JAM, Introducing - THE STYLE COUNCIL, Nocturne - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES, Live in Berlin - THE AU PAIRS

The Best Albums Of 1982

Top 50

1. The gift - THE JAM
2. The days of wine and roses - THE DREAM SYNDICATE
3. Hex enduction hour / Room to live - THE FALL
4. A kiss in the dreamhouse - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
5. Pornography - THE CURE
6. Miami - THE GUN CLUB
7. Garlands - COCTEAU TWINS
8. After the snow - MODERN ENGLISH
9. Vs - MISSION OF BURMA
10. Junkyard - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
11. Under the big black sun - X
12. Sonic Youth - SONIC YOUTH
13. The sky’s gone out - BAUHAUS
14. The curse of Zounds! - ZOUNDS
15. English settlement - XTC
16. Imperial bedroom - ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS
17. Combat rock - THE CLASH
18. Peter Gabriel 4 - PETER GABRIEL
19. The rise and fall - MADNESS
20. Too-Rye-Ay - DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
21. Upstairs at Eric’s - YAZOO
22. Forever now - PSYCHEDELIC FURS
23. Sense and sensuality - THE AU PAIRS
24. Oh no! It’s Devo - DEVO
25. How could hell be any worse - BAD RELIGION
26. Forever came today - THE FLESH EATERS
27. Revelations - KILLING JOKE
28. Tragic figures - SAVAGE REPUBLIC
29. New gold dream (81-82-83-84) - SIMPLE MINDS
30. Message - GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE
31. Bad Brains - BAD BRAINS
32. Stink - THE REPLACEMENTS
33. What makes a man start fires? - MINUTEMEN
34. Back from Samoa - ANGRY SAMOANS
35. Born innocent - REDD KROSS
36. Meat Puppets - MEAT PUPPETS
37. Everything falls apart - HUSKER DU
38. Plastic surgery disasters - DEAD KENNEDYS
39. Millions of dead cops - M.D.C.
40. Beneath the shadows - T.S.O.L.
41. Walk among us - MISFITS
42. Milo goes to college - DESCENDENTS
43. Mommy you’re not watching me / They could have been bigger than the Beatles - TELEVISION PERSONALITIES
44. Waiting on Egypt - NIKKI SUDDEN
45. 13.13 / In limbo - LYDIA LUNCH
46. If I die, I die - VIRGIN PRUNES
47. Tin drum - JAPAN
48. Big science - LAURIE ANDERSON
49. Songs of the free - GANG OF 4
50. Nebraska - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Also recommended:

Words from the front - TOM VERLAINE, Rip it up / You can’t hide your love forever - ORANGE JUICE, 2x45 - CABARET VOLTAIRE, The tunes of two cities - RESIDENTS, Song of the bailing man - PERE UBU, Wild in the streets - CIRCLE JERKS, Call of the west - WALL OF VOODOO, Mesopotamia - THE B-52'S, Epic garden music - SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS, Drumming the beating heart - EYELESS IN GAZA, Force the hand of chance - PSYCHIC TV, Eligible bachelors - THE MONOCHROME SET, Swimming - THE NAMES, The lexicon of love - ABC, Night and day - JOE JACKSON, Avalon - ROXY MUSIC, Mr. Uddich-Schmuddich goes to town - LAUGHING CLOWNS, Not to - COLIN NEWMAN, 7 songs - 23 SKIDOO, Sulk - ASSOCIATES, The greatest hit (Money mountain) - BLUE ORCHIDS, The gas chair - THE CRAWLING CHAOS, Mecano - MECANO, Pedigree charm - LORA LOGIC, Liliput - LILIPUT, All by myself - RIKK AGNEW, Only theatre of pain - CHRISTIAN DEATH, Westworld - THEATRE OF HATE, Groovy decay - ROBYN HITCHCOCK, Destiny street - RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS, Zombie birdhouse - IGGY POP, Music for a new society - JOHN CALE, The blue mask - LOU REED, North by northwest - TOM ROBINSON, Homosapien - PETE SHELLEY, Benefactor - ROMEO VOID, Action battlefield - THE NEW AGE STEPPERS, Change of heart - POSITIVE NOISE, The key of dreams - SECTION 25, Sextet - A CERTAIN RATIO, A broken frame - DEPECHE MODE, A distant shore - TRACEY THORN, The Fun Boy Three - FUN BOY THREE, Computer games - GEORGE CLINTON, Drop the bomb - TROUBLE FUNK, I want candy - BOW WOW WOW, Songs to remember - SCRITTI POLITTI, All fall down - THE SOUND, Frustration - PLAN 9, The record - FEAR, Hunters & Collectors - HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, Pigs on purpose - THE NIGHTINGALES, Fiction - THE COMSAT ANGELS, The gates of lunch - THE DEEP FREEZE MICE, Hear nothing, see nothing, say nothing - DISCHARGE, Christ - The Album - CRASS, Strive to survive causing least suffering possible - FLUX OF PINK INDIANS, Blurt - BLURT, Station MXJY - MAXIMUM JOY, One by one - MINIMAL COMPACT, Seduction - THE DANSE SOCIETY, Harmony - THE WAKE, Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive - PIGBAG, I am cold - RIP RIG + PANIC, Für immer - D.A.F., Oceans - ARTERY, Sundown - RANK & FILE, Spring session M - MISSING PERSONS, ...The big dentist - LEMON KITTENS, Nothing can stop us - ROBERT WYATT, The nightfly - DONALD FAGEN, Marshall Crenshaw - MARSHALL CRENSHAW, Shoot out the lights - RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON, Enter K - PETER HAMMILL, Casablanca - THE SAINTS, Strawberries - THE DAMNED, Women and captains first - CAPTAIN SENSIBLE, 1999 - PRINCE, Midnight love - MARVIN GAYE, Night nurse - GREGORY ISAACS, Juju music - KING SUNNY ADE, UB44 - UB40, Vacation - GO-GO’S, Love over gold - DIRE STRAITS, American fool - JOHN COUGAR, The blurred crusade - THE CHURCH, Repercussion - THE DB'S, Split LP - THE FAITH / VOID, Sound & fury - YOUTH BRIGADE, Blaze of glory - GAME THEORY, Special Beat service - THE BEAT, The poet - BOBBY WOMACK, Moving targets - GIL SCOTT-HERON, Thermo-nuclear sweat - DEFUNKT, Nothing to fear - OINGO BOINGO, Geography - FRONT 242, Beat it down - Y PANTS, Kill for Christ - THE F.U.'S, The kids will have their say - SS DECONTROL, Vicious circle - ZERO BOYS, Drop out - THE BARRACUDAS

The Best Albums Of 1981

Top 50

1. Juju - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
2. Playing with a different sex - THE AU PAIRS
3. The flowers of romance - PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED
4. The fire of love - THE GUN CLUB
5. Youth of America - WIPERS
6. Damaged - BLACK FLAG
7. Living in darkness - AGENT ORANGE
8. Sorry ma, forgot to take out the trash - THE REPLACEMENTS
9. Psychedelic jungle - THE CRAMPS
10. Heaven up here - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
11. Desire - TUXEEDOMOON
12. Dare - HUMAN LEAGUE
13. My life in the bush of ghosts - DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO
14. Solid gold - GANG OF 4
15. Slates - THE FALL
16. What’s this for…! - KILLING JOKE
17. Talk talk talk - PSYCHEDELIC FURS
18. Wild gift - X
19. Living eyes - RADIO BIRDMAN
20. Sandinista - THE CLASH
21. Faith - THE CURE
22. Movement - NEW ORDER
23. Mesh and lace - MODERN ENGLISH
24. Wilder - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
25. Trust / Almost blue - ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS
26. Sons and fascination / Sister feelings call - SIMPLE MINDS
27. Alles ist gut - D.A.F.
28. Generic - FLIPPER
29. Send me a lullaby - THE GO-BETWEENS
30. Prayers on fire - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
31. A minute to pray a second to die - THE FLESH EATERS
32. Adolescents - ADOLESCENTS
33. Return of the giant Slits - THE SLITS
34. Computer world - KRAFTWERK
35. Red Mecca - CABARET VOLTAIRE
36. Penthouse and pavement - HEAVEN 17
37. Collision drive - ALAN VEGA
38. Roman Gods - THE FLESHTONES
39. It’s a condition - ROMEO VOID
40. Nah = Poo. The art of bluff - WAH!
41. The only fun in town - JOSEF K
42. The Pretenders II - THE PRETENDERS
43. Pleasant dreams - RAMONES
44. Teaching you the fear - REALLY RED
45. The punch line - MINUTEMEN
46. In God we trust - DEAD KENNEDYS
47. The Scientists - THE SCIENTISTS
48. Mask - BAUHAUS
49. Tin drum - JAPAN
50. Odyshape - THE RAINCOATS

Also recommended:

Still - JOY DIVISION, The first and the last - NEW RACE, Magic murder and the weather - MAGAZINE, From the lions mouth - THE SOUND, Second sentence - STEVE MIRO & THE EYES, And don’t the kids just love it - TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, Black snake diamond role - ROBYN HITCHCOCK, October - U2, Art of walking - PERE UBU, Land speed record - HUSKER DU, Dance with me - T.S.O.L., Hardcore ’81 - D.O.A., Kollaps - EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, Thirst - CLOCK DVA, Sunnyboys - SUNNYBOYS, Two halves for the price of one - THE SOFT BOYS, Dreamtime - TOM VERLAINE, New traditionalists - DEVO, 7 - MADNESS, East side story - SQUEEZE, Positive touch - UNDERTONES, See the whirl - DELTA 5, Glitterhouse - MEDIUM MEDIUM, Photographs as memories - EYELESS IN GAZA, LC - DURUTTI COLUMN, Entitled - MECANO, Non stop erotic cabaret - SOFT CELL, Crumbling the antiseptic beauty - FELT, Heart of darkness - POSITIVE NOISE, Sleep no more - THE COMSAT ANGELS, Pleasure - GIRLS AT OUR BEST, Beauty and the beat - GO-GO’S, Wha'ppen? - THE BEAT, Nightclubbing - GRACE JONES, Controversy - PRINCE, Street songs - RICK JAMES, Red - BLACK UHURU, Present arms - UB40, See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy! - BOW WOW WOW, Happy birthday - ALTERED IMAGES, Speak and spell - DEPECHE MODE, Journeys to glory - SPANDAU BALLET, Architecture and morality - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK, To each - A CERTAIN RATIO, Deceit - THIS HEAT, God - RIP RIG & PANIC, Penis envy - CRASS, Wild and wandering - WASTED YOUTH, No cause for concern - VICE SQUAD, He who dares wins - THEATRE OF HATE, Teenage head in my refrigerator - THE DEEP FREEZE MICE, Stands for decibels - THE dB’s, The Blasters - THE BLASTERS, Peter Pan hits the suburbs - THE ASTRONAUTS, Suburban Lawns - SUBURBAN LAWNS, Go for it - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, Animal now - RUTS DC, Sitting targets - PETER HAMMILL, Nothing can stop us - ROBERT WYATT, Tom Tom Club - TOM TOM CLUB, The Catherine Wheel - DAVID BYRNE, Ghost in the machine - THE POLICE, Tattoo you - THE ROLLING STONES, I love rock & roll - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS, Private eyes - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES, Was (Not Was) - WAS (NOT WAS), Bella Donna - STEVIE NICKS, Hard promises - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS, For those about to rock (we salute you) - AC/DC, 4 - FOREIGNER, Arc of a diver - STEVE WINWOOD, Pirates - RICKIE LEE JONES, The poet - BOBBY WOMACK, Black president - FELA KUTI, The electric spanking of war babies - FUNKADELIC, Memory serves - MATERIAL, Claro que si - YELLO, Klaus Nomi - KLAUS NOMI, Fourth drawer down - THE ASSOCIATES, Of skins and heart - THE CHURCH, My Houdini - TACTICS, Only a lad - OINGO BOINGO, Always now - SECTION 25