New Musical Express' Greatest Albums of the 1980's

Entertainment: Music NME

### 01. Stone Roses (Stone Roses - 1989) ### 02. Smiths (Queen Is Dead - 1985) ### 03. De La Soul (Three Feet High And Rising - 1989) ### 04. Prince (Sign - 19O' The Times - 1987) ### 05. Public Enemy (It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - 1988) ### 06. Jesus And Mary Chain (Psychocandy - 1985) ### 07. Smiths (Hatful Of Hollow - 1984) ### 08. Joy Division (Closer - 1980) ### 09. Jam (Sound Affects - 1980) ### 10. New Order (Low-Life - 1985) ### 11. Talking Heads (Remain In Light - 1980) ### 12. Dexy's Midnight Runners (Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - 1980) ### 13. Happy Mondays (Bummed - 1989) ### 14. Pixies (Surfer Rosa - 1988) ### 15. ABC (Lexicon Of Love - 1982) ### 16. Tom Waits (Swordfishtrombones - 1983) ### 17. Teardrop Explodes (Kilimanjaro - 1980) ### 18. Human League (Dare - 1981) ### 19. Prince (Parade - 1986) ### 20. Go-Betweens (16 Lovers Lane - 1988) ### 21. Tom Waits (Rain Dogs - 1985) ### 22. Fall (This Nation's Saving Grace - 1985) ### 23. Pogues (Rum, Sodomy And The Lash - 1985) ### 24. Smiths (Smiths - 1984) ### 25. Elvis Costello (Blood and Chocolate - 1986) ### 26. Dexy's Midnight Runners (Don't Stand Me Down - 1985) ### 27. Wonder Stuff (Eight Legged Groove Machine - 1988) ### 28. Echo And The Bunnymen (Crocodiles - 1980) ### 29. Bruce Springsteen (Nebraska - 1982) ### 30. Donald Fagen (Nightfly - 1982) ### 31. Billy Bragg (Talking With The Taxman About Poetry - 1986) ### 32. Mary Margaret O'Hara (Miss America - 1988) ### 33. Lloyd Cole and The Commotions (Rattlesnakes - 1984) ### 34. Wedding Present (George Best - 1987) ### 35. Big Black (Atomiser - 1987) ### 36. David Byrne and Brian Eno (My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - 1981) ### 37. Sonic Youth (Sister - 1987) ### 38. Jungle Brothers (Straight Out Of The Jungle - 1988) ### 39. Echo And The Bunnymen (Heaven Up Here - 1981) ### 40. REM (Green - 1988) ### 41. Elvis Costello (Imperial Bedroom - 1982) ### 42. Orange Juice (You Can't Hide Your Love Forever - 1982) ### 43. Marvin Gaye (Midnight Love - 1982) ### 44. Madonna (Like A Prayer - 1989) ### 45. Van Morrison (Beautiful Vision - 1982) ### 46. The The (Infected - 1986) ### 47. Smiths (Meat Is Murder - 1985) ### 48. Lou Reed (New York - 1989) ### 49. Public Enemy (Yo! Bum Rush The Show - 1987) ### 50. Husker Du (Warehouse: Songs And Stories - 1987) ===== Missing: ===== * Teardrop Explodes (17) * Go-Betweens (20) * Wonder Stuff (27) * Echo And The Bunnymen (28) * Donald Fagen (30) * Billy Bragg (31) * Mary Margaret O'Hara (32) * Lloyd Cole and The Commotions (33) * Wedding Present (band) (34) * Big Black (35) * Jungle Brothers (38) * Echo And The Bunnymen (39) * Orange Juice (42) * The The (46)

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