This is a list of 1980s music albums that multiple music journalists , magazines , and professional music review websites have considered to be among the best of the 1980s and of all time, separated into the years of each album's release. The albums listed here are included on at least four separate "best/greatest of the 1980s/all time" lists from different professional publications (inclusive of all genres and nationalities) as chosen by their editorial staffs or by a sample size of an entire publication's audience, and/or hall of fame awards and historical preservation measures.
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Pitchfork (2002-11-21). "The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 2024-11-11 .
^ "Spex (1999|2000) Die 100 Alben des Jahrhunderts - Kritiker–Rock Pop Musik Bestenlisten" . www.poplist.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-11 .
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^ Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984 . Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-21569-6 .
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^ "The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s" . Pitchfork . 21 November 2002. p. 4. Retrieved 5 February 2023 .
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^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1980". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999 . Backbeat. p. 385. ISBN 9781493064601 .
^ Dimery, Robert, ed. (2011). "The Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight " . 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . Hachette UK . ISBN 9781844037148 . Retrieved 18 August 2012 .
^ Aston, Martin (April 2001). "The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight... And How It Got There ". Q . No. 175. pp. 127–128.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Dimery, Robert, ed. (2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (revised and updated ed.). Universe Publishing . ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2 .
^ Gilmore, Mikal (1981-05-28). "Unknown Pleasures" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2024-09-17 . "The band's second and last album, Closer (recorded just prior to Curtis' death and released shortly afterward by Factory), became one of the fastest-selling independent-label LPs in British New Wave history."
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^ Terich, Jeff (2 July 2015). "10 Essential Neo-Psychedelia Albums" . Treble . Retrieved 24 April 2020 .
^ de Visé, Daniel. "Thirteen New Wave Album Classics" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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^ Larson, Thomas E. (2014). History of Rock and Roll . Kendall Hunt. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-4652-3886-3 .
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^ "Time Of My Life: Die besten Alben der 80er – laut.de – Seite 31/50" . laut.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-12 .
^ Clerc, Benoît (2021). David Bowie All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track . New York City: Black Dog & Leventhal . ISBN 978-0-7624-7471-4 .
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^ "Hartbeat! (1996) Greatest Albums Of All Time - Kritiker–Rock Pop Musik Bestenlisten" . www.poplist.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-12 .
^ "NME 60's 70's & 80's Lists" . rocklistmusic.co.uk . 2006-06-29. Archived from the original on 29 June 2006. Retrieved 2024-11-12 .
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^ Margotin, Philippe; Guesdon, Jean-Michel; Jones, Simon; Reece, Andrea; Pauletto, Elettra (2020). Bruce Springsteen: all the songs: the story behind every track . London: Cassell, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78472-649-2 . OCLC 1158179794 .
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^ "New Albums" (PDF) . Music Week . 8 November 1980. p. 29. Retrieved 21 July 2022 .
^ Thompson, Dave (2002). The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock: In the Reptile House with The Sisters of Mercury, Bauhaus and The Cure . Helter Skelter Publishing . ISBN 9781900924481 .
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^ Hegarty, Paul; Halliwell, Martin (2011). Beyond and Before: Progressive Rock since the 1960s . Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 171. Metal Box , like the Clash's triple album Sandinista ! (1980), is an attempt at post-punk fusion.
^ Rowley, Scott (15 September 2016). "The 48-minute long classic album hidden inside The Clash's Sandinista!" . TeamRock . Retrieved 9 December 2017 .
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^ a b Pitchfork Staff (September 10, 2018). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s" . Pitchfork . Retrieved April 24, 2023 . On their fourth album, the Clash combined their passion for global politics with an embrace of world music...turning Sandinista! into an experimental, triple-album behemoth that melded punk's urgency with reggae's bent...
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s" . Slant Magazine . 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2024-11-11 .
^ a b "Los 100 mejores discos de los años 80 (Del 100 al 91)" . Diariocrítico.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-12 .
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