80s Pop Album Rankings
Essential 1980s pop albums spanning synth-pop, dance-pop, new wave, MTV-era pop, and crossover pop-rock.
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Thriller — Michael Jackson (1982)—
Purple Rain — Prince and the Revolution (1984)—
Like a Virgin — Madonna (1984)—
Bad — Michael Jackson (1987)—
True Blue — Madonna (1986)—
Faith — George Michael (1987)—
Control — Janet Jackson (1986)—
Hounds of Love — Kate Bush (1985)—
Rio — Duran Duran (1982)—
Songs from the Big Chair — Tears for Fears (1985)—
1984 — Van Halen (1984)—
Graceland — Paul Simon (1986)—
Whitney Houston — Whitney Houston (1985)—
The Joshua Tree — U2 (1987)—
She's So Unusual — Cyndi Lauper (1983)—
Like a Prayer — Madonna (1989)—
Sign 'O' the Times — Prince (1987)—
Business as Usual — Men at Work (1981)—
Synchronicity — The Police (1983)—
So — Peter Gabriel (1986)—
Born in the U.S.A. — Bruce Springsteen (1984)—
Tango in the Night — Fleetwood Mac (1987)—
Avalon — Roxy Music (1982)—
Private Dancer — Tina Turner (1984)—
The Lexicon of Love — ABC (1982)—
Dare — The Human League (1981)—
Cupid & Psyche 85 — Scritti Politti (1985)—
Kick — INXS (1987)—
The Dreaming — Kate Bush (1982)—
The Hurting — Tears for Fears (1983)—
Combat Rock — The Clash (1982)—
New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) — Simple Minds (1982)—
The Queen Is Dead — The Smiths (1986)—
Steve McQueen — Prefab Sprout (1985)—
The Innocents — Erasure (1988)—
Faith — The Cure (1981)—
Hysteria — Def Leppard (1987)—
No Jacket Required — Phil Collins (1985)—
Invisible Touch — Genesis (1986)—
Bella Donna — Stevie Nicks (1981)—
True — Spandau Ballet (1983)—
Madonna — Madonna (1983)—
Colour by Numbers — Culture Club (1983)—
Make It Big — Wham! (1984)—
Scoundrel Days — a-ha (1986)—
Please — Pet Shop Boys (1986)—
Actually — Pet Shop Boys (1987)—
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 — George Michael (1990)—
The Raw and the Cooked — Fine Young Cannibals (1989)—
Forever Your Girl — Paula Abdul (1988)—