21. The Smiths, The Smiths (1984)
Essential Track: “Reel Around the Fountain”
22. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy (1988)
Essential Track: “Bring the Noise”
23. Ride the Lightning, Metallica (1984)
Essential Track: “Fade to Black”
24. Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen (1984)
Essential Track: “Dancing in the Dark”
25. Spirit of Eden, Talk Talk (1988)
Essential Track: “The Rainbow”
26. Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits (1985)
Essential Track: “Money for Nothing”
27. Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes (1983)
Essential Track: “Blister in the Sun”
28. Let It Be, The Replacements (1984)
Essential Track: “Androgynous”
29. Legend, Bob Marley And The Wailers (1984)
Essential Track: “Is This Love”
30. Meat is Murder, The Smiths (1985)
Essential Track: “The Headmaster Ritual”
31. Psychocandy, The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985)
Essential Track: “Just Like Honey”
32. Strangeways, Here We Come, The Smiths (1987)
Essential Track: “Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me”
33. Synchronicity, The Police (1983)
Essential Track: “Every Breath You Take”
35. The Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden (1982)
Essential Track: “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
35. Sign ‘O’ the Times, Prince (1987)
Essential Track: “Sign ‘O’ the Times”
36. So, Peter Gabriel (1986)
Essential Track: “In Your Eyes”
37. Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen (1982)
Essential Track: “Atlantic City”
38. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Dead Kennedys (1980)
Essential Track: “Holiday in Cambodia”
39. …And Justice for All, Metallica (1988)
Essential Track: “One”
40. War, U2 (1983)
Essential Track: “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
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