The 200 best albums of the 80’s according to Pitchfork

Pitchfork, one of the most respected news vehicle since it was founded there in 1996 for long 22 years, has published another of its famous lists.

This time they chose consider the 200 best albums of the 80s, reworking a work they had already published in 2002.

Back then they made a post with the 100 best albums of the decade and today, in unveiling this new edition, they explained the huge differences of each one by saying that the original list “represents a limited editorial line from which we have moved away. His lack of diversity in both album selection and critics’ contributions no longer represents the voice that Pitchfork has become. ”

Check it out:

1. Malcolm Mclaren – Duck Rock
2. Tenor Saw – Fever
3. Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break the Oath
4. Whodini – Escape
5. Virgo – Virgo
6. Cecil Taylor – For Olim
7. Patrice Rushen – Straight from the Heart
8. Flipper – Generic Album – Flipper
9. Salt-N-Peppa – Hot, Cool & Vicious
10. Bronski Beat – The Age of Consent
11. Ini Kamoze – Ini Kamoze
12. Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
13. Yoko Ono – Season of Glass
14. Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
15. Paul McCartney – McCartney II
16. Too $hort – Life Is… Too $hort
17. Change – The Glow of Love
18. The B-52s – Wild Planet
19. ABBA – The Visitors
20. Nuno Canavarro – Plux Quba
21. 808 State – 90
22. LiliPut – LiliPut
23. Joe Jackson – Night and Day
24. Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
25. Psychic TV – Dreams Less Sweet
26. Godflesh – Streetcleaner
27. Ornette Coleman – In All Languages
28. Tina Turner – Private Dancer
29. Duran Duran – Rio
30. Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
31. Yellowman – Mr. Yellowman
32. The Faith / Void – The Faith / Void
33. Nurse With Wound – Soliloquy for Lilith
34. Au Pairs – Playing With a Different Sex
35. Ice T – Rhyme Pays
36. Swell Maps – Jane From Occupied Europe
37. Pauline Oliveros/Stuart Dempster/Panaiotis – Deep Listening
38. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
39. King Sunny Adé & His African Beats – Syncro System
40. Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights
41. Mr. Fingers – Amnesia
42. Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
43. Judas Priest – British Steel
44. MC Lyte – Lyte As a Rock
45. Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July
46. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
47. LL Cool J – Radio
48. Meredith Monk – Dolmen Music
49. Meat Puppets – II
50. The Clean – Compilation
51. La Monte Young – The Well-Tuned Piano
52. Anita Baker – Rapture
53. Rites of Spring – Rites of Spring
54. Virginia Astley – In the Gardens Where We Feel Secure
55. Geto Boys – Grip It! On That Other Level
56. Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album
57. The Clash – Sandinista!
58. Descendents – Milo Goes to College
59. Midori Takada – Through the Looking Glass
60. Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion
61. 3rd Bass – The Cactus Album
62. The Durutti Column – Vini Really
63. Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane
64. Horace Andy – Dance Hall Style
65. Neneh Cherry – Raw Like Sushi
66. Big Black – Songs About Fucking
67. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
68. XTC – Skylarking
69. Prefab Sprout – Steve Mcqueen
70. Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
71. Scientist – Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
72. The D.O.C. – No One Can Do It Better
73. AC/DC – Back In Black
74. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
75. Pet Shop Boys – Actually
76. Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel
77. Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
78. The Go-Gos – Beaty and the Beat
79. Beat Happening – Beat Happening
80. Pretenders – Pretenders
81. Run D.M.C. – Run D.M.C.
82. Steely Dan – Gaucho
83. Phillip Glass – Solo Piano
84. Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
85. Misfits – Walk Among Us
86. Madonna – Like a Virgin
87. INXS – Kick
88. Spaceman 3 – Playing With Fire
89. New Order – Technique
90. Roxy Music – Avalon
91. X – Los Angeles
92. The Cure – The Head on the Door
93. Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth
94. The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
95. Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe
96. Boogie Down Productions – By All Means Necessary
97. Public Image Ltd – Second Edition
98. Beastie Boys – License to Ill
99. Wipers – Youth of America
100. Alice Coltrane – Turiya Sings
101. Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
102. Kool G Rap/ DJ Polo – Road to the Riches
103. Nirvana – Bleach
104. The Raincoats – Odyshape
105. Fela Kuti – Coffin for Head of State
106. Brian Eno/Daniel Lanois/Roger Eno – Apollo: Soundtracks and Atmospheres
107. Morbid Angels – Altars of Madness
108. Steve Reich – “Different Trains” / “Electric Counterpoint”
109. Fleetwood Mac – Tango In the Night
110. George Michael – Faith
111. R.E.M. – Reckoning
112. Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll
113. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
114. Tears For Fears – Songs From the Big Chair
115. Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
116. The Blue Nile – Hats
117. Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams
118. Jungle Brothers – Straight Out the Jungle
119. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
120. Brian Eno/David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
121. Manuel Göttsching – E2-E4
122. The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
123. Madonna – Like a Prayer
124. Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
125. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
126. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Juju
127. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Uprising
128. This Heat – Deceit
129. Michael Jackson – Bad
130. Motorhead – Ace of Spades
131. Ultramagnetic MCs – Critical Beatdown
132. Metallica – Ride the Lightning
133. Husker Du – Zen Arcade
134. Julee Cruise – Floating Into the Night
135. Vangelis – Blade Runner Soundtrack
136. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
137. Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
138. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – From Her to Eternity
139. Glenn Branca – The Ascension
140. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
141. EPMD – Strictly Business
142. Kate Bush – The Sensual World
143. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
144. Galaxie 500 – On Fire
145. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
146. Metallica – Master of Puppets
147. The Replacements – Tim
148. David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
149. Minutemen – Double Nickles On the Dime
150. Sonic Youth – EVOL
151. ESG – Come Away With ESG
152. Paul Simon – Graceland
153. Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
154. U2 – The Joshua Tree
155. Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
156. Fugazi – Fugazi
157. Sinéad O’Connor – The Lion and the Cobra
158. The Smiths – Hatful of Hollow
159. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
160. Bad Brains – Bad Brains
161. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
162. R.E.M. – Murmur
163. Run D.M.C. – Raising Hell
164. Sade – Stronger than Pride
165. Black Flag – Damaged
166. The Replacements – Let It Be
167. Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
168. Prince – Dirty Mind
169. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
170. Slayer – Reign In Blood
171. Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
172. Erik B. and Rakim – Follow the Leader
173. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
174. Cocteau Twins – Treasure
175. Prince – 1999
176. Arthur Russell – World of Echo
177. Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
178. Minor Threat – Complete Discography
179. Laurie Anderson – Big Science
180. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
181. Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minds
182. New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
183. Kraftwerk – Computer World
184. Prince – Sign o’ the Times
185. Madonna – Madonna
186. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
187. Pixies – Doolittle
188. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
189. Joy Division – Closer
190. Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full
191. Sade – Diamond Life
192. The Cure – Disintegration
193. Janet Jackson – Control
194. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
195. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
196. Talking Heads – Remain In Light
197. Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
198. N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
199. Michael Jackson – Thriller
200. Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain