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 His lack of diversity in both album selection and critics’ contributions no longer represents the voice that Pitchfork has become.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:
- Malcolm Mclaren – Duck Rock
- Tenor Saw – Fever
- Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break the Oath
- Whodini – Escape
- Virgo – Virgo
- Cecil Taylor – For Olim
- Patrice Rushen – Straight from the Heart
- Flipper – Generic Album – Flipper
- Salt-N-Peppa – Hot, Cool & Vicious
- Bronski Beat – The Age of Consent
- Ini Kamoze – Ini Kamoze
- Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
- Yoko Ono – Season of Glass
- Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
- Paul McCartney – McCartney II
- Too $hort – Life Is… Too $hort
- Change – The Glow of Love
- The B-52s – Wild Planet
- ABBA – The Visitors
- Nuno Canavarro – Plux Quba
- 808 State – 90
- LiliPut – LiliPut
- Joe Jackson – Night and Day
- Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
- Psychic TV – Dreams Less Sweet
- Godflesh – Streetcleaner
- Ornette Coleman – In All Languages
- Tina Turner – Private Dancer
- Duran Duran – Rio
- Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
- Yellowman – Mr. Yellowman
- The Faith / Void – The Faith / Void
- Nurse With Wound – Soliloquy for Lilith
- Au Pairs – Playing With a Different Sex
- Ice T – Rhyme Pays
- Swell Maps – Jane From Occupied Europe
- Pauline Oliveros/Stuart Dempster/Panaiotis – Deep Listening
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- King Sunny Adé & His African Beats – Syncro System
- Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights
- Mr. Fingers – Amnesia
- Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
- Judas Priest – British Steel
- MC Lyte – Lyte As a Rock
- Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July
- Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
- LL Cool J – Radio
- Meredith Monk – Dolmen Music
- Meat Puppets – II
- The Clean – Compilation
- La Monte Young – The Well-Tuned Piano
- Anita Baker – Rapture
- Rites of Spring – Rites of Spring
- Virginia Astley – In the Gardens Where We Feel Secure
- Geto Boys – Grip It! On That Other Level
- Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album
- The Clash – Sandinista!
- Descendents – Milo Goes to College
- Midori Takada – Through the Looking Glass
- Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion
- 3rd Bass – The Cactus Album
- The Durutti Column – Vini Really
- Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane
- Horace Andy – Dance Hall Style
- Neneh Cherry – Raw Like Sushi
- Big Black – Songs About Fucking
- Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
- XTC – Skylarking
- Prefab Sprout – Steve Mcqueen
- Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
- Scientist – Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
- The D.O.C. – No One Can Do It Better
- AC/DC – Back In Black
- David Bowie – Let’s Dance
- Pet Shop Boys – Actually
- Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel
- Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
- The Go-Gos – Beaty and the Beat
- Beat Happening – Beat Happening
- Pretenders – Pretenders
- Run D.M.C. – Run D.M.C.
- Steely Dan – Gaucho
- Phillip Glass – Solo Piano
- Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
- Misfits – Walk Among Us
- Madonna – Like a Virgin
- INXS – Kick
- Spaceman 3 – Playing With Fire
- New Order – Technique
- Roxy Music – Avalon
- X – Los Angeles
- The Cure – The Head on the Door
- Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth
- The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
- Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe
- Boogie Down Productions – By All Means Necessary
- Public Image Ltd – Second Edition
- Beastie Boys – License to Ill
- Wipers – Youth of America
- Alice Coltrane – Turiya Sings
- Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
- Kool G Rap/ DJ Polo – Road to the Riches
- Nirvana – Bleach
- The Raincoats – Odyshape
- Fela Kuti – Coffin for Head of State
- Brian Eno/Daniel Lanois/Roger Eno – Apollo: Soundtracks and Atmospheres
- Morbid Angels – Altars of Madness
- Steve Reich – “Different Trains” / “Electric Counterpoint”
- Fleetwood Mac – Tango In the Night
- George Michael – Faith
- R.E.M. – Reckoning
- Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll
- The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
- Tears For Fears – Songs From the Big Chair
- Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
- The Blue Nile – Hats
- Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams
- Jungle Brothers – Straight Out the Jungle
- Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
- Brian Eno/David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
- Manuel Göttsching – E2-E4
- The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
- Madonna – Like a Prayer
- Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
- Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
- Siouxsie and the Banshees – Juju
- Bob Marley and the Wailers – Uprising
- This Heat – Deceit
- Michael Jackson – Bad
- Motorhead – Ace of Spades
- Ultramagnetic MCs – Critical Beatdown
- Metallica – Ride the Lightning
- Husker Du – Zen Arcade
- Julee Cruise – Floating Into the Night
- Vangelis – Blade Runner Soundtrack
- Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
- Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – From Her to Eternity
- Glenn Branca – The Ascension
- Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
- EPMD – Strictly Business
- Kate Bush – The Sensual World
- My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
- Galaxie 500 – On Fire
- Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
- Metallica – Master of Puppets
- The Replacements – Tim
- David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
- Minutemen – Double Nickles On the Dime
- Sonic Youth – EVOL
- ESG – Come Away With ESG
- Paul Simon – Graceland
- Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
- U2 – The Joshua Tree
- Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
- Fugazi – Fugazi
- Sinéad O’Connor – The Lion and the Cobra
- The Smiths – Hatful of Hollow
- Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
- Bad Brains – Bad Brains
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
- R.E.M. – Murmur
- Run D.M.C. – Raising Hell
- Sade – Stronger than Pride
- Black Flag – Damaged
- The Replacements – Let It Be
- Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
- Prince – Dirty Mind
- Pixies – Surfer Rosa
- Slayer – Reign In Blood
- Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
- Erik B. and Rakim – Follow the Leader
- Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
- Cocteau Twins – Treasure
- Prince – 1999
- Arthur Russell – World of Echo
- Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
- Minor Threat – Complete Discography
- Laurie Anderson – Big Science
- De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
- Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minds
- New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
- Kraftwerk – Computer World
- Prince – Sign o’ the Times
- Madonna – Madonna
- Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
- Pixies – Doolittle
- The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
- Joy Division – Closer
- Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full
- Sade – Diamond Life
- The Cure – Disintegration
- Janet Jackson – Control
- Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
- Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
- Talking Heads – Remain In Light
- Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
- N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
- Michael Jackson – Thriller
- Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain