1. Donald Fagen – The Nightfly
2. Thomas Dolby – The Golden Age Of Wireless
3. ABC – The Lexicon Of Love
4. Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
5. X – Under The Big Black Sun
6. Kate Bush – Dreaming
7. Foyer Des Arts – Von Bullerbü nach Babylon
8. Orange Juice – Rip It Up
9. The Jam – The Gift
10. The Gun Club – Miami
11. Michael Jackson – Thriller
12. Van Morrison – Beautiful Vision
13. Joe Jackson – Night and Day
14. Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five – The Message
15. The Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now
16. The Cure – Pornography
17. Marvin Gaye – Midnight Love
18. Orange Juice – You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever
19. Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
20. Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
21. The Fall – Hex Enduction Hour
22. The Associates – Sulk
23. The Clash – Combat Rock
24. XTC – English Settlement
25. The Dream Syndicate – The Days Of Wine And Roses
26. Lou Reed – The Blue Mask
27. Robert Plant – Pictures At Eleven
28. Peter Gabriel – IV
29. Frank Zappa – Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
30. Madness – The Rise & Fall
31. Defunkt – Thermonuclear Sweat
32. Steve Winwood – Talking Back To The Night
33. Wall Of Voodoo – Call Of The West
34. Depeche Mode – A Broken Frame
35. The dB’s – Repercussion
36. King Crimson – Beat
37. Prince – 1999
38. Yazoo – Upstairs At Eric’s
39. Laurie Anderson – Big Science
40. Duran Duran – Rio
41. Roxy Music – Avalon
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