Favorite Albums from the 1980s

1. Pirates--Rikkie Lee Jones

2. Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on A Shallow Bay—Cocteau Twins

3. Reach The Beach—The Fixx

4. Boy—U2

5. Rapture--Anita Baker

6. Brilliant Trees—David Sylvian

7. Ambient 2: Plateaux of Mirror--Harold Budd with Brian Eno

8. Disintegration—The Cure

9. Treasure—Cocteau Twins

10. The Dream Academy—The Dream Academy

11. Strange Kind of Love––Love and Money

12. Idlewild––Everything But The Girl

13. Night and Day—Joe Jackson

14. Pelican West—Haircut One Hundred

15. Still Life (Talking)--Pat Metheny Group

16. High Land, Hard Rain—Aztec Camera

17. Gone to Earth—David Sylvian

18. It's Better to Travel––Swing Out Sister

19. The Hurting—Tears for Fears

20. Everything But The Girl (debut album, U.S. release)—Everything But The Girl

21. Pastorales de Noël—Michel LeGrande, Jean-Pierre Rampal, LeGoya

22. Porcelain––Julia Fordham

23. Eden--Everything But the Girl

24. Cosmic Messenger—Jean-Luc Ponty

25. The Dreaming—Kate Bush

26. New Gold Dream—Simple Minds

27. December—George Winston

28. Songs of Robert Burns—Andy Stewart

29. Discipline—King Crimson

30. Remain in Light—Talking Heads

31. As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls—Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays

32. Jam on Revenge—Newcleus

33. Orchestral adaptation of music composed by Vangelis for the motion picture Blade Runner--New American Orchestra
34. Yentl--Barbra Streisand

35. Glorious Fool--John Martyn

36. Steve McQueen—Prefab Sprout

37. Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia—Ryuichi Sakamoto

38. Passion (Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)--Peter Gabriel

39. Shake It Up––Boney James & Rick Braun

40. Blue Bell Knoll––Cocteau Twins

41. Autumn--George Winston

42. Ghost in the Machine—The Police

43. Tom Tom Club--Tom Tom Club

44. Barren Dream--Mr. Sirius

45. 1984—Anthony Phillips

46. 4 Visions--Eskaton

47. The Sensual World—Kate Bush

48. Ambient 3: Day of Radiance--Laraaji

49. The Moon and The Melodies—Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd

50. A Distant Shore––Tracy Thorn

51. Café Bleu––The Style Council

52. Trance Tara––Jonathan Goldman

53. No Borders Here—Jane Siberry

54. Gevecht met de Engel--Flairck

55. Behind the Gardens - Behind the Wall - Under the Tree...--Andreas Vollenweider

56. Peaceful Evening––Steve & David Gordon

57. October--U2

58. Kaleidoscope World––Swing Out Sister

59. The Seeds of Love--Tears for Fears

60. Big Circumstance—Bruce Cockburn

61. Mummer––XTC

59. Vapor Drawings--Mark Isham

60. Stealing Fire—Bruce Cockburn

61. Keep on Doing—The Roches

62. Songs from The Big Chair—Tears for Fears

63. Hats--Blue Nile

64. Welcome to The Pleasure Dome--Frankie Goes to Hollywood

65. The Big Express--XTC

66. Confessions of a Pop Star--Style Council 

67. Private Parts & Pieces III: Antiques--Anthony Phillips

68. In No Sense? Nonsense!--Art of Noise

69. Silent Dance--Solstice

70. Amenophis--Amenophis

71. “Security”—Peter Gabriel

72. Genesis--Genesis

73. Mlah!--Les Negresses Vertes

74. Purple Rain—Prince

75. The Politics of Dancing--Re-Flex

78. A Secret Wish--Propaganda

79. Oneness--David & Steve Gordon

80. Avalon—Roxy Music

81. Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares--Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares

82. Belo Horizonte--John McLaughlin

83. First Circle--Pat Metheny Group

84. Mystery Walk--M + M

85. Into The Labyrinth--Dead Can Dance

86. Shukuru—Pharoah Sanders

87. The Hounds of Love—Kate Bush

88. Tango Hour—Astor Piazzolo

89. Fourth World Possible Musics, Vol. 2: Dream Theory in Malaya—Jon Hassell & Brian Eno

90. The Trouble with Normal—Bruce Cockburn

91. No Frontiers--Mary Black

92. Thriller—Michael Jackson

93. Painter in Sound--Juan Martín

94. Stronger than Pride--Sade

95. Human's Lib--Howard Jones

96. Change of Heart--Change

97. Gaucho--Steely Dan

98. Adventures in Modern Recording--The Buggles

99. Baby, The Lights Shine Bright--Everything But The Girl

100. Within the Realm of a Dying Sun--Dead Can Dance

101. I Cry, I Smile--Narada Michael Walden

102. Secrets from the Beehive—David Sylvian
103. Victorialand—Cocteau Twins
104. Faith--George Michael

105. Letter from Home--Pat Metheny Group

106. Film Music--Mark Isham

107. Skylarking—XTC

108. Whisper Me--Wim Mertens

109. The Lone Rhino—Adrian Belew

110. Don’t Get Weird on Me, Babe—Lloyd Cole

111. Faith--George Michael

112. Marsbéli Krónikák--Solaris

113. Bound by the Beauty--Jane Siberry

114. Sign o' the Times - Prince

115. Yr--Steve Tibbetts
116. From Langley Park to Memphis—Prefab Sprout

117. Yellow Moon--The Neville Brothers

118. Individual Choice—Jean-Luc Ponty

119. Hard--Gang of Four
120. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me—The Cure

121. Les Modernes soundtrack--Mark Isham

122. The Walking--Jane Siberry

123. Meet Danny Wilson--Meet Danny Wilson

124. The Age of Plastic--The Buggles

125. E2-E4--Manuel Göttsching

126. Obras de Violeta Parra--Los Jaivas

127. Stella--Yello

128. Raging Souls--Minimal Compact

129. Love and Money--Everything But The Girl

130. Macalla--Clannad

131. Peter Gabriel (3)—Peter Gabriel

132. Haul Ar Yr Eira--Pererin

133. Internationalists—Style Council

134. Body and Soul--Joe Jackson

135. Past Light--William Ackerman
136. Sky-skating--Annette Peacock
137. Extractions—Dif Juz

138. Hysteria--Def Leppard

139. Muttered Promises from an Ageless Pond--Galadriel

140. Pazzo Fanfano di Musica--Pazzo Fanfano di Musica

141. The Serpent's Egg--Dead Can Dance
142. The Unforgettable Fire--U2

143. Beat—King Crimson

144. Diamond Life—Sade

145. Zazu--Rosie Vela
146. About Face--David Gilmour

147. A New Flame--Simply Red
148. Vertical's Currency--Kip Hanrahan

149. Everything Could Be So Perfect--Anne Pigalle
150. Aerial Boundaries--Michael Hedges

151. Elemental--Loreena McKennitt

152. A Flock of Seagulls--A Flock of Seagulls

153. Ezekiel--Itoiz

154. Children of God--Swans

155. Offramp--Pat Metheny Group

156. Scenario—Al DiMeola

157. Back in Black--AC/DC

158. Zenyattà Mondatta--The Police

159. Peaceful Evening--David & Steve Gordon

160. War--U2

161. Introducing the Style Council--The Style Council

162. Never For Ever--Kate Bush

163. Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics--Brian Eno & Jon Hassell
164. Memento Z Banalnym Tryptikiem--SBB

165. Duke-Genesis
166. Promise--Sade