Duran Duran, Rio
The Cure, Pornography
Depeche Mode, A Broken Frame
The Clash, Combat Rock
Roxy Music, Avalon
Yazoo, Upstairs at Eric’s
INXS, Shabooh Shoobah
Simple Minds, New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)
ABC, The Lexicon of Love
Siouxsie and the Banshees, A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
Kate Bush, The Dreaming
Bauhaus, The Sky’s Gone Out
The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now
Cocteau Twins, Garlands
XTC, English Settlement
Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (aka ‘Security’)
The Beat, Special Beat Service
Billy Idol, Billy Idol
Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age of Wireless
Tug Of War-Paul McCartney
Adam Ant, Friend or Foe
The Go-Go’s, Vacation
Talk Talk, The Party’s Over
Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Imperial Bedroom
Joe Jackson, Night and Day
Berlin, Pleasure Victim
Fleetwood Mac, Mirage
The Jam, The Gift
Devo, Oh, No! It’s Devo
X, Under the Big Black Sun
A Flock of Seagulls, A Flock of Seagulls
Modern English, After the Snow
Ultravox, Quartet
Dead Kennedys, Plastic Surgery Disasters
Oingo Boingo, Nothing to Fear
Crosby, Stills & Nash, Daylight Again
Midnight Oil, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
The Fixx, Shuttered Room
Stray Cats, Built for Speed
The Church, The Blurred Crusade
Front 242, Geography
Bad Brains, Bad Brains
The Birthday Party, Junkyard
Laurie Anderson, Big Science
Missing Persons, Spring Session M
Madness, The Rise & Fall
Split Enz, Time and Tide
Haircut One Hundred, Pelican West
Dexys Midnight Runners, Too-Rye-Ay (TIE)
Spandau Ballet, Diamond (TIE)
Squeeze, Sweets from a Stranger
Mission of Burma, Vs.
The Fall, Hex Enduction Hour
The Dream Syndicate, The Days of Wine and Roses
Associates, Sulk
Gary Numan, I, Assassin
Blancmange, Happy Families
Visage, The Anvil
Fun Boy Three, Fun Boy Three
Orange Juice, Rip It Up
Scritti Politti, Songs to Remember (TIE)
Virgin Prunes, …If I Die, I Die
Circle Jerks, Wild in the Streets
The Go-Betweens, Send Me a Lullaby (TIE)
Fad Gadget, Under the Flag (TIE)
The Gun Club, Miami
Fear, The Record
Meat Puppets, Meat Puppets
Klaus Nomi, Simple Man
Prince, 1999
Daryl Hall & John Oates, H2O
Don Henley, I Can't Stand Still
Huey Lewis and The News, Picture This
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, The Distance
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Bad to the Bone
Billy Squier, Emotions in Motion
Lou Reed, The Blue Mask
Motörhead, Iron Fist
The dB's, Repercussion
Michael Jackson, Thriller
Asia, Asia
Whitesnake, Saints & Sinners
Dire Straits, Love Over Gold
John Cougar, American Fool
Supertramp, "...Famous Last Words..."
Phil Collins, Hello, I Must Be Going!
Iron Maiden, The Number of the Beast
Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska,
Donald Fagen, The Nightfly,
Rush, Signals,
Scorpions, Blackout
Judas Priest, Screaming for Vengeance
Robert Plant, Pictures at Eleven
The Alan Parsons Project, Eye in the Sky
Gregory Isaacs-Night Nurse