1.

AC/DC,

Back In Black

(1980)

2.

Guns N' Roses,

Appetite For Destruction

(1987)

3.

Faith No More,

The Real Thing

(1989)

4.

U2,

The Joshua Tree

(1987)

5.

Michael Jackson,

Thriller

(1982)

6.

Beastie Boys,

Licensed To Ill

(1986)

7.

The Police,

Synchronicity

(1983)

8.

Prince,

Purple Rain

(1984)

9.

Misfits,

Walk Among Us

(1982)

10.

John Lennon & Yoko Ono,

Double Fantasy

(1980)

11.

Living Colour,

Vivid

(1988)

12.

Def Leppard,

Hysteria

(1987)

Also available in deluxe edition

13.

The Cult,

Love

(1985)

14.

Bryan Adams,

Reckless

(1984)

15.

Red Hot Chili Peppers,

Mother's Milk

(1989)

16.

R.E.M.,

Document

(1987)

17.

Metallica,

Master Of Puppets

(1986)

18.

Bon Jovi,

Slippery When Wet

(1986)

19.

Bruce Springsteen,

Born In The U.S.A.

(1984)

20.

Paul Simon,

Graceland

(1986)

ANOTHER GOOD CHOICE:  Pixies, Doolittle (1989)