Loudwire: Top 80 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1980s

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#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1987	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	4.45	73
2	1986	Master of Puppets	Metallica	Album	4.6	74
3	1980	Back in Black	AC/DC	Album	4.4	59
4	1982	The Number of the Beast	Iron Maiden	Album	4.45	50
5	1986	Reign in Blood	Slayer	Album	4.35	37
6	1989	Pretty Hate Machine	Nine Inch Nails	Album	2.95	32
7	1980	Blizzard of Ozz	Ozzy Osbourne	Album	4.15	29
8	1982	Screaming for Vengeance	Judas Priest	Album	4.6	25
9	1980	Permanent Waves	Rush	Album	4.35	30
10	1980	Heaven and Hell	Black Sabbath	Album	4.4	31
11	1983	Pyromania	Def Leppard	Album	4	38
12	1988	Nothing’s Shocking	Jane’s Addiction	Album	4	16
13	1984	Ride the Lightning	Metallica	Album	4.65	60
14	1986	Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?	Megadeth	Album	4.2	30
15	1988	Operation: Mindcrime	Queensrÿche	Album	4.55	26
16	1980	Ace of Spades	Motörhead	Album	3.8	31
17	1983	Holy Diver	Dio	Album	4.55	33
18	1981	Moving Pictures	Rush	Album	4.35	46
19	1983	Out of Step	Minor Threat	Album	3	4
20	1984	Defenders of the Faith	Judas Priest	Album	4.55	23
21	1984	1984	Van Halen	Album	3.7	41
22	1985	Bonded by Blood	Exodus	Album	4.4	15
23	1987	Hysteria	Def Leppard	Album	4.6	38
24	1984	Powerslave	Iron Maiden	Album	4.6	38
25	1985	To Mega Therion	Celtic Frost	Album	3.85	20
26	1981	Damaged	Black Flag	Album	3.8	7
27	1981	Welcome to Hell	Venom	Album	3.6	13
28	1980	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables	Dead Kennedys	Album	3.9	24
29	1982	Bad Brains	Bad Brains	Album	2.35	9
30	1982	Walk Among Us	Misfits	Album	4.35	9
31	1989	Beneath the Remains	Sepultura	Album	4	18
32	1987	Among the Living	Anthrax	Album	3.75	22
33	1983	Kill ’Em All	Metallica	Album	4.2	67
34	1983	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	Album	4.15	23
35	1984	Don’t Break the Oath	Mercyful Fate	Album	4.65	17
36	1980	British Steel	Judas Priest	Album	4.05	31
37	1988	Vivid	Living Colour	Album	3.35	16
38	1987	Abigail	King Diamond	Album	4.4	15
39	1988	Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II	Helloween	Album	4.45	22
40	1989	Altars of Madness	Morbid Angel	Album	4.3	20
41	1988	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	Iron Maiden	Album	4.45	28
42	1982	Milo Goes to College	Descendents	Album	2.85	7
43	1989	Dr. Feelgood	Mötley Crüe	Album	4.4	40
44	1987	Whitesnake	Whitesnake	Album	4	36
45	1981	Diary of a Madman	Ozzy Osbourne	Album	3.6	21
46	1983	Piece of Mind	Iron Maiden	Album	4.4	39
47	1988	Suffer	Bad Religion	Album	4	9
48	1989	Bleach	Nirvana	Album	4.15	43
49	1986	I Against I	Bad Brains	Album	3.5	9
50	1981	Mob Rules	Black Sabbath	Album	4.25	22
51	1983	Shout at the Devil	Mötley Crüe	Album	3.75	26
52	1987	Under the Sign of the Black Mark	Bathory	Album	4.55	8
53	1987	The Legacy	Testament	Album	4	13
54	1989	Symphonies of Sickness	Carcass	Album	5	18
55	1982	Black Metal	Venom	Album	4.05	19
56	1981	Killers	Iron Maiden	Album	4.1	36
57	1988	South of Heaven	Slayer	Album	4.35	26
58	1984	Rising Force	Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s Rising Force	Album	4	12
59	1982	Blackout	Scorpions	Album	4.15	25
60	1984	Perfect Strangers	Deep Purple	Album	4	19
61	1986	Slippery When Wet	Bon Jovi	Album	4.05	45
62	1987	Electric	The Cult	Album	3.3	18
63	1988	…And Justice for All	Metallica	Single	5	2
64	1988	Leprosy	Death	Album	4.1	18
65	1982	Iron Fist	Motörhead	Album	4	26
66	1984	Stay Hungry	Twisted Sister	Album	4.15	22
67	1989	Skid Row	Skid Row	Album	4.15	17
68	1988	Danzig	Danzig	Album	3.75	19
69	1987	Scum	Napalm Death	Album	4.2	17
70	1984	Love at First Sting	Scorpions	Album	4.6	34
71	1980	End of the Century	Ramones	Album	4.35	11
72	1988	The Land of Rape and Honey	Ministry	Album	4.5	11
73	1984	Out of the Cellar	Ratt	Album	3.6	11
74	1989	Mother’s Milk	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Album	4.2	26
75	1983	Metal Health	Quiet Riot	Album	4	16
76	1981	Fire of Unknown Origin	Blue Öyster Cult	Album	4	12
77	1982	Combat Rock	The Clash	Album	4	25
78	1984	This Is Spinal Tap	Spın̈al Tap	Album + Soundtrack	3	10
79	1983	Mommy's Little Monster	Social Distortion	Album	4	11
80	1986	Look What the Cat Dragged In	Poison	Album	3.75	11

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