1985 - 1989 ALBUMS

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1985

  1. Aerosmith - Done With Mirrors (NK, CB)
  2. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease (PD)
  3. Asia - Astra (RG)
  4. Bad Company - 10 From 6 (CB) *
  5. Bon Jovi - 7800 Fahrenheit (NK)
  6. Jimmy Buffett - Songs You Know By Heart (JSi, KB) *
  7. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (NK, SF)
  8. The Cars - Greatest Hits (CB) *
  9. The Clash - Cut The Crap (NK)
  10. Bruce Cockburn - World Of Wonders (SF)
  11. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required (PM)
  12. The Cure - The Head On The Door (NK)
  13. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (RG)
  14. Faith No More - We Care A Lot (NK)
  15. The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips EP (NK)
  16. Peter Gabriel - Music From The Film "Birdy" (NK, OS)
  17. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Fegmania! (JSc)
  18. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Gotta Let This Hen Out! (JSc)
  19. Husker Du - New Day Rising (NK)
  20. Husker Du - Flip Your Wig (NK)
  21. Iron Maiden - Live After Death (RG) +
  22. Jethro Tull - Original Masters (NK) *
  23. Jethro Tull - A Classic Case (PM) +
  24. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (NK)
  25. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good (NK)
  26. Midnight Oil - Species Diseases EP (RB)
  27. Joni Mitchell - Dog Eat Dog (SF)
  28. New Order - Low-Life (RB)
  29. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (RB)
  30. The Alan Parsons Project - Stereonomy (AK)
  31. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents (RB)
  32. Prince - Around The World In A Day (RB)
  33. R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction (NK, RB)
  34. Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy (NK)
  35. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley (NK)
  36. Rush - Power Windows (NK)
  37. Skinny Puppy - Bites (NK)
  38. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (RE)
  39. S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die (PD)
  40. Talking Heads - Little Creatures (RB, NK)
  41. Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (NK, CM)
  42. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega (JLC)
  43. The Velvet Underground - VU (NK) *
  44. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid (RB)

1986

  1. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill (NK)
  2. The B-52's - Bouncing Off The Satellites (RB)
  3. Blue Oyster Cult - Club Ninja (NK)
  4. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (NK)
  5. Boston - Third Stage (RG)
  6. Elvis Costello - King Of America (RB)
  7. Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate (RB)
  8. Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (RE)
  9. The Flaming Lips - Hear It Is (NK)
  10. Peter Gabriel - So (NK, RB, PM, OS)
  11. Genesis - Invisible Touch (NK)
  12. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Element Of Light (JSc)
  13. Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (NK)
  14. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (RG)
  15. Billy Joel - The Bridge (JSc)
  16. The Kinks - Think Visual (CB)
  17. KMFDM - What Do You Know, Deutchland? (PM)
  18. Megadeth - Peace Sells, But Who's Buying? (PD)
  19. Metallica - Master Of Puppets (NK, PD, PM, RG)
  20. Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny (NK)
  21. New Order - Brotherhood (RB)
  22. Overkill - Taking Over (JSc)
  23. Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin (NK)
  24. Pet Shop Boys - Please (RB)
  25. Prince - Parade (RB)
  26. Queen - A Kind Of Magic (CB)
  27. Queensryche - Rage For Order (NK, RG)
  28. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant (NK, RB, JSc)
  29. Ratt - Dancing Undercover (NK)
  30. Joe Satriani - Not Of This Earth (NK)
  31. Slayer - Reign In Blood (KA, PD, RG)
  32. The Smithereens - Especially For You (JSc)
  33. Matthew Sweet - Inside (RB)
  34. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (RG)
  35. Sparks - Music That You Can Dance To (NK)
  36. Talking Heads - True Stories (RB, NK)
  37. They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (RB, OS)
  38. Van Halen - 5150 (NK)
  39. XTC - Skylarking (RB, NK, JSc)
  40. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Polka Party! (RB)

1987

  1. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (NK\, CB)
  2. Anthrax - Among The Living (PD)
  3. Anthrax - I'm The Man (PD)
  4. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down (CB)
  5. The Cult - Electric (NK)
  6. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (NK)
  7. Deep Purple - The House Of Blue Light (NK)
  8. Def Leppard - Hysteria (NK)
  9. The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball (RB, NK, JSc)
  10. Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (NK)
  11. The Flaming Lips - Oh My Gawd!!! (NK)
  12. The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (RG)
  13. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (NK, PD, JSi, CrS)
  14. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I (RG)
  15. Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs And Stories (NK)
  16. INXS - Kick (NK)
  17. Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction (NK)
  18. Jefferson Airplane - 2400 Fulton Street (KB) *
  19. Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave (NK)
  20. Marillion - Clutching At Straws (NK)
  21. Meat Puppets - Mirage (NK)
  22. Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls (NK)
  23. New Order - Substance (RB) *
  24. Oingo Boingo - BOI-NGO (RB)
  25. Ozzy Osbourne - Tribute (NK) +
  26. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (RB)
  27. Pet Shop Boys - Actually (RB)
  28. Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (NK)
  29. The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim EP (NK, RB)
  30. Prince - Sign O' The Times (RB)
  31. Prince - The Black Album (RB)
  32. R.E.M. - Dead Letter Office (NK)
  33. R.E.M. - Document (NK, RB, JSc)
  34. Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (NK)
  35. Rush - Hold Your Fire (NK)
  36. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King (NK)
  37. Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (NK)
  38. Squeeze - Babylon And On (JSc)
  39. The Tragically Hip - The Tragically Hip EP (RB)
  40. U2 - The Joshua Tree (PD, NK, RG, KB)
  41. Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (JLC)
  42. White Lion - Pride (NK)
  43. Whitesnake - Whitesnake (NK)
  44. Yes - Big Generator (RG, NK, PM)

1988

  1. Tori Amos - Y Kant Tori Read (NK, JLC)
  2. Bad Religion - Suffer (NK)
  3. Syd Barrett - Opel (NK)
  4. The Beatles - Past Masters Volume 1 (CB) *
  5. The Beatles - Past Masters Volume 2 (CB, NK) *
  6. Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos (NK)
  7. Bon Jovi - New Jersey (NK)
  8. Bride - Live To Die (RG)
  9. Bruce Cockburn - Big Circumstance (SF)
  10. Danzig - Danzig (NK)
  11. The Flaming Lips - Telepathic Surgery (NK)
  12. Guns N' Roses - Gn'R Lies (NK)
  13. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II (RG, NK)
  14. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Globe Of Frogs (JSc)
  15. Holy Terror - Mind Wars (RG)
  16. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (RG, NK)
  17. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (NK)
  18. Journey - Greatest Hits (NK) *
  19. Joy Division - Substance (NK) *
  20. King's X - Out Of The Silent Planet (NK)
  21. KMFDM - Don't Blow Your Top (PM)
  22. Little Feat - Let It Roll (PD)
  23. Living Colour - Vivid (NK)
  24. Los Lobos - La Pistola Y El Corazon (KB)
  25. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What! (PD)
  26. Metallica - ...And Justice For All (NK, PD, PM)
  27. Midnight Oil - Diesel And Dust (RB, JSc)
  28. Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm (SF)
  29. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (RG)
  30. Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest For The Wicked (NK)
  31. Overkill - Under The Influence (JSc)
  32. Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (RB)
  33. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa (NK, RB)
  34. Prince - Lovesexy (RB)
  35. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (AW)
  36. The Pursuit Of Happiness - Love Junk (JSc)
  37. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime (NK, RG)
  38. R.E.M. - Eponymous (NK) *
  39. R.E.M. - Green (NK, RB, JSc)
  40. Ratt - Dancing Undercover (NK)
  41. Slayer - South Of Heaven (KA, PD)
  42. The Smithereens - Green Thoughts (JSc)
  43. Soundgarden - Ultramega OK (NK)
  44. Sparks - Interior Design (NK)
  45. Talking Heads - Naked (RB)
  46. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln (RB, OS)
  47. The Traveling Wilburys - Volume 1 (PM)
  48. U2 - Rattle And Hum (PD, NK)
  49. Van Halen - OU812 (NK)
  50. Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (NK)
  51. Winger - Winger (NK)
  52. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Even Worse (RB)

1989

  1. Aerosmith - Pump (NK, CB)
  2. Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (NK)
  3. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (NK, PM)
  4. The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (RB)
  5. Jackson Browne - World In Motion (SF)
  6. Kate Bush - The Sensual World (NK)
  7. Alice Cooper - Trash (AK)
  8. Elvis Costello - Spike (RB)
  9. The Cult - Sonic Temple (NK)
  10. The Cure - Disintegration (NK)
  11. Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite (NK, RG)
  12. Enuff Z'Nuff - Enuff Z'Nuff (NK)
  13. Extreme - Extreme (NK)
  14. Faith No More - The Real Thing (NK)
  15. Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (NK)
  16. The Frogs - It's Only Right And Natural (NK)
  17. Peter Gabriel - Passion (NK, OS)
  18. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Queen Elvis (JSc)
  19. Jethro Tull - Rock Island (PM)
  20. Billy Joel - Storm Front (JSc)
  21. Phil Keaggy - The Master And The Musician (RG)
  22. Kentucky Headhunters - Pickin' On Nashville (KB)
  23. King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (NK)
  24. KMFDM - UAIOE (PM)
  25. John Lennon - The John Lennon Collection (CB) *
  26. Marillion - Seasons End (NK)
  27. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (NK)
  28. New Order - Technique (RB)
  29. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (NK)
  30. Nirvana - Bleach (NK)
  31. Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy (PM) *
  32. Overkill - The Years Of Decay (JSc)
  33. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (RB)
  34. The Pixies - Doolittle (NK, RB)
  35. Prince - Batman (RB)
  36. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (NK)
  37. Rush - A Show Of Hands (NK) +
  38. Rush - Presto (NK)
  39. Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream (NK)
  40. Savatage - Gutter Ballet (NK)
  41. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains (PD)
  42. Skid Row - Skid Row (NK)
  43. The Smithereens - 11 (JSc)
  44. Soundgarden - Louder Than Love (NK)
  45. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (RG, CM)
  46. Matthew Sweet - Earth (RB)
  47. Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (NK)
  48. White Lion - Big Game (NK)
  49. XTC - Oranges And Lemons (RB, NK)
  50. "Weird Al" Yankovic - UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (And Other Stuff) (RB)

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