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#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1977	My Aim Is True	Elvis Costello	Album	3.4	21
2	1980	Remain in Light	Talking Heads	Album	4.3	30
3	1986	The Queen Is Dead	The Smiths	Album	4.2	32
4	1978	Parallel Lines	Blondie	Album	4.2	24
5	1983	Power, Corruption & Lies	New Order	Album	4.4	25
6	1983	Synchronicity	The Police	Album	3.9	50
7	1986	Skylarking	XTC	Album	3.5	34
8	1984	Ocean Rain	Echo & the Bunnymen	Album	3.8	13
9	1980	Scary Monsters… and Super Creeps	David Bowie	Album	3.7	22
10	1989	Disintegration	The Cure	Album	4.3	28
11	1978	Jesus of Cool	Nick Lowe	Album	4.35	7
12	1980	Freedom of Choice	DEVO	Album	4.2	6
13	1978	The Cars	The Cars	Album	4.5	25
14	1986	Crowded House	Crowded House	Album	4	18
15	1979	Broken English	Marianne Faithfull	Album	4	22
16	1985	Songs From the Big Chair	Tears for Fears	Album	4.45	43
17	1979	Look Sharp!	Joe Jackson	Album	3	18
18	1979	Fear of Music	Talking Heads	Album	4.2	20
19	1978	This Year’s Model	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Album	4.35	24
20	1980	Argybargy	Squeeze	Album	4.5	8
21	1981	Beauty and the Beat	Go‐Go’s	Album	3	12
22	1988	Spirit of Eden	Talk Talk	Album	4.15	15
23	1979	Pretenders	Pretenders	Album	4	25
24	1982	Rio	Duran Duran	Album	3.9	30
25	1984	All Over the Place	Bangles	Album	4.5	8
26	1981	Tin Drum	Japan	Album	4.35	19
27	1979	The B‐52’s	The B‐52’s	Album	4.5	20
28	1978	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!	DEVO	Album	4.15	11
29	1985	Hunting High and Low	a‐ha	Album	4.05	36
30	1987	Music for the Masses	Depeche Mode	Album	4.2	34
31	1987	Tallulah	The Go‐Betweens	Album	4	10
32	1980	True Colours	Split Enz	Album	3.5	13
33	1981	Juju	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Album	4.45	9
34	1981	Dare	The Human League	Album	3	18
35	1978	Outlandos d’Amour	The Police	Album	3.4	35
36	1980	Gyrate	Pylon	Album		7
37	1978	All Mod Cons	The Jam	Album	3.75	8
38	1979	The Pleasure Principle	Gary Numan	Album	4.15	9
39	1979	Get the Knack	The Knack	Album	3.35	15
40	1979	One Step Beyond…	Madness	Album	4	14
41	1982	Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?	The Waitresses	Album		4
42	1982	Rip It Up	Orange Juice	Album	2.5	6
43	1980	Kings of the Wild Frontier	Adam and the Ants	Album	3.65	15
44	1978	Germfree Adolescents	X‐Ray Spex	Album	3.65	13
45	1980	The Age of Plastic	Buggles	Album	5	68
46	1980	Underwater Moonlight	The Soft Boys	Album	3	7
47	1982	I Want Candy	Bow Wow Wow	Album + Compilation		5
48	1980	I Just Can’t Stop It	The Beat	Album		13
49	1980	New Clear Days	The Vapors	Album	4	3
50	1986	Pretty in Pink: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various Artists	Album + Soundtrack	5	9

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