AC/DC, GUNS N' ROSES Classics Among 'Greatest Albums Of The '80s'

July 13, 2006

AC/DC's "Black in Black" and GUNS N' ROSES' "Appetite for Destruction" are among the greatest albums of the '80s, a U.K. poll has found.

The AC/DC and GUNS N' ROSES classics were the only hard rock albums to make the list, which was compiled by the British music bible Q.

The Top 20 albums of the '80s, according to readers of Q magazine:

01. The Joshua Tree - U2
02. Thriller - MICHAEL JACKSON
03. The Queen Is Dead - THE SMITHS
04. Hounds Of Love - KATE BUSH
05. The Stone Roses - THE STONE ROSES
06. Murmur - REM
07. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - PUBLIC ENEMY
08. Closer - JOY DIVISION
09. Back In Black - AC/DC
10. Appetite For Destruction - GUNS N' ROSES
11. Doolittle - PIXIES
12. Sign 'O' The Times - PRINCE
13. Nebraska - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
14. Like A Prayer - MADONNA
15. Sound Affects - THE JAM
16. Licensed To Ill - BEASTIE BOYS
17. Disintegration - THE CURE
18. Bummed - HAPPY MONDAYS
19. Dare - HUMAN LEAGUE
20. Three Feet High And Rising - DE LA SOUL

The Top 20 singles of the 80s, according to readers of Q magazine:

01. Billie Jean - MICHAEL JACKSON
02. Blue Monday - NEW ORDER
03. Kiss - PRINCE
04. Walk This Way - RUN DMC featuring AEROSMITH
05. Sweet Child O' Mine - GUNS N' ROSES
06. Should I Stay Or Should I Go - THE CLASH
07. Born In The USA - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
08. West End Girls - PET SHOP BOYS
09. Into The Groove - MADONNA
10. Ghost Town - THE SPECIALS
11. Relax - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
12. Love Will Tear Us Apart - JOY DIVISION
13. F**k Tha Police - NWA
14. How Soon Is Now? - THE SMITHS
15. Going Underground - THE JAM
16. Tainted Love - SOFT CELL
17. There She Goes - THE LA'S
18. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
19. Rapture - BLONDIE
20. Personal Jesus - DEPECHE MODE

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