Pitchfork Top 100 Albums of the 1980s on Spotify

Another brick on the Pitchfork wall. About eight years ago, the webzine published its Top 100 Albums of the 80s. Here it is, in double-spotishape.

Enjoy!

(... and forgive them for forgetting U2's War)

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THE PLAYLIST
(80 albums out of 100, 80%)

100. Minor Threat - Out of Step (1984)
99. Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
98. Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
97. Mekons - The Mekons Rock 'N' Roll (1989)
96. Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
95. Duran Duran - Rio (1982)
94. Meat Puppets - II (1983)
93. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
92. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)
91. X - Los Angeles (1980)
90. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (1988)
89. Boredoms - Soul Discharge (1989)
88. Spacemen 3 - Playing with Fire (1989)
87. Prince - Dirty Mind (1980)
86. The Police - Ghost in the Machine (1981)
85. Paul Simon - Graceland (1986)
84. ESG - Come Away with ESG (1983)
83. Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)
82. The Fall - Perverted by Language (1983)
81. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (1988)
80. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising (1985)
79. Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 (1981)
78. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln (1989)
77. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
76. The dB's - Stands for Decibels (1981)
75. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
74. Mekons - Fear & Whiskey (1985)
73. Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1987)
72. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (1985)
71. Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
70. Elvis Costello - Trust (1981)
69. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
68. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984)
67. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash (1985)
66. The Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot (1987)
65. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (Armageddon; 1980)
64. Television Personalities - ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It (1981)
63. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (1980)
62. R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
61. Nurse with Wound - Homotopy to Marie (1982)
60. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (1982)
59. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
58. Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom (1982)
57. Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
56. King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
55. The Police - Synchronicity (1983)
54. Big Black - Songs about Fucking (1987)
53. Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls & Marches (1981)
52. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)
51. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man (1988)
50. Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987)
49. Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)
48. R.E.M. - Document (1987)
47. John Zorn - Naked City (1989)
46. XTC - English Settlement (1982)
45. Prince - Sign 'O' The Times (1987)
44. Kraftwerk - Computer World (1981)
43. Run-DMC - Raising Hell (1986)
42. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session (1988)
41. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (1986)
40. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
39. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
38. The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
37. The Replacements - Tim (1985)
36. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983)
35. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
34. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)
33. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
32. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (1984)
31. Sonic Youth - EVOL (1986)
30. U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987)
29. The Replacements - Let It Be (1984)
28. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
27. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
26. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!! (1980)
25. Black Flag - Damaged (1981)
24. Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981)
23. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985)
22. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
21. Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
20. This Heat - Deceit (1981)
19. Public Image, Ltd. - Second Edition (1980)
18. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
17. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
16. Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989)
15. XTC - Skylarking (1986)
14. Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)
13. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (1985)
12. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
11. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (1983)
10. Joy Division - Closer (1980)
09. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
08. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)
07. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)
06. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
05. R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)
04. Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
03. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
02. Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)
01. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1987)

Listen to it on Spotify:
Mammoth (full albums, 1021 tracks, about 2 days): HTTP, URI. (SR0271)
Graduated (some tracks each album: 2 #100 to #81, 3 #80 to #61, 4 #60 to #41, 5 #40 to #21, 6 #20 to #1) (326 tracks, about 22 hours): HTTP, URI. (SR0272)

Previous Pitchfork-related spotiplaylists:
The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s
Top 100 Albums of the 1970s
Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s
The Pitchfork 500 (the 500 "greatest songs from punk to the present")
Best New Music of 2010
Legacy Edition (best reissues of 2010)