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U2: The Joshua Tree (Island, 1987)
Epic in its dustbowl lyrical scope, sweeping in its
soul-searching, cathartic release. A masterpiece, period.
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Pixies: Doolittle (4AD/Elektra, 1989)
The finest hour of a band that indelibly influenced rock
in the '90s--albeit from a distance.
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R.E.M.: Murmur (IRS, 1983)
A blueprint for the
group's later works, its jangly tentacles and gauzy introspection went
on to shape both the fringes and the mainstream in the band's own
blurred image.
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Prince: Purple Rain (Warner Bros., 1983)
For better or worse, laid the groundwork for all of
modern R&B, not to mention the entire career of Lenny Kravitz.
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The Replacements: Tim (Sire, 1985)
Puts some spit-polish on
Paul Westerberg's ragged barstool poetics, with mixed but affirming
results.
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AC/DC: Back in Black (ATCO, 1980)
The sturdiest, most
invincible hard rock record of all time. Not a single wasted moment.
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The Smiths: The Queen is Dead (Sire, 1986)
Injects some much-needed
jangle and buoyancy into the group's mope-poetic art-rock foundations.
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Echo and the Bunnymen: Ocean Rain (Sire, 1984)
A shimmering document of textured melancholy and supernal
longing.
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The Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight (Rykodisc, 1980)
Robyn Hitchcock perfects his unholy union of Lennon and
Barrett. As influential on the "college rock" crowd as the equally
obscure Big Star, and much more fun to listen to.
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Ice-T: The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch
What You Say (Sire, 1989)
The godfather of gangsta-rap takes on the First Amendment
and the critics, and takes no prisoners. Chilling even today.
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- Clint Black: Killin' Time (RCA, 1989)
- The Church: Starfish (Arista, 1988)
- Dash Rip Rock: Ace of Clubs (Mammoth, 1989)
- Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy (Columbia, 1989)
- Steve Earle: Guitar Town (MCA, 1986)
- Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel [3] (Geffen, 1980)
- Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction (Geffen, 1987)
- John Hiatt: Slow Turning (A&M, 1988)
- Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking (Warner
Brothers, 1988)
- Metallica: Master of Puppets (Elektra, 1986)
- The Pogues: If I Should Fall From Grace With God
(Island, 1987)
- The Police: Ghost in the Machine (A&M, 1981)
- Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us
Back (Def Jam, 1988)
- Lou Reed: New York (Sire, 1989)
- R.E.M.: Lifes Rich Pageant (IRS, 1986)
- Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians: Fegmania!
(Midnight/Rhino, 1985)
- The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses (Silvertone, 1989)
- Soul Asylum: Hang Time (A&M, 1988)
- Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska (Columbia, 1982)
- The Waterboys: This Is the Sea (Chrysalis, 1985)
- Neil Young: Freedom (Reprise, 1989)
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