1089 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 0501-0550

501 Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay (1982)

502 Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (1982)

503 Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982)

504 Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)

505 Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982)

506 Kate Bush - The Dreaming (1982)

507 Orange Juice - Rip It Up (1982)

508 Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)

509 The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982)

510 Venom - Black Metal (1982)

511 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (1982)

512 Associates - Sulk (1982)

513 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982)

514 Duran Duran - Rio (1982)

515 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983)

516 Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983)

517 Def Leppard - Pyromania (1983)

518 R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)

519 The The - Soul Mining (1983)

520 Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (1983)

521 The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984)

522 Hanoi Rocks - Back to Mystery City (1983)

523 Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)

524 Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones (1983)

525 Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine (1983)

526 ZZ Top - Eliminator (1983)

527 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983)

528 U2 - War (1983)

529 The Police - Synchronicity (1983)

530 Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II (1984)

531 Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)

532 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)

533 Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. (1984)

534 Sade - Diamond Life (1984)

535 Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)

536 Minor Threat - Out of Step (1983) [EP]

537 Van Halen - 1984 (1984)

538 Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)

539 The Replacements - Let It Be (1984)

540 The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984)

541 Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

542 Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)

543 Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)

544 Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Rattlesnakes (1984)

545 Youssou N'Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar - Immigrés / Bitim Rew (1984)

546 Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

547 The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (1985)

548 Abdullah Ibrahim - Water From an Ancient Well (1986)

549 a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)

550 Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair (1985)

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551 Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985)

552 Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (1985)

553 Mekons - Fear and Whiskey (1985)

554 Big Black - Atomizer (1986)

555 Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega (1985)

556 The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985)

557 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)

558 The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (1985)

559 Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)

560 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985)

561 New Order - Low-Life (1985)

562 Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)

563 Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down (1985)

564 Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985)

565 Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (1986)

566 Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album (1986) [Compilation]

567 Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (1986)

568 Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)

569 The The - Infected (1986)

570 Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers (1986)

571 Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986)

572 Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)

573 Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986)

574 Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1986)

575 Sonic Youth - EVOL (1986)

576 Slayer - Reign in Blood (1986)

577 Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses (1986)

578 Paul Simon - Graceland (1986)

579 Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (1986)

580 XTC - Skylarking (1986)

581 Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)

582 Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)

583 Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)

584 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)

585 Peter Gabriel - So (1986)

586 Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)

587 Dinosaur - You're Living All Over Me (1987)

588 Dolly Parton · Linda Ronstadt · Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)

589 Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987)

590 R.E.M. - Document (1987)

591 Prince - Sign "☮︎" the Times (1987)

592 The Cult - Electric (1987)

593 Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses (1987)

594 The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)

595 George Michael - Faith (1987)

596 Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987)

597 Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987)

598 Astor Piazzolla & Gary Burton - The New Tango: Recorded at the Montreux Festival (1987)

599 The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

600 Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)