A subjective exercise in list-making.

What's too high? What's too low? What's missing? What doesn't deserve to be here?

1. The Police: Synchronicity
2. New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies
3. The The: Soul Mining
4. Def Leppard: Pyromania
5. R.E.M.: Murmur
6. Minor Threat: Out Of Step
7. Violent Femmes: s/t
8. The Fall: Perverted By Language
9. Misfits: Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood
10. Culture Club: Colour By Numbers
11. The Pointer Sisters: Break Out
12. Suicidal Tendencies: s/t
13. The Go-Betweens: Before Hollywood
14. ZZ Top: Eliminator
15. Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusual
16. Big Country: The Crossing
17. Dio: Holy Diver
18. Minutemen: Why Makes A Man Start Fires?
19. Kashif: s/t
20. Malcolm McLaren: Duck Rock
21. Brian Eno: Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks
22. Marshall Crenshaw: Field Day
23. Naked Eyes: s/t
24. Echo & The Bunnymen: Porcupine
25. Tears For Fears: The Hurting
26. Madonna: s/t
27. John Mellencamp: Uh-Huh!
28. Metallica: Kill ‘Em All
29. Killing Joke: Fire Dances
30. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Dazzle Ships
31. Billy Idol: Rebel Yell
32. Mark Isham: Vapor Drawings
33. Huey Lewis & The News: Sports
34. Midnight Star: No Parking On The Dancefloor
35. The Glove: Blue Sunshine
36. Wipers: Over The Edge
37. The Plimsouls: Everywhere At Once
38. Yes: 90125
39. Eurythmics: Touch
40. The Fixx: Reach The Beach
41. Cocteau Twins: Head Over Heels
42. Mtume: Juicy Fruit
43. Genesis: s/t
44. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
45. The Isley Brothers: Between The Sheets
46. Pylon: Chomp
47. The Replacements: Hootenanny
48. U2: War
49. The Golden Palominos: s/t
50. David Bowie: Let’s Dance