Can you name the artists listed in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's?

Rank	Artist	Album
1		London Calling
2		Purple Rain
3		The Joshua Tree
4		Remain in Light
5		Graceland
6		Born in the U.S.A.
7		Thriller
8		Murmur
9		Shoot Out the Lights
10		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: TC]}
11		Get Happy!!
12		It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
13		Diesel and Dust
14		So
15		Let It Be
16		1999
17		Synchronicity
18		Dirty Mind
19		New York
20		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: P]}
21		Rain Dogs
22		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: tS]}
23		Red
24		Los Angeles
25		Tunnel of Love

Rank	Artist	Album
26		Back in Black
27		Appetite for Destruction
28		Control
29		Double Fantasy
30		How Will the Wolf Survive?
31		Avalon
32		Uh-Huh
33		Zen Arcade
34		Tattoo You
35		Kill 'Em All
36		Rapture
37		Midnight Love
38		Imperial Bedroom
39		Eliminator
40		War
41		Document
42		Strong Persuader
43		Nebraska
44		Oh Mercy
45		Daydream Nation
46		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: PG]}
47		Private Dancer
48		Skylarking
49		Crazy Rhythms
50		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: M]}

Rank	Artist	Album
51		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: RD]}
52		Making Movies
53		Bring the Family
54		Speaking in Tongues
55		Centerfield
56		Closer
57		Empty Glass
58		The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, Vol. 1
59		Computer Games
60		The Blue Mask
61		Doc at the Radar Station
62		Pyromania
63		Entertainment!
64		Vivid
65		In My Tribe
66		Fiyo on the Bayou
67		Trouble in Paradise
68		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: tS]}
69		Radio
70		(Self-Titled), Vol. 1
71		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: CH]}
72		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: MC]}
73		Building the Perfect Beast
74		Sign 'O' the Times
75		She's So Unusual

Rank	Artist	Album
76		Second Edition
77		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: RR]}
78		Dare!
79		Guitar Town
80		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: SV]}
81		1984
82		East Side Story
83		Let's Dance
84		Faith
85		Freedom
86		The River
87		Steel Wheels
88		Lives in the Balance
89		Who's Zoomin' Who?
90		Nothing Like the Sun
91		(Self-Titled) _{[Initials: LL]}
92		Full Moon Fever
93		The Night I Fell in Love
94		Power, Corruption & Lies
95		Scarecrow
96		Colour by Numbers
97		The Mona Lisa's Sister
98		Labour of Love
99		What Up, Dog?
100		Sun City

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	GoldenBo:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 19:26 GMT		3 points
	There are some great bands on that list, a few dogs too. I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun Sit Tay.

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	Jethro:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 19:31 GMT		6 points
	Was (Not Was) should be accepted without the parentheses.

	jshep:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 19:41 GMT		4 points
	I agree with Jethro -- took me forever to figure out why it was not accepting "Was Not Was"!

	rockgolf:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 19:58 GMT		9 points
	No Cure, no Depeche Mode, no Duran Duran, no New Order, no Whitney Houston. Bruce Springsteen's The River 37 points lower than The Feelies. Typical finger on the pulse of the decade, Rolling Stone.

	rockgolf:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:09 GMT		3 points
	To help with some previous confusion, where the initial stands for "The", I've changed it to a lowercase "t". Example: #22 [Initials: tS]. Hope it helps.

	Tahnan:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:31 GMT		7 points
	I can understand not having Whitney Houston on a list of the best albums of the 80s, regardless of her popularity. On the other hand, the lack of Depeche Mode and Duran Duran very much surprised me, as did the large number of bands I've never at all heard of...it's very Rolling Stone, isn't it? (By the way, rockgolf, New Order is on the list. Low, at 94, but they're there.)

	andmybirdcansing:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:37 GMT		2 points
	accept just john lennon?

	rct:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:38 GMT		2 points
	Kinda surprised that they have Husker Du's Zen Arcade on here, but don't have Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime. The latter was inspired by the former and they were labelmates, so Rolling Stone was clearly looking at SST Records. No Minutemen is ridiculous.

	kidcanada:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:43 GMT		4 points
	Daydream Nation should be #1 on any best of the 1980s.

	jasperwyld:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:46 GMT		12 points
	Tears for Fears and Beastie Boys are notable omissions as well.

	Statto2:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:48 GMT		3 points
	Ooops - missed 4 albums that I own.

	deweymcnugent:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:49 GMT		4 points
	I got Public Image Ltd. when I mistyped the Police as "pil".

	brenjonzz:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:53 GMT		6 points
	Paul's Boutique. COME ON.

	MacZidane:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:58 GMT		0 points
	Depressing, but not surprising to see no Ocean Rain, Queen is Dead, Stone Roses, Psychocandy, Murmur, etc etc etc, and yet Cyndi fecking Lauper is included. Poor show RS.

	H0limkill:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 20:58 GMT		3 points
	Crappy list from RS, as usual.

	schrempf11:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 21:08 GMT		8 points
	No Pixies = terrible list

	stuartboyd:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 21:13 GMT		5 points
	Don't hate on The Feelies. "Crazy Rhythms" is an awesome album. "The River" placing below "Tunnel Of Love" just hints on how terrible this list is.

	Dr_Corndog:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 21:23 GMT		4 points
	Once again Rolling Stone shows they know nothing about music.

	amwoods13:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 21:29 GMT		5 points
	More that is missing: Joe Jackson, the Jam, the Teardrop Explodes, and Concrete Blonde, all with better 80's albums than about half on the Rolling Stone list.

	cntower:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 21:34 GMT		-3 points
	No Justin Bieber, this list sucks!

	Kicking222:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 21:34 GMT		2 points
	That was BRUTAL. I don't have nearly as many problems with the list as some people (though there were certainly artists I expected to see yet didn't, I was particularly happy to see a couple of Talking Heads albums, a Squeeze album, and the Replacements' "Let It Be"), but I did have a problem with myself for only getting half of the answers.

	jtrichey:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 21:56 GMT		5 points
	Sporcle, stop making fun of Hall and Oates. They are cool!

	bruceN:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 22:42 GMT		2 points
	I remember this list, and IMO it was a pretty darn good one, though I agree that Tears for Fears should be on it (especially "Songs from the Big Chair"). I got 71 of 100 which I guess is pretty decent. Those eponymous albums were tough, even with initials for hints.

	dollymix:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 22:51 GMT		0 points
	That Feelies album is without question better than any Springsteen album. I have lots of complaints, both reasonable (no Mekons?) and unreasonable (no dBs, Game Theory, or Dolly Mixture, who nobody had heard of then and barely anybody has heard of now), but overall the list is pretty decent and probably a lot better than what they would do now.

	idledandy:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 23:04 GMT		3 points
	Crazy hard. Half my music collection is 80s and I only got 42 of them (of course, I mostly have "Hits of the 80s" discs, so I don't know original album names.)

	hamstrung:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 23:10 GMT		-1 points
	No "Nick of Time" Bonnie Raitt. Whu-whut?

	fla:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 23:15 GMT		2 points
	What a bizarre list. It's like they've taken 20-30 of some genre-specific lists and mashed them together. Among other things, "The Smiths" is NO WAY the best Smiths album.

	PublicEnemy:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 23:16 GMT		1 point
	I agree fully with the #1. The Clash are awesome. Combat Rock sould have made the list too (much lower though).

	SAEinSoCal:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 23:20 GMT		-3 points
	Typical Rolling Stone. If it's popular, it can't be good. The Feelies? Husker Du? Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band? Gimme a break.

	slammin_sammy:	Nov 17th, 2010 at 00:21 GMT		2 points
	How are Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" and "New Jersey" not on here? And I figured there'd be something from Aerosmith.

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	amwoods13:	Nov 17th, 2010 at 00:40 GMT		12 points
	No, Pete Townshend is spelled with an H. Feel free to look that up.

	Haunter:	Nov 17th, 2010 at 01:15 GMT		-1 points
	No RUSH? Rolling Stone confirming its idiocy yet again.