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Can you name the performers of the most important albums of the 80s according to Future Rock Legends?

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1980
Back in Black 
In the Flat Field 
The River 
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 
Freedom of Choice 
The Pleasure Principle 
Double Fantasy 
Closer 
British Steel 
Ace of Spades 
Blizzard of Ozz 
Melt 
Kaleidoscope 
Remain In Light 
[P] (Self-Titled) 
Underwater Moonlight 
Los Angeles 
1981
Damaged 
Time 
4 
Abacab 
Escape 
Computer World 
Face Value 
Moving Pictures 
Non Stop Erotic Cabaret 
Dare 
Ghost in the Machine 
1982
[BB] (Self-Titled) 
Nebraska 
Rio 
The Message 
The Number of the Beast 
Screaming for Vengeance 
The Dreaming 
Thriller 
1999 
Shoot Out the Lights 
Pornography 
[VF] (Self-Titled) 
1983
Head Over Heels 
Pyromania 
Zeichmungen des Patienten O.T. 
Sports 
Frontiers 
Kill 'em All 
Power, Corruption, & Lies 
Murmur 
Texas Flood 
Synchronicity 
Swordfishtrombones 
War 
Eliminator 
1984
Born in the USA 
Zen Arcade 
Powerslave 
Like a Virgin 
[MP] II (Self-Titled) 
Ride the Lightning 
Purple Rain 
[R-D] (Self-Titled) 
Heartbeat City 
Let it Be 
The [S] (Self-Titled) 
1984 
1985
Brothers in Arms 
New Day Rising 
Scarecrow 
Hounds of Love 
Radio 
No Jacket Required 
King of Rock 
Dream of the Blue Turtles 
Songs from the Big Chair 
This Nation's Saving Grace 
Psychocandy 
Rum, Sodomy, & The Lash 
Tim 
Meat is Murder 
Rain Dogs 
1986
Licensed to Ill 
Slippery When Wet 
Invisible Touch 
Control 
Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? 
Master of Puppets 
Graceland 
So 
Raising Hell 
Reign in Blood 
Back in the High Life 
The Queen is Dead 
5150 
1987
Criminal Minded 
Hysteria 
Music for the Masses 
Paid In Full 
Cloud Nine 
Faith 
Appetite for Destruction 
Kick 
Bad 
Diesel and Dust 
Sign O' the Times 
Document 
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 
The Joshua Tree 
1988
[IS] (Self-Titled) 
Nothing's Shocking 
I'm Your Man 
Vivid 
…And Justice For All 
Straight Outta Compton 
Surfer Rosa 
It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back 
Operation: Mindcrime 
Daydream Nation 
If I Should Fall From Grace With God 
[TW] Vol. 1 (Self-Titled) 
1989
Paul's Boutique 
3 Feet High and Rising 
The Real Thing 
Rhythm Nation 1814 
Like a Prayer 
Technique 
Pretty Hate Machine 
Bleach 
Doolittle 
Louder Than Love 
Disintegration 
The [SR] (Self-Titled) 
Full Moon Fever 
[TC] (Self-Titled) 
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