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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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