 | 1984 by Van Halen
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.49 VH at their peak. I'll Wait is the band's most underrated song.
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 | Madonna by Madonna
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $4.54 THE best dance album of all time. Hidden gem: I Know It, the prototype for the girl group soundalike Madonna perfected in True Blue.
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 | Pyromania by Def Leppard
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $5.49 EVERY song STILL gets played on the radio. Nothing beats Joe Elliot singing Photograph wearing those Union Jack shorts.
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 | Escape by Journey
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.27 Indispensable. Nothing compares to the one-two punch of Don't Stop Believin followed by Stone In Love. Open Arms is the ultimate 80's slow dance song.
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 | Crimes of Passion by Pat Benatar
Buy used from: $1.47 THE rock voice of the 80's. Hidden gem: I'm Gonna Follow You, the ultimate stalker song.
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 | Loverboy by Loverboy
Buy used from: $4.38 Mike Reno and company rock! Working For The Weekend (from Get Lucky) gets all the airplay now, but you cannot deny Turn Me Loose, The Kid Is Hot Tonight, and Teenage Overdose.
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![Synchronicity [Digipak]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XhIp-RhhL._SL75_.jpg) | Synchronicity [Digipak] by The Police
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $2.92 Classic lyrics: "It's murder by numbers...123...it's as easy to learn...as your ABC.
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 | Colour by Numbers by Culture Club
Buy used from: $0.53 Boy George at his best. That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You) is stunning.
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 | Rio by Duran Duran
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.01 Nothing beats the album versions of Rio and Save A Prayer. Seek out the "night version" of Hungry Like The Wolf. Hidden gem: The Chauffeur..."Sing blue silver...
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 | Reckless by Bryan Adams
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.99 Another Canadian who gets no respect (??!!). Listen to Long Gone, the ultimate kiss off song.
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 | Sports by Huey Lewis & the News
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.05 A seminal 80's band and record. How can you not help but smile when you hear If This Is It.
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 | Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.80 Trust me...the whole album is a hidden gem. Check out the Love Theme - it's gorgeous!
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 | Rebel Yell by Billy Idol
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.19 Flesh for Fantasy says it all: "Face to face...and back to back...you see and feel...my sex attack...
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 | She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $2.88 She Bop. Priceless.
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 | Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain" by Prince & the Revolution
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.25 THE album that changed EVERYTHING!
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 | Heartbeat City by The Cars
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.78 The songs are seamlessly threaded together into a sound unlike anything else that came out in 84...a pure blend of rock, pop, and new wave. As Ric Ocasek sings in Magic, it's "...got a hold on you...
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 | Faith by George Michael
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $0.01 George Michael at his peak. Look At Your Hands sounds so prophetic now: "Betcha don't, betcha don't, betcha don't like your life now...
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 | Thriller - Special Edition by Michael Jackson
Buy used from: $5.18 Billie Jean. Beat It. Genius.
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 | Kick by INXS
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.98 Michael Hutchence was the quintessential rock god of the 80's. Guns In The Sky is a KILLER track.
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 | Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.50 Poor Reagan...he got it all wrong.
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 | Hysteria by Def Leppard
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $10.99 Best opening track of the decade: Women. The very first time I walked up to my freshman dorm (circa 1987), Women was blasting out the windows - awesome!
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 | Like a Prayer by Madonna
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.49 Madonna all grown up. Til Death Do Us Part always hits an emotional nerve: "Our luck is running out of time...you're not in love with me anymore...
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 | Asia by Asia
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $3.15 Heat Of The Moment. Only Time Will Tell. Sole Survivor. Incomparable.
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 | Private Dancer by Tina Turner
Buy used from: $0.67 Comeback of the decade. Better Be Good To Me still packs a sonic punch.
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 | Whitney Houston by Whitney Houston
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $0.20 Debut record of the decade. Greatest Love Of All got all the airplay, but nothing can top Saving All My Love For You.
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 | Control by Janet Jackson
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.29 And this time I'm gonna do it my way...I hope you enjoy this as much as I do...Are we ready...I am...Cause it's all about control....And I've got lots of it...
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 | Xanadu
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $8.49 I'll take Olivia over the Britney's and Christina's any day. And the ELO side is perfect.
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 | Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $2.72 THE jam of the decade. Classic lyrics from Paul Revere: "I did it like this...I did it like that...I did it with a whiffle ball bat...soooo...
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 | I Love Rock N' Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.96 You haven't lived until you are sitting in the back of a school bus in 7th grade (circa 1982) with both I Love Rock N Roll and Centerfold (by J. Geils Band) playing at full blast - totally awesome!
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 | Beauty and the Beat by The Go-Go's
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.90 Our Lips Are Sealed - sheer perfection.
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 | Back in Black by AC/DC
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $7.15 I was in the 6th grade. A friend told me that Another One Bites The Dust was sung by AC/DC (??!!). I bought Back In Black. I was NOT disappointed.
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 | Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $1.75 The only way to listen to Welcome To The Jungle is to turn your speakers up as high as they will go...as Axel says in the intro...OH MY...GOD...
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 | Break Out by The Pointer Sisters
Buy used from: $2.45 I'll take the Pointer Sisters over Destiny's Child any day. Hidden gem: I Need You - a smooth mixture of R&B/Pop heaven.
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 | Young Man Running by Corey Hart
Buy used from: $5.11 If you can find this record...buy it...NOW! In Your Soul was the only hit, but Spot You In A Coal Mine and Still In Love will leave you wanting more.
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 | The Joshua Tree by U2
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $0.63 This is your "to do" list: Put your headphones on, turn up Where The Streets Have No Name, close your eyes, and be prepared to be blown away...DO NOT accept any substitutes - no single edits!!
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 | True Blue by Madonna
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.74 Live To Tell still leaves me breathless...
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 | Freeze Frame by The J. Geils Band
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.74 Centerfold. Freeze-Frame. Rage In The Cage. Flamethrower. Angel In Blue. Piss On The Wall. All classics.
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 | 4 by Foreigner
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.46 Waiting For A Girl Like You and Juke Box Hero have no comparisons in rock. I have a vivid memory of myself as a 13 year old (circa 1981) trapped in a house because of a raging hurricane outside and the the only thing working is the radio...and then the DJ starts cranking up...Night Life...
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