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Butthole Surfers
Psychic Powerless
(1984)
Diamanda Galas
Diamanda Galas
(1984)
Foetus
Nail
(1985)
Gun Club
Fire Of Love
(1981)
Husker Du
Zen Arcade
(1984)- Jon Hassell
Dream Theory In Malaya
(1981) 
Minutemen
Double Nickels On The Dime
(1984)
8.5/10
American Music Club
California
(1988)
Big Black
Atomizer
(1986)
Bruce Springsteen
The River
(1980)
Dead Kennedys
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
(1980)
Constance Demby
Novus Magnificat
(1986)
Dream Syndicate
The Days Of Wine And Roses
(1982)
Nick Cave
From Her To Eternity
(1984)- Pandora's Box
Original Sin
(1989) 
Peter Gabriel
Passion
(1989)
Pixies
Surfer Rosa
(1988)
Steve Roach
Dreamtime Return
(1988)
Soft Boys
Underwater Moonlight
(1980)
8/10
- Ambitious Lovers
Greed
(1988) 
Angkor Wat
When Obscenity Becomes The Norm
(1989)
Bad Brains
Rock For Light
(1982)
Band Of Susans
Love Agenda
(1989)
Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic
Magnetic Flip
(1984)Magnetic Flip is collected in tracks 6-16 of Dawn of the Cycads.
Bitch Magnet
Umber
(1989)
Black Flag
Damaged
(1981)
Blind Idiot God
Blind Idiot God
(1987)
Bongwater
Double Bummer
(1988)Box of Bongwater contains Double Bummer in tracks 7-33 as well as the band's other three albums.
Butthole Surfers
Rembrandt Pussyhorse
(1986)
Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven
(1986)
Camper Van Beethoven
Telephone Free Landslide Victory
(1985)
Cocteau Twins
Head Over Heels
(1983)
Colin Newman
A-Z
(1980)
Cows
Daddy Has A Tail
(1989)
Cramps
Songs The Lord Taught Us
(1980)- David Thomas
Monster Walks The Winter Lake
(1986) - David Thomas
The Sound Of The Sand
(1981) 
Dead Can Dance
Spleen And Ideal
(1985)- Death Of Samantha
Strungout On Jargon
(1986) 
Deuter
Silence Is The Answer
(1981)
Diamanda Galas
The Litanies Of Satan
(1982)
Dinosaur Jr
You're Living All Over Me
(1987)
Djam Karet
Reflections From The Firepool
(1988)
Einsturzende Neubauten
Zeichnungen des Patienten OT
(1983)
Enya
Watermark
(1988)
Faith No More
Introduce Yourself
(1987)
Fear
Record
(1982)
Feedtime
Feedtime
(1986)Feedtime is collected in tracks 1-15 of The Aberrant Years.
Feelies
Crazy Rhythms
(1980)- Fetchin Bones
Cabin Flounder
(1985) 
Flaming Lips
Telepathic Surgery
(1989)- Fleshtones
Roman Gods
(1981) 
Flipper
Generic
(1982)
Foetus
Hole
(1984)
Forrest Fang
The Wolf At The Ruins
(1989)
Galaxie 500
On Fire
(1989)
Godflesh
Streetcleaner
(1989)Green
White Soul
(1989)
Guns N' Roses
Appetite For Destruction
(1987)- Henry Rollins
Hot Animal Machine
(1987) - Hugo Largo
Drum
(1987) 
Husker Du
New Day Rising
(1985)
Jane Siberry
No Borders Here
(1983)- Joan LaBarbara
Reluctant Gypsy
(1980) - Jon Hassell
Aka-Darbari-Java Magic Realism
(1983) 
Julian Cope
World Shut Your Mouth
(1984)- King Snake Roost
Things That Play Themselves
(1988) 
Laughing Hyenas
You Can't Pray A Lie
(1989)
Legal Weapon
Death Of Innocence
(1982)Lou Reed
New York
(1989)
Mark Stewart
Learning To Cope With Cowardice
(1983)
Mary Margaret O'Hara
Miss America
(1988)
Metallica
Kill 'Em All
(1983)
Metallica
Master Of Puppets
(1986)
Michael Jones
After The Rain
(1988)
Ministry
The Land Of Rape And Honey
(1988)- Misfits
Walk Among Us
(1982) 
Missing Foundation
1933
(1988)
Mission Of Burma
VS
(1982)
My Bloody Valentine
Isn't Anything
(1988)
Nick Cave
The Firstborn Is Dead
(1985)
Pauline Oliveros
Roots Of The Moment
(1988)
Pere Ubu
Art Of Walking
(1980)- Peter Frohmader
Through Time And Mystery
(1988) 
Peter Michael Hamel
Colours Of Time
(1980)
Peter Michael Hamel
Transition
(1983)
Pop Group
For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder
(1980)
Public Enemy
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
(1988)
Public Image Ltd
Flowers of Romance
(1981)- Rapeman
Two Nuns And A Pack Mule
(1989) 
Red Temple Spirits
Dancing To Restore An Eclipsed Moon
(1988)
Replacements
Let It Be
(1984)
Replacements
Tim
(1985)
Richard Thompson
Shoot Out The Lights
(1982)- Rip Rig & Panic
God
(1981) 
Savage Republic
Customs
(1989)
Sinead O'Connor
The Lion And The Cobra
(1987)
Sonic Youth
Bad Moon Rising
(1985)
Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation
(1988)
Stan Ridgway
The Big Heat
(1986)Stephan Micus
Ocean
(1986)
Steve Roach
Structures From Silence
(1984)
Swans
Children Of God
(1987)
Swans
Cop
(1984)Cop is collected in tracks 1-8 of Cop / Young God.
Swans
Filth
(1983)Tackhead
Friendly As A Hand Grenade
(1989)
Talk Talk
Spirit Of Eden
(1988)- Tiny Lights
Prayer For The Halcyon Fear
(1985) 
Tom Waits
Rain Dogs
(1985)
Tom Waits
Swordfishtrombones
(1983)- Tragic Mulatto
Locos Por El Sexo
(1987) 
Tuxedomoon
Half Mute
(1980)
Slint
Tweez
(1989)- Univers Zero
Heatwave
(1986) - Unrest
Tink Of Southeast
(1987) 
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
(1982)
X
Los Angeles
(1980)
7.5/10
Thom Brennan
Mountains
(1987)
Afrika Bambaataa
Beware
(1986)
American Music Club
Engine
(1987)- Annette Peacock
I Have No Feelings
(1986) - Annette Peacock
Sky-skating
(1982) 
Bad Religion
No Control
(1989)
Bad Religion
Suffer
(1988)
Band Of Susans
Hope Against Hope
(1988)
Bel Canto
White-Out Conditions
(1987)
Bernard Parmegiani
La Creation du Monde
(1986)
Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic
Faultline
(1989)
Blake Babies
Earwig
(1989)
Blind Idiot God
Undertow
(1988)
Camper Van Beethoven
II & III
(1986)- CCCP
Affinità - Divergenze
(1985) 
Chuck Vrtacek
Learning To Be Silent
(1985)Silent Heaven contains Learning To Be Silent in tracks 1-14.
Cocteau Twins
Treasure
(1984)
Constance Demby
Sacred Space Music
(1982)- Creamers
Love Honor And Obey
(1989) 
Current 93
Nature Unveiled
(1984)
David + David
Boomtown
(1986)- David Thomas
More Places Forever
(1985) - David Thomas
Variations On A Theme
(1983) 
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising
(1989)- Death Of Samantha
Where The Women Wear The Glory And The Men Wear The Pants
(1988) 
Del-Lords
Johnny Comes Marching Home
(1986)
Dogbowl
Tit
(1989)- Dream Syndicate
Medicine Show
(1984) 
Eberhard Schoener
Sky Music - Mountain Music
(1984)
Eric B. & Rakim
Paid In Full
(1987)
Feelies
Good Earth
(1986)
Flaming Lips
Oh My Gawd
(1987)
Foetus
Thaw
(1988)- Fred Frith
Speechless
(1981) - Fushitsusha
Live I
(1989) - God Bullies
Plastic Eye Miracle
(1989) 
Godflesh
Godflesh
(1988)
Golden Palominos
Golden Palominos
(1983)
Green
Elaine MacKenzie
(1987)
Gun Club
Miami
(1982)
Henry Rollins
Life Time
(1988)- Honeymoon Killers
Love American Style
(1985) 
Jane's Addiction
Nothing's Shocking
(1988)
Jane Siberry
The Walking
(1987)
Jesus And Mary Chain
Psychocandy
(1985)
Julian Cope
Fried
(1984)- Klaus Schulze
Audentity
(1983) 
Love And Rockets
Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven
(1985)- Mark Isham
Vapor Drawings
(1983) 
Meat Puppets
Up On The Sun
(1985)
Melvins
Ozma
(1989)Ozma is collected in tracks 1-16 of Ozma / Gluey Porch Treatments.
Metallica
Ride The Lightning
(1984)
Michael Gettel
San Juan Suite
(1986)Michael Shrieve
Big Picture
(1989)Mickey Hart
Yamantaka
(1982)
Ministry
The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste
(1989)
MX-80 Sound
Out Of The Tunnel
(1980)- My Dad Is Dead
The Taller You Are The Shorter You Get
(1989) 
Naked Raygun
Jettison
(1988)
Nick Cave
Tender Prey
(1988)
Nine Inch Nails
Pretty Hate Machine
(1989)
Original Sins
Hardest Way
(1989)Paul Schutze
Deus Ex Machina
(1989)Pauline Oliveros
Deep Listening
(1989)Pauline Oliveros
Wanderer
(1985)- Peter Frohmader
Homunculus
(1988) Peter Jefferies
At Swim Two Birds
(1987)
Pixies
Doolittle
(1989)
Prince
Sign O The Times
(1987)
Pussy Galore
Right Now
(1987)
Queensryche
Operation: Mindcrime
(1988)
R.E.M.
Murmur
(1983)- Rhythm And Noise
Contents Under Notice
(1984) 
Rickie Lee Jones
Pirates
(1981)Rites of Spring
Rites Of Spring
(1985)
Royal Trux
Royal Trux
(1988)
Rudimentari Peni
Cacophony
(1987)- Saccharine Trust
Surviving You
(1984) 
Slayer
Reign In Blood
(1986)
Smithereens
Green Thoughts
(1988)
Sonic Youth
Confusion Is Sex
(1983)
Sonic Youth
Sister
(1987)
Squirrel Bait
Skag Heaven
(1987)- Steve Douglas
Rainbow Suite
(1981) 
Stone Roses
Stone Roses
(1989)
Suzanne Ciani
Seven Waves
(1982)
Swans
Holy Money
(1986)
Synergy
Metropolitan Suite
(1985)
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
(1986)
Throbbing Gristle
Heathen Earth
(1980)
Tom Waits
Franks Wild Years
(1987)- Tragic Mulatto
Hot Man Pussy
(1989) 
Unrest
Malcolm X Park
(1988)
UT
Conviction
(1986)
Virginia Astley
From Gardens Where We Feel Secure
(1983)
Voivod
Nothingface
(1989)
Waitresses
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful
(1982)
XTC
Skylarking
(1986)
Young Fresh Fellows
The Men Who Loved Music
(1987)
Zoogz Rift
Nonentity
(1988)
7/10
10,000 Maniacs
In My Tribe
(1987)
23 Skidoo
The Culling Is Coming
(1983)
23 Skidoo
Urban Gamelan
(1984)
808 State
808:90
(1989)
A Certain Ratio
To Each
(1981)
A R Kane
69
(1988)
Able Tasmans
A Cuppa Tea And A Lie Down
(1987)
AC/DC
Back In Black
(1980)
Adolescents
Adolescents
(1981)
Adrian Belew
Lone Rhino
(1982)Desire Of The Rhino King contains most of Lone Rhino in tracks 1-8.
Aerosmith
Pump
(1989)
Agent Orange
Living In Darkness
(1981)Agitpop
Back At The Plain Of Jars
(1986)
Agnostic Front
Cause For Alarm
(1986)
Aksak Maboul
Un Peu De L'Ame Des Bandits
(1980)- Alan Stivell
Tir Na Nog/ Symphonie Celtique
(1980) - Alan Vega
Alan Vega
(1980) - Alan Vega
Collision Drive
(1982) 
Alien Sex Fiend
Who's Been Sleeping In My Brain
(1983)
Allan Holdsworth
Secrets
(1989)
Alter Natives
Hold Your Tongue
(1986)
Ambitious Lovers
Envy
(1984)
American Music Club
United Kingdom
(1989)- Annette Peacock
Abstract-Contact
(1988) 
Anthrax
Spreading the Disease
(1985)- Antietam
Antietam
(1985) 
Arcane Device
Engines Of Myth
(1988)
Art Of Noise
Who's Afraid Of
(1984)
Art Zoyd
Generation Sans Futur
(1980)
Art Zoyd
Phase IV
(1982)Les Espaces Inquiets - Phase IV contains Phase IV in tracks 8-12 of disc 1 and 1-7 of disc 2.
Arthur Russell
Tower of Meaning
(1983)
Asia
Asia
(1982)- Asmus Tietchens
Marches Funebres
(1989) - B.A.L.L.
Period
(1987) 
Bad Brains
I Against I
(1986)
Barbara Manning
Lately I Keep Scissors
(1988)Lately I Keep Scissors is collected in disc 1 (tracks 1-10) of Super Scissors.
Barnes & Barnes
Voobaha
(1980)
Barry Adamson
Moss Side Story
(1989)
Bats
Daddy's Highway
(1988)
Bauhaus
Mask
(1981)
Beastie Boys
Paul's Boutique
(1989)- Beasts Of Bourbon
Axeman's Jazz
(1984) 
Bel Canto
Birds Of Passage
(1989)
Bernd Kistenmacher
Wake Up In The Sun
(1987)
Bevis Frond
Triptych
(1988)
Big Audio Dynamite
Megatop Phoenix
(1989)
Big Audio Dynamite
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
(1985)
Big Black
Songs About Fucking
(1987)
Big F
Big F
(1989)
Bill Laswell
Baselines
(1983)
Bill Laswell
Hear No Evil
(1988)- Blackgirls
Procedure
(1989) 
Bill Nelson
Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights
(1988)- Biota
Biota
(1982) - Biota
Rackabones
(1985) 
Birthday Party
Junkyard
(1982)
Birthday Party
Prayers On Fire
(1981)
Black Flag
Loose Nut
(1985)
Black Flag
Slip It In
(1984)- Black Sun Ensemble
Black Sun Ensemble
(1988) - Black Sun Ensemble
Lambent Flame
(1988) - Blasters
Blasters
(1981) - Blasters
Non Fiction
(1983) 
Blue Nile
A Walk Across The Rooftops
(1983)
Bob Dylan
Oh Mercy
(1989)
Bob Mould
Workbook
(1989)
Bob Neuwirth
Back to the Front
(1988)- Bob Wiseman
In Her Dream
(1989) - Bobby Sutliff
Only Ghosts Remain
(1987) 
BoDeans
Love And Hope And Sex And Dreams
(1986)
Bola Sete
Shambhala Moon
(1982)
Bolt Thrower
Realm Of Chaos
(1989)
Bongos
Drums Along The Hudson
(1982)
Bongwater
Too Much Sleep
(1989)
Boogie Down Productions
By All Means Necessary
(1988)- Boredoms
Soul Discharge
(1989) 
Brian Eno
On Land
(1982)
Brian Eno
Thursday Afternoon
(1985)
Bruce Springsteen
Born In The USA
(1984)
Butthole Surfers
Hairway To Steven
(1988)
Butthole Surfers
Locust Abortion Technician
(1987)
Cabaret Voltaire
Red Mecca
(1981)
Caetano Veloso
Estrangeiro
(1989)
Camper Van Beethoven
Key Lime Pie
(1989)
Camper Van Beethoven
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
(1988)
Captain Beefheart
Ice Cream For Crow
(1982)
Carcass
Symphonies Of Sickness
(1989)
Carney/Hild/Kramer
Happiness Finally Came To Them
(1987)
Cars
Heartbeat City
(1984)- Cartoon
Music From Left Field
(1983) 
Cassiber
Man Or Monkey
(1983)- Cat Heads
Hubba
(1987) - Cat Heads
Submarine
(1988) 
Celibate Rifles
The Turgid Miasma Of Existence
(1986)
Celtic Frost
Into The Pandemonium
(1987)
Cheater Slicks
On Your Knees
(1989)
Chris Isaak
Chris Isaak
(1987)
Chris Isaak
Silvertone
(1985)
Christian Death
Only Theatre of Pain
(1982)- Chuck Vrtacek
Monkey On A Hard Roll
(1984) -
Chuck Vrtacek
When Heaven Comes To Town
(1988)Silent Heaven contains When Heaven Comes To Town in tracks 15-21. Church
Heyday
(1985)
Clash
Sandinista
(1980)- Clock DVA
Advantage
(1983) - Clock DVA
Thirst
(1981) - Clock DVA
White Souls In Black Suits
(1980) 
Club Foot Orchestra
Wild Beasts
(1986)
Cocteau Twins
Blue Bell Knoll
(1988)- Coil
Horse Rotorvator
(1986) - Coldcut
What's That Noise
(1989) Confusional Quartet
Confusional Quartet
(1980)
Controlled Bleeding
Headcrack
(1986)
Corrosion Of Conformity
Animosity
(1985)
Cowboy Junkies
Trinity Session
(1988)
Cramps
A Date With Elvis
(1986)
Crime And The City Solution
Room Of Lights
(1986)
Crime And The City Solution
Shine
(1988)
Cro-Mags
Best Wishes
(1989)
Crumbsuckers
Life Of Dreams
(1986)
Cure
Disintegration
(1989)
Cure
Pornography
(1982)
Current 93
Dogs Blood Rising
(1985)
D.R.I.
Dirty Rotten
(1983)
Daniel Johnston
Yip/Jump Music
(1983)- Daniel Lanois
Acadie
(1989) - Danielle Dax
Pop Eyes
(1983) 
Danzig
Danzig
(1988)
Dark Day
Exterminating Angel
(1980)
Das Damen
Triskaidekaphobe
(1988)
Das Damen
Jupiter Eye
(1987)
Dave Alvin
Romeo's Escape
(1987)David Byrne & Brian Eno
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
(1981)David Lanz
Cristofori's Dream
(1988)
David Lanz
Nightfall
(1985)
David Sylvian
Brilliant Trees
(1984)
David Sylvian
Secrets Of The Beehive
(1987)- David Thomas
Blame The Messenger
(1987) - DB's
Stands For Decibels
(1981) 
Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance
(1984)
Dead Can Dance
The Serpent's Egg
(1988)- Dead Kennedys
Plastic Surgery Disasters
(1982) 
Death In June
Brown Book
(1987)
Death
Leprosy
(1988)
Def Leppard
Pyromania
(1983)
Del-Lords
Frontier Days
(1984)
Del Fuegos
Longest Day
(1984)Longest Day is collected in tracks 1-11 of The Best Of The Del Fuegos.
Descendents
Milo Goes To College
(1982)
Deuter
Nirvana Road
(1984)
Diamanda Galas
The Divine Punishment
(1986)
Diamond Head
Lightning to the Nations
(1980)
Didjits
Hey Judester
(1988)
Die Form
Die Puppe
(1982)
Die Kreuzen
Century Days
(1988)
Die Kreuzen
Die Kreuzen
(1984)- Die Warzau
Disco Rigido
(1989) 
Died Pretty
Free Dirt
(1986)
Dinosaur Jr
Bug
(1988)
Dinosaur Jr
Dinosaur
(1985)
Discharge
Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
(1982)- Don Harriss
Abacus Moon
(1989) Don Henley
The End Of Innocence
(1989)- Donner Party
Donner Party II
(1988) 
Dr John
Plays Mac Rebennack
(1981)- Dr Nerve
Out To Bomb Fresh Kings
(1986) 
Dream Syndicate
Out Of The Grey
(1986)
Durutti Column
The Return
(1980)
Echo & The Bunnymen
Crocodiles
(1980)
Echo & The Bunnymen
Ocean Rain
(1984)
Ed Hall
Albert
(1988)
EIEIO
Land Of Opportunity
(1985)
Einsturzende Neubauten
Fuenf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala
(1987)
Einsturzende Neubauten
Kollaps
(1981)
Eliane Radigue
Jetsun Mila
(1987)
Eleventh Dream Day
Beet
(1989)
Eleventh Dream Day
Prairie School Freakout
(1988)
Embarrassment
Death Travels West
(1983)
Enya
Enya
(1987)
Eric Andersen
Ghosts Upon The Road
(1988)
Eric Johnson
Tones
(1986)- Eugene Chadbourne
Collected Symphonies
(1985) 
Exciter
Heavy Metal Maniac
(1983)F/I
Space Mantra
(1988)
Fabrizio DeAndre`
Creuza De Ma
(1984)
Factrix
California Babylon
(1982)
Factrix
Scheintot
(1981)
Faith No More
Real Thing
(1989)
Fall
Hex Enduction Hour
(1982)
Fall
This Nation's Saving Grace
(1985)
Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat
(1987)
Fates Warning
Perfect Symmetry
(1989)-
Feedtime
Shovel
(1986)Shovel is in tracks 16-32 of The Aberrant Years. - Feelies
Only Life
(1988) 
Felt
Forever Breathes The Lonely Word
(1986)
Fetchin Bones
Bad Pumpkin
(1986)
Fetchin Bones
Galaxy 500
(1987)
fIREHOSE
Ragin' Full On
(1986)- Fish & Roses
We Are Happy To Serve You
(1989) 
Fishbone
Truth And Soul
(1988)
Flaming Lips
Hear It Is
(1986)
Flesh Eaters
A Minute To Pray A Second To Die
(1981)- Fleshtones
Fleshtones Vs Reality
(1987) - Fleshtones
Hexbreaker
(1983) 
Flipper
Gone Fishin'
(1984)Frank Perry
Deep Peace
(1980)
Frank Zappa
Jazz From Hell
(1986)
Frank Zappa
Perfect Stranger - Director: Pierre Boulez
(1984)
Frank Zappa
Zappa
(1983)- Fred Frith
Gravity
(1980) 
Fred Frith
Voice Of America
(1983)- Frightwig
Cat Farm Faboo
(1984) 
Frogs
It's Only Right And Natural
(1989)
Front 242
Geography
(1982)
Front 242
Front by Front
(1988)
Front Line Assembly
State Of Mind
(1988)
Galaxie 500
Today
(1988)
Game Theory
Lolita Nation
(1987)- Gandalf
Journey To An Imaginary Land
(1980) 
Gang of Four
Songs of the Free
(1982)
Gang Green
You Got It
(1987)
GBH
City Baby Attacked By Rats
(1982)
George Winston
Autumn
(1980)- Georgia Kelly
The Sound Of Spirit
(1982) 
GG Allin
Freaks, Faggots, Drunks & Junkies
(1988)
Giant Sand
Storm
(1988)- Gibson Bros
Dedicated Fool
(1989) 
Glass Eye
Hello Young Lovers
(1989)- Go-Betweens
Before Hollywood
(1983) 
Go-Go's
Beauty And The Beat
(1981)- God Bullies
Mamawombwomb
(1989) 
Golden Palominos
Visions Of Excess
(1985)Gories
House Rockin'
(1988)House Rockin' is compiled in tracks 15-25 of I Know You Be Houserockin'.
Gorilla Biscuits
Start Today
(1989)
Grazhdanskaya Oborona
Zdorovo I Vechno
(1989)
Green On Red
Gravity Talks
(1983)
Green River
Rehab Doll
(1988)
Green
Green
(1986)
Gun Club
Las Vegas Story
(1984)- Gut Bank
Dark Ages
(1986) - Hafler Trio
Intoutof
(1988) 
Half Japanese
1/2 Gentlemen Not Beasts
(1980)Half Japanese
Loud
(1981)Volume One: 1981-1985 collects Loud in the first 20 tracks.
Hanoi Rocks
Oriental Beat
(1982)
Happy Mondays
Bummed
(1989)
Harold Budd
Abandoned Cities
(1984)
Harold Budd
White Arcades
(1986)
Heart
Heart
(1985)
Helios Creed
Last Laugh
(1989)
Helios Creed
Superior Catholic Finger
(1988)
Helloween
Walls Of Jericho
(1985)
High Rise
High Rise II
(1986)
Holger Czukay & David Sylvian
Plight And Premonition
(1988)
Hoodoo Gurus
Stoneage Romeos
(1984)- Hugo Largo
Mettle
(1989) 
Hunters And Collectors
The Fireman's Curse
(1983)
Husker Du
Candy Apple Grey
(1986)
Husker Du
Flip Your Wig
(1985)
Husker Du
Warehouse
(1987)
In The Nursery
Koda
(1988)
Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
(1989)
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
(1980)
J. Geils Band
Freeze Frame
(1981)
Jade Warrior
At Peace
(1985)- Jah Wobble
Bedroom Album
(1983) 
James Asher
The Great Wheel
(1989)- James Chance
Sax Maniac
(1982) 
Jane Siberry
Bound By The Beauty
(1989)
Jane Siberry
Speckless Sky
(1984)- Jason & The Scorchers
Lost And Found
(1985) 
Jean-Michel Jarre
Les Chants Magnetiques
(1981)
Jeff Greinke
Cities In Fog
(1985)
Jeff Greinke
Timbral Planes
(1988)
Jesus And Mary Chain
Automatic
(1989)
Jim Steinman
Bad For Good
(1981)
Jody Harris & Robert Quine
Escape
(1981)
Joe Satriani
Surfing With The Alien
(1987)John "Cougar" Mellencamp
Scarecrow
(1985)
John Cale
Music For A New Society
(1982)Jon Hassell
Power Spot
(1986)
Jorge Reyes
Nierika
(1989)
Joy Division
Closer
(1980)
Jungle Brothers
Done By The Forces Of Nature
(1989)
Kate Bush
The Dreaming
(1982)
Keith Leblanc
Stranger Than Fiction
(1989)
Kevin Braheny
Galaxies
(1988)- Kevin Braheny
Perelandra
(1984) 
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places
(1981)
Killdozer
Intellectuals Are The Shoeshine Boys Of The Ruling Elite
(1984)
Killdozer
Snakeboy
(1985)
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
(1980)
King's X
Gretchen Goes To Nebraska
(1989)
King Crimson
Discipline
(1981)
King Missile
They
(1988)- Kitaro
Silk Road
(1980) 
Klaus Schonning
Symphodysse` I
(1989)
L.L. Cool J
Radio
(1985)
L7
L7
(1988)Laibach
Nova Akropola
(1985)
Laurie Anderson
Big Science
(1982)- Lazy Cowgirls
Lazy Cowgirls
(1985) - Lazy Cowgirls
Tapping The Source
(1987) 
Legendary Pink Dots
Any Day Now
(1987)
Lemonheads
Hate Your Friends
(1987)- Lindsay Cooper
Gold Diggers
(1983) 
Live Skull
Dusted
(1987)
Living Colour
Vivid
(1988)- Liz Story
Speechless
(1988) 
LMNOP
Elemen Opee Elpee
(1986)- Longshoremen
Grr Huh Yeah
(1985) 
Loop
Heaven's End
(1987)
Los Lobos
How Will The Wolf Survive
(1984)
Lou Reed
Blue Mask
(1982)
Lou Reed
Legendary Hearts
(1983)
Lounge Lizards
Lounge Lizards
(1981)
Lounge Lizards
Voice Of Chunk
(1989)- Love Of Life Orchestra
Geneve
(1980) - Lubricated Goat
Paddock Of Love
(1988) 
Lubricated Goat
Plays The Devil's Music
(1987)- Lucia Hwong
House of Sleeping Beauties
(1985) 
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
(1988)
Ludichrist
Immaculate Deception
(1986)
Lydia Lunch
13.13
(1982)
Lydia Lunch
In Limbo
(1984)
Lydia Lunch
Queen Of Siam
(1980)
Lyle Lovett
Pontiac
(1988)
Malaria
Emotion
(1982)Compiled 2.0 contains Emotion in the last 10 tracks.
Manowar
Battle Hymns
(1982)
Manuel Gottsching
E2-E4
(1984)
Marcus Allen
Petals
(1981)
Mark Isham
Tibet
(1989)
Mark Stewart
As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade
(1985)
Mark Stewart
Mark Stewart
(1987)- Mark Tucker
In The Sack
(1982) - Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Crenshaw
(1982) 
Material
Memory Serves
(1981)- Material
Seven Souls
(1989) 
Matthew Sweet
Earth
(1989)
Meat Beat Manifesto
Storm The Studio
(1989)
Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets II
(1983)
Megadeth
Peace Sells
(1986)
Mekons
Fear And Whiskey
(1985)
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
(1988)
Membranes
Kiss Ass Godhead
(1988)
Membranes
The Gift Of Life
(1985)- Men & Volts
Hootersville
(1983) 
Mercyful Fate
Melissa
(1983)Merrell Fankhauser
Message To The Universe
(1986)
Metallica
And Justice For All
(1988)
Michael Brook
Hybrid
(1985)
Michael Hedges
Aerial Boundaries
(1984)
Michael Jackson
Thriller
(1981)Michael Jones
Amber
(1987)
Michael Shrieve
Stiletto
(1989)- Michael Stearns
Chronos
(1985) - Michael Stearns
Lyra Sound Constellation
(1983) - Michelle Shocked
Short Sharp Shocked
(1988) 
Ministry
Twitch
(1986)
Minor Threat
Out Of Step
(1983)
Minutemen
Punch Line
(1981)
Minutemen
What Makes A Man Start Fires
(1982)
Missing Foundation
Missing Foundation
(1987)- Mofungo
Bugged
(1988) - Mofungo
Out Of Line
(1983) 
Motorhead
Orgasmatron
(1986)
Moving Targets
Burning In Water
(1986)Brave Noise & Burning In Water contains Burning In Water in tracks 14-27.
Mr T Experience
Everybody's Entitled To Their Own Opinion
(1986)
Mudhoney
Mudhoney
(1989)
Muffins
185
(1982)
N.W.A.
Straight Outta Compton
(1988)
Naked Raygun
Throb Throb
(1985)
Naked Raygun
Understand
(1989)- Nanci Griffith
Poet in My Window
(1982) 
Napalm Death
From Enslavement To Obliteration
(1988)
Necks
Sex
(1989)- Negativland
Negativland
(1980) - Nekropolis
Cultes Des Goules
(1985) - Nervous Gender
Music from Hell
(1981) 
Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon
(1989)- New Model Army
Vengeance
(1984) 
New Order
Power Corruption And Lies
(1983)
News from Babel
Work Resumed On The Tower
(1984)
Newtown Neurotics
Beggars Can Be Choosers
(1983)
Nick Cave
Your Funeral My Trial
(1986)
Nick Mason
Fictitious Sports
(1981)
Nicky Skopelitis
Next To Nothing
(1989)
Nico
Camera Obscura
(1985)- Nightcrawlers
Nightcrawlers
(1984) 
No Trend
Tritonian Nash-Vegas Polyester Complex
(1986)
Nuclear Assault
Game Over
(1986)
Numb
Christmeister
(1989)
Nurse With Wound
Homotopy To Marie
(1982)
Nurse With Wound
Spiral Insana
(1986)
Nurse With Wound
The Sylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion
(1985)
Ono
Machines That Kill People
(1983)
Ophelias
Ophelias
(1987)
Ordinaires
One
(1989)
Ordinaires
Ordinaires
(1985)
Original Sins
Big Soul
(1987)- Orthotonics
Wake Up You Must Remember
(1984) 
Ozric Tentacles
Pungent Effulgent
(1989)
Pandoras
Stop Pretending
(1986)
Paolo Conte
Paolo Conte
(1984)- Patrick O'Hearn
Ancient Dreams
(1985) 
Paul Roessler
Abominable
(1988)
Paul Simon
Graceland
(1986)
Paul Speer
Spectral Voyages
(1984)
Pauline Oliveros
Accordion And Voice
(1982)
Pauline Oliveros
The Well And The Gentle
(1986)
Penguin Cafè Orchestra
Broadcasting From Home
(1984)
Penguin Cafè Orchestra
Penguin Cafè Orchestra
(1981)
Penguin Cafè Orchestra
Signs Of Life
(1987)- Pere Ubu
Cloudland
(1989) - Pere Ubu
Tenement Year
(1988) 
Pere Ubu
The Song Of The Bailing Man
(1983)
Peter Gabriel
Birdy
(1985)
Peter Gabriel
III
(1980)
Peter Gabriel
So
(1986)Peter Michael Hamel
Bardo
(1981)
Peter Michael Hamel
Organum
(1986)- PFS
Illustrative Problems
(1986) - Phantom 309
A Sinister Alphabet
(1989) 
Phantom Tollbooth
One-way Conversation
(1987)Phish
Junta
(1988)
Phranc
Folksinger
(1985)
Pianosaurus
Groovy Neighborhood
(1987)
Plasticland
Plasticland
(1984)- Plimsouls
Plimsouls
(1981) 
Pogues
Rum Sodomy And The Lash
(1985)
Police
Zenyatta Mondatta
(1980)Polyrock
Polyrock
(1980)
Pretenders
Learning To Crawl
(1984)
Primitives
Lovely
(1988)
Prince
1999
(1982)
Prince
Around The World In A Day
(1985)
Prince
Purple Rain
(1984)- Prong
Force Fed
(1988) 
Psychedelic Furs
Talk Talk Talk
(1981)
Public Enemy
Yo Bum Rush The Show
(1987)
Pussy Galore
Dial M For Motherfucker
(1989)
R.E.M.
Document
(1987)
R.E.M.
Green
(1988)
Rain Parade
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
(1983)
Raincoats
Moving
(1984)
Ramones
End Of The Century
(1980)
Raw Power
Screams from the Gutter
(1984)
Ray Lynch
No Blue Thing
(1989)- Raybeats
Guitar Beat
(1981) 
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Freaky Styley
(1985)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
(1984)
Red Temple Spirits
If Tomorrow I Were Leaving For Lhasa
(1989)
Redd Kross
Neurotica
(1987)- Rene` Lussier
Le Tresor De La Langue
(1989) 
Replacements
Hootenanny
(1983)
Replacements
Pleased To Meet Me
(1987)Residents
Big Bubble
(1985)Residents
Census Taker
(1985)
Residents
God In Three Persons
(1988)
Residents
Mark Of The Mole
(1981)- Rhythm And Noise
Chasms Accord
(1985) 
Richard Thompson
Hand Of Kindness
(1983)
Rickie Lee Jones
Flying Cowboys
(1989)- Rip Rig & Panic
Attitude
(1983) - Rip Rig & Panic
I Am Cold
(1982) 
Ritual Tension
I Live Here
(1986)
Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
(1987)
Rob Wasserman
Solo
(1983)
Robert Rich
Numena
(1987)Numena + Geometry contains Numena in tracks 1-4.
Robert Rich
Rainforest
(1989)- Robert Wyatt
Animals Film
(1982) 
Robyn Hitchcock
Black Snake Diamond Role
(1981)
Robyn Hitchcock
Fegmania
(1985)
Rodney Crowell
Keys to the Highway
(1989)- Roger Miller
No Man Is Hurting Me
(1986) 
Rudimentari Peni
Death Church
(1983)
Run-DMC
King Of Rock
(1985)
Run-DMC
Raising Hell
(1986)
Run-DMC
Run-DMC
(1984)
Rush
Permanent waves
(1980)- Ryuichi Sakamoto
Neo Geo
(1987) - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ongakuzukan/Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia
(1984) 
Saccharine Trust
Paganicons
(1981)
Sadus
Illusions
(1988)- Samhain
Initium
(1984) 
Savage Republic
Ceremonial
(1985)- Savage Republic
Jamahiriya
(1988) 
Savage Republic
Tragic Figures
(1982)
Screaming Trees
Even If And Especially When
(1987)
Screeching Weasel
Boogadaboogadaboogada
(1989)
Sepultura
Beneath The Remains
(1989)
Shadowfax
Shadowdance
(1983)- Sharkbait
Feed Our Frenzy
(1988) 
Sheila Chandra
Nada Brahma
(1985)
Shonen Knife
Pretty Little Baka Guy
(1986)
Sisters Of Mercy
Floodland
(1987)
Skinny Puppy
Rabies
(1989)- Slava Ranko
Arctic Hysteria
(1981) 
Slickee Boys
Cybernetic Dreams Of Pi
(1983)- Slovenly
After The Original Style
(1985) - Slovenly
We Shoot For The Moon
(1989) 
Smithereens
Especially For You
(1986)
Smiths
The Queen Is Dead
(1986)
Smiths
The Smiths
(1984)
Social Distortion
Mommy's Little Monster
(1983)
Software
Electronic Universe
(1985)
Sonic Youth
Evol
(1986)
Soul Asylum
Hang Time
(1988)
Soul Asylum
Made To Be Broken
(1986)- Souled American
Fe
(1988) 
Soundgarden
Ultramega OK
(1988)
Spacemen 3
Playing With Fire
(1988)- Steel Pole Bath Tub
Butterfly Love
(1989) Stephan Micus
Koan
(1981)Stephan Micus
Twilight Fields
(1987)Stephan Micus
Wings Over Water
(1982)- Steve Douglas
Rainbow Suite
(1981) 
Steve Earle
Guitar Town
(1986)
Stick Men
This Is The Master Brew
(1982)Insatiable contains This Is The Master Brew.- Stray Cats
Stray Cats
(1981) - Styrenes
Girl Crazy
(1982) 
Subhumans
The Day The Country Died
(1983)
Suburbs
Credit In Heaven
(1981)
Sugarcubes
Life's Too Good
(1988)
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
(1983)
Suicide
Alan Vega Martin Rev
(1980)
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
(1985)
Swans
Greed
(1986)- Swollen Monkeys
After Birth Of The Cool
(1981) - T-Bone Burnett
Truth Decay
(1980) 
Tackhead
Tape Time
(1987)
Talking Heads
Remain In Light
(1980)
Teardrop Explodes
Kilimanjaro
(1980)
Teja Bell
Summer Suite
(1983)- Terminal Cheesecake
Johnny Town Mouse
(1989) 
Test Dept
Beating The Retreat
(1984)
The Scene Is Now
Burn All Your Records
(1985)
The Scene Is Now
Tonight We Ride
(1988)
The The
Mind Bomb
(1989)
The The
Soul Mining
(1982)
These Immortal Souls
Get Lost
(1987)
They Might Be Giants
Lincoln
(1988)
Thin White Rope
Exploring The Axis
(1985)
This Heat
Deceit
(1981)
Three O'Clock
Sixteen Tambourines
(1983)- Throbbing Gristle
In The Shadow Of The Sun
(1981) 
Throbbing Gristle
Mission Of Dead Souls
(1981)
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
(1986)- Tiny Lights
Hazel's Wreath
(1988) 
Toiling Midgets
Sea Of Unrest
(1982)
Tom Petty
Full Moon Fever
(1989)
Tom Verlaine
Dreamtime
(1981)
Tom Verlaine
Words From The Front
(1982)
Toto
Toto IV
(1982)
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
(1988)
Trespassers W
Dummy
(1988)
Turtle Island String Quartet
Turtle Island String Quartet
(1988)
U2
Boy
(1980)
U2
Joshua Tree
(1987)
Ultravox
Vienna
(1980)- Union Carbide Productions
In The Air Tonight
(1987) 
Univers Zero
Ceux Du Dehors
(1982)
Univers Zero
Uzed
(1984)- Universal Congress Of
Prosperous And Qualified
(1988) 
Van Morrison
Beautiful Vision
(1982)
Van Morrison
Common One
(1980)
Van Morrison
Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart
(1983)
Vangelis
Mask
(1985)- Vaselines
Dum Dum
(1988) - Velvet Monkeys
Future
(1983) 
Venom
Black Metal
(1982)
Verlaines
Bird-Dog
(1987)
Violent Femmes
Hallowed Ground
(1984)
Virgin Prunes
A New Form Of Beauty
(1981)
Virgin Prunes
If I Die I Die
(1982)- Viv Akauldren
I'll Call You Sometime
(1987) - Voice Farm
World We Live In
(1982) 
Voivod
Killing Technology
(1987)- Volcano Suns
Thing Of Beauty
(1989) 
Von Lmo
Future Language
(1981)
Vulgar Boatmen
You And Your Sister
(1989)
Walkabouts
Cataract
(1989)
Wall Of Voodoo
Call Of The West
(1982)- Was Not Was
Was Not Was
(1981) 
Waterboys
This Is The Sea
(1985)
Wayne Gratz
Reminiscence
(1989)
Wedding Present
George Best
(1987)
White Zombie
Soul Crusher
(1987)
Wild Seeds
Brave Clean + Reverent
(1986)William Aura
Lovely Day
(1981)
Wim Mertens
Maximizing the Audience
(1985)- Windbreakers
Terminal
(1984) 
Wipers
Over The Edge
(1983)
Wolfgang Press
Bird Wood Cage
(1988)
Wolfgang Press
Standing up Straight
(1986)
Woodentops
Giant
(1986)- Work
Slow Crimes
(1982) 
X
Under The Big Black Sun
(1982)
X
Wild Gift
(1981)
XTC
English Settlement
(1982)
Yo La Tengo
Ride The Tiger
(1986)
Young Fresh Fellows
The Fabulous Sounds Of The Pacific Northwest
(1984)
Young Gods
L'Eau Rouge
(1989)
Young Marble Giants
Colossal Youth
(1980)- Z'EV
Elemental Music
(1984) 
Zero Boys
Vicious Circle
(1982)
Zoogz Rift
Amputees In Limbo
(1982)
Zoogz Rift
Ipecac
(1984)
Zoogz Rift
Water
(1987)- Zoviet France
Misfits, Loony Tunes And Squalid Criminals
(1986) - Zoviet France
Mohnomishe
(1983) 
ZZ Top
Eliminator
(1983)
8/10
- Mars
Mars
(1980) -
Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic
Beat Of The Mesozoic
(1985)Beat Of The Mesozoic is collected in tracks 20-24 of Dawn of the Cycads. 
Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers
(1983)
Gun Club
Death Party
(1986)
Lydia Lunch
The Agony Is The Ecstasy
(1982)
7.5/10
-
Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic
Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic
(1983)Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic is collected in tracks 1-5 of Dawn of the Cycads. - Birthday Party
The Bad Seed
(1983) 
Black Flag
The Process of Weeding Out
(1985)- Fishbone
Fishbone
(1985) 
Harold Budd
The Serpent/Children Of The Hills
(1981)- Henry Rollins
Hard Volume
(1989) - Tragic Mulatto
Judo For The Blind
(1984)
7/10
17 Pigmies
Hatikva
(1983)- 808 State
Quadrastate
(1989) - Band Of Susans
Blessing And Curse
(1986) 
Big Black
Lungs
(1983)
Big Black
Bulldozer
(1984)
Billy Bragg
Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy
(1983)- Birthday Party
Mutiny!
(1983) 
Bitch Magnet
Star Booty
(1988)- Blake Babies
Nicely Nicely
(1987) - Bush Tetras
Rituals
(1981) - Crime And The City Solution
Just South Of Heaven
(1985)The reissue of Room Of Lights contains Just South Of Heaven in tracks 9-14. - Danielle Dax
Jesus Egg That Wept
(1984) 
Crass
10 Notes of a Summer's Day
(1986)- David Sylvian
Words With The Shaman
(1985) 
Dead Can Dance
Garden Of The Arcane Delights
(1984)Garden Of The Arcane Delights is in tracks 11-14 of the reissue of Dead Can Dance or in tracks 1-4 of Garden Of The Arcane Delights + Peel Sessions.
Felt
Splendour Of Fear
(1984)Felt
Poem Of The River
(1987)
Fishbone
It's A Wonderful Life
(1987)- Flaming Lips
Flaming Lips
(1984) 
Husker Du
Metal Circus
(1983)
Jesus Lizard
Pure
(1989)Killdozer
Burl
(1986)
Lard
The Power Of Lard
(1989)
Laughing Hyenas
Merry Go Round
(1987)
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate
(1982)The Beginning collects Mercyful Fate (tracks 1-4) and Melissa.- Micronotz
Smash
(1983) 
Mudhoney
Superfuzz Bigmuff
(1988)- Of Cabbages And Kings
Of Cabbages And Kings
(1987) - Of Cabbages And Kings
Face
(1988) - Opal
Northern Line
(1985) 
Paul Roland
A Cabinet Of Curiosities
(1987)- Paul Roland
Happy Families
(1988) 
Pixies
Come On Pilgrim
(1987)- Raging Slab
True Death
(1989) - Rapeman
Budd
(1988) 
R.E.M.
Chronic Town
(1982)
Savage Republic
Trudge
(1985)
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
(1982)
Tall Dwarfs
Throw A Sickie
(1986)