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The Final Cut
1983 studio album by Pink Floyd
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Like a Prayer
1989 studio album by Madonna
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Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
album by Iron Maiden
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The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
1984 Roger Waters album
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Music from "The Elder"
album by Kiss
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Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
1989 music album by Janet Jackson
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Hounds of Love
1985 studio album by Kate Bush
Chess
musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA, lyrics by Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, and book by Rice
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Misplaced Childhood
1985 studio album by Marillion
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Radio K.A.O.S.
1987 studio album by Roger Waters
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Computerwelt
1981 studio album by Kraftwerk
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Eye in the Sky
album by The Alan Parsons Project
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Fables of the Reconstruction
1985 studio album by R.E.M.
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Clutching at Straws
1987 album by Marillion
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Operation: Mindcrime
1988 studio album by Queensrÿche
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"Them"
album by King Diamond
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At War with Satan
1984 studio album by Venom
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Abigail
1987 studio album by King Diamond
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An Innocent Man
1983 studio album by Billy Joel
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Nude
1981 album by Camel
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Ammonia Avenue
1984 studio album by The Alan Parsons Project
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Conspiracy
1989 studio album by King Diamond
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DaDa
DaDa is the eighth solo and overall fifteenth studio album by American rock singer Alice Cooper, released in September 1983, by Warner Bros. Records. DaDa would be Cooper's final studio album until his sober re-emergence in 1986 with the hard rock album Constrictor.
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Zen Arcade
album by Hüsker Dü
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The Hurting
1983 debut studio album by Tears for Fears
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Vulture Culture
1985 studio album by The Alan Parsons Project
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The Nightfly
album by Donald Fagen
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The Hunter
1982 studio album by Blondie
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Gaudi
1987 studio album by The Alan Parsons Project
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Aura
1989 studio album by Miles Davis
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Stationary Traveller
1984 album by Camel
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Diesel and Dust
1987 studio album by Midnight Oil
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Thing-Fish
Thing-Fish is an album by American musician Frank Zappa, originally released as a triple album box set on Barking Pumpkin Records in 1984. It was billed as a cast recording for a proposed musical of the same name, which was ultimately not produced by Zappa, but later performed partially in 2003, ten years after his death.
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The Rise & Fall
1982 studio album by Madness
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Stereotomy
Stereotomy is the ninth studio album by the Alan Parsons Project, released in December 1985 by Arista Records.
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Southern Accents
album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Skylarking
Skylarking is the eighth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 27 October 1986 on Virgin Records. Produced by American musician Todd Rundgren, it is a loose concept album about a nonspecific cycle, such as a day, a year, the seasons, or a life. The title refers to a type of bird (skylark), as well as the Royal Navy term "skylarking", which means "fooling around". It became one of XTC's best-known albums and is often regarded as one of their finest albums.
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Think Visual
album by The Kinks
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The Age of Plastic
1979 debut studio album by The Buggles
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Imaginos
Imaginos is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult. It was released in 1988, and was their last recording with their original record label, CBS/Columbia Records.
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Slave to the Rhythm
1985 studio album by Grace Jones
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True Stories
1986 studio album by Talking Heads
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Dimension Hatröss
album by Voivod
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Third Stage
studio album by Boston
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Till I Loved You
1988 studio album by Barbra Streisand
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Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau
1988 studio album by Die Toten Hosen
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Paradise Theater
album by Styx
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In the Spirit of Things
1988 studio album by Kansas
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Dazzle Ships
1983 studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
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9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
1980 studio album by Dolly Parton
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1100 Bel Air Place
1984 studio album by Julio Iglesias
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The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
album by Pete Townshend
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The Big Express
1984 studio album by XTC
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Incognito
1981 studio album by Amanda Lear
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Tam-Tam
1983 studio album by Amanda Lear
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The Commercial Album
studio album by The Residents
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1984
1981 studio album by Rick Wakeman
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Trilogy: Past Present Future
1980 studio album by Frank Sinatra
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Maggots: The Record
album by Plasmatics
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Street Songs
album by Rick James