FACT’s 100 Best Albums of the 1980s - Fact

01. Arthur Russell – World Of Echo (Upside/Rough Trade, 1986)
02. Virgo – Virgo (Radical, 1989)
03. Godflesh – Streetcleaner (Earache, 1989)
04. Manuel Gottsching – E2-E4 (Inteam GmbH, 1984)
05. Kate Bush – The Hounds Of Love (EMI, 1985)
06. Monoton – Monotonprodukt07 (Monoton, 1982)
07. Minor Threat – Out Of Step (Dischord, 1983)
08. Kraftwerk – Computer World (EMI/Kling Kland, 1981)
09. Too $hort – Born To Mack (Sire, 1987)
10. Steve Roach – Structures From Silence (Fortuna, 1984)
11. Cocteau Twins – Head Over Heels (4AD, 1983)
12. Alexander Robotnick – Ce N’est Qu’Un Debut (Materiali Sonori, 1984)
13. Coil – Horse Rotivator (Force & Form, 1988)
14. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (Island, 1985)
15. 808 State – Newbuild (Creed, 1988)
16. Ultramagnetic MCs – Critical Beatdown (Next Plateaux, 1988)
17. Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth (Rough Trade, 1980)
18. Glenn Branca – The Ascension (99 Records, 1981)
19. Mr Fingers – Ammnesia (Jack Trax, 1989)
20. The Smiths – The Smiths (Rough Trade, 1984)
21. Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded (B-Boy Records, 1987)
22. Desmond Simmons – Alone On Penguin Island (Dome Records, 1980)
23. Napalm Death – Scum (Earache, 1987)
24. Julee Cruise – Floating Into The Night (Warner Bros, 1989)
25. Muslimgauze – Coup D’Etat (Permis de Construire, 1987)
26. Massacre – Killing Time (Celluloid, 1981)
27. Robert Wyatt – Old Rottenhat (Rough Trade, 1985)
28. Rapeman – Two Nuns And A Pack Mule (Touch & Go, 1988)
29. Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime (SST, 1984)
30. Brian Eno – Ambient 4: On Land (EG, 1982)
31. Half Japanese – 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts (Armageddon, 1980)
32. Pixies – Surfer Rosa (4AD, 1988)
33. N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton (Ruthless, 1988)
34. Felt – Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty (Cherry Red, 1982)
35. Whitehouse – Great White Death (Come Organisation, 1985)
36. Bernard Szajner – Some Deaths Last Forever (Pathe, 1980)
37. Cleaners From Venus – Any Normal Monday (Man at the Off License, 1982)
38. Big Daddy Kane – Long Live The Kane (Cold Chillin’, 1988)
39. Rites Of Spring – Rites Of Spring (Dischord, 1985)
40. Jungle Brothers- Straight Out The Jungle (Warlock, 1988)
41. Sonic Youth – Sister (Blast First, 1987)
42. The Arabian Prince – Brother Arab (Orpheus, 1989)
43. Marc and The Mambas – Torment and Toreros (Some Bizarre, 1983)
44. Suzanne Ciani – Seven Waves (Finnadar, 1982)
45. Gareth Williams and Mary Currie – Flaming Tunes (Not on Label, 1985)
46. Prince – Sign O’ The Times (Paisley Park, 1987)
47. The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight (Armageddon, 1980)
48. Mayhem – Deathcrush (Posercorpse Music, 1987)
49. The Units – Digital Stimulation (415, 1980)
50. My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realise (Creation, 1988)
51. Galaxie 500 – On Fire (Rough Trade, 1989)
52. Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness (Earache, 1989)
53. Sade – Diamond Life (Epic, 1984)
54. Nurse with Wound – Soliloquy For Lilith (Idle Hole, 1988)
55. Final Cut – Deep In 2 The Cut (Final Cut, 1989)
56. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Road to the Riches (Cold Chillin’, 1989)
57. Vangelis – Blade Runner OST (Audio Fidelity, 2013)
58. Nocturnal Emissions – Drowning in a Sea of Bliss (Sterile, 1983)
59. Just-Ice – Back To The Old School (Fresh, 1986)
60. John Foxx – Metamatic (Virgin, 1980)
61. Jandek – Six and Six (Corwood, 1981)
62. Various – Street Sounds Electro 1 (Streetsounds, 1984)
63. Bongwater – Double Bummer (Shimmy Disc, 1988)
64. David Sylvian – Secrets Of The Beehive (Virgin, 1987)
65. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation… (Def Jam, 1988)
66. Ministry – The Land Of Rape And Honey (Sire, 1988)
67. The Monochrome Set – Strange Boutique (Din Disc, 1980)
68. Geto Boys – Grip It! On that Other Level (Rap-a-lot, 1989)
69. Colin Newman – Commercial Suicide (Crammed Discs, 1986)
70. Scientist – Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires (Greensleeves, 1981)
71. Fabio Frizzi – City Of The Living Dead (Beat Records, 1982)
72. Ramleh – Hole in the Heart (Broken Flag, 1987)
73. Zazou/Bikaye/CY 1 – Noir Et Blanc (Crammed Discs, 1983)
74. Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Cherry Red, 1980)
75. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (Virgin, 1983)
76. Polyrock – Polyrock (RCA, 1980)
77. Inner City – Paradise (Virgin, 1989)
78. Tackhead – Tackhead Tape Time (Nettwerk, 1987)
79. Suicide – Second Album (Ze, 1980)
80. Antena – Camino Del Sol (Les Disques Du Crépuscule, 1982)
81. Momus – The Poison Boyfriend (Creation, 1987)
82. Lustmord – Paradise Disowned (Side Effects, 1986)
83. Tantra – The Double Album (Importe, 1980)
84. Naked City – Torture Garden (Shimmy Disc, 1989)
85. Virginia Astley – From Gardens Where We Feel Secure (Rough Trade, 1983)
86. Bathory – Under the Sign of the Black Mark (New Renaissance, 1987)
87. Mad Professor – Mad Professor Captures Pato Banton (Ariwa, 1985)
88. Eurhythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (RCA, 1983)
89. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel – Nail (Self Immolation / Some Bizarre, 1985)
90. Jack The Tab – Acid Tablets Vol. 1 (Castalia, 1988)
91. Charinjit Singh – Synthesizing: 10 Ragas to a Disco Beat (The Gramaphone Company Of India Ltd., 1983)
92. Einsturzende Neubauten – Kollaps (Zickzack, 1981)
93. Aztec Camera – High Land, Hard Rain (Sire, 1983)
94. Skin – Blood, Women, Roses (Product, Inc., 1987)
95. Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. 1 (10 Records, 1989)
96. Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi (Island, 1983)
97. Carcass – Reek Of Putrefaction (Earache, 1988)
98. Whodini – Escape (Jive, 1984)
99. Hans Joachim Roedelius – Wenn Der Sudwind Weht (Sky, 1981)
100. Various – Ultimate Breaks and Beats (Street Beat, 1986)