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Here’s the full rundown.
100. AC/DC – Back In Black
99. Gary Byrd & The GB Experience – The Crown
98. The Monochrome Set – Jetset Junta
97. The Fall – Cruiser’s Creek
96. Stakker Humanoid – Humanoid
95. The Gun Club – She’s Like Heroin To Me
94. Minor Threat – Straight Edge
93. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
92. De La Soul – Me, Myself & I
91. The Church – Under The Milky Way Tonight
90. Wall of Voodoo – Mexican Radio
89. Change – Change of Heart
88. The Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
87. Visage – Fade To Grey
86. Icehouse – Hey Little Girl
85. Sueño Latino – Sueño Latino
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83. Grace Jones – Slave To The Rhythm
82. Black Flag – Six Pack
81. Thomas Dolby – Airwaves
80. Marshall Crenshaw – Someday, Someway
79. Lil Louis – French Kiss
78. Finitribe – De Testimony
77. Echo & The Bunnymen – The Cutter
76. Belouis Some – Imagination
75. Cabaret Voltaire – The Crackdown
74. Boogie Down Productions – The Bridge Is Over
73. Motorhead – Ace of Spades
72. Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
71. Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
70. Japan – Ghosts
69. Primal Scream – Velocity Girl
68. Fine Young Cannibals – Funny How Love Is
67. Joe Smooth – Promised Land
66. EPMD – Strictly Business
65. Celtic Frost – Into The Crypts of Rays
64. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message
63. Fugazi – Waiting Room
62. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno
61. Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding
60. NWA – Straight Outta Compton
59. Guns N’ Roses – Welcome To The Jungle
58. U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
57. A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
56. Dinosaur Jr. – Freakscene
55. The Sugarcubes – Birthday
54. The Stranglers – Golden Brown
53. Big Black – Bad Penny
52. Don Henley – The Boys of Summer
51. M/A/R/R/S – Pump Up The Volume
50. Big Audio Dynamite – e=MC2
49. Kraftwerk – Tour De France
48. Slayer – Raining Blood
47. The Go-Betweens – Streets of Your Town
46. The Specials – Ghost Town
45. The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress
44. Rhythim is Rhythim – Strings of Life
43. Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven
42. 808 State – Pacific State
41. Orange Juice – Rip It Up
40. R.E.M – It’s The End of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
39. Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
38. Prince – Sign O’ The Times
37. Big Country – Where The Rose Is Sown
36. China Crisis – African And White
35. Eric B & Rakin – I Know You Got Soul
34. XTC – Senses Working Overtime
33. Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
32. The Clash – Straight To Hell
31. Hüsker Dü – Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely
30. Gang of Four – I Love A Man In A Uniform
29. Electronic – Getting Away With It
28. The Cramps – Fever
27. Scritti Politti – Absolute
26. Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
25. Pet Shop Boys – King’s Cross
24. ABC – Poison Arrow
23. Soul II Soul ft. Caron Weaver – Back to Life
22. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Never Understand
21. David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes
20. Metallica – Seek & Destroy
19. Happy Mondays – Wrote For Luck
18. The Human League – Love Action (I Believe in Love)
17. Madonna – Into The Groove
16. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Perfect Skin
15. Joy Division – Isolation
14. This Mortal Coil – Song To The Siren
13. The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
12. The Associates – Party Fears Two
11. Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
10. Talking Heads – The Great Curve
9. The Cure – A Forest
8. Aztec Camera – Oblivious
7. Public Enemy – Fight The Power
6. New Order – Thieves Like Us
5. The Stone Roses – I Am The Resurrection
4. The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
3. Prefab Sprout – Bonny
2. The the – Uncertain Smile
- The Blue Nile – Tinseltown In The Rain
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