| 1 |  | Laurie Anderson Big Science Other | 4.83 3 votes |
| 2 |  | Miles Davis Star People Jazz | 4.83 3 votes |
| 3 |  | Edgar Winter Roadwork (Live) Rock | 4.75 2 votes |
| 4 |  | The Dukes Of Stratosphear 25 O'Clock Psychedelic | 4.75 2 votes |
| 5 |  | Ted Nugent Nugent Hard Rock | 4.75 2 votes |
| 6 |  | Grace Jones Living My Life Electronica | 4.75 2 votes |
| 7 |  | Dun Eros Progressive | 4.7 5 votes |
| 8 |  | Hanoi Rocks Self Destruction Blues Rock | 4.69 8 votes |
| 9 |  | John Williams Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Soundtracks | 4.67 9 votes |
| 10 |  | George Benson The George Benson Collection Jazz | 4.67 3 votes |
| 11 | | Klaus Nomi Klaus Nomi Other | 4.67 3 votes |
| 12 |  | Harold Budd The Pearl Other | 4.67 3 votes |
| 13 |  | Steve Morse Band High Tension Wires Rock | 4.67 3 votes |
| 14 |  | Elvis Presley A Valentine Gift For You Rock | 4.67 3 votes |
| 15 |  | Indigo Girls Indigo Girls Folk | 4.67 3 votes |
| 16 |  | Gun Club The Las Vegas Story Rock | 4.63 4 votes |
| 17 |  | Sol Invictus Lex Talionis Folk | 4.6 5 votes |
| 18 |  | Stray Cats Stray Cats Rock | 4.6 5 votes |
| 19 |  | Pete Townshend Empty Glass Rock | 4.5 9 votes |
| 20 |  | Dangerous Toys Dangerous Toys Hard Rock | 4.5 5 votes |
| 21 |  | Ziggy Marley Conscious Party Reggae | 4.5 5 votes |
| 22 |  | Richard and Linda Thompson Shoot Out The Lights Rock | 4.5 5 votes |
| 23 |  | Hanoi Rocks Back to Mystery City Rock | 4.5 4 votes |
| 24 |  | Guided By Voices Sandbox Indie | 4.5 3 votes |
| 25 |  | Cardiacs A Little Man & a House & the Whole World Window Progressive | 4.5 3 votes |
| 26 |  | Cold Chisel East Rock | 4.5 3 votes |
| 27 |  | Steve Roach Dreamtime Return Electronica | 4.5 3 votes |
| 28 |  | Nurse With Wound Merzbild Schwet Other | 4.5 3 votes |
| 29 |  | UFO Making Contact Hard Rock | 4.5 2 votes |
| 30 |  | Soundtrack The Big Chill Soundtracks | 4.5 2 votes |
| 31 |  | Johnny Cash The Greatest Years 1958-1986 Country | 4.5 2 votes |
| 32 |  | George Winston December Folk | 4.5 2 votes |
| 33 |  | Michael Schenker Group Built to Destroy Hard Rock | 4.5 2 votes |
| 34 |  | Loop Heaven's End Psychedelic | 4.5 2 votes |
| 35 |  | B.B. King There Must Be a Better World Somewhere Blues | 4.5 2 votes |
| 36 |  | The Go-Betweens Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express Indie | 4.5 2 votes |
| 37 |  | Frank Zappa London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II Other | 4.5 2 votes |
| 38 |  | Current 93 Imperium Folk | 4.5 2 votes |
| 39 |  | Arturo Sandoval Tumbaito Jazz | 4.5 2 votes |
| 40 |  | Death in June Brown Book Folk | 4.5 2 votes |
| 41 |  | Beat Happening Black Candy Indie | 4.5 2 votes |
| 42 |  | Bob Marley and The Wailers Legend Reggae | 4.49 309 votes |
| 43 |  | Tom Waits Rain Dogs Alt & Indie | 4.47 222 votes |
| 44 |  | The Pretenders Pretenders Rock | 4.46 13 votes |
| 45 |  | Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Classic Punk | 4.43 371 votes |
| 46 |  | Public Enemy It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Hip-Hop | 4.43 296 votes |
| 47 |  | Steely Dan Gaucho Jazz Fusion | 4.42 13 votes |
| 48 |  | Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood Blues | 4.42 122 votes |
| 49 |  | Metallica Master of Puppets Metal | 4.42 2345 votes |
| 50 |  | Minutemen Double Nickels On the Dime Classic Punk | 4.42 148 votes |