# 1980s Studio Albums

A curated list by [Jennifer](https://waxlog.com/user/jennifer_laing) on Waxlog.

> 1980s studio albums on CD and vinyl in my collection.

36 releases · last updated 2025-10-21

## Releases

1. **Dexys Midnight Runners** — Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
2. **The Human League** — Dare
3. **Fun Boy Three** — The Fun Boy Three
4. **The Jam** — The Gift
5. **Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners** — Too\-Rye\-Ay
6. **Billy Bragg** — Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy
7. **Wham\!** — Fantastic
8. **Elvis Costello & The Attractions** — Punch The Clock
9. **Bruce Springsteen** — Born In The U.S.A.
10. **U2** — The Unforgettable Fire
11. **Billy Bragg** — Brewing Up With Billy Bragg
12. **Frankie Goes To Hollywood** — Welcome To The Pleasuredome
13. **Sonic Youth** — Bad Moon Rising
14. **The Cure** — The Head On The Door
15. **Dexys Midnight Runners** — Don't Stand Me Down \(The Director's Cut\)
16. **The Jesus And Mary Chain** — Psychocandy
17. **Andy White** — Rave On Andy White
18. **The Costello Show & The Attractions & The Confederates** — King Of America
19. **Peter Gabriel** — So
20. **R.E.M.** — Lifes Rich Pageant
21. **Billy Bragg** — Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
22. **Paul Simon** — Graceland
23. **Swamptrash** — It Makes No Never Mind
24. **The Proclaimers** — This Is The Story
25. **The Wedding Present** — George Best
26. **We Free Kings** — Hell On Earth & Rosy Cross
27. **Pixies** — Surfer Rosa
28. **The House Of Love** — The House Of Love
29. **Michelle Shocked** — Short Sharp Shocked
30. **Siouxsie & The Banshees** — Peepshow
31. **The Proclaimers** — Sunshine On Leith
32. **Sonic Youth** — Daydream Nation
33. **Elvis Costello** — Spike
34. **Pixies** — Doolittle
35. **The Stone Roses** — The Stone Roses
36. **The Wedding Present** — Bizarro

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