Updates:
2/6/12: Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (#2 of 1980)
Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight (#2 of 1986)
2/1/12: Duran Duran - Rio (#1 of 1982)
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1980:
1. The Buggles - The Age Of Plastic (Synthpop)
2. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Hardcore Punk)
3. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (Heavy Metal)
1981:
1. Tangerine Dream - Exit (Progressive Electronic)
2. Rush - Moving Pictures (Hard Rock/Heavy Prog)
3. Arpaderba - L'aleph (Progressive Folk)
1982:
1. Duran Duran - Rio (New Wave/New Romantic)
2. The Adicts - Sound of Music (Punk Rock)
3. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (Heavy Metal)
1983:
Not enough information
1984:
1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave (Heavy Metal)
2. Mark Shreeve - Assassin (Progressive Electronic)
3. Metallica - Ride the Lightning (Thrash Metal)
1985:
1. Mark Shreeve - Legion (Progressive Electronic/Hi-NRG)
2. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (Thrash Metal)
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2/6/12: Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (#2 of 1980)
Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight (#2 of 1986)
2/1/12: Duran Duran - Rio (#1 of 1982)
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1980:
1. The Buggles - The Age Of Plastic (Synthpop)
2. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Hardcore Punk)
3. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (Heavy Metal)
1981:
1. Tangerine Dream - Exit (Progressive Electronic)
2. Rush - Moving Pictures (Hard Rock/Heavy Prog)
3. Arpaderba - L'aleph (Progressive Folk)
1982:
1. Duran Duran - Rio (New Wave/New Romantic)
2. The Adicts - Sound of Music (Punk Rock)
3. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (Heavy Metal)
1983:
Not enough information
1984:
1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave (Heavy Metal)
2. Mark Shreeve - Assassin (Progressive Electronic)
3. Metallica - Ride the Lightning (Thrash Metal)
1985:
1. Mark Shreeve - Legion (Progressive Electronic/Hi-NRG)
2. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (Thrash Metal)
…
