Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time [Pt. 1 of 5]

In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine revised its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. You can see the complete list here, but at this address we're only interested in albums on the list that were released in the years 1976-85.  Yes, overall the list is weighted towards white, male, rock artists from the late '60s, but I'm trying to discover "new-to-me" music from my favorite decade that I may have missed. I made these lists for my own sake, but thought I'd share them with you for the common good of society.  Here's the 29 albums from '76-'85 that ranked between 500-401:

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No.	Album	Artist	Year
492	Touch	Eurythmics	1984
489	Destroyer	Kiss	1976
488	New Day Rising	Hüsker Dü	1985
487	She's So Unusual	Cyndi Lauper	1983
483	Entertainment!	Gang of Four	1979
475	Armed Forces	Elvis Costello and the Attractions	1979
473	The Smiths	The Smiths	1984
470	Radio	LL Cool J	1985
463	Heaven Up Here	Echo and the Bunnymen	1981
461	Metal Box	Public Image Ltd.	1979
456	Here, My Dear	Marvin Gaye	1978
455	How Will the Wolf Survive?	Los Lobos	1984
449	Third/Sister Lovers	Big Star	1978
448	Synchronicity	The Police	1983
445	Fly Like an Eagle	Steve Miller Band	1976
443	In Color	Cheap Trick	1977
442	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!	Devo	1978
441	Suicide	Suicide	1977
440	Rum Sodomy and The Lash	The Pogues	1985
439	Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963	Sam Cooke	1985
438	Boys Don't Cry	The Cure	1980
428	Outlandos D'Amour	The Police	1978
426	at Budokan	Cheap Trick	1979
417	Boy	U2	1980
415	Van Halen	Van Halen	1978
414	Beauty and the Beat	The Go-Go's	1981
413	Double Nickels on the Dime	Minutemen	1984
412	Pink Flag	Wire	1977
407	Sandinista!	The Clash	1980

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Here's a breakdown of the above 29 albums by release date:

1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
2	3	5	4	3	2	0	2	4	4