Uncut Magazine's 200 Greatest Albums of All Time

In its February 2016 issue, Uncut magazine (a monthly from the UK) offered up its list of the 200 Greatest Albums of All Time. We're interested in albums on the list that were released in the years 1976-85. Much like the Rolling Stone 500, this list is weighted towards white, male, rock artists from the late '60s and early '70s (the magazine promotes that "8 of our top 10 LPs were released between 1965-1968") but the years 76-85 make a respectable 25.5% showing. Don't tell Jann, but I prefer this list to his. I count at least 5 "new to me" albums that I need to check out soon.

Here's the 51 albums from '76-'85 that placed on the list:

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No.	Album	Artist	Year
200	Imperial Bedroom	Elvis Costello	1982
196	Hex Induction Hour	The Fall	1982
190	Steve McQueen	Prefab Sprout	1985
198	The Smiths	The Smiths	1984
188	Fear of Music	Talking Heads	1979
187	The Nightfly	Donald Fagen	1982
184	The Man-Machine	Kraftwerk	1978
181	Tim	The Replacements	1985
180	Thriller	Michael Jackson	1982
171	Purple Rain	Prince	1984
164	Seventeen Seconds	The Cure	1980
161	Swordfishtrombones	Tom Waits	1983
158	This Nation's Saving Grace	The Fall	1984
154	Sulk	The Associates	1982
139	Entertainment!	Gang of Four	1979
137	Back in Black	AC/DC	1980
136	Ramones	Ramones	1976
134	Darkness on the Edge of Town	Bruce Springsteen	1978
132	Dare!	Human League	1981
127	C'est Chic	Chic	1978
125	My Aim is True	Elvis Costello	1977
118	Suicide	Suicide	1977
117	The Specials	The Specials	1979
115	Rain Dogs	Tom Waits	1985
114	"Heroes"	David Bowie	1977
113	Cut	The Slits	1979
112	Power, Corruption & Lies	New Order	1983
110	Heart of The Congos	The Congos	1977
109	The Only Ones	The Only Ones	1978
106	Remain in Light	Talking Heads	1980

No.	Album	Artist	Year
97	Pornography	The Cure	1982
90	The Head on the Door	The Cure	1985
74	Metal Box	Public Image Ltd.	1979
71	Hejira	Joni Mitchell	1976
65	You Can't Hide Your Love Forever	Orange Juice	1982
63	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	1977
60	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division	1979
58	Parallel Lines	Blondie	1978
55	Never Mind the Bollocks	Sex Pistols	1977
53	Third/Sister Lovers	Big Star	1978
49	Songs in the Key of Life	Stevie Wonder	1976
46	Off the Wall	Michael Jackson	1979
45	Murmur	R.E.M.	1983
36	Closer	Joy Division	1980
30	Station to Station	David Bowie	1976
26	The Clash	The Clash	1977
25	Hounds of Love	Kate Bush	1985
23	London Calling	The Clash	1979
20	Trans Europe Express	Kraftwerk	1977
19	Low	David Bowie	1977
10	Marquee Moon	Television	1977

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Here's a breakdown of the above 51 albums by release date:

1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
4	10	6	8	4	1	7	3	3	5