Rolling Stone Readers Pick U2 Album as `80s Best

In a recent Rolling Stone readers poll, U2 took top honors for the Best Album of the `80s with their hit The Joshua Tree. Said to be a close race, the band beat out some of the top acts of all time, including Michael Jackson and Prince.

The Top 10 are as follows:

  1. U2, The Joshua Tree
  2. 
Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction

  3. Michael Jackson, Thriller

  4. Bruce Springsteen, Born In The U.S.A.

  5. Prince, Purple Rain
  6. 
AC/DC, Back In Black

  7. The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

  8. The Clash, London Calling
  9. 
The Cure, Disintegration

  10. Metallica, Master of Puppets

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