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Best indie albums of the 1980s

According to Riffiter listeners, the best indie album of the 1980s is The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths, rated 4.6/5 by 5 listeners.

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  1. The Queen Is Dead cover№ 1The Queen Is DeadThe Smiths · 19864.65 ratings
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  2. 2The Smiths coverThe SmithsThe Smiths · 19844.01 rating
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  3. 3Lovely coverLovelyThe Primitives · 19884.01 rating
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  4. 4Louder Than Bombs coverLouder Than BombsThe Smiths · 19872.01 rating
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  5. 5Hatful of Hollow coverHatful of HollowThe Smiths · 1984
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  6. 6Strangeways, Here We Come coverStrangeways, Here We ComeThe Smiths · 1987
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  7. 7Meat Is Murder coverMeat Is MurderThe Smiths · 1985
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  8. 8The World Won't Listen coverThe World Won't ListenThe Smiths · 1987
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  9. 9“Rank” cover“Rank”The Smiths · 1988
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  10. 10Rattlesnakes coverRattlesnakesLloyd Cole and the Commotions · 1984
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  11. 11The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death coverThe People Who Grinned Themselves to DeathThe Housemartins · 1987
  12. 12Now That's What I Call Quite Good coverNow That's What I Call Quite GoodThe Housemartins · 1988
  13. 13Easy Pieces coverEasy PiecesLloyd Cole and the Commotions · 1985
  14. 14Kilimanjaro coverKilimanjaroThe Teardrop Explodes · 1980
  15. 15Vs. coverVs.Mission of Burma · 1982
  16. 16Wilder coverWilderThe Teardrop Explodes · 1981
  17. 17Pure coverPureThe Primitives · 1989
  18. 18The Horrible Truth About Burma coverThe Horrible Truth About BurmaMission of Burma · 1985
  19. 19Mainstream coverMainstreamLloyd Cole and the Commotions · 1987
  20. 20Odditties coverOddittiesThe Clean · 1982
  21. 21Self-Non-Self coverSelf-Non-SelfCranes · 1989
  22. 22London 0 Hull 4 coverLondon 0 Hull 4The Housemartins · 1986
  23. 23New Wave Hot Dogs coverNew Wave Hot DogsYo La Tengo · 1987
  24. 24Ride the Tiger coverRide the TigerYo La Tengo · 1986
  25. 25Viva Hate coverViva HateMorrissey · 1988
  26. 26The Peel Session coverThe Peel SessionThe Smiths · 1988

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