Remain in Light tops ranking of 1980s classic rock albums
Collider published a ranking of the 10 greatest classic rock albums of the 1980s, placing Talking Heads' Remain in Light at number one.
The list explicitly stretches the term "classic rock" to include a variety of styles and applies a one-album-per-artist rule. It runs from Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction at 10, R.E.M.'s Murmur at 9, Violent Femmes' Violent Femmes at 8, U2's The Joshua Tree at 7, David Bowie's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) at 6, The Replacements' Let It Be at 5, Metallica's Master of Puppets at 4, The Cure's Disintegration at 3, Pixies' Doolittle at 2, to Talking Heads' Remain in Light at 1.
The piece includes commentary on each album's sound and influence and was published Jan 27, 2026. The writer is identified as Jeremy, who the article notes has more than 2,200 published articles on the site and has written for the site since February 2022.