POP/ROCK - Oct. 24, 1989

The Clash’s “London Calling” and Prince and the Revolution’s “Purple Rain” finished 1-2 on a list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s picked by the editors of Rolling Stone. The Clash, a now-defunct band whose lyrics featured aggressive working-class politics that became the staple of the punk movement, recorded “London Calling” in 1980. “Purple Rain,” by Prince and the Revolution, dates back to 1984. The rest of the Top 10, in descending order: “The Joshua Tree” (by the Irish rock group U2), “Remain in Light” (Talking Heads), “Graceland” (Paul Simon), “Born in the U.S.A.” (Bruce Springsteen), “Thriller” (Michael Jackson), “Murmur” (R.E.M.), “Shoot Out the Lights” (Richard and Linda Thompson) and “Tracy Chapman” (Tracy Chapman). The picks by 10 editors of the magazine appear in the Nov. 16 issue.