So what happened to this? I was curious to see the results! Is somebody working on it behind the scenes?

Yes <.< I've been "working on it." >.>

Moving pictures is the be-all end all of all 80's albums

But let's have some other close contenders:

Dead Kennedys - "Frankenchrist"
Dead Kennedys - "Plastic Surgery Disasters"
Dead Kennedys - "Bedtime for Democracy"
King Crimson - "Beat"
Jethro Tull - "Crest of A Knave
Kreator - "Pleasure To Kill"

talk talk - spirit of eden
the fall - grotesque
the feelies - crazy rythms
lydia lunch - queen of siam
talking heads - remain in light
brian eno and david byrne - my life in the bush of ghosts
the birthday party - prayers on fire (Or junkyard. i prefer junkyard, but . . .)
echo and the bunnymen - ocean rain
mission of burma - signals, calls and marches
this heat - deceit
dead kennedy's - plastic surgery disaster
daniel johnston - hi, how are you?
tom waits - raindogs
concteau twins - treasure
husker du - zen arcade
minutemen - double nickels on the dime
the smiths - meat is murder or queen is dead
violent femmes - violent femmes
the jesus and mary chain - darklands
the replacements - let it be
sonic youth - evol or sister
the cure - kiss me kiss me kiss me, disintegration or poronography
depeche mode - music for the masses
dinosaur jr - you're living all over me
pixies - surfer rosa or doolittle
spacemen 3 - the perfect prescription
galaxie 500 - today
stone roses - stone roses
a. r. kane - sixty nine

i'm probably forgetting a bunch, but these, at least, should be considered.

oh and seriously, michael jackson thirller!

Crowquill...I cast a disdainfull look at you for removing "Murmur".

Life's Rich Pageant is excellent but man c'mon...MURMUR !!!

Murmur is probably going to go back on. I'm adding some of the removed ones, like EVOL for instance, and re-doing the list now. I'm going to put it in a rough order then post it to which everyone will debate what should be bumped up/down/swapped with etc

YAY!
Also, Crowded House - ST and Kate Bush - The Hounds of Love.

I'd put Yo! Bum Rush The Show up if you have room. I think it's a less culturally significant album than Nation, but almost as good, and it pioneered their sound.

Okay I added everything and I'm going to give a rough order later tonight and try and post it by tonight but I'm leaving for now so I want you to discuss whether the following albums are worthy of being on the list (we have upwards of 150)

Van Halen "1984"
Nine Inch Nails "Pretty Hate Machine"
The Lemonheads "Lick/Hate Your Friends"
Dio "Holy Diver"
The B-52s "Wild Planet"
Pet Shop Boys "Introspective"
10,000 Maniacs "In My Tribe"
The Cult "Love"
Ministry "In the Land of Rape and Honey"

Also should we allow compilations on here? There's only 2 of them, 13 Songs (Fugazi) and Louder Than Bombs (The Smiths)

Alright I'll leave Pretty Hate Machine because I trust Wayfarer, I've just never heard much about NIN's debut so I had no idea if it was good or not.

I'm making some executive decisions here so its a more manageable list and compilations are going to be hereby banned from the list.