Here's my list, it's limiting because I've only had so much '80s albums to choose from:

1.) 1999 - Prince
2.) Thriller - MJ
3.) Faith - George Michael
4.) Control - Janet
5.) Street Songs - Rick James
6.) Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
7.) Guy - Guy
8.) Sign O' The Times - Prince
9.) Heartbreak - New Edition
10.) Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet
11.) Midnight Love - Marvin Gaye
12.) It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Down - Public Enemy
13.) Back in Black - AC/DC
14.) Appetite for Destruction - Guns 'N' Roses
15.) Legend - Bob Marley (though it's a greatest-hits set )
16.) Triumph - The Jacksons