"Classic Albums" - the ones immediately before that were better

I agree that Jackson's "Off the Wall" was far superior to "Thriller". I'm not a big Jackson fan anyways. But "Thriller" is when he started his excessive camp stuff. "Off the Wall" is slick r&b, no gimmicks.

All Depeche Mode's album's are great but I still say "Violater" is the best.

Bowie's popular peak in the 80's with pop songs like "Let's Dance" and "China Girl" can't hold a candle to his rock albums in the 1970's.