East & South Asia

The best Indian albums of the 1980s

8 records, ranked by how much there is to say about them.

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Moondram Pirai

Moondram Pirai

Ilaiyaraaja

1982
Song for Everyone

Song for Everyone

L. Shankar

1985
Vision

Vision

L. Shankar

1983
Who's to Know

Who's to Know

L. Shankar

1981
The Epidemics

The Epidemics

L. Shankar

1986
Looking at You, Looking at Me

Looking at You, Looking at Me

Narada Michael Walden

1983
Moodu Pani

Moodu Pani

Ilaiyaraaja

1980
Making Music

Making Music

Zakir Hussain

1986

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