Oceania
The best New Zealand albums of the 1980s
24 records, ranked by how much there is to say about them.
Daddy's Highway
The Bats
1987
Waiata
Split Enz
1981
Enz of an Era
Split Enz
1982
Time and Tide
Split Enz
1982
True Colours
Split Enz
1980
See Ya 'Round
Split Enz
1984
Conflicting Emotions
Split Enz
1983
Escapade
Tim Finn
1983
Tim Finn
Tim Finn
1989
Big Canoe
Tim Finn
1986
Kaleidoscope World
The Chills
1986
Jezebel
Jon Stevens
1980
Boodle Boodle Boodle
The Clean
1981
Odditties
The Clean
1983
Compilation
The Clean
1986
Loyal
Dave Dobbyn
1988
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (soundtrack)
Dave Dobbyn
1986
Brave Words
The Chills
1987
The Lost EP
The Chills
1985
South
Shona Laing
1987
Danced in the Fire
Sharon O'Neill
1987
Safety in Numbers
Margaret Urlich
1989
Body & Soul
Jenny Morris
1987
Shiver
Jenny Morris
1989