Every year, Pitchfork puts together a list that explores the music of a particular decade. Our writers and contributors have broken down the music of the 1960s and 1970s. Now, we’re diving back into the 1980s. On Monday, September 10, we present the 200 Best Albums of the 1980s.

Back in 2002, Pitchfork listed the top 100 albums of the 1980s; the new list is an expanded update of the original, and the earlier list isn’t going anywhere. In 2015, we counted down the 200 Best Songs of the 1980s.

“In the 16 years since Pitchfork first published its Top 100 Albums of the 1980s feature, its purview of music has evolved to encompass a broader range of artists and genres,” says Pitchfork Founder and Editor-in-Chief Ryan Schreiber. “Now feels like the right time to explore that era’s vast breadth of talent, and re-examine what it means to us today and how its musical output will continue to influence artists in the decades ahead.”

It was a decade when punk found an aggressive new strain in hardcore records from Minor Threat and Black Flag; Sonic Youth kept New York’s underground alive while the Replacements and Hüsker Dü delivered classics from Minnesota; Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys were throwing ragers while Public Enemy and N.W.A. gave hip-hop a militant new political bent; the age of MTV produced new pop icons like Madonna and Janet; Prince and Michael fully leveled up to legend status.

Join us Monday for our look at the best of what the ’80s had to offer.