I would dare to add in The Cars s/t first LP. I know they went "big time" very quickly, but for 1978 their sound was definately non-standard. What a groundbreaking band. Id put them in the same box as Blondie. Too bad they took their pop success and ran with it, musically it was thier demise, even though they did very well through 1985 or so. then... "poof"...
Seems to me if they would have stayed just under the "mainstream pop" radar and kept their unique creative edge, they would have done better in the end. But how do you do that when youve "made it"?