Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s by meezus

• Chart updated: 08/12/2020 13:45
• (Created: 09/11/2013 22:02).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Violent Femmes 

 Violent Femmes

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

875 charts

Rank Score:

8,199

Rank in 1983:

2

Rank in 1980s:

25

Overall Rank:

201

Average Rating:

 81 (971 votes)

Comments:

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Master Of Puppets 

 Metallica

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,230 charts

Rank Score:

13,259

Rank in 1986:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

105

Average Rating:

 83 (1,764 votes)

Comments:

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Kill 'Em All 

 Metallica

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

493 charts

Rank Score:

3,329

Rank in 1983:

8

Rank in 1980s:

84

Overall Rank:

544

Average Rating:

 79 (919 votes)

Comments:

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Hallowed Ground 

 Violent Femmes

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

780

Rank in 1984:

34

Rank in 1980s:

322

Overall Rank:

2,113

Average Rating:

 77 (157 votes)

Comments:

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,492 charts

Rank Score:

37,395

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,871 votes)

Comments:

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Ride The Lightning 

 Metallica

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

870 charts

Rank Score:

9,214

Rank in 1984:

2

Rank in 1980s:

22

Overall Rank:

175

Average Rating:

 84 (1,307 votes)

Comments:

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...And Justice For All 

 Metallica

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

609 charts

Rank Score:

5,024

Rank in 1988:

5

Rank in 1980s:

47

Overall Rank:

360

Average Rating:

 79 (1,119 votes)

Comments:

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,424 charts

Rank Score:

39,125

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,836 votes)

Comments:

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VU 
Compilation

 The Velvet Underground

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

569

Rank in 1984:

45

Rank in 1980s:

419

Overall Rank:

2,715

Average Rating:

 80 (251 votes)

Comments:

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Los Angeles 

 X (US)

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[First added to this chart: 01/08/2014]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

317 charts

Rank Score:

1,716

Rank in 1980:

24

Rank in 1980s:

163

Overall Rank:

1,037

Average Rating:

 77 (341 votes)

Comments:

17

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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	11	22%
1981	5	10%
1982	3	6%
1983	6	12%
1984	7	14%
1985	3	6%
1986	5	10%
1987	3	6%
1988	4	8%
1989	3	6%

Artist	Albums	%
Genesis	4	8%
Violent Femmes	4	8%
Metallica	4	8%
X (US)	4	8%
The Smiths	3	6%
Michael Jackson	2	4%
David Bowie	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	25	50%
	22	44%
	1	2%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 1 from 5th to 4th Hallowed Ground by Violent Femmes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 4th to 5th Doolittle by Pixies

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From Decurso 11/22/2014 09:03

Difficult to rate at this point, but I look forward to seeing it when you've "fleshed it out".

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