Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
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- Chart updated: 03/17/2021 13:45
- (Created: 09/12/2013 23:21).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/05/2015]
Year of Release:
1983
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1,834
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A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star. An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally.
[First added to this chart: 09/17/2015]
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Since you went away, I've been hanging around. I've been wondering why I'm feeling down. You went away, should make me feel better, but I don't know how I'm gonna get through. What've I-- what've I-- what've I done to deserve this?
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2014]
Year of Release:
1987
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1,164
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Now I wish the stars would go on shining, you see in my dreams we climb, and climb, and at the top we fly. Let the world go on below us, we are lost in time, and I don't know really what it means, all I know is that you love me. In my dreams.
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Another night in any town. You can hear the thunder of their cry. Ahead of their time, they wonder why. The shadows of a golden age, a generation waits for dawn. The brave carry on, the bold and the strong. Only the young can say, they're free to fly away, sharing the same desires, burning like wildfire.
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I never been afraid of losing. And I have never wanted love to be a chain. I only know that, when I'm with you, you're my sunshine, you're my rain. The sweetest thing I've ever known is loving you.
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I met a man in Brazil. He was 6'4" and full of muscle. I said "Do you speak-a my language?" He just smiled, and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
[First added to this chart: 03/27/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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889
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[First added to this chart: 10/14/2014]
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1985
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2,987
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Until the hands of time get back to 1992, on Spaceship Earth, I once knew clouds of white, and ocean blue, on yellow sands I'll stand with you in '92.
[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
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And when it rains, you're shining down for me, and I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough.
[First added to this chart: 09/17/2015]
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1981
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Total albums: 100. Page 3 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1981 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1982 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1983 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1984 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1985 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1987 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1988 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1989 | 6 | 6% |
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| Journey | 5 | 5% | |
| REO Speedwagon | 3 | 3% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 3 | 3% | |
| Pet Shop Boys | 3 | 3% | |
| Billy Joel | 2 | 2% | |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | 2 | 2% | |
| Bon Jovi | 2 | 2% | |
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51 | 51% | |
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28 | 28% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 19 from 23rd to 4th Eye In The Sky by The Alan Parsons Project |
| Up 14 from 29th to 15th Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen |
| Up 13 from 15th to 2nd The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 11 from 5th to 16th Kick by INXS |
| Down 8 from 9th to 17th Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks |
| Down 7 from 11th to 18th Different Light by The Bangles |
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| 80/100 | 10/28/2015 20:07 |  Leonard | | 88/100 |
| 90/100 | 02/21/2014 17:12 | PauloPaz | | 89/100 |
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From buzzdainer 05/31/2016 01:02
buzzdainer 05/31/2016 01:02
Excellent chart! I appreciate the love for The Stone Roses and Graceland.
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From Leonard 10/28/2015 20:08
Leonard 10/28/2015 20:08
plus 10 points ELO-bonus!
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Mdemauri 03/04/2014 21:45
Mdemauri 03/04/2014 21:45
Looks like my album collection when I was growing up in the 80's. However, I don't think I had the best taste back then!
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