Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by Arthurknight

Recently went back and refreshed this list (May 2021), you'll find more of the esoteric spicy picks in each of my respective 80s year charts.

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"Like my good hand I
tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist
That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist."

10/10

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[First added to this chart: 03/13/2018]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,591
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"I still have my memory.
I still have my gold ring... beautiful, I love it, I love it!
I still have my allergies.
I still have my philosophy."

10/10

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[First added to this chart: 10/20/2016]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
731
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"The captain is a one-armed dwarf
He's throwing dice along the wharf."

10/10

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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1985
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13,086
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"And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places."

10/10

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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
19,249
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10/10

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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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1,031
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[First added to this chart: 05/13/2021]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
1,326
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"You caress yourself
And grind my soft cold bones below."

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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
1,177
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"I'm banging on your door
Up in the big blue sky."

9.5/10

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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
1,051
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"Сколько тысяч слов - всё впустую,
Или кража огня у слепых богов."

"How many thousands of words - all in vain
Either stealing fire from the gods or the blind."

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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
Rank Score:
126
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"Can I go on with this train of events?
Disturbing and purging my mind,
Back out of my duties, when all's said and done,
I know that I'll lose every time."

9.5/10

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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1980
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16,757
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year Albums %


1980 7 7%
1981 15 15%
1982 14 14%
1983 9 9%
1984 9 9%
1985 11 11%
1986 10 10%
1987 8 8%
1988 9 9%
1989 8 8%
Country Albums %


United States 40 40%
United Kingdom 25 25%
Australia 8 8%
Germany 6 6%
Mixed Nationality 4 4%
Argentina 3 3%
Croatia (Hrvatska) 3 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 1 from 45th to 44th
On Fire
by Galaxie 500
Climber Up 1 from 44th to 43rd
Daydream Nation
by Sonic Youth
Climber Up 1 from 43rd to 42nd
The Well-Tuned Piano 81 X 25 6:17:50 - 11:18:59 PM NYC
by La Monte Young
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 22 from 23rd to 45th
Samo Par Godina Za Nas
by Ekatarina Velika

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