Top-rated albums of the 1980s Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1980s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
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Year of Release: 1986 Appears in: 288 charts Rank in 1986: 3 Rank Score: 9,993 Rank in 1980s 16 Overall Rank: 120 Download / Buy Graceland on MP3:
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42. Permanent Waves Rush
Year of Release: 1980 Appears in: 69 charts Rank in 1980: 9 Rank Score: 1,959 Rank in 1980s 83 Overall Rank: 587 Download / Buy Permanent Waves on MP3:
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43. Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses
Year of Release: 1987 Appears in: 492 charts Rank in 1987: 2 Rank Score: 21,035 Rank in 1980s 5 Overall Rank: 45 Download / Buy Appetite For Destruction on MP3:
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44. Meat is Murder The Smiths
Year of Release: 1985 Appears in: 169 charts Rank in 1985: 4 Rank Score: 5,083 Rank in 1980s 32 Overall Rank: 246 Download / Buy Meat is Murder on MP3:
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45. Live After Death Iron Maiden
Year of Release: 1985 Appears in: 19 charts Rank in 1985: 23 Rank Score: 592 Rank in 1980s 265 Overall Rank: 1,651 Download / Buy Live After Death on MP3:
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46. The Perfect Prescription Spacemen 3
Year of Release: 1987 Appears in: 42 charts Rank in 1987: 20 Rank Score: 1,104 Rank in 1980s 159 Overall Rank: 975 Download / Buy The Perfect Prescription on MP3: No MP3 preview available.
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47. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys
Year of Release: 1980 Appears in: 147 charts Rank in 1980: 4 Rank Score: 4,305 Rank in 1980s 38 Overall Rank: 276 Download / Buy Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables on MP3:
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48. EVOL Sonic Youth
Year of Release: 1986 Appears in: 75 charts Rank in 1986: 12 Rank Score: 1,437 Rank in 1980s 124 Overall Rank: 774 Download / Buy EVOL on MP3:
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49. Back In Black AC/DC
Year of Release: 1980 Appears in: 407 charts Rank in 1980: 3 Rank Score: 15,187 Rank in 1980s 11 Overall Rank: 73 Download / Buy Back In Black on MP3: No MP3 preview available.
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50. The Story of the Clash, Volume 1 The Clash
Year of Release: 1988 Appears in: 1 chart Rank in 1988: 207 Rank Score: 41 Rank in 1980s 1,820 Overall Rank: 12,525 Download / Buy The Story of the Clash, Volume 1 on MP3:
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