Best Albums of the 1980s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1980s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1980s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1980	2,130	194,039	Remain In Light (27th)by Talking Heads
1981	2,174	120,424	Moving Pictures (156th)by Rush
1982	2,138	148,446	Thriller (76th)by Michael Jackson
1983	2,147	135,691	Murmur (142nd)by R.E.M.
1984	2,147	171,046	Purple Rain (81st)by Prince And The Revolution
1985	2,148	143,896	Hounds Of Love (58th)by Kate Bush
1986	2,277	170,118	The Queen Is Dead (17th)by The Smiths
1987	2,475	162,441	The Joshua Tree (52nd)by U2
1988	2,564	151,806	Daydream Nation (69th)by Sonic Youth
1989	2,586	197,486	Doolittle (18th)by Pixies
Total	22,786	1,595,392

The best artists of the 1980s were The Smiths, Prince, Pixies, The Cure, Talking Heads, U2, Metallica, Kate Bush, R.E.M. and The Stone Roses.

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661.

Depois Do Fim

Bacamarte

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

661

Overall Rank:

4,491

Average Rating:

74 (50 votes)

Comments:

662.

Kaleidoscope World
Compilation

The Chills

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 1986:

Rank in 1980s:

662

Overall Rank:

4,493

Average Rating:

75 (43 votes)

Comments:

663.

Lucinda Williams

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 1988:

Rank in 1980s:

663

Overall Rank:

4,497

Average Rating:

76 (88 votes)

Comments:

664.

Centerfield

John Fogerty

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

309

Rank in 1985:

Rank in 1980s:

664

Overall Rank:

4,512

Average Rating:

72 (113 votes)

Comments:

665.

Miss America

Mary Margaret O'Hara

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

309

Rank in 1988:

Rank in 1980s:

665

Overall Rank:

4,526

Average Rating:

76 (63 votes)

Comments:

666.

The Sky's Gone Out

Bauhaus

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

309

Rank in 1982:

Rank in 1980s:

666

Overall Rank:

4,531

Average Rating:

77 (98 votes)

Comments:

667.

Different Light

The Bangles

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

108 charts

Rank Score:

308

Rank in 1985:

Rank in 1980s:

667

Overall Rank:

4,532

Average Rating:

74 (108 votes)

Comments:

668.

Telephone Free Landslide Victory

Camper Van Beethoven

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

308

Rank in 1985:

Rank in 1980s:

668

Overall Rank:

4,544

Average Rating:

78 (87 votes)

Comments:

669.

Sound Of Confusion

Spacemen 3

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

308

Rank in 1986:

Rank in 1980s:

669

Overall Rank:

4,546

Average Rating:

76 (57 votes)

Comments:

670.

Red Sails In The Sunset

Midnight Oil

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

307

Rank in 1984:

Rank in 1980s:

670

Overall Rank:

4,550

Average Rating:

72 (88 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%

1980	117	12%
1981	123	12%
1982	111	11%
1983	99	10%
1984	102	10%
1985	81	8%
1986	93	9%
1987	86	9%
1988	93	9%
1989	99	10%

Artist	Albums	%

The Cure	10	1%
Depeche Mode	8	1%
Rush	8	1%
Iron Maiden	8	1%
The Smiths	7	1%
R.E.M.	7	1%
The Fall	7	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	417	42%
	387	39%
	41	4%
	28	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	12	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	971	97%
Yes	33	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	23	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	13	1%

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