Best Albums of the 1980s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1980s

Listed below are the greatest albums of the 1980s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,600 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	451	122,940	Closer (60th) by Joy Division
1981	490	64,274	Moving Pictures (151st) by Rush
1982	477	83,725	Thriller (63rd) by Michael Jackson
1983	432	71,404	Murmur (136th) by R.E.M.
1984	477	105,019	Purple Rain (115th) by Prince & The Revolution
1985	444	78,161	Rain Dogs (103rd) by Tom Waits
1986	503	118,421	The Queen Is Dead (24th) by The Smiths
1987	534	123,655	The Joshua Tree (30th) by U2
1988	566	109,421	Daydream Nation (48th) by Sonic Youth
1989	620	150,607	Doolittle (21st) by Pixies
Total	4,994	1,027,628

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