Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
Mercury 
- Chart updated: 08/07/2023 13:45
- (Created: 03/30/2013 01:19).
- Chart size: 99 albums.
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Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1981 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1982 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1983 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1984 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1985 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1986 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1987 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1988 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1989 | 12 | 12% |
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| Slayer | 4 | 4% | |
| Metallica | 3 | 3% | |
| X (US) | 2 | 2% | |
| Rudimentary Peni | 2 | 2% | |
| Venom | 2 | 2% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 2% | |
| The Replacements | 2 | 2% | |
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51 | 52% | |
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34 | 34% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 16 from 30th to 14th Drop Dead by Siege |
| Up 4 from 11th to 7th Let It Be by The Replacements |
| Up 1 from 100th to 99th Symphonies Of Sickness by Carcass |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 2nd to 4th Minor Threat by Minor Threat |
| Down 1 from 7th to 8th Damaged by Black Flag |
| Down 1 from 8th to 9th South Of Heaven by Slayer |
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 80/100  | 03/25/2023 03:48 |  mickilennial | | 77/100 |
| 100/100 | 07/10/2022 01:31 | leniad | | 85/100 |
| 60/100 | 07/03/2022 22:05 |  MadhattanJack | | 84/100 |
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| 100/100 | 05/15/2021 15:16 | DJENNY | | 100/100 |
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awesome chart, 2 slayer albums top 1 and 2 , interesting
buzzdainer 07/06/2016 17:56
This is an absolutely great eighties list! Hounds of Love, Tim, and Sign 'O' the Times are a terrific top three. We evidently agree on Purple Rain, Murmur, and Doolittle, as well. Plenty of surprises and challenging selections here, lots of stuff to sink my teeth into.
I know you like recommendations, so I'm wondering if you've given Camper Van Beethoven's Key Lime Pie a spin. It's quirky and a bit all over the place in terms of genre, but based on your other selections it might be your cup of tea. Clever lyrics and very fresh-sounding. Give it a try if you haven't already!
And thanks for the comment on my seventies chart! Nice to know there are other humans out there thinking about great music.
greatson 07/01/2014 06:59
Great chart.
Maybe "Sign 'o' the Times" was THE album of the 80`s?!!
Tom Waits on top with 5 albums!
And than all the way from hardcore to ambient!
14 albums in common is a lot for me,
great, great!!
meccalecca 03/23/2014 20:56
Interesting to see This Mortal Coil so high, but no Cocteau Twins or Dead Can Dance. Also a nice mix of metal and punk thrown into the mix.
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