Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by cicadelic 
- Chart updated: 4 days ago
- (Created: 03/31/2013 00:16).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
947
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[First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
Year of Release:
1989
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3,924
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[First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
[First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
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1989
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2,467
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[First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
Year of Release:
1983
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4,496
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[First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
[First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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11,430
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[First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1981 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1982 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1983 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1984 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1985 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1986 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1987 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1988 | 22 | 22% | |
| 1989 | 15 | 15% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
| Einstürzende Neubauten | 3 | 3% | |
| The Gun Club | 3 | 3% | |
| Pixies | 3 | 3% | |
| Tom Waits | 3 | 3% | |
| Talk Talk | 2 | 2% | |
| Hüsker Dü | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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40 | 40% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 89th to 90thSpirit Of Eden by Talk Talk |
| Down 1 from 90th to 91stDinosaur by Dinosaur |
| Down 1 from 91st to 92ndLick by The Lemonheads |
| New entries |
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| The Blue Mask by Lou Reed |
| Leavers |
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| Hatful Of Hollow by The Smiths |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 10/29/2024 14:19 |  Larcx13 | 1,139 | 86/100 | |
| 03/05/2024 11:50 |  Purplepash | 1,740 | 88/100 | |
| 12/29/2023 20:28 | Johnnyo | 2,592 | 80/100 | |
| 12/31/2020 04:06 | ghosttomost | 56 | 85/100 | |
| 04/15/2017 01:13 | thekrauter | 107 | 89/100 |
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From Johnnyo 12/29/2023 20:28 | #300749
Great chart. Right up my street as far as 80’s music.
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sssvnnn 09/10/2013 08:41 | #85622
sssvnnn 09/10/2013 08:41 | #85622
Great Chart!
Apart from the "Classics" some very good pics: Nicki Sudden,
Linton Kwesi Johnson, Gun Club, Fehlfarben, Paul Roland...
But in the end I feel more familiar with your other decade charts, because your Top bands (Smith, Hüsker Dü, Pixies) doesn´t mean that much to me.
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