Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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EyeKanFly 
- Chart updated: 01/18/2024 18:45
- (Created: 06/12/2013 22:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
1,032
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[First added to this chart: 06/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
23,116
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[First added to this chart: 10/20/2019]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
7,885
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[First added to this chart: 10/20/2019]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
2,942
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[First added to this chart: 01/18/2024]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
1,073
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[First added to this chart: 12/09/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 10/20/2019]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
5,822
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Total albums: 92. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1981 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1982 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1983 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1984 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1985 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1986 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1987 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1988 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1989 | 10 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 3% | |
| Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
| Philip Glass | 2 | 2% | |
| 山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] | 2 | 2% | |
| Abdel Aziz El Mubarak | 2 | 2% | |
| Charles Dutoit / Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal | 2 | 2% | |
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38 | 38% | |
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24 | 24% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 18 from 40th to 22nd Toto IV by Toto |
| Up 18 from 34th to 16th Substance by New Order |
| Up 14 from 58th to 44th Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 80 from 15th to 95th Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues |
| Down 61 from 13th to 74th Born Sandy Devotional by The Triffids |
| Down 49 from 30th to 79th Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C. |
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| Best Artists of 1982 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Michael Jackson | |
| 2. Kate Bush | |
| 3. Iron Maiden | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 6. Prince | |
| 7. Roxy Music | |
| 8. Duran Duran | |
| 9. Dire Straits | |
| 10. Donald Fagen | |
| 11. Simple Minds | |
| 12. The Clash | |
| 13. Elvis Costello | |
| 14. Elvis Costello And The Attractions | |
| 15. Peter Gabriel | |
| 16. Laurie Anderson | |
| 17. XTC | |
| 18. The Fall | |
| 19. Judas Priest | |
| 20. Bad Brains |
