Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Chart updated: 04/30/2015 10:15
(Created: 07/23/2013 10:33).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
Live

Frank Zappa

[First added to this chart: 04/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

101

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%

1980	20	20%
1981	12	12%
1982	13	13%
1983	5	5%
1984	4	4%
1985	8	8%
1986	6	6%
1987	9	9%
1988	12	12%
1989	11	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Ry Cooder	2	2%
Bruce Springsteen	2	2%
Pixies	2	2%
Talking Heads	2	2%
Frank Zappa	2	2%
U2	2	2%
John Cale	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	44	44%
	39	39%
	7	7%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

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

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 72nd to 73rdWalking Into Mirrors by Johnny Warman
Down 1 from 73rd to 74thFisherman's Blues by The Waterboys
Down 1 from 74th to 75thPurple Rain by Prince And The Revolution

New entries
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

Leavers
Flip by Nils Lofgren

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sssvnnn 05/08/2016 15:22 | #165408

Pretty cool albums in common: John Cale, French Frith Kaiser Thompson, Coyne, Hammill.
Very good chart.

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decemberhotel 07/10/2015 16:13 | #145477

I really enjoyed many of your selections. Fine list indeed.

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