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Rain Dogs 
United States Tom Waits
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
Appears in:
1,141 charts
Rank Score:
11,898
Rank in 1985:
2
Rank in 1980s:
14
Overall Rank:
112
Average Rating:
 84 (1,335 votes)
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Music For A New Society 
United Kingdom John Cale
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1982
Appears in:
115 charts
Rank Score:
810
Rank in 1982:
33
Rank in 1980s:
309
Overall Rank:
2,036
Average Rating:
 77 (113 votes)
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Remain In Light 
United States Talking Heads
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
2,031 charts
Rank Score:
28,368
Rank in 1980:
1
Rank in 1980s:
3
Overall Rank:
26
Average Rating:
Top rated 87 (2,290 votes)
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No Make Up! 
Sweden Von Zamla
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
10 charts
Rank Score:
125
Rank in 1983:
119
Rank in 1980s:
1,393
Overall Rank:
9,561
Average Rating:
 69 (10 votes)
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Violent Femmes 
United States Violent Femmes
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
912 charts
Rank Score:
8,060
Rank in 1983:
2
Rank in 1980s:
24
Overall Rank:
189
Average Rating:
 81 (1,000 votes)
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Desire 
United States Tuxedomoon
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
83 charts
Rank Score:
542
Rank in 1981:
51
Rank in 1980s:
431
Overall Rank:
2,837
Average Rating:
 76 (90 votes)
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4630 Bochum 
Germany Herbert Grönemeyer
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1984
Appears in:
32 charts
Rank Score:
175
Rank in 1984:
107
Rank in 1980s:
1,047
Overall Rank:
7,235
Average Rating:
 73 (29 votes)
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Events 
Germany Eberhard Schoener
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
9 charts
Rank Score:
129
Rank in 1980:
152
Rank in 1980s:
1,354
Overall Rank:
9,329
Average Rating:
 72 (15 votes)
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New York 
United States Lou Reed
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
383 charts
Rank Score:
2,532
Rank in 1989:
10
Rank in 1980s:
106
Overall Rank:
689
Average Rating:
 77 (436 votes)
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Seventeen Seconds 
United Kingdom The Cure
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[First added to this chart: 08/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
467 charts
Rank Score:
2,776
Rank in 1980:
11
Rank in 1980s:
97
Overall Rank:
621
Average Rating:
 78 (690 votes)
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year Albums %


1980 18 18%
1981 18 18%
1982 8 8%
1983 9 9%
1984 12 12%
1985 5 5%
1986 6 6%
1987 6 6%
1988 10 10%
1989 8 8%
Artist Albums %


John Cale 5 5%
The Cure 3 3%
Tom Waits 3 3%
Talking Heads 3 3%
Kevin Coyne 3 3%
Tuxedomoon 3 3%
Peter Hammill 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 40 40%
United Kingdom 27 27%
Germany 14 14%
Mixed Nationality 4 4%
Sweden 4 4%
Ireland 3 3%
Canada 2 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Live? Albums %
No 93 93%
Yes 7 7%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

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87/100 (from 32 votes)
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From 08/20/2019 21:51
Great! Tuxedomoon gettin love :)
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95/100
From 08/20/2019 09:44
I already left a rating around a year and a half ago but since this is chart of the day I'll leave a comment too.

Brilliant chart, with great diversity of genre and inclusion of non-English speaking countries (no doubt helped by your own nationality).

Given the creativity of charts like your 'Strange Girls' I suppose I expected nothing less - add some notes as to why these are your favourites of the 80s and I'd happily raise my score to a perfect rating!!
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From 03/03/2018 08:12
Listening to that album of Tom Waits, I can understand this can be someone's all-time favorite. It's raw, weird and conceptual. Sadly, I'm not that someone, but I can enjoy the fact you are. I can see you've put a lot of personality in this chart, maybe a bit more variation in genres might make it better. But then again, I don't know half of these albums.
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From 03/02/2018 19:36
Good with some Tom Waits my dude.
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From 03/02/2018 14:46
Love seeing Remain in Light so high! Seventeen seconds is definitely an underrated record as well.
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From 05/05/2017 13:54
the few albums we have in common, I like a lot (New York, Discipline in particular)
'I Advance Masked' was a nice choice. 'Bewitched" would have been a good one also
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From 05/05/2017 11:53
I have a problem with Tom Waits and Police. Apart from this, excellent. I know it is silly to rate the quality of a chart by the number of albums "in common" but it always warms my heart to see Kevin Coyne appreciated.
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95/100
From 05/05/2017 09:40
Excellent chart. I like it!
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From 07/11/2016 15:20
Excellent eighties chart! Remain in Light and Rain Dogs are such fantastic albums. Enjoy some of the selections that didn't make my chart too, such as Seventeen Seconds.
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From 07/21/2014 15:27
14 matches to my 80s list! And some were unique and surprising like Ambitious Lovers and Fela's Black President.
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