Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 by Tamthebam

• Chart updated: 03/24/2024 19:15
• (Created: 08/24/2013 15:00).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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81. (82) 1

The Wanderer 

 Donna Summer

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[First added to this chart: 08/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

35

Rank in 1980:

346

Rank in 1980s:

3,362

Overall Rank:

25,824

Average Rating:

 71 (26 votes)

Comments:

1

82. (80) 2

Paris 
Live

 Supertramp

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2015]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

382

Rank in 1980:

77

Rank in 1980s:

576

Overall Rank:

3,781

Average Rating:

 76 (95 votes)

Comments:

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83. (84) 1

I Just Can't Stop It 

 The Beat (UK)

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[First added to this chart: 09/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

907

Rank in 1980:

40

Rank in 1980s:

287

Overall Rank:

1,841

Average Rating:

 77 (159 votes)

Comments:

4

84. (85) 1

Hot Box 

 Fatback Band

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[First added to this chart: 07/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

4

Rank in 1980:

813

Rank in 1980s:

8,703

Overall Rank:

77,179

Average Rating:

 70 (6 votes)

Comments:

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85. (86) 1

Argybargy 

 Squeeze

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[First added to this chart: 09/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

397

Rank in 1980:

74

Rank in 1980s:

564

Overall Rank:

3,657

Average Rating:

 75 (113 votes)

Comments:

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86. (88) 2

Hypnotised 

 The Undertones

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[First added to this chart: 10/27/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

224

Rank in 1980:

103

Rank in 1980s:

864

Overall Rank:

5,859

Average Rating:

 71 (81 votes)

Comments:

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87. (=)

More Specials 

 The Specials

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[First added to this chart: 09/16/2015]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

409

Rank in 1980:

73

Rank in 1980s:

551

Overall Rank:

3,561

Average Rating:

 73 (109 votes)

Comments:

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88. (83) 5

Sweet Sensation 

 Stephanie Mills

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[First added to this chart: 08/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

1

Rank in 1980:

1,287

Rank in 1980s:

14,321

Overall Rank:

136,476

Average Rating:

 72 (2 votes)

Comments:

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89. (=)

Naughty 

 Chaka Khan

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[First added to this chart: 08/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

3

Rank in 1980:

974

Rank in 1980s:

10,779

Overall Rank:

99,993

Average Rating:

 65 (9 votes)

Comments:

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Syreeta (1980) 

 Syreeta

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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

1

Rank in 1980:

1,307

Rank in 1980s:

14,514

Overall Rank:

138,349

Average Rating:

 69 (4 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	2	2%
Boz Scaggs	2	2%
Teena Marie	2	2%
Emmylou Harris	1	1%
The Manhattans	1	1%
Pretenders	1	1%
The Clash	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	48	48%
	40	40%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 2 from 88th to 86th Hypnotised by The Undertones
Up 2 from 76th to 74th Wild Planet by The B-52's
Up 1 from 86th to 85th Argybargy by Squeeze

Biggest fallers
Down 5 from 83rd to 88th Sweet Sensation by Stephanie Mills
Down 2 from 80th to 82nd Paris by Supertramp
Down 1 from 70th to 71st Short Stories by Jon & Vangelis

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 ratings

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80/100	12/29/2022 21:58	Johnnyo	2,013	80/100
90/100	06/25/2022 06:49	seb7	105	91/100
95/100	06/25/2022 06:31	leniad	687	85/100
95/100	11/10/2020 11:18	desh79	1,281	93/100
100/100	03/19/2020 03:24	DJENNY	4,409	100/100

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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 90.2/100, a mean average of 93.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.0.

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80/100

From Johnnyo 12/29/2022 21:58

Nice chart

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From seb7 06/25/2022 06:49

fine picks but definitely not my personal taste. kinda oldhead

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From leniad 06/25/2022 06:32

likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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From bobbyb5 08/19/2017 20:18

Absolutely awesome I'm always glad to see someone who isn't afraid of mainstream music. So many people here are absolutely terrified of it. Not me. Heh heh

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From Leonard 09/29/2015 11:08

Complete chart of 1980!

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From mostlymor 02/09/2015 23:49

Tam, this is classy stuff. You're one of the only people on this site who gives fair and proper recognition to soul/r 'n' b/funk acts, and to some of the great female voices. I'm guessing from the picks you might have lived through this year, for my money it was one of the very best - every genre produced classics - the radio was great, "Top Of The Pops" was great, live shows were cheap, and the album still meant something.

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From Antonio-Pedro 10/27/2013 09:28

You made a chart that makes the others remember these albuns

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