Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Mother Nature's Son 
My favourite albums of the 1980s.
- Chart updated: 10/19/2019 17:15
- (Created: 09/01/2013 16:41).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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A kind of magic, indeed. More so than any other Queen album. It might not be their most deep album, but then again, it has "Who Wants to Live Forever". Just the album I need, one that makes you feel good.
Favourite tracks: "A Kind of Magic" & "Who Wants to Live Forever" [First added to this chart: 09/01/2013]
Favourite tracks: "A Kind of Magic" & "Who Wants to Live Forever" [First added to this chart: 09/01/2013]
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1986
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Paul Simon invites us to his Graceland and reminds us that he's still a musical genius. The songwriting, the musicians and the world influences are amazing! "You Can Call Me Al" gets me fired up every single time!
Favourite tracks: "Graceland" & "You Can Call Me Al" [First added to this chart: 09/17/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Graceland" & "You Can Call Me Al" [First added to this chart: 09/17/2013]
Year of Release:
1986
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10,888
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Measures the velocity of love quite accurately. Although being both pretty and romantic new age from the 1980s, it never gets too cheesy. There's plenty of room for longing also, the way I hear it.
Favourite tracks: "The Eighth Wave" & "The Velocity of Love" [First added to this chart: 10/15/2018]
Favourite tracks: "The Eighth Wave" & "The Velocity of Love" [First added to this chart: 10/15/2018]
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Metallica will make your life burn faster with trash metal, creepy ambience and classical melodiousness all in one. From the iconic album artwork to the morbid lyrical content and the heavy, gloomy music, Metallica's magnum opus speaks epic doom on so many levels!
Favourite tracks: "Master of Puppets" & "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" [First added to this chart: 11/25/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Master of Puppets" & "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" [First added to this chart: 11/25/2013]
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1986
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You'll be found floating round and round when you hear this Beatlesque 80s gem! A really super magical album with loads of catchiness and spacey gimmickry.
Favourite tracks: "Summer's Cauldron" & "The Meeting Place" [First added to this chart: 05/14/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Summer's Cauldron" & "The Meeting Place" [First added to this chart: 05/14/2014]
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1986
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Admire the secret value of daydreaming together with Julian Lennon or die a poorer (wo)man. The music here certainly does comes with a hazy cloud of one's own beautiful imagination. The songs are catchy and smooth, when they rock and when they simply touch your soul!
Favourite tracks: "Stick Around" & "Want Your Body" [First added to this chart: 02/13/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Stick Around" & "Want Your Body" [First added to this chart: 02/13/2015]
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Ahh... to go beyond. The first (kinda?) gentle strokes by Enya. Incredibly beautiful, yet not quite as commercial as later years!
Favourite tracks: "I Want Tomorrow" & "Fairytale" [First added to this chart: 05/07/2016]
Favourite tracks: "I Want Tomorrow" & "Fairytale" [First added to this chart: 05/07/2016]
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Another Alphaville album with musical greatness close to utopia. Not much else to say except enjoy the big hooks and amazing synths!
Favourite tracks: "Fantastic Dream" & "Afternoons In Utopia" [First added to this chart: 07/03/2016]
Favourite tracks: "Fantastic Dream" & "Afternoons In Utopia" [First added to this chart: 07/03/2016]
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Magnificent is probably the best way to describe it with one word. It's grandiose and sounds somewhat improvised, which is a rare combination. The end product feels like a revelation, but a sad one!
Favourite track: "Novus Magnificat, Part One" [First added to this chart: 12/12/2016]
Favourite track: "Novus Magnificat, Part One" [First added to this chart: 12/12/2016]
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Duran Duran are getting notorious in the most awesome way one can imagine! Spiced up with groovy funk touches.
Favourite tracks: "Notorious" & "Skin Trade" [First added to this chart: 08/14/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Notorious" & "Skin Trade" [First added to this chart: 08/14/2015]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1981 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1982 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1985 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1986 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1987 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1988 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1989 | 10 | 10% |
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| Queen | 5 | 5% | |
| XTC | 4 | 4% | |
| Barbra Streisand | 4 | 4% | |
| Paul McCartney | 4 | 4% | |
| Goombay Dance Band | 3 | 3% | |
| U2 | 3 | 3% | |
| Julian Lennon | 3 | 3% | |
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49 | 49% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
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| Down 1 from 95th to 96th Sun Of Jamaica by Goombay Dance Band |
| Down 1 from 96th to 97th Notorious by Duran Duran |
| Down 1 from 97th to 98th Crowded House by Crowded House |
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 Till I Loved Youby Barbra Streisand |
| Leavers |
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 Duran Duranby Duran Duran |
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| 100/100 | 07/15/2016 19:23 |  buzzdainer | | 90/100 |
| 90/100 | 07/01/2016 08:33 |  Leonard | | 88/100 |
| 70/100 | 03/31/2015 18:58 |  sssvnnn | | 83/100 |
| 100/100 | 02/12/2015 06:21 |  serpico | | 80/100 |
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From buzzdainer 07/15/2016 19:27
buzzdainer 07/15/2016 19:27
Outstanding chart! Doolittle, Graceland, and The Stone Roses are all excellent albums that never seem to get old. I had sort of forgotten about Enya's Watermark album until I saw your chart--that's one I'd like to give a fresh listen. Thanks for providing so much fodder for discovery here!
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From serpico 02/12/2015 06:24
serpico 02/12/2015 06:24
¡Gran selección de discos! Me encanta ver tantos discos de Queen, la verdad que todos los discos que sacaron en los 80's me parecen buenos. También incluiste a Depeche Mode y Kate Bush, grandes elecciones también.
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From JasonZaia 02/10/2015 23:43
Great chart! Very cool to see Queen's 'A Kind of Magic'! - a great album!
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NowhereMan 07/25/2014 21:25
NowhereMan 07/25/2014 21:25
Full marks for top spot.
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