Top 19 Music Albums of 1980
by davidhuret 
- Chart updated: 06/01/2026 18:45
- (Created: 09/25/2013 15:11).
- Chart size: 19 albums.
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So intricate it makes you wonder how on earth they (with Brian Eno co-producing) managed to record it. This will remain modern decades from now.
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2013]
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1980
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26,640
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The summation of Bowie's extraordinary 1970s; an imaginary compilation with only new songs. His last truely great album for a long, long time.
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2013]
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1980
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A pre-makeup peak of cold pop.
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2013]
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1980
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2,732
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10 years after "McCartney" and in the midst of another breaking-up band (Wings), Paul goes totally solo again, this time with a very different electronic, synth-heavy vibe. If you like McCartney when he is a hard-hitting singer, a piano ballad man or a meticulous pop craftsman, you'll feel short-changed here. If you enjoy his experimental, goofy side, his "mad scientist" persona still coming up (pun intended) with catchy melodies and quirky hooks, you'll love this album, as I do. For the record, this is music that snapped John Lennon out of his 5-year retreat from music-making.
[First added to this chart: 09/27/2013]
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1980
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503
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After a 5-year silence, John was back, with Yoko, for an album of finely crafted (and still tart at times) songs to reflect where they were at by then: mostly middle-aged contentment. The promising start of a new phase? Some loony with a gun disagreed...
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2013]
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1980
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1,334
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6. (=)
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A one-man band slice of brilliant funk. Very saucy too...
[First added to this chart: 06/13/2017]
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1980
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1,927
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The first (and best by a thousand miles) album with second singer Brian Johnson.
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2013]
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1980
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A masterful last album.
[First added to this chart: 09/28/2013]
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1980
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Her third album was a major step forward, production-wise. The promise of the out-of-this-world music to come in the next few years.
[First added to this chart: 10/07/2013]
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1980
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A pioneering artist that defined a new language of electronic pop with an angry bite. Very influential on his more famous contemporaries (Depeche Mode for a start,...).
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Total albums: 19. Page 1 of 2
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Top 19 Music Albums of 1980 composition
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| Joy Division | 1 | 5% | |
| Paul McCartney | 1 | 5% | |
| Queen | 1 | 5% | |
| John Lennon & Yoko Ono | 1 | 5% | |
| The Police | 1 | 5% | |
| Prince | 1 | 5% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 1 | 5% | |
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| ! | 08/08/2016 06:10 |  Leonard | 335 | 88/100 |
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I always appreciate a list with notes. Good stuff. (Edited)
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