Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by greatson

The 80´s were the most importend decade for my musical development.
I entered the 80`s as a 7 year old and left them beeing 17.
So I decided to construct these decade chart as a musical biographie from now to then.
I think it´s Ok to rate the music that I discovered recently (often via BEA) higher than the music of my childhood.
All albums I discoverd after the 80`s are ratetd "normally" starting with the best.
I added the (approximate) date of my first contact with the certain album.

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(~95) [First added to this chart: 01/08/2014]
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1988
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(~92) [First added to this chart: 01/08/2014]
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1989
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144
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(~17) [First added to this chart: 02/20/2018]
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1982
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52
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(~05) [First added to this chart: 01/29/2014]
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1983
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21
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(~94) [First added to this chart: 01/29/2014]
Year of Release:
1981
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195
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(~12) [First added to this chart: 01/29/2014]
Year of Release:
1982
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56
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(~13) [First added to this chart: 01/08/2014]
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1980
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105
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(19) [First added to this chart: 01/15/2020]
Year of Release:
1982
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126
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(~98) [First added to this chart: 01/08/2014]
Year of Release:
1983
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461
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(15) [First added to this chart: 09/08/2015]
Year of Release:
1983
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442
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year Albums %


1980 9 9%
1981 9 9%
1982 7 7%
1983 14 14%
1984 7 7%
1985 5 5%
1986 14 14%
1987 11 11%
1988 12 12%
1989 10 10%
Artist Albums %


Kitarō 2 2%
Tangerine Dream 2 2%
Falco 2 2%
The Cure 2 2%
John Cale 2 2%
Leonard Cohen 2 2%
Andre Heller 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 28 28%
United States 22 22%
Austria 15 15%
Germany 10 10%
Canada 4 4%
Japan 3 3%
Mixed Nationality 3 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 90 90%
Yes 10 10%
Live? Albums %
No 93 93%
Yes 7 7%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

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From 05/05/2020 19:49
Great great album by Fausto Por este rio acima...
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From 09/21/2018 10:13
Quite a lot of Albums unknown to me. But judging by the ones I do know, this is excellent. Hm, there is Mr Cohen included. Well, anyway...
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From 09/21/2018 08:46
Incredibly unique chart with a variety of nations contributing. To be perfectly honest I don't feel qualified to rate this chart I'm so unfamiliar with the albums, so I'll just leave this comment here for now ...
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From 02/11/2018 07:03
Very good, Mein Herr. Heh heh.
I love a lot of the German albums you have here.
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From 02/10/2018 00:00
Original selection of 80s music. Love the song Caruso by Lucio Dalla from his album that's one of my favourite songs of all time - wish it was more well known in the UK. He sings it so well. Good to see Falco too he was a crazy genius alright. May they both rest in peace.
Great chart.
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From 02/09/2018 16:17
Впервые вижу Высоцкого здесь
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From 04/03/2017 10:15
Very interesting chart
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From 07/07/2016 12:05
A really quirky and surprising eighties chart. Disintegration and Freedom are terrific albums, and it's gratifying to see Billy Bragg on here, too. I have not heard Wir Drehen Die Erde, but you've stoked my curiosity!
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From 08/04/2015 22:26
And you have Einzelhaft... <3
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From 08/04/2015 22:25
Really truly love this chart - a fabulous and slightly crazy mix of 80s gems! It is nice to find someone else on the site who were musically formed by the bad hair decade! :)
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