Top 90 Music Albums of 1980
by LittleM1971 
1980 Playlist:
Upside Down - Diana Ross
A Song - Pablo Moses
Give Thanx To Jah - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Food For Thought - UB40
Twist And Crawl - The Beat
No Lollipop No Sweet So - Johnny Osbourne
Hey, Little Rich Girl - The Specials
Embarrassment - Madness
There, There My Dear - Dexys Midnight Runners
Start! - The Jam
Sgt. Rock (Going To Help Me) - XTC
Snakes Crawl - Bush Tetras
The Tide Is High - Blondie
Don’t Stand So Close To Me - The Police
Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
When I Dream - The Teardrop Explodes
Do It Clean - Echo & The Bunnymen
Missing In Action - The Comsat Angels
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Happy Pilgrim - The Only Ones
My Perfect Cousin - The Undertones
Los Angeles - X
Forward To Death - Dead Kennedys
Blenheim Shots - Swell Maps
How I Wrote Elastic Man - The Fall
Falling And Laughing - Orange Juice
Original Love - The Feelies
Music For Evenings - Young Marble Giants
A Means To An End - Joy Division
Fade To Grey - Visage
Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
Army Dreamers - Kate Bush
Stanlow - OMD
I Travel - Simple Minds
To Cut A Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet
A Forest - The Cure
Wait For The Blackout - The Damned
Happy House - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Dark Entries - Bauhaus
I Can’t Escape Myself - The Sound
Requiem - Killing Joke
A Song From Under The Floorboards - Magazine
Shadows And Tall Trees - U2
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
The Pretenders - Talk Of The Town
- Chart updated: 11/16/2025 00:15
- (Created: 01/14/2014 23:20).
- Chart size: 90 albums.
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Last listen: 29/01/21
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1980
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Last listen: 09/03/20
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1980
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2,718
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Last listen: 19/01/24
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1980
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907
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Last listen: 28/10/23
[First added to this chart: 11/09/2014]
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1980
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852
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Last listen: 14/07/23
[First added to this chart: 04/10/2014]
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1980
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1,848
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Last listen: 20/02/25
[First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
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1980
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989
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Last listen: 30/05/25
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2016]
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1980
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2,106
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Last listen: 10/11/19
[First added to this chart: 03/14/2014]
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1980
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1,520
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Last listen: 16/11/25
[First added to this chart: 03/09/2020]
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1980
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521
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Last listen: 14/05/22
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Top 90 Music Albums of 1980 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bad Manners | 2 | 2% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| The Fall | 2 | 2% | |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | 2 | 2% | |
| Diana Ross | 1 | 1% | |
| The B-52's | 1 | 1% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 1% | |
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