Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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"And then my mind made its first earnest effort to comprehend what had been infused into it concerning heaven and hell; and for the first time it recoiled, baffled; and for the first time glancing behind, on each side, and before it, it saw all round an unfathomed gulf: it felt the one point where it stood--the present; all the rest was formless cloud and vacant depth; and it shuddered at the thought of tottering, and plunging amid that chaos."
"Jane Eyre"
by Charlotte Bronte
- Chart updated: 06/03/2020 14:15
- (Created: 03/09/2014 16:26).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/01/2014]
Year of Release:
1986
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31,326
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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2014]
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1980
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2,710
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[First added to this chart: 05/21/2018]
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1989
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1,498
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[First added to this chart: 04/28/2014]
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1989
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3,895
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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2015]
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1981
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706
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[First added to this chart: 08/30/2015]
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1984
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4,022
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[First added to this chart: 04/28/2014]
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1989
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1,424
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[First added to this chart: 11/07/2016]
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1985
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17,721
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[First added to this chart: 04/26/2015]
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1988
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1,589
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[First added to this chart: 02/03/2015]
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1984
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1981 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1982 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1983 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1984 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1985 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1986 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1987 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1988 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1989 | 11 | 11% |
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| The Smiths | 2 | 2% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| Au Pairs | 1 | 1% | |
| Sade | 1 | 1% | |
| Franco Battiato | 1 | 1% | |
| Minor Threat | 1 | 1% | |
| Bauhaus | 1 | 1% | |
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39 | 39% | |
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31 | 31% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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CharlieBarley 10/28/2016 18:58 | #177676
CharlieBarley 10/28/2016 18:58 | #177676
Smiths. Cure. Bauhaus. Joy Division. Hurray! And even some essential 80s pop like Cyndi Lauper. The 80s was such an exceptional decade for pop it seems a shame not to have a few cheesy entries. but you have. So good. Enjoyed viewing this.
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2016 14:50 | #171502
buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2016 14:50 | #171502
Exceptional chart! I love Double Nickels on the Dime, Remain in Light, Murmur, and The Trinity Session, among many of your other selections. Meat Puppets II is a pretty inspired top ten selection, as well--definitely an album that has never gotten enough love (except from Kurt Cobain).
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greatson 05/28/2014 19:56 | #113139
greatson 05/28/2014 19:56 | #113139
Great great chart!
Incredibly good picks that everybody should have like Mercedes Sosa, Abdullah Ibrahim, Bauhaus or John Cale!
Why are they nearly forgotten?
- to Kitaro: You`re right: My album of 1986 is not the original. I changed the date and the cover to the original album of 1983. (Who knows if it might have been realeased in japan even earlier?!)
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sssvnnn 04/02/2014 15:28 | #108314
sssvnnn 04/02/2014 15:28 | #108314
What will be the next 57? suspense.
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