Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by sonicdiscourse 
- Chart updated: 01/28/2016 01:45
- (Created: 03/17/2014 06:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1986
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776
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[First added to this chart: 03/17/2014]
Year of Release:
1988
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11,841
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Year of Release:
1988
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6,588
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1985
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17,732
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Year of Release:
1984
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4,599
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Year of Release:
1988
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10,297
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Year of Release:
1984
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15,153
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Year of Release:
1989
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3,916
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1981 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1982 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1983 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1984 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1985 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1986 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1987 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1988 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1989 | 9 | 9% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Prince | 4 | 4% | |
| Hüsker Dü | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
| Metallica | 3 | 3% | |
| Eric B. & Rakim | 2 | 2% | |
| New Order | 2 | 2% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 2% | |
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58 | 58% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 27 from 70th to 43rd |
Up 25 from 63rd to 38th |
Up 24 from 87th to 63rd |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 35 from 49th to 84th |
Down 32 from 16th to 48th |
Down 24 from 33rd to 57th |
| New entries |
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| ! | 10/07/2015 17:43 |  greatson | 906 | 80/100 |
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gon2bed 02/07/2015 13:25 | #134280
Great, considering I have just a top 10 in my 80's!
8 albums in common:
Doolittle by Pixies (38 points)
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth (31 points)
Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses (29 points)
Closer by Joy Division (27 points)
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy (22 points)
The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses (22 points)
Murmur by R.E.M. (13 points)
Graceland by Paul Simon (8 points)
9 artists in common:
The Stone Roses
U2
Public Enemy
R.E.M.
Pixies
Guns N' Roses
Joy Division
Sonic Youth
Paul Simon
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Skinny TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/16/2015 23:02 | #147789
Love this chart, specifically the fact that E2-E4, Scientist Rids the World..., and particularly Never Too Much are so high up.
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