Top 100 Music Albums of 1980
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Updated May 9th 2017

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Year of Release:
1980
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1,306
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(80.) [First added to this chart: 11/24/2015]
Year of Release:
1980
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2,660
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(.75..) [First added to this chart: 10/16/2014]
Year of Release:
1980
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4,071
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(75.) [First added to this chart: 10/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1980
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5,710
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(70_ 160118/ ..75..) [First added to this chart: 01/18/2016]
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1980
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27,535
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2298 votes)  87 (2,298 votes)
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(75.) [First added to this chart: 10/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1980
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2,721
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(75..) [First added to this chart: 10/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1980
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2,941
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(.75. 151124) [First added to this chart: 11/30/2015]
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1980
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852
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Year of Release:
1980
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1,789
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10. (4) Down 6
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(78) [First added to this chart: 09/11/2014]
Year of Release:
1980
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1,544
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 composition

Country Albums %


United Kingdom 47 47%
United States 32 32%
Mixed Nationality 7 7%
Australia 2 2%
Germany 2 2%
Italy 2 2%
Jamaica 2 2%
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Soundtrack? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 8 from 13th to 5th
Remain In Light
by Talking Heads
Climber Up 3 from 7th to 4th
Scary Monsters
by David Bowie
Climber Up 3 from 6th to 3rd
Peter Gabriel (1980)
by Peter Gabriel
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 88 from 12th to 100th
Super Trouper
by ABBA
Faller Down 17 from 5th to 22nd
Sandinista!
by The Clash
Faller Down 7 from 9th to 16th
Making Movies
by Dire Straits
New entries
New entry Colossal Youth
by Young Marble Giants
New entry Get Happy!!
by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
New entry Closer
by Joy Division
New entry Underwater Moonlight
by The Soft Boys
New entry Grotesque (After The Gramme)
by The Fall
New entry Dirty Mind
by Prince
New entry Is This Real?
by Wipers
New entry Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
by John Williams (US)
New entry Songs The Lord Taught Us
by The Cramps
New entry Los Angeles
by X (US)
New entry The River
by Bruce Springsteen
New entry Permanent Waves
by Rush
New entry Black Sea
by XTC
New entry Argybargy
by Squeeze
New entry Gentlemen Take Polaroids
by Japan
New entry More Specials
by The Specials
New entry Kilimanjaro
by The Teardrop Explodes
New entry I Just Can't Stop It
by The Beat (UK)
New entry Sound Affects
by The Jam
New entry Killing Joke
by Killing Joke
New entry Metamatic
by John Foxx
New entry Doc At The Radar Station
by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
New entry Grace And Danger
by John Martyn
New entry Common One
by Van Morrison
New entry Half-Mute
by Tuxedomoon
New entry Roses In The Snow
by Emmylou Harris
New entry Alan Vega/Martin Rev
by Suicide
New entry Crocodiles
by Echo & The Bunnymen
New entry Heartattack And Vine
by Tom Waits
New entry Uprising
by Bob Marley & The Wailers
New entry Wild Planet
by The B-52's
New entry Kaleidoscope
by Siouxsie And The Banshees
New entry Freedom Of Choice
by Devo
New entry In The Flat Field
by Bauhaus
New entry Ming
by David Murray Octet
New entry Patriots
by Battiato
New entry Jane From Occupied Europe
by Swell Maps
New entry Le Chat Bleu
by Mink DeVille
New entry The Psychedelic Furs
by The Psychedelic Furs
New entry Alan Vega
by Alan Vega
New entry Bass Culture
by Linton Kwesi Johnson
New entry Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
by Jon Hassell & Brian Eno
New entry Gyrate
by Pylon
New entry Special Edition
by Jack DeJohnette
New entry A-Z
by Colin Newman
New entry The Commercial Album
by The Residents
New entry Penguin Eggs
by Nic Jones
New entry Monarchie Und Alltag
by Fehlfarben
New entry Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror
by Harold Budd / Brian Eno
New entry Snockgrass
by Michael Hurley
New entry Back In Black
by AC/DC
New entry End Of The Century
by Ramones
New entry The Correct Use Of Soap
by Magazine
New entry Slapp Happy Or Slapp Happy
by Slapp Happy
New entry "Strange Boutique"
by The Monochrome Set
New entry The Black Album
by The Damned
New entry Vienna
by Ultravox
New entry Zenyatta Mondatta
by The Police
New entry Blizzard Of Ozz
by Ozzy Osbourne
New entry The Return Of The Durutti Column
by The Durutti Column
New entry Warm Leatherette
by Grace Jones
New entry Empty Glass
by Pete Townshend
New entry Gaucho
by Steely Dan
New entry Hypnotised
by The Undertones
New entry Against The Wind
by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
New entry Seconds Of Pleasure
by Rockpile
New entry The Affectionate Punch
by The Associates
New entry The Blues Brothers: Music From The Soundtrack
by The Blues Brothers
New entry Diana
by Diana Ross
New entry Signing Off
by UB40
New entry Boy
by U2
New entry Humans
by Bruce Cockburn
New entry Absolutely
by Madness
New entry Crawfish Fiesta
by Professor Longhair
New entry Nero A Metà
by Pino Daniele
New entry The Turn Of A Friendly Card
by The Alan Parsons Project
New entry Group Sex
by Circle Jerks
New entry Guilty
by Barbra Streisand
New entry Iron Curtain Innocence
by Bobb Trimble
New entry Love Zombies
by The Monochrome Set
New entry Synthesist
by Harald Grosskopf
New entry The Birthday Party
by The Boys Next Door
New entry Un Peu De l'Âme Des Bandits
by Aqsak Maboul
New entry Autumn
by George Winston
New entry Organisation
by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
New entry Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
by Dead Kennedys
New entry Arc Of A Diver
by Steve Winwood
New entry Drama
by Yes
New entry Solid Pleasure
by Yello

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