Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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briggs54 
- Chart updated: 03/22/2018 07:15
- (Created: 06/09/2014 09:56).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1984
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4,606
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Year of Release:
1985
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11,094
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Year of Release:
1988
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10,322
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Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,872
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Year of Release:
1981
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1,537
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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 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1981 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1982 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1983 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1984 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1985 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1986 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1987 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1988 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1989 | 17 | 17% |
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| The Replacements | 2 | 2% | |
| Tom Waits | 2 | 2% | |
| Pixies | 2 | 2% | |
| Anthony Davis | 2 | 2% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 2% | |
| Hüsker Dü | 2 | 2% | |
| Diamanda Galás | 1 | 1% | |
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63 | 63% | |
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17 | 17% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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| ! | 11/13/2024 09:07 |  Purplepash | 1,854 | 88/100 |
| ! | 05/09/2019 20:32 |  sssvnnn | 2,881 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2015 10:45 | Roal | 149 | 78/100 |
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sssvnnn 05/09/2019 20:34 | #236053
Brillisnt chsrt with a lot of wonderful rare picks: Massacre, Tuxedomoon, Samla...
( are you sure "The Kiss And Other Movements" is Nyman`s best album in the 80`s?)
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Roal 05/22/2015 10:42 | #142193
Nice to see Minutemen on top.
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