Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by blueandthemoon

Chart updated: 11/08/2025 01:15
(Created: 07/09/2014 01:06).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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Friday Night In San Francisco
Live

Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco De Lucía

[First added to this chart: 07/09/2014]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

455

Rank in 1981:

Rank in 1980s:

491

Overall Rank:

3,287

Average Rating:

78 (91 votes)

Comments:

Total albums: 1. Page 1 of 1

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%

1980	8	8%
1981	6	6%
1982	9	9%
1983	8	8%
1984	12	12%
1985	13	13%
1986	7	7%
1987	9	9%
1988	13	13%
1989	15	15%

Artist	Albums	%

R.E.M.	4	4%
The Smiths	4	4%
Red Hot Chili Peppers	3	3%
U2	3	3%
Metallica	3	3%
Bruce Springsteen	2	2%
New Order	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	55	55%
	33	33%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	89	89%
Yes	11	11%

Live?	Albums	%
No	97	97%
Yes	3	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 37 from 93rd to 56th Green by R.E.M.
Up 18 from 57th to 39th Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
Up 17 from 98th to 81st Bad by Michael Jackson

Biggest fallers
Down 11 from 47th to 58th Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk
Down 11 from 68th to 79th The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
Down 10 from 87th to 97th Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim

New entries
Children Of God by Swans
Talk To Your Daughter by Robben Ford
The River by Bruce Springsteen
The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby And The Range
This Nation's Saving Grace by The Fall

Leavers
Kiss The Sky by Jimi Hendrix
Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture by David Bowie
Document by R.E.M.
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

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Top 86 Music Albums of the 1980s	srogers900	1980s decade chart	2023
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Top 85 Music Albums of the 1980s	Stanleykurosawa	1980s decade chart	2023
Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s	marleykeys	1980s decade chart	2023
Top 93 Music Albums of the 1980s	elton229	1980s decade chart	2012
Top 75 Music Albums of the 1980s	ProfessorSquid	1980s decade chart	2019
The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s	Paste	1980s decade chart	2012
Top 70 Music Albums of the 1980s	phantom1305	1980s decade chart	2023

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Oselju 09/06/2014 18:05 | #121369

Good Choices.
Interesting chart.
Thanks for Al Di Meola... and Randy Newman !

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