Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
Liedzeit 
- Chart updated: 06/05/2020 12:45
- (Created: 08/20/2014 11:28).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
18,921
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,351
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
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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 | 26 | 26% | |
| 1981 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1982 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1983 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1984 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1985 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1986 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1987 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1988 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1989 | 10 | 10% |
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| The Cure | 5 | 5% | |
| Kate Bush | 3 | 3% | |
| The Residents | 3 | 3% | |
| Sparks | 3 | 3% | |
| Kevin Coyne | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
| Multicoloured Shades | 2 | 2% | |
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65 | 65% | |
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90/100  | 07/30/2020 10:46 |  Purplepash | | 88/100 |
 95/100 | 02/28/2020 03:19 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
| 85/100 | 02/06/2018 22:22 |  greatson | | 80/100 |
| 90/100 | 09/01/2014 18:31 | Nickie | | 79/100 |
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From jlinville 07/29/2020 20:33
I absolutely adore this chart. These charts help us discover music and your chart excels at that! I did not realize Tracey Thorn had an album that early. I'm hunting it down right now.
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