Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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NoisyBeast 
Top 100 Albums: 1980 ~ 1989
- Chart updated: 12/06/2017 02:15
- (Created: 08/22/2014 18:21).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2017]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
26,075
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2016]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
33,900
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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2017]
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[First added to this chart: 08/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
5,987
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2014]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
509
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[First added to this chart: 08/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
4,752
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[First added to this chart: 04/26/2017]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
15,561
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[First added to this chart: 08/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
3,393
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[First added to this chart: 08/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
5,569
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[First added to this chart: 08/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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3,237
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1981 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1982 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1985 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1986 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1987 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1988 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1989 | 12 | 12% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 5 | 5% | |
| Butthole Surfers | 5 | 5% | |
| Hüsker Dü | 5 | 5% | |
| The Replacements | 4 | 4% | |
| The Cure | 3 | 3% | |
| Bad Brains | 3 | 3% | |
| Misfits | 3 | 3% | |
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64 | 64% | |
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21 | 21% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 92nd to 95th Atomizer by Big Black |
| Down 3 from 93rd to 96th Nightfall by Candlemass |
| Down 3 from 94th to 97th Even If And Especially When by Screaming Trees |
| New entries |
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| Live "...Just Beautiful" by Shockabilly |
| No Contest by Tar Babies |
| Boys Don't Cry by The Cure |
| Leavers |
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| Fire Of Love by The Gun Club |
| Rollin' Through The Night by Evan Johns And The H-Bombs |
| Beet by Eleventh Dream Day |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 09/12/2019 19:53 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2017 04:46 | PaperVinnie | 452 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2015 02:00 | ObsoleteEntity | 90 | 94/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2015 18:27 |  pa | 458 | 91/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2014 11:39 |  Decurso | 171 | 82/100 |
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From Scoott 10/09/2017 19:00 | #199317
Always nice seeing decade lists from people who actually lived through the decade. Sometimes I wish I was around for the wildness of 70s/80s punk. Sometimes.
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From ObsoleteEntity 04/19/2015 02:03 | #139811
ObsoleteEntity 04/19/2015 02:03 | #139811
80s. The decade of my youth. Surfers and Joe Pop O Pie. Good to see you still rate them so high. I agree with sssvnnn; you intentionally avoid well known artists, but that is your superpower!!
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From Decurso 11/13/2014 11:39 | #126875
Decurso 11/13/2014 11:39 | #126875
Wow...this is pretty out there! Lots of stuff I haven't heard but would probably like.
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sssvnnn 09/30/2014 10:14 | #123046
sssvnnn 09/30/2014 10:14 | #123046
You try to avoid all well known artists.
Why not.
Good to see Eugene Chadbourne.
I don`t know that particular albums but I can recommend the "Corpses Of Foreign War". That is a funny political album he did together with the musicians from the Violent Femmes.
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