Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by Kuzh69 
- Chart updated: 03/08/2019 08:45
- (Created: 10/27/2014 22:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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On the studio albums... either not there, or in a 7 or 12 inch single format, which are so good in the expanded form. [First added to this chart: 10/27/2014]
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 26 | 26% | |
| 1981 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1982 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1983 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1984 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1985 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1986 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1987 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1988 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1989 | 4 | 4% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| U2 | 4 | 4% | |
| The Cure | 4 | 4% | |
| The Chameleons | 3 | 3% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 3% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 2 from 19th to 17th Avalon by Roxy Music |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 17th to 19th Remain In Light by Talking Heads |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 11/26/2019 18:07 | 35 | 87/100 | |
| ! | 11/26/2019 12:43 | 645 | 85/100 | |
| ! | 11/26/2019 10:52 | 1,004 | 89/100 | |
| ! | 11/26/2019 09:10 | 25 | 94/100 | |
| ! | 10/23/2018 15:14 | 1,456 | 99/100 |
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Jealous of your Athens experience with R.E.M.! Very nice list also... I think it has a better balance of the 80s than mine, while also representing the correct copious amounts of R.E.M. and U2.
I think it’s wire telling that 26 albums come from 1980. This was one rough decade for music.
Brilliant 80’s chart includes all the usual suspects from that decade. U2 REM Springsteen The Cure The Smiths.
a wonderful place to direct people who are looking to delve into the jangly, melodic traditions of the 1980s
I first complimented this list four years ago. Easily my favorite '80s list on BEA!
Would’ve loved to see something else than post-punk and its offspring of subgenres.
great.
26 albums in common! And a fellow R.E.M. & U2 fan. Very cool you got to see them in Athens free during the Murmur period!!!!
Great Chart. Lots of good stuff. I really like seeing The Police and The Cars
Only the wisest of men would have the grand intelligence and superior taste to include Psychedelic Furs, Wild Planet, Romantics, and Shake It Up. Why oh why can't everyone be as wildly intelligent as you.
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