Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s
by LittleMatt 
- Chart updated: 12/06/2019 09:15
- (Created: 12/27/2014 20:15).
- Chart size: 37 albums.
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Genre: Rock, New Wave.
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Brothers In Arms, Walk of Life, So Far Away. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Brothers In Arms, Walk of Life, So Far Away. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1985
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6,870
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Genre: Goth Rock, Noise Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: One Hundred Years, The Hanging Garden, Pornography. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: One Hundred Years, The Hanging Garden, Pornography. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1982
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5,628
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Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative.
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: I Know Its Over, Never Had No One Ever, The Boy With A Thorn In His Side. [First added to this chart: 01/08/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: I Know Its Over, Never Had No One Ever, The Boy With A Thorn In His Side. [First added to this chart: 01/08/2015]
Year of Release:
1986
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31,216
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Genre: Rock, Experimental
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Red Rain, We Do What We're Told, Sledgehammer [First added to this chart: 12/29/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Red Rain, We Do What We're Told, Sledgehammer [First added to this chart: 12/29/2014]
Year of Release:
1986
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7,248
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Genre: Hip Hop
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: 5 Piece Chicken Dinner, Looking down the Barrel of a Gun, B-Boy Bouillabaisse [First added to this chart: 04/20/2019]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: 5 Piece Chicken Dinner, Looking down the Barrel of a Gun, B-Boy Bouillabaisse [First added to this chart: 04/20/2019]
Year of Release:
1989
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6,238
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Genre: Alternative
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Monkey Gone To Heaven, Tame, Debaser. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Monkey Gone To Heaven, Tame, Debaser. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1989
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29,817
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Genre: Alternative
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Waterfall, Made of Stone, I Wanna Be Adored [First added to this chart: 06/15/2018]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Waterfall, Made of Stone, I Wanna Be Adored [First added to this chart: 06/15/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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21,887
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Genre: Experimental, Synthpop
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Architecture And Morality, Souvenir, She's Leaving. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Architecture And Morality, Souvenir, She's Leaving. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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1,104
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Genre: Progressive Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Eye In The Sky, Silence & I, Gemini [First added to this chart: 04/06/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Eye In The Sky, Silence & I, Gemini [First added to this chart: 04/06/2015]
Year of Release:
1982
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889
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Genre: Progressive Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Stationary Traveller, Refugee, West Berlin [First added to this chart: 06/07/2016]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Stationary Traveller, Refugee, West Berlin [First added to this chart: 06/07/2016]
Total albums: 37. Page 1 of 4
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Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1981 | 6 | 16% | |
| 1982 | 5 | 14% | |
| 1983 | 2 | 5% | |
| 1984 | 3 | 8% | |
| 1985 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1986 | 5 | 14% | |
| 1987 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1988 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1989 | 4 | 11% |
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| Scientist | 2 | 5% | |
| Metallica | 2 | 5% | |
| The Descendents | 2 | 5% | |
| Pixies | 2 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5% | |
| Kate Bush | 1 | 3% | |
| Prince | 1 | 3% | |
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