Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
dihansse 
After the Nineties, the Eighties were for me the 10 years with the most classic albums with especially after the mainly UK punk years in the seventies the start of mainly US Indie music of Dinosaur Jr, Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Pavement, and so on. But there of course also the mainstream classics from Dire Straits, Lloyd Cole...; + I feel to add some more typical eighties bands like Spandau Ballet or Human League (and I already did with Fischer-Z). And don't forget the metal with Metallica's best albums, Iron Maiden and Motörhead.
- Chart updated: 04/09/2024 19:45
- (Created: 11/06/2015 05:50).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1981 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1982 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1983 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1984 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1985 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1986 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1987 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1988 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1989 | 12 | 12% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| R.E.M. | 6 | 6% | |
| Hüsker Dü | 6 | 6% | |
| Iron Maiden | 5 | 5% | |
| Screaming Trees | 4 | 4% | |
| Metallica | 4 | 4% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 73rd to 75th Blood & Chocolate by Elvis Costello And The Attractions |
| Down 2 from 74th to 76th Sandinista! by The Clash |
| Down 2 from 75th to 77th Temple Of Low Men by Crowded House |
| New entries |
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 New Yorkby Lou Reed |
| No Guts...No Glory by Molly Hatchet |
| Leavers |
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 Wild Planetby The B-52's |
| Pretenders by Pretenders |
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Great chart
Cool chart - love seeing the appreciation for Australian artists/albums.
I am blown away by not only how many albums we both list as favorites (Soul Mining, New York, War, Imperial Bedroom, Reckoning, New Day Rising, Buffalo Tom, Wild Planet etc.), but by albums on your list I wouldn't normally consider listening to with a gun to my head (Iron Maiden, Metallica). Strange how tastes intertwine and meander apart.
bobbyb5 05/20/2017 21:03
I just knew it. 6 Husker Du's. Heh heh. I only had 2. Oh well.
buzzdainer 06/23/2016 02:14
Excellent chart! I especially like the enthusiastic rankings for Zen Arcade and Murmur.
RoundTheBend 04/22/2016 05:41
29 albums in common :)
sssvnnn 12/12/2015 15:01
Good chart.
(no need to put it in alphabetical order: the higher the rating the more points an album gets)
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