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: 02/13/2025 21:45
- (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 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1981 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1982 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1983 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1984 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1985 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1986 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1987 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1988 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1989 | 11 | 11% |
| 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% | |
| TC Matic | 3 | 3% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 23rd to 22nd New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü |
| Up 1 from 22nd to 21st The Days Of Wine And Roses by The Dream Syndicate |
| Up 1 from 21st to 20th You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 17th to 23rd Prairie School Freakout by Eleventh Dream Day |
| Down 1 from 60th to 61st Candy Apple Grey by Hüsker Dü |
| Down 1 from 61st to 62nd Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones |
| Leavers |
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 Green On Redby Green On Red |
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100/100  | 04/02/2025 17:37 |  SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
90/100 | 04/02/2025 13:50 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
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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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