Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Grzywa 
- Chart updated: 02/19/2016 09:15
- (Created: 01/12/2016 23:23).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Best tracks: "Colony", "Twenty Four Hours", "Decades".
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Year of Release:
1980
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14,289
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Best tracks: "Debaser", "Wave of Mutilation", "Gouge Away".
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1989
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29,782
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Best tracks: "M", "Play For Today", "A Forest".
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1980
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2,737
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Best tracks: "Maniac", "The More It Changes", "The Month After".
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Best tracks: "Elektryczne Nożyce", "Piosenka Młodych Wioślarzy", "Do Ani".
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Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim
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Best tracks: "Bone Machine", "River Euphrates", "Nimrod's Son".
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Best tracks: "Back to the Old House", "Panic", "Sweet and Tender Hooligan".
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1987
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2,285
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Best tracks: "Add It Up", "Gone Daddy Gone", "Blister in the Sun".
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1983
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7,689
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Best tracks: "Romeo Had Juliette", "Sick Of You", "Dime Story Mystery".
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1989
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1981 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1982 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1983 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1984 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1985 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1987 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1988 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1989 | 9 | 9% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Cure | 8 | 8% | |
| The Smiths | 5 | 5% | |
| Depeche Mode | 5 | 5% | |
| Bauhaus | 4 | 4% | |
| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| Joy Division | 3 | 3% | |
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48 | 48% | |
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33 | 33% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 78 from 97th to 19th |
Up 70 from 75th to 5th |
Up 65 from 72nd to 7th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 25 from 73rd to 98th |
Down 17 from 82nd to 99th |
Down 11 from 67th to 78th |
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| ! | 10/11/2017 23:15 |  sssvnnn | 2,881 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/28/2016 09:28 | ecwashere | 157 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2016 20:31 |  dihansse | 312 | 84/100 |
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dihansse 06/11/2016 20:32 | #168471
dihansse 06/11/2016 20:32 | #168471
Now I see where you got your avator from ;)
Great list though although the Drawing Of Patient OT I'm just listening to is not really my thing.
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ecwashere 10/28/2016 09:30 | #177609
Good! Very differnt from my chart, but very good. The Polish bands/artists are unknown to me, but I will check them out.
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