Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by 
Arthurknight 
Recently went back and refreshed this list (May 2021), you'll find more of the esoteric spicy picks in each of my respective 80s year charts.
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- Chart updated: 01/11/2022 03:15
- (Created: 02/11/2016 03:06).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"Like my good hand I
tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist
That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist."
10/10
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tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist
That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist."
10/10
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,517
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"I still have my memory.
I still have my gold ring... beautiful, I love it, I love it!
I still have my allergies.
I still have my philosophy."
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I still have my gold ring... beautiful, I love it, I love it!
I still have my allergies.
I still have my philosophy."
10/10
_ [First added to this chart: 10/20/2016]
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"The captain is a one-armed dwarf
He's throwing dice along the wharf."
10/10
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He's throwing dice along the wharf."
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Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
11,686
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"And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places."
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I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places."
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Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
18,143
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Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
968
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6. (=)
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Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
1,169
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"You caress yourself
And grind my soft cold bones below."
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And grind my soft cold bones below."
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
1,137
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"I'm banging on your door
Up in the big blue sky."
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Up in the big blue sky."
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_ [First added to this chart: 03/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1986
Appears in:
Rank Score:
884
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"Сколько тысяч слов - всё впустую,
Или кража огня у слепых богов."
"How many thousands of words - all in vain
Either stealing fire from the gods or the blind."
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Или кража огня у слепых богов."
"How many thousands of words - all in vain
Either stealing fire from the gods or the blind."
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"Can I go on with this train of events?
Disturbing and purging my mind,
Back out of my duties, when all's said and done,
I know that I'll lose every time."
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Disturbing and purging my mind,
Back out of my duties, when all's said and done,
I know that I'll lose every time."
9.5/10
_ [First added to this chart: 03/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
15,227
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1981 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1982 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1985 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1986 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1987 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1988 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1989 | 8 | 8% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 3 | 3% | |
| David Sylvian | 2 | 2% | |
| The Replacements | 2 | 2% | |
| The Fall | 2 | 2% | |
| Tom Waits | 2 | 2% | |
| Kate Bush | 2 | 2% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 2% | |
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40 | 40% | |
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25 | 25% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 45th to 44th On Fire by Galaxie 500 |
| Up 1 from 44th to 43rd Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth |
| Up 1 from 43rd to 42nd The Well-Tuned Piano 81 X 25 6:17:50 - 11:18:59 PM NYC by La Monte Young |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 22 from 23rd to 45th Samo Par Godina Za Nas by Ekatarina Velika |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 11/28/2021 23:20 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/15/2021 15:16 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2020 18:55 |  Leonard | 341 | 88/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2016 20:18 | Imaybeparanoid | 179 | 89/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2016 14:10 | LegacyEighties | 5 | 85/100 |
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