Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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RichardSauce 
- Chart updated: 04/27/2018 14:45
- (Created: 06/11/2016 00:46).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
27,521
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[First added to this chart: 06/11/2016]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
15,151
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[First added to this chart: 06/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
1,785
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[First added to this chart: 06/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
3,988
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[First added to this chart: 06/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
7,466
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[First added to this chart: 06/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
26,190
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[First added to this chart: 06/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
6,978
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[First added to this chart: 06/11/2016]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
5,569
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[First added to this chart: 06/11/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
Appears in:
Rank Score:
15,876
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[First added to this chart: 06/11/2016]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
15,591
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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 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1981 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1982 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1983 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1984 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1985 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1986 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1987 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1988 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1989 | 15 | 15% |
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| The Cure | 3 | 3% | |
| Pixies | 2 | 2% | |
| Jungle Brothers | 2 | 2% | |
| Joy Division | 2 | 2% | |
| The Replacements | 2 | 2% | |
| Public Enemy | 2 | 2% | |
| Metallica | 2 | 2% | |
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34 | 34% | |
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| Best Artists of 1987 | |
|---|---|
| 1. U2 | |
| 2. Guns N' Roses | |
| 3. Prince | |
| 4. The Smiths | |
| 5. Dinosaur Jr. | |
| 6. Dinosaur | |
| 7. R.E.M. | |
| 8. Michael Jackson | |
| 9. Depeche Mode | |
| 10. Sonic Youth | |
| 11. New Order | |
| 12. Def Leppard | |
| 13. INXS | |
| 14. The Cure | |
| 15. The Jesus And Mary Chain | |
| 16. Pixies | |
| 17. Midnight Oil | |
| 18. Eric B. & Rakim | |
| 19. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 20. Bruce Springsteen |
