Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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souplipton 
- Chart updated: 06/01/2023 16:15
- (Created: 09/08/2016 21:33).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/08/2016]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
15,227
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[First added to this chart: 09/08/2016]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
31,524
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[First added to this chart: 09/08/2016]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
3,457
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[First added to this chart: 09/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
27,530
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
1,025
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[First added to this chart: 11/26/2016]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,974
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,691
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[First added to this chart: 09/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
26,071
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[First added to this chart: 12/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
10,224
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
5,710
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1981 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1982 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1983 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1984 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1985 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1986 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1987 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1988 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1989 | 11 | 11% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Cure | 6 | 6% | |
| Rush | 5 | 5% | |
| Depeche Mode | 4 | 4% | |
| New Order | 4 | 4% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| Metallica | 3 | 3% | |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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51 | 51% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 2 from 75th to 73rd Music For The Masses by Depeche Mode |
| Up 1 from 73rd to 72nd Ride The Lightning by Metallica |
| Up 1 from 72nd to 71st A Momentary Lapse Of Reason by Pink Floyd |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 70th to 76th Junta by Phish |
| Down 1 from 74th to 75th Long Live The Kane by Big Daddy Kane |
| Down 1 from 76th to 77th Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes |
| New entries |
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| Construction Time Again by Depeche Mode |
| Leavers |
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| Perverted By Language by The Fall |
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| ! | 08/04/2022 23:38 | Reppu1976 | 133 | 88/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2022 18:34 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,831 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2021 03:05 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2020 09:44 |  desh79 | 1,278 | 93/100 |
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