Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by Onater

My Top 10 songs of the 80s:
10. Joy Division - Atmosphere (Single, 1980)
9. Tom Waits - Downtown Train (Rain Dogs, 1985)
8. The Replacements - Androgynous (Let It Be, 1984)
7. Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot (Daydream Nation, 1988)
6. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (Tender Prey, 1988)
5. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Single, 1980)
4. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Queen Is Dead, 1986)
3. The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain (The Smiths, 1984)
2. Laurie Anderson - O Superman (Big Science, 1982)
1. Talking Heads- This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Speaking In Tongues, 1983)

• Chart updated: 01/15/2019 07:45
• (Created: 10/25/2016 00:24).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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1. (3) 2

Big Science 

 Laurie Anderson

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"'Cause when love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force."

Favourite Tracks: O Superman, From The Air, Big Science, Born Never Asked [First added to this chart: 02/09/2018]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

244 charts

Rank Score:

1,735

Rank in 1982:

15

Rank in 1980s:

158

Overall Rank:

1,013

Average Rating:

 78 (234 votes)

Comments:

9

2. (1) 1

Daydream Nation 

 Sonic Youth

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"It's an anthem in a vacuum on a hyperstation, daydreaming days in a daydream nation."

Noisy, heavy, and dissonant, yet thoroughly beautiful. It's like the crumbling remains of a post-apocalyptic city where all that remains are the kids and their guitars.

Favourite Tracks: Teen Age Riot, The Sprawl, Trilogy, 'Cross The Breeze, Candle, Total Trash [First added to this chart: 10/25/2016]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,573 charts

Rank Score:

16,312

Rank in 1988:

1

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

74

Average Rating:

 84 (1,853 votes)

Comments:

147

3. (4) 1

Spirit Of Eden 

 Talk Talk

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"Everybody needs someone to live by. Everybody will need someone."

This is what I think it would sound like if the earth itself were to release an album. Also I don't understand a word that he's saying, and looking up the lyrics just makes them even more incomprehensible.

Favourite Tracks: The Rainbow, Wealth, Eden, I Believe In You [First added to this chart: 11/26/2016]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

911 charts

Rank Score:

10,684

Rank in 1988:

3

Rank in 1980s:

17

Overall Rank:

132

Average Rating:

 84 (991 votes)

Comments:

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4. (10) 6

Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

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"Well, I don't need anybody, because I learned, I learned to be alone. And I said anywhere, anywhere, anywhere I lay my head, boys, I will call my home."

Favourite Tracks: Anywhere I Lay My Head, Hang Down Your Head, Downtown Train, Tango 'Til They're Sore, Clap Hands, Singapore [First added to this chart: 10/25/2016]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,138 charts

Rank Score:

12,344

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

109

Average Rating:

 84 (1,326 votes)

Comments:

85

5. (2) 3

Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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"Time isn't holding up, time isn't after us, same as it ever was, same as it ever was."

I like to imagine this album as waking up in a dark room tied to a chair without knowing how you got there as a weird man in a big suit yells at you about his hands and the properties of facts and shapeshifting faces while awkwardly flailing his arms around in an attempt to dance.

Favourite Tracks: Once In A Lifetime, Born Under Punches, The Great Curve, Crosseyed And Painless [First added to this chart: 03/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

2,016 charts

Rank Score:

29,057

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 87 (2,271 votes)

Comments:

195

6. (5) 1

The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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"And if a double-decker bus crashes in to us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die."

Morrisey is such a wanker and I love him for it.

Favourite tracks: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, I Know It's Over, Cemetry Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Queen Is Dead, The Boy With A Thorn In His Side [First added to this chart: 10/25/2016]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,484 charts

Rank Score:

36,110

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,895 votes)

Comments:

265

7. (13) 6

Hounds Of Love 

 Kate Bush

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"But every time it rains, you're here in my head."

Favourite Tracks: Cloudbusting, Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Hello Earth, Hounds Of Love, Waking The Witch [First added to this chart: 05/28/2017]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,394 charts

Rank Score:

18,926

Rank in 1985:

1

Rank in 1980s:

7

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 85 (1,388 votes)

Comments:

102

8. (6) 2

Closer 

 Joy Division

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"Mother I tried please believe me, I'm doing the best that I can. I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through, I'm ashamed of the person I am."

Favourite Tracks: Decades, Atrocity Exhibition, Twenty-Four Hours, The Eternal, Isolation [First added to this chart: 10/25/2016]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,504 charts

Rank Score:

15,956

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

77

Average Rating:

 85 (1,904 votes)

Comments:

125

9. (8) 1

Let It Be 

 The Replacements

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"Look me in the eye and tell me that I'm satisfied. Were you satisfied?"

Favourite Tracks: Androgynous, Answering Machine, Sixteen Blue, Unsatisfied, I Will Dare [First added to this chart: 03/05/2017]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

823 charts

Rank Score:

7,613

Rank in 1984:

5

Rank in 1980s:

26

Overall Rank:

211

Average Rating:

 82 (928 votes)

Comments:

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10. (15) 5

Deceit 

 This Heat

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"She says you're only as good as the words you understand, and you, you don't understand a word."

Favourite Tracks: Makeshift Swahili, Sleep, Paper Hats, A New Kind Of Water [First added to this chart: 09/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

1,927

Rank in 1981:

10

Rank in 1980s:

140

Overall Rank:

907

Average Rating:

 78 (258 votes)

Comments:

18

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	9	9%
1981	7	7%
1982	9	9%
1983	10	10%
1984	13	13%
1985	10	10%
1986	9	9%
1987	13	13%
1988	12	12%
1989	8	8%

Artist	Albums	%
The Smiths	6	6%
R.E.M.	4	4%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	4	4%
The Cure	4	4%
Bruce Springsteen	3	3%
Tom Waits	3	3%
Talking Heads	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	44	44%
	43	43%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 10 from 37th to 27th Substance by Joy Division
Up 6 from 18th to 12th 16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens
Up 6 from 13th to 7th Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Biggest fallers
Down 7 from 7th to 14th Disintegration by The Cure
Down 4 from 11th to 15th Doolittle by Pixies
Down 4 from 12th to 16th The Joshua Tree by U2

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100/100	07/23/2020 19:06	jnfbn	311	96/100
70/100	02/06/2018 22:51	ruquito124	2	73/100
90/100	09/15/2017 09:56	TheSmiths82-87	1,836	83/100

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