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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31. (30) 1

Nebraska 

 Bruce Springsteen

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"Sheriff, when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor head back, you make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap."

Possibly the bleakest album I've ever heard, which is especially jarring coming from someone like Springsteen, whose lyrics, no matter how dark, are usually laced with hope. That hope is nowhere to be found in Nebraska.

Favourite Tracks: Atlantic City, Nebraska, Reason To Believe, State Trooper [First added to this chart: 10/25/2016]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

700 charts

Rank Score:

5,759

Rank in 1982:

5

Rank in 1980s:

41

Overall Rank:

313

Average Rating:

 80 (962 votes)

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32. (31) 1

Songs From The Big Chair 

 Tears For Fears

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"Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure, nothing ever lasts forever."

Favourite Tracks: Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Shout, Head Over Heels, The Working Hour [First added to this chart: 01/15/2019]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

593 charts

Rank Score:

5,361

Rank in 1985:

6

Rank in 1980s:

44

Overall Rank:

337

Average Rating:

 79 (654 votes)

Comments:

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33. (32) 1

Pornography 

 The Cure

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"It doesn't matter if we all die."

Favourite Tracks: One Hundred Years, Figurehead, A Short Term Effect, The Hanging Garden [First added to this chart: 03/09/2017]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

669 charts

Rank Score:

5,893

Rank in 1982:

4

Rank in 1980s:

40

Overall Rank:

307

Average Rating:

 80 (947 votes)

Comments:

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34. (33) 1

The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

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"I am the resurrection and I am the life. I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like."

Favourite Tracks: I Am The Resurrection, Waterfall, This Is The One, (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister, Made Of Stone [First added to this chart: 10/25/2016]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,973 charts

Rank Score:

25,870

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

34

Average Rating:

 86 (2,226 votes)

Comments:

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35. (34) 1

The Smiths 

 The Smiths

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"I dreamt about you last night, and I fell out of bed twice."

Reel Around The Fountain is perfect.

Favourite Tracks: Reel Around The Fountain, This Charming Man, Still Ill [First added to this chart: 03/23/2017]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

935 charts

Rank Score:

8,645

Rank in 1984:

3

Rank in 1980s:

23

Overall Rank:

189

Average Rating:

 83 (1,440 votes)

Comments:

86

36. (35) 1

Tim 

 The Replacements

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"Kneeling alongside old Sad Eyes, he says, opportunity knocks once, then the door slams shut. All I know is I'm sick of everything that my money can buy, the fool who wastes his life, God rest his guts."

Favourite Tracks: Here Comes A Regular, Bastards Of Young, Left Of The Dial, Swingin Party, Hold My Life [First added to this chart: 10/07/2017]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

477 charts

Rank Score:

4,044

Rank in 1985:

8

Rank in 1980s:

62

Overall Rank:

443

Average Rating:

 81 (546 votes)

Comments:

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37. (36) 1

Tender Prey 

 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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"It began when they come took me from my home and put me in Death Row. Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know. And I'll say it again: I am not afraid to die."

Favourite Tracks: The Mercy Seat, Mercy, Up Jumped The Devil, Watching Alice [First added to this chart: 07/09/2017]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

291 charts

Rank Score:

1,591

Rank in 1988:

17

Rank in 1980s:

177

Overall Rank:

1,109

Average Rating:

 80 (323 votes)

Comments:

11

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Rum Sodomy & The Lash 

 The Pogues

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"When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got syph down in Cologne, and you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone, Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid, and you decked some fucking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids."

Favourite Tracks: The Sick Bed Of Cúchulainn, Sally MacLenanne, A Pair Of Brown Eyes, Dirty Old Town, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda [First added to this chart: 05/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

403 charts

Rank Score:

2,981

Rank in 1985:

11

Rank in 1980s:

91

Overall Rank:

593

Average Rating:

 78 (393 votes)

Comments:

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39. (=)

Hex Enduction Hour 

 The Fall

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"This is the home of the vain! This is the home of the vain! Where are the obligatory niggers? Hey there fuckface! Hey there fuckface!"

Favourite Tracks: The Classical, Fortress/Deer Park, Hip Priest, Jawbone And The Air-Rifle [First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

233 charts

Rank Score:

1,458

Rank in 1982:

18

Rank in 1980s:

196

Overall Rank:

1,215

Average Rating:

 78 (246 votes)

Comments:

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Up To Here 

 The Tragically Hip

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"Fingers and toes, fingers and toes, forty things we share. Forty-one, if you include the fact that we don't care."

Favourite Tracks: New Orleans Is Sinking, Boots Or Hearts, 38 Years Old, Opiated [First added to this chart: 10/25/2016]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

460

Rank in 1989:

42

Rank in 1980s:

491

Overall Rank:

3,214

Average Rating:

 76 (85 votes)

Comments:

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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%
Talking Heads	3	3%
New Order	3	3%
The Replacements	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

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Up 10 from 37th to 27th Substance by Joy Division
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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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