Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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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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"Out of all those kinds of people, you got a face with a view. I'm just an animal, looking for a home, share the same space for a minute or two."
The original 9-track album, the one listed on this site, is a pretty OK live album, but the concert film that this is taken from, and the 1999 re-release of the album that contains all of the tracks from the film, is the kind of thing that will make you never be able to appreciate concerts the same way again because nothing will ever be able to compare to the absolute perfection that this is.
Favourite Tracks: Crosseyed And Painless, This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), Take Me To The River, Life During Wartime, Heaven, Slippery People [First added to this chart: 05/28/2017]
The original 9-track album, the one listed on this site, is a pretty OK live album, but the concert film that this is taken from, and the 1999 re-release of the album that contains all of the tracks from the film, is the kind of thing that will make you never be able to appreciate concerts the same way again because nothing will ever be able to compare to the absolute perfection that this is.
Favourite Tracks: Crosseyed And Painless, This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), Take Me To The River, Life During Wartime, Heaven, Slippery People [First added to this chart: 05/28/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| 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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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 10 from 37th to 27thSubstance by Joy Division |
| Up 6 from 18th to 12th16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens |
| Up 6 from 13th to 7thHounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 7th to 14thDisintegration by The Cure |
| Down 4 from 11th to 15thDoolittle by Pixies |
| Down 4 from 12th to 16thThe Joshua Tree by U2 |
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