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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"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]
Favourite Tracks: Androgynous, Answering Machine, Sixteen Blue, Unsatisfied, I Will Dare [First added to this chart: 03/05/2017]
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1984
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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]
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1984
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"We used it all to fight a war that neither side could win. Well, Vietnam was little league compared to where we've been."
Favourite Tracks: Newest Industry, Pink Turns To Blue, Turn on the News, Something I Learned Today, Whatever [First added to this chart: 02/09/2018]
Favourite Tracks: Newest Industry, Pink Turns To Blue, Turn on the News, Something I Learned Today, Whatever [First added to this chart: 02/09/2018]
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1984
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4,286
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"If we heard mortar shells, we'd cuss more in our songs, and cut down on guitar solos."
Favourite Tracks: History Lesson - Part II, The Glory Of Man, Corona, Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing, Viet Nam, My Heart And The Real World [First added to this chart: 02/17/2018]
Favourite Tracks: History Lesson - Part II, The Glory Of Man, Corona, Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing, Viet Nam, My Heart And The Real World [First added to this chart: 02/17/2018]
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1984
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5,202
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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]
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]
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1984
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"And everybody's got to live their life, and God knows I've got to live mine."
Technically it's a compilation, but it's not really a compilation. Although I prefer The Queen Is Dead, this is the essential Smiths album. Of the tracks that appear on both this and their self-titled, I generally prefer the versions from the self-titled, though I think this album is better because of the songs on it that the self-titled is missing.
Favourite Tracks: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, This Charming Man, William It Was Really Nothing, How Soon Is Now? [First added to this chart: 11/26/2016]
Technically it's a compilation, but it's not really a compilation. Although I prefer The Queen Is Dead, this is the essential Smiths album. Of the tracks that appear on both this and their self-titled, I generally prefer the versions from the self-titled, though I think this album is better because of the songs on it that the self-titled is missing.
Favourite Tracks: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, This Charming Man, William It Was Really Nothing, How Soon Is Now? [First added to this chart: 11/26/2016]
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1984
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"I feel I'm cheating when I sing shudder and can I and mourn and 'tis an arm for us."
Is Liz Fraiser even singing in English on this?
Favourite Tracks: Ivo, Persephone, Pandora, Donimo [First added to this chart: 09/05/2017]
Is Liz Fraiser even singing in English on this?
Favourite Tracks: Ivo, Persephone, Pandora, Donimo [First added to this chart: 09/05/2017]
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1984
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"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life."
Favourite Tracks: When Doves Cry, Purple Rain, Let's Go Crazy [First added to this chart: 01/31/2017]
Favourite Tracks: When Doves Cry, Purple Rain, Let's Go Crazy [First added to this chart: 01/31/2017]
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1984
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"I know it might sound strange but I believe you'll be coming back before too long."
Favourite Tracks: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville, Harborcoat, So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) [First added to this chart: 02/08/2017]
Favourite Tracks: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville, Harborcoat, So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) [First added to this chart: 02/08/2017]
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1984
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"We learned more from a three-minute record, baby, than we ever learned in school."
Favourite tracks: Dancing In The Dark, Bobby Jean, Downbound Train, No Surrender [First added to this chart: 10/25/2016]
Favourite tracks: Dancing In The Dark, Bobby Jean, Downbound Train, No Surrender [First added to this chart: 10/25/2016]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 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% |
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| 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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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| 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 |
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| 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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