Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by
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My 80s chart has an unashamed large quota of 80s pop in it. The 80s were a brilliant decade for both pop and indie. They were also the decade of my childhood so 80s pop is going to figure quite highly in any 80s chart of mine due to nostalgia. Still I hope there is enough indie and r'n'b music in there too to make it a balanced chart.
- Chart updated: 04/15/2022 17:45
- (Created: 11/13/2016 08:23).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
Year | Albums | % | |
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1980 | 12 | 12% | |
1981 | 9 | 9% | |
1982 | 7 | 7% | |
1983 | 9 | 9% | |
1984 | 10 | 10% | |
1985 | 6 | 6% | |
1986 | 9 | 9% | |
1987 | 14 | 14% | |
1988 | 12 | 12% | |
1989 | 12 | 12% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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The Cure | 8 | 8% | |
The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
U2 | 3 | 3% | |
Depeche Mode | 3 | 3% | |
Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 3% | |
R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
Pixies | 2 | 2% | |
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56 | 56% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
Biggest climbers |
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![]() Live "Under A Blood Red Sky" by U2 |
![]() The Lion And The Cobra by Sinéad O'Connor |
![]() Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
Biggest fallers |
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![]() Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers by Bob Marley & The Wailers |
![]() The Visitors by ABBA |
![]() Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen |
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90/100 ![]() | 06/17/2023 14:32 | ![]() | ![]() | 85/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 09/08/2022 10:52 | ![]() | ![]() | 86/100 |
100/100 ![]() | 11/14/2021 22:22 | ![]() | ![]() | 99/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 11/03/2020 23:07 | leniad | ![]() | 85/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 06/04/2020 05:34 | matterhornrider | ![]() | 93/100 |
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I like greatest hits records
Some of them have as much character as a studio album.
Plus even Rolling Stone magazine included comps in its top 500, notably The Great Twenty Eight by Chuck Berry (which has been hotly debated over before in the forums).
just 30 albums in common
why enter greatist hits records for this list friend?
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