Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by JamesMowbray 
- Chart updated: 10/14/2018 14:15
- (Created: 03/03/2017 16:10).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 03/04/2017]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
633
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[First added to this chart: 04/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1983
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4,959
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[First added to this chart: 04/26/2018]
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1983
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6,295
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[First added to this chart: 03/18/2018]
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1983
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480
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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2017]
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1983
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3,106
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[First added to this chart: 03/18/2018]
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1983
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8,047
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[First added to this chart: 04/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1983
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5,520
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1981 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1982 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1983 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1984 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1985 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1987 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1988 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1989 | 9 | 9% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Fall | 7 | 7% | |
| The Cure | 5 | 5% | |
| The Smiths | 5 | 5% | |
| Talking Heads | 4 | 4% | |
| Metallica | 4 | 4% | |
| Swans | 4 | 4% | |
| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
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48 | 48% | |
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40 | 40% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 37th to 38thSpirit Of Eden by Talk Talk |
| Down 1 from 38th to 39thPornography by The Cure |
| Down 1 from 39th to 40thThe Expanding Universe by Laurie Spiegel |
| New entries |
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| Big Science by Laurie Anderson |
| Leavers |
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| Scum by Napalm Death |
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