Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by brent13

This chart is my favorite 100 albums of the 1980's. It is changing all the time as music becomes more familiar and my tastes change. Since it is a list of favorite albums, many of my favorite artists and bands will be heavily represented.

• Chart updated: 30 hours ago
• (Created: 03/26/2017 17:41).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Purple Rain 
Soundtrack

 Prince And The Revolution

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I was 8-years old when Purple Rain was released. I remember ‘Lets Go Crazy’, ‘When Doves Cry’ and ‘Purple Rain’ were immediate radio hits and I liked all three songs, even at 8 or 9 years old. Over the years since, and after seeing the movie a bunch of times, most of the songs have become my favorite at one point or another. After 30+ years, I can definitively state that 'Baby I'm a Star' is my favorite track...well except for ‘Purple Rain’ sometimes. Nope…I picked ‘Baby I’m a Star’ and I’m going to stick with it.

‘The Beautiful Ones’, ‘Computer Blue’, and ‘Baby I’m a Star’ are the most underrated tracks. [First added to this chart: 04/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

1,422 charts

Rank Score:

16,384

Rank in 1984:

1

Rank in 1980s:

9

Overall Rank:

72

Average Rating:

 83 (1,637 votes)

Comments:

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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[First added to this chart: 04/23/2017]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,822 charts

Rank Score:

27,257

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

30

Average Rating:

 86 (2,031 votes)

Comments:

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Confrontation 

 Bob Marley & The Wailers

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[First added to this chart: 05/21/2017]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

232

Rank in 1983:

86

Rank in 1980s:

847

Overall Rank:

5,729

Average Rating:

 71 (84 votes)

Comments:

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Surfer Rosa 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 04/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,308 charts

Rank Score:

12,581

Rank in 1988:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

103

Average Rating:

 84 (1,858 votes)

Comments:

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Uprising 

 Bob Marley & The Wailers

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'Coming In From the Cold' and 'Pimper's Paradise' are highly underrated songs...probably because they aren't on Legend. [First added to this chart: 04/09/2017]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

1,379

Rank in 1980:

33

Rank in 1980s:

204

Overall Rank:

1,270

Average Rating:

 77 (286 votes)

Comments:

11

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 04/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,542 charts

Rank Score:

34,006

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,933 votes)

Comments:

291

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 12/18/2017]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,484 charts

Rank Score:

36,110

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,895 votes)

Comments:

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Daydream Nation 

 Sonic Youth

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[First added to this chart: 04/28/2017]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,573 charts

Rank Score:

16,312

Rank in 1988:

1

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

74

Average Rating:

 84 (1,853 votes)

Comments:

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Come On Pilgrim 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 04/07/2017]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

306 charts

Rank Score:

2,072

Rank in 1987:

16

Rank in 1980s:

130

Overall Rank:

848

Average Rating:

 80 (558 votes)

Comments:

21

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Concrete Blonde 

 Concrete Blonde

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[First added to this chart: 06/25/2017]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

187

Rank in 1986:

97

Rank in 1980s:

996

Overall Rank:

6,819

Average Rating:

 72 (21 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	14	14%
1981	7	7%
1982	8	8%
1983	10	10%
1984	10	10%
1985	9	9%
1986	10	10%
1987	14	14%
1988	8	8%
1989	10	10%

Artist	Albums	%
The Cure	4	4%
The Smiths	4	4%
Talking Heads	4	4%
Grateful Dead	4	4%
The Replacements	4	4%
Prince And The Revolution	3	3%
Bob Dylan	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	51	51%
	32	32%
	5	5%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 61 from 84th to 23rd Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 23rd to 24th Learning To Crawl by Pretenders
Down 1 from 24th to 25th The Joshua Tree by U2
Down 1 from 25th to 26th Shadows And Light by Joni Mitchell

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