Top 73 Music Albums of the 1980s by RFNAPLES

• Chart updated: 03/07/2013 00:43
• (Created: 11/18/2011 08:10).
• Chart size: 73 albums.

The user that created this chart is banned. This chart does not count towards the overall rankings.

There are 7 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 73 Music Albums of the 1980s has an average rating of 78 out of 100 (from 9 votes). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.

• Summary
• Composition
• Ratings
• Favourites
• Comments
• Your feedback

View the complete list of 56,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.

This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from United Kingdom. (Remove this filter)

Sort by

• Overall Rank
• Num. Charts
• Avg. Rating
• Num. Ratings
• Release Date
• Title
• Artist
• Date Added

2. (=)

The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 11/20/2011]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,484 charts

Rank Score:

35,209

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,906 votes)

Comments:

265

3. (=)

The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 11/20/2011]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,019 charts

Rank Score:

23,812

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

33

Average Rating:

 86 (2,282 votes)

Comments:

203

8.

Closer 

 Joy Division

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,513 charts

Rank Score:

15,668

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

79

Average Rating:

 85 (1,912 votes)

Comments:

125

17. (16) 1

The Smiths 

 The Smiths

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 11/20/2011]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

968 charts

Rank Score:

8,220

Rank in 1984:

3

Rank in 1980s:

23

Overall Rank:

187

Average Rating:

 83 (1,474 votes)

Comments:

86

20. (19) 1

Synchronicity 

 The Police

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 11/20/2011]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

811 charts

Rank Score:

5,526

Rank in 1983:

4

Rank in 1980s:

42

Overall Rank:

310

Average Rating:

 79 (1,044 votes)

Comments:

80

22. (21) 1

Brothers In Arms 

 Dire Straits

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 11/20/2011]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

854 charts

Rank Score:

7,272

Rank in 1985:

3

Rank in 1980s:

27

Overall Rank:

222

Average Rating:

 78 (1,174 votes)

Comments:

86

24. (23) 1

Strangeways, Here We Come 

 The Smiths

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 11/20/2011]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

747 charts

Rank Score:

5,874

Rank in 1987:

4

Rank in 1980s:

37

Overall Rank:

290

Average Rating:

 81 (1,126 votes)

Comments:

64

25. (24) 1

So 

 Peter Gabriel

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 11/20/2011]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

806 charts

Rank Score:

7,167

Rank in 1986:

4

Rank in 1980s:

29

Overall Rank:

227

Average Rating:

 80 (930 votes)

Comments:

61

33. (32) 1

Hysteria 

 Def Leppard

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 11/20/2011]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

411 charts

Rank Score:

2,958

Rank in 1987:

10

Rank in 1980s:

90

Overall Rank:

585

Average Rating:

 72 (555 votes)

Comments:

43

37. (36) 1

Rio 

 Duran Duran

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 11/20/2011]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

471 charts

Rank Score:

2,981

Rank in 1982:

8

Rank in 1980s:

89

Overall Rank:

582

Average Rating:

 76 (576 votes)

Comments:

40

• « prev
• 1
• 2
• next »

Total albums: 17. Page 1 of 2

Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!

Top 73 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	9	12%
1981	2	3%
1982	4	5%
1983	8	11%
1984	10	14%
1985	5	7%
1986	11	15%
1987	10	14%
1988	8	11%
1989	6	8%

Artist	Albums	%
Madonna	4	5%
The Police	3	4%
U2	3	4%
The Smiths	3	4%
Prince	3	4%
Run-D.M.C.	2	3%
R.E.M.	2	3%
Show all

Country	Albums	%
	48	66%
	17	23%
	3	4%
	2	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 73 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 8th to 9th Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution
Down 1 from 9th to 10th Remain In Light by Talking Heads
Down 1 from 10th to 11th It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

New entries
Closer by Joy Division

Top 73 Music Albums of the 1980s similar charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Top 70 Music Albums of the 1980s	Taric	1980s decade chart	2012
Top 30 Music Albums of the 1980s	P H Dias	1980s decade chart	2012
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums	rockthe80s	Overall chart	2010
Top 73 Music Albums of the 1980s	gelud	1980s decade chart	2014
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	SamNassiri98	1980s decade chart	2018
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums	SwampThing	Overall chart	2010
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums	jjstraka	Overall chart	2010
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums	wire12	Overall chart	2010
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums	lesterbangsdisciple	Overall chart	2010
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums	aboogie20	Overall chart	2010

Top 73 Music Albums of the 1980s similarity to your chart(s)

Other decade charts by RFNAPLES

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s	RFNAPLES	2010s decade chart	2013
Top 52 Music Albums of the 2000s	RFNAPLES	2000s decade chart	2012
Top 80 Music Albums of the 1990s	RFNAPLES	1990s decade chart	2013
Top 73 Music Albums of the 1980s	RFNAPLES	1980s decade chart	2013
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	RFNAPLES	1970s decade chart	2012
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	RFNAPLES	1960s decade chart	2013
Top 75 Music Albums of the 1950s	RFNAPLES	1950s decade chart	2012
Top 2 Music Albums of the 1940s	RFNAPLES	1940s decade chart	2011