Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by 
lleon79 
Favorite songs from the 80's:
1. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
2. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
3. Blue Monday - New Order
4. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
5. Pictures of You - The Cure
6. Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
7. Temptation - New Order
8. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
9. Take On Me - a-ha
10. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
11. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
12. Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth
13. Where Is My Mind? - Pixies
14. I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses
- Chart updated: 06/02/2024 15:45
- (Created: 04/08/2017 20:23).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Favorite tracks: "Tom Sawyer", "Red Barchetta", "YYZ", "Limelight", "The Camera Eye"
[First added to this chart: 09/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
8,924
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"Two pale figures ache in silence / Timeless in the quiet ground"
Favorite tracks: "The Holy Hour", "All Cats Are Grey", "The Funeral Party", "The Drowning Man", "Faith" [First added to this chart: 05/26/2017]
Favorite tracks: "The Holy Hour", "All Cats Are Grey", "The Funeral Party", "The Drowning Man", "Faith" [First added to this chart: 05/26/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,075
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[First added to this chart: 06/01/2024]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,412
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Favorite tracks: "Spellbound", "Arabian Knights", "Sin In My Heart"
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,982
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Favorite tracks: "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of", "The Sound of the Crowd", "Seconds", "Don't You Want Me"
[First added to this chart: 03/03/2019]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,062
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[First added to this chart: 07/08/2023]
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[First added to this chart: 03/23/2024]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
3,497
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[First added to this chart: 07/10/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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1,130
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[First added to this chart: 07/10/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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450
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[First added to this chart: 06/01/2024]
Total albums: 11. Page 1 of 2
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1981 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1982 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1983 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1984 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1985 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1986 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1987 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1988 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1989 | 10 | 10% |
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| The Cure | 8 | 8% | |
| New Order | 6 | 6% | |
| David Bowie | 5 | 5% | |
| Charly García | 5 | 5% | |
| Soda Stereo | 4 | 4% | |
| Bauhaus | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 2 from 14th to 12th Kamikaze by Luis Alberto Spinetta |
| Up 1 from 18th to 17th Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson |
| Up 1 from 17th to 16th Substance by Joy Division |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 12th to 18th Time by Electric Light Orchestra |
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