Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
videoheadcleaner 
- Chart updated: 04/04/2024 11:45
- (Created: 11/22/2011 14:58).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1981 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1982 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1983 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1984 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1985 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1986 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1987 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1988 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1989 | 4 | 4% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Cure | 5 | 5% | |
| Killing Joke | 4 | 4% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| Echo & The Bunnymen | 3 | 3% | |
| Peter Gabriel | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Talk Talk | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 94th to 96th Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror by Harold Budd & Brian Eno |
| Down 2 from 95th to 97th Flesh + Blood by Roxy Music |
| Down 2 from 96th to 98th Invisible Touch by Genesis |
| New entries |
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 Island Lifeby Grace Jones |
| Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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 100/100  | 02/06/2022 07:52 |  Rug | | 100/100 |
| 85/100 | 12/11/2019 07:10 |  Boltzmann | | 79/100 |
| 100/100 | 12/11/2019 02:59 | MiltonAda99 | | 100/100 |
| 100/100 | 12/10/2019 09:17 |  kynes | | 94/100 |
| 95/100 | 05/08/2019 00:20 | edubs | | 89/100 |
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It's not my favourite decade but what a perfect list.. I should gonna check those albums. The fact that you put The Colour of Spring by Talk Talk on the number one it says everything.
Magnificent.
such a different list but at least we can agree on Peter Gabriel, The Talking Heads and David Bowie
ForegroundNoise 05/07/2019 08:14
An interesting mix of stuff from a decade I find hard to love. Would be nice to see some albums outside of the anglophone bubble (+ some notes would be great!), here's a few you might enjoy:
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Wave Notation 1: Music For Nine Postcards
Klaus Mitffoch - Klaus Mitffoch
CCCP Fedeli alla Linea - 1964-1985 ...
HoldenM 08/16/2015 08:27
Amazing chart, especially for such a great decade.
greatson 06/27/2014 09:45
I like your chart - lot`s of good New Wave albums that marginally missed my chart.
Perfect decade, perfect chart!
Secondsoul 12/14/2012 12:47
This is a good list, lot's of my favourites in there!
I'm not the biggest fan of The Cure but despite their prevelence @ the top your chart I have to take my hat off to you. Excellent chart.
good
videoheadcleaner 12/31/2011 03:15
@ GARY - I have never really got into metal. Sorry...
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