Top 85 Music Albums of the 1980s
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The #1 metal album of all time. UP THE IRONS! [First added to this chart: 12/02/2011]
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1984
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3,957
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My favorite Black Sabbath album. [First added to this chart: 12/02/2011]
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1980
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2,121
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Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings,
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams.
Blinded by me You can't see a thing,
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream.
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1986
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12,539
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If not for the atrociously awful song Quest for Fire this might just be the best metal album of all time. [First added to this chart: 12/02/2011]
Year of Release:
1983
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1,747
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The best Rush album and is musically flawless. [First added to this chart: 12/02/2011]
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1980
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3,029
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Woe to You Oh Earth and Sea
for the Devil sends the beast with wrath
because he knows the time is short
Let him who have understanding
reckon the number of the beast
for it is a human number
its number is six hundred and sixty six.
[First added to this chart: 12/02/2011]
Year of Release:
1982
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6,101
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Awesome in every way, with top notch vocals. One of the greatest concept albums in existence. [First added to this chart: 12/02/2011]
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1988
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1,864
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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2011]
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1981
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8,869
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Styx at the top of their game with their masterpiece. [First added to this chart: 12/02/2011]
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1981
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386
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I'm a rolling thunder, a pouring rain I'm coming on like a hurricane My lightning's flashing across the sky You're only young but you're gonna die. [First added to this chart: 12/02/2011]
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1980
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10,019
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Top 85 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year Albums %


1980 14 16%
1981 12 14%
1982 8 9%
1983 12 14%
1984 13 15%
1985 4 5%
1986 6 7%
1987 8 9%
1988 7 8%
1989 1 1%
Artist Albums %


Iron Maiden 7 8%
Metallica 4 5%
Rush 3 4%
Judas Priest 3 4%
Dio 3 4%
U2 3 4%
The Police 3 4%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 38 45%
United States 31 36%
Australia 4 5%
Canada 4 5%
Germany 3 4%
Ireland 3 4%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
Compilation? Albums %
No 84 99%
Yes 1 1%

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