Top 33 Music Albums of the 1980s
by Vasco 
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No compilations (with exceptions), singles or live albuns
Lenght, Main Music Genre - Original Score (if 8.8 or more=Classic; if 9.8-10=Perfect)
- Chart updated: 10/05/2024 21:45
- (Created: 05/13/2017 14:27).
- Chart size: 33 albums.
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43 min., Gothic Rock - 10 (Perfect) (The Figurehead; Cold; One Hundred Years)
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2019]
Year of Release:
1982
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5,864
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1h12, Alternative Rock - 9.9 (Perfect)
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2019]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
26,084
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41 min., New Wave - 9.4 (Classic) (Shout; The Working Hour; Everybody Wants To Rule The World)
[First added to this chart: 09/09/2020]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
5,206
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44 min., Synth-Pop - 9.3 (Classic) (Never Let Me Down Again; Behind The Wheel; Strangelove)
[First added to this chart: 08/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1987
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3,663
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48 min., Industrial Synth-Pop - 9.3 (Classic) (Terrible Lie; Head Like A Hole; Something I Can Never Have)
[First added to this chart: 12/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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3,457
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37 min., Alternative Pop-Rock - 8.9 (Classic) (Push; Close To Me; A Night Like This)
[First added to this chart: 12/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1985
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4,461
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38 min., Art Pop - 8.9 (Classic) (Over The Hillside; The Downtown Lights; Headlights On The Parade)
[First added to this chart: 02/23/2021]
Year of Release:
1989
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1,387
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35 min., Gothic Rock - 8.8 (Classic) (A Forest; Seventeen Seconds; Secrets)
[First added to this chart: 12/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1980
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2,720
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33 min., Hard Rock - 8.8 (Classic) (Jump; Hot For Teacher; Panama)
[First added to this chart: 11/21/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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2,170
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42 min., Pop - 8.7 (Beat It; Thriller; Billie Jean)
[First added to this chart: 12/25/2018]
Year of Release:
1982
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16,133
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Total albums: 33. Page 1 of 4
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Top 33 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 3 | 9% | |
| 1981 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1982 | 2 | 6% | |
| 1983 | 5 | 15% | |
| 1984 | 6 | 18% | |
| 1985 | 3 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 2 | 6% | |
| 1987 | 4 | 12% | |
| 1988 | 3 | 9% | |
| 1989 | 5 | 15% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Cure | 8 | 24% | |
| Depeche Mode | 3 | 9% | |
| Tears For Fears | 2 | 6% | |
| Swans | 2 | 6% | |
| Neneh Cherry | 1 | 3% | |
| N.W.A | 1 | 3% | |
| The Smiths | 1 | 3% | |
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