Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
Purplepash 
My favourite decade of music is 86-95 so the last half of this decade dominates this chart
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- (Created: 06/05/2017 01:10).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"And when I'm lying in my bed
I think about life
and I think about death
and neither one particularly appeals to me"
The Smiths were probably my first serious obsession, and one of, if not the most, influential band in the early days of my musical journey. I still listen to them regularly and doubt I'll ever stop.
10/10 songs: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Barbarism Begins At Home, The Headmaster Ritual, Rusholme Ruffians. [First added to this chart: 06/04/2017]
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10/10 songs: And the Band Played Waltzing Mathilda, The Old Main Drag, Dirty Old Town, and The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn [First added to this chart: 06/04/2017]
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As the years go by
I am sinking
So I trick myself
Like everybody else"
I am not sure what this album would be like hearing it now for the first time but this was one of the first albums I ever owned. I am sure I got it after hearing In Between Days but before Close To Me. I had the cassette with the lyrics and I learnt every word to every song.
10/10 songs: Close To Me, A Night Like This, Screw [First added to this chart: 06/04/2017]
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And I'm in love with myself"
In 1985 I had heard nothing like this before and I was blown away...couldn't stop listening to it. Poppy melodies nearly totally hidden under noise and feedback, druggy lyrics nearly totally hidden under relationship lyrics
10/10 songs: Never Understand, Just Like Honey, Taste Of Cindy [First added to this chart: 06/04/2017]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1981 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1982 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1983 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1984 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1985 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1986 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1987 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1988 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1989 | 10 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 8 | 8% | |
| The Cure | 4 | 4% | |
| Pixies | 4 | 4% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
| Dead Kennedys | 3 | 3% | |
| The Birthday Party | 3 | 3% | |
| Spacemen 3 | 3 | 3% | |
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