Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s
by MaxStorm98

• Chart updated: 07/19/2017 17:45
• (Created: 07/18/2017 03:43).
• Chart size: 37 albums.

There are 0 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s has an average rating of 86 out of 100 (from 1 vote). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.

• Summary
• Composition
• Ratings
• Favourites
• Comments
• Your feedback

View the complete list of 57,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.

Sort by

• Overall Rank
• Num. Charts
• Avg. Rating
• Num. Ratings
• Release Date
• Title
• Artist
• Date Added

1. (=)

Doolittle 

 Pixies

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,544 charts

Rank Score:

32,392

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,948 votes)

Comments:

293

2. (=)

The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,490 charts

Rank Score:

34,692

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,913 votes)

Comments:

265

3. (=)

Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

2,031 charts

Rank Score:

28,265

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 87 (2,295 votes)

Comments:

196

4. (=)

The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,019 charts

Rank Score:

23,441

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

33

Average Rating:

 86 (2,291 votes)

Comments:

203

5. (=)

Daydream Nation 

 Sonic Youth

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,585 charts

Rank Score:

15,853

Rank in 1988:

1

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

75

Average Rating:

 84 (1,866 votes)

Comments:

147

6. (=)

Disintegration 

 The Cure

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,836 charts

Rank Score:

26,608

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

30

Average Rating:

 86 (2,050 votes)

Comments:

152

7. (=)

Closer 

 Joy Division

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,519 charts

Rank Score:

15,484

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

78

Average Rating:

 85 (1,919 votes)

Comments:

126

8. (=)

The Joshua Tree 

 U2

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,856 charts

Rank Score:

18,518

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

6

Overall Rank:

52

Average Rating:

 83 (2,453 votes)

Comments:

228

9. (=)

Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,142 charts

Rank Score:

11,854

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

112

Average Rating:

 84 (1,337 votes)

Comments:

87

10. (=)

Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain sensitive content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images.

Surfer Rosa 

 Pixies

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

[First added to this chart: 07/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,310 charts

Rank Score:

12,249

Rank in 1988:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

105

Average Rating:

 84 (1,867 votes)

Comments:

112

• « prev
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• next »

Total albums: 37. Page 1 of 4

Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!

Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	5	14%
1981	1	3%
1982	1	3%
1983	3	8%
1984	5	14%
1985	4	11%
1986	4	11%
1987	6	16%
1988	4	11%
1989	4	11%

Artist	Albums	%
The Smiths	4	11%
Talking Heads	2	5%
Peter Gabriel	2	5%
Tom Waits	2	5%
R.E.M.	2	5%
Pixies	2	5%
Michael Jackson	1	3%
Show all

Country	Albums	%
	22	59%
	12	32%
	1	3%
	1	3%
	1	3%

Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 5 from 30th to 35th Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys
Down 5 from 31st to 36th Sign "O" The Times by Prince
Down 4 from 29th to 33rd Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

New entries
Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
Moving Pictures by Rush
Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur
Document by R.E.M.
Peter Gabriel (1980) by Peter Gabriel

Leavers
Treasure by Cocteau Twins
Pornography by The Cure
Ocean Rain by Echo & The Bunnymen
Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues
Sister by Sonic Youth
Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello And The Attractions

Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s similar charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Top 30 Music Albums of the 1980s	P H Dias	1980s decade chart	2012
StuBru albums of 1980s	StuBru	1980s decade chart	2017
Top 30 Music Albums of the 1980s	Boo69	1980s decade chart	2013
Top 21 Music Albums of the 1980s	Seab	1980s decade chart	2017
Top 30 Music Albums of the 1980s	Freddie55	1980s decade chart	2013
Top 20 Music Albums of the 1980s	stryker700	1980s decade chart	2012
Top 35 Music Albums of the 1980s	labvakar	1980s decade chart	2012
Top 25 Music Albums of the 1980s	dfulfo01	1980s decade chart	2013
Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s	LittleMatt	1980s decade chart	2019
Top 25 Music Albums of the 1980s	Madadude	1980s decade chart	2014

Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s similarity to your chart(s)

Other decade charts by MaxStorm98

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Top 41 Music Albums of the 2010s	MaxStorm98	2010s decade chart	2017
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	MaxStorm98	2000s decade chart	2018
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s	MaxStorm98	1990s decade chart	2018
Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s	MaxStorm98	1980s decade chart	2017
Top 72 Music Albums of the 1970s	MaxStorm98	1970s decade chart	2017
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	MaxStorm98	1960s decade chart	2017
Top 20 Music Albums of the 1950s	MaxStorm98	1950s decade chart	2018

Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s ratings

Showing all 1 ratings for this chart.

Sort ratings

• Rating
• Date updated
• Member

Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
85/100	01/21/2018 21:48	TheSmiths82-87	1,831	83/100

• Related links:
• Top charts

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s comments

Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Top 37 Music Albums of the 1980s

Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!