Top 56 Music Albums of the 1980s
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scwrlw 
- Chart updated: 12/12/2020 11:15
- (Created: 12/02/2017 19:30).
- Chart size: 56 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 03/11/2018]
Year of Release:
1986
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32,002
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98/100
Year of Release:
1985
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17,816
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98/100
[First added to this chart: 03/12/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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26,799
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93/100
Favorite(s): When Doves Cry, Purple Rain, I Would Die 4 U, Take Me With U, The Beautiful Ones, Let’s Go Crazy, Darling Nikki, Baby I’m a Star
Least Favorite: Computer Blue [First added to this chart: 11/02/2018]
Favorite(s): When Doves Cry, Purple Rain, I Would Die 4 U, Take Me With U, The Beautiful Ones, Let’s Go Crazy, Darling Nikki, Baby I’m a Star
Least Favorite: Computer Blue [First added to this chart: 11/02/2018]
Year of Release:
1984
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15,451
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92/100
[First added to this chart: 09/14/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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30,398
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92/100
[First added to this chart: 09/14/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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14,609
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91/100
Year of Release:
1984
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8,981
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90/100
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2017]
Year of Release:
1982
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16,190
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90/100
Favorite(s): Well I Wonder, Meat Is Murder, Barbarism Begins At Home, Rusholme Ruffians, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, The Headmaster Ritual, I Want the One I Can't Have, What She Said
Least Favorite: Nowhere Fast [First added to this chart: 09/30/2019]
Favorite(s): Well I Wonder, Meat Is Murder, Barbarism Begins At Home, Rusholme Ruffians, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, The Headmaster Ritual, I Want the One I Can't Have, What She Said
Least Favorite: Nowhere Fast [First added to this chart: 09/30/2019]
Year of Release:
1985
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6,290
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8-/100
[First added to this chart: 09/30/2019]
Year of Release:
1987
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8,462
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Total albums: 56. Page 1 of 6
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Top 56 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 4 | 7% | |
| 1981 | 5 | 9% | |
| 1982 | 6 | 11% | |
| 1983 | 7 | 13% | |
| 1984 | 6 | 11% | |
| 1985 | 3 | 5% | |
| 1986 | 6 | 11% | |
| 1987 | 7 | 13% | |
| 1988 | 6 | 11% | |
| 1989 | 6 | 11% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Prince | 5 | 9% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 7% | |
| John Mellencamp | 4 | 7% | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | 3 | 5% | |
| U2 | 2 | 4% | |
| Van Halen | 2 | 4% | |
| Eric Clapton | 2 | 4% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 56 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 25 from 52nd to 27thStrangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths |
| Up 3 from 22nd to 19thViolent Femmes by Violent Femmes |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 5 from 23rd to 28thFor Those About To Rock (We Salute You) by AC/DC |
| Down 5 from 24th to 29thBuilding The Perfect Beast by Don Henley |
| Down 5 from 25th to 30thDreams by The Allman Brothers Band |
| New entries |
|---|
| Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
| Ride The Lightning by Metallica |
| It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy |
| Yo! Bum Rush The Show by Public Enemy |
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