Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by HelsinkiSnorkel

Chart updated: 12/23/2024 10:15
(Created: 01/22/2018 17:28).
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Tracy Chapman

[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

563 charts

Rank Score:

3,954

Rank in 1988:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

441

Average Rating:

77 (636 votes)

Comments:

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Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

854 charts

Rank Score:

7,288

Rank in 1985:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

221

Average Rating:

78 (1,173 votes)

Comments:

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Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,393 charts

Rank Score:

11,622

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[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

923 charts

Rank Score:

8,004

Rank in 1984:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

193

Average Rating:

78 (1,326 votes)

Comments:

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The Stone Roses

[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,017 charts

Rank Score:

23,722

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[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

266 charts

Rank Score:

1,280

Rank in 1989:

Rank in 1980s:

216

Overall Rank:

1,356

Average Rating:

75 (390 votes)

Comments:

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One Way Home

The Hooters

[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

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The River

Bruce Springsteen

[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

594 charts

Rank Score:

3,900

Rank in 1980:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

450

Average Rating:

79 (867 votes)

Comments:

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Full Moon Fever

Tom Petty

[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

492 charts

Rank Score:

3,404

Rank in 1989:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

518

Average Rating:

79 (577 votes)

Comments:

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A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

Pink Floyd

[First added to this chart: 01/22/2018]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

286 charts

Rank Score:

1,103

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

241

Overall Rank:

1,552

Average Rating:

68 (713 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%

1980	5	5%
1981	4	4%
1982	5	5%
1983	4	4%
1984	6	6%
1985	5	5%
1986	5	5%
1987	27	27%
1988	14	14%
1989	25	25%

Artist	Albums	%

U2	4	4%
Bruce Springsteen	4	4%
Echo & The Bunnymen	3	3%
John Cougar Mellencamp	3	3%
The Cure	3	3%
Dire Straits	3	3%
Bob Dylan	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	48	48%
	40	40%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	98	98%
Yes	2	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 43rd to 44th Steel Wheels by The Rolling Stones
Down 1 from 44th to 45th Bridge Of Spies by T'Pau
Down 1 from 45th to 46th Freedom by Neil Young

New entries
Echo & The Bunnymen by Echo & The Bunnymen

Leavers
Crocodiles by Echo & The Bunnymen

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