Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1986
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33,900
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2917 votes)  88 (2,917 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
27,535
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2298 votes)  87 (2,298 votes)
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3. (1) Down 2
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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31,534
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2952 votes)  88 (2,952 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1987
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2,687
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5. (18) Up 13
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Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
18,148
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1407 votes)  85 (1,407 votes)
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6. (9) Up 3
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
5,281
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
12,013
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
15,561
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9. (5) Down 4
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
7,950
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10. (14) Up 4
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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26,075
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2057 votes)  86 (2,057 votes)
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year Albums %


1980 11 11%
1981 3 3%
1982 7 7%
1983 10 10%
1984 9 9%
1985 14 14%
1986 7 7%
1987 17 17%
1988 15 15%
1989 7 7%
Artist Albums %


The Smiths 4 4%
R.E.M. 3 3%
Pixies 3 3%
The Cure 3 3%
The The 2 2%
U2 2 2%
Sonic Youth 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 47 47%
United States 33 33%
Australia 5 5%
Mixed Nationality 5 5%
Canada 4 4%
Ireland 3 3%
Norway 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

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Climber Up 75 from 99th to 24th
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Biggest fallers
Faller Down 32 from 32nd to 64th
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Faller Down 32 from 33rd to 65th
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Faller Down 31 from 22nd to 53rd
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From 06/20/2020 15:24 | #253987
22 albums in common and I've only got a top 50... And not just the usual suspects but underappreciated albums like King of America and Learning to Crawl... You are more of a Smiths and Pixies fan than I am, but otherwise I really like this list.
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34 albums in common !
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