Top 100 Music Albums of 1980
by JamesMowbray 
- Chart updated: 07/21/2024 13:15
- (Created: 04/23/2018 13:28).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
15,467
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Comments:
126
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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
28,259
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Comments:
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Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,681
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Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
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Buy album
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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2018]
Buy album
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Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
716
Rank in 1980:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5,688
Rank in 1980:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
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Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,560
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Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | 2 | 2% | |
| The Monochrome Set | 2 | 2% | |
| David Bowie | 1 | 1% | |
| Blondie | 1 | 1% | |
| Suicide | 1 | 1% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 1% | |
| The Specials | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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41 | 41% | |
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34 | 34% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
 Up 3 from 11th to 8thScary Monsters by David Bowie |
| Up 1 from 2nd to 1st Closer by Joy Division |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 59 from 7th to 66th Back In Black by AC/DC |
| Down 38 from 8th to 46th Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror by Harold Budd / Brian Eno |
| Down 16 from 10th to 26th Sandinista! by The Clash |
| Leavers |
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 Permanent Wavesby Rush |
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