Top 100 Music Albums of 1980
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1980
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 composition

Country Albums %


United Kingdom 41 41%
United States 34 34%
Mixed Nationality 9 9%
Jamaica 4 4%
Japan 3 3%
Germany 2 2%
Australia 2 2%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 3 from 11th to 8thScary Monsters
by David Bowie
Climber Up 1 from 2nd to 1stCloser
by Joy Division
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 59 from 7th to 66thBack In Black
by AC/DC
Faller Down 38 from 8th to 46thAmbient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror
by Harold Budd / Brian Eno
Faller Down 16 from 10th to 26thSandinista!
by The Clash
New entries
New entry A-Z
by Colin Newman
New entry Crazy Rhythms
by The Feelies
New entry Jane From Occupied Europe
by Swell Maps
New entry Kaleidoscope
by Siouxsie And The Banshees
New entry Never For Ever
by Kate Bush
New entry Shri Camel
by Terry Riley
New entry Waiting For A Miracle
by The Comsat Angels
New entry Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance
by Laraaji
New entry A Black Box
by Peter Hammill
New entry Dirty Mind
by Prince
New entry Songs The Lord Taught Us
by The Cramps
New entry Octet / Music For A Large Ensemble / Violin Phase
by Steve Reich
New entry Peter Gabriel (1980)
by Peter Gabriel
New entry The Legend Lives On... Jah Wobble In 'Betrayal'
by Jah Wobble
New entry Monochrome
by 吉田美奈子 [Minako Yoshida]
New entry Coffin For Head Of State
by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
New entry Sound Affects
by The Jam
New entry Underwater Moonlight
by The Soft Boys
New entry Doc At The Radar Station
by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
New entry The Return Of The Durutti Column
by The Durutti Column
New entry Warm Leatherette
by Grace Jones
New entry Les Dragons
by Ninki-Nanka
New entry The Art Of Walking
by Pere Ubu
New entry Gyrate
by Pylon
New entry Iron Maiden
by Iron Maiden
New entry Polyrock
by Polyrock
New entry B-2 Unit
by Ryuichi Sakamoto
New entry Humans
by Bruce Cockburn
New entry Love Zombies
by The Monochrome Set
New entry Metamatic
by John Foxx
New entry In The Flat Field
by Bauhaus
New entry AutoAmerican
by Blondie
New entry Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
New entry The Black Album
by The Damned
New entry Los Angeles
by X (US)
New entry Uprising
by Bob Marley & The Wailers
New entry Slapp Happy Or Slapp Happy
by Slapp Happy
New entry Music Of Many Colours
by Fela Kuti & Roy Ayers
New entry Empires And Dance
by Simple Minds
New entry Tangram
by Tangerine Dream
New entry Ride On Time
by 山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]
New entry More Specials
by The Specials
New entry Gaucho
by Steely Dan
New entry Bass Culture
by Linton Kwesi Johnson
New entry Heartattack And Vine
by Tom Waits
New entry Diana
by Diana Ross
New entry Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
by Warren Zevon
New entry Iron Curtain Innocence
by Bobb Trimble
New entry Ace Of Spades
by Motörhead
New entry The Psychedelic Furs
by The Psychedelic Furs
New entry Organisation
by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
New entry The River
by Bruce Springsteen
New entry "Strange Boutique"
by The Monochrome Set
New entry Roky Erickson And The Aliens
by Roky Erickson And The Aliens
New entry Growing Up In Public
by Lou Reed
New entry Is This Real?
by Wipers
New entry Crawfish Fiesta
by Professor Longhair
New entry The Commercial Album
by The Residents
New entry Strange Celestial Road
by Sun Ra
New entry We Are Time
by The Pop Group
New entry 24 Carrots
by Al Stewart
New entry Lady Of The Mirrors
by Anthony Davis
New entry Fireside Favourites
by Fad Gadget
New entry Alan Vega/Martin Rev
by Suicide
New entry Common One
by Van Morrison
New entry Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
by Jon Hassell & Brian Eno
New entry Wild Planet
by The B-52's
New entry Pretenders
by Pretenders
New entry Zenyatta Mondatta
by The Police
New entry Heaven And Hell
by Black Sabbath
New entry Absolutely
by Madness
New entry Un Peu De l'Âme Des Bandits
by Aqsak Maboul
New entry Hotter Than July
by Stevie Wonder
New entry Sinsemilla
by Black Uhuru
New entry McCartney II
by Paul McCartney
New entry Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III
by Prince Far I & The Arabs
New entry Monarchie Und Alltag
by Fehlfarben
New entry Half-Mute
by Tuxedomoon
New entry The Birthday Party
by The Boys Next Door
New entry Vida
by Chico Buarque
New entry Génération Sans Futur
by Art Zoyd
New entry Where Are All The Nice Girls?
by Any Trouble
New entry Black Sea
by XTC
New entry 1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts
by Half Japanese
New entry Me, Myself, I
by Joan Armatrading
New entry Snap, Crackle & Bop
by John Cooper Clarke
New entry Lightning To The Nations
by Diamond Head
New entry Signing Off
by UB40
New entry Double Fantasy
by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
New entry Kurtis Blow
by Kurtis Blow
Leavers
Leaver Permanent Waves
by Rush

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