Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
~SMiLE~ 
- Chart updated: 03/01/2013 17:12
- (Created: 03/09/2012 02:56).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2012]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
18,598
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
4,531
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Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
23,612
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Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
11,477
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Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
9,150
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2012]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
15,578
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1981 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1982 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1983 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1984 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1985 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1986 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1987 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1988 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1989 | 14 | 14% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Love And Rockets | 4 | 4% | |
| U2 | 4 | 4% | |
| Talk Talk | 3 | 3% | |
| Van Halen | 3 | 3% | |
| Scorpions | 3 | 3% | |
| Kate Bush | 3 | 3% | |
| Judas Priest | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 7 from 100th to 93rd Difficult To Cure by Rainbow |
| Up 4 from 98th to 94th Blow Your Cool! by Hoodoo Gurus |
| Up 3 from 95th to 92nd Treasure by Cocteau Twins |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 89th to 95th Hi Infidelity by REO Speedwagon |
| Down 4 from 93rd to 97th So by Peter Gabriel |
| Down 4 from 94th to 98th The Perfect Prescription by Spacemen 3 |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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80/100  | 11/03/2017 17:16 | PaperVinnie | | 81/100 |
5/100 | 01/29/2017 23:12 |  corenfro | | 32/100 |
100/100 | 06/15/2016 16:48 |  buzzdainer | | 90/100 |
65/100 | 02/19/2014 21:33 |  greatson | | 80/100 |
75/100 | 05/24/2013 16:43 | 5thbeatle | | 74/100 |
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From buzzdainer 06/15/2016 16:49
buzzdainer 06/15/2016 16:49
An exceptional eighties chart! I love your rankings of Doolittle and Skylarking, among many others. Looking forward to hearing some of your less familiar picks.
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65/100
From greatson 02/19/2014 21:33
greatson 02/19/2014 21:33
Too much metal, hard rock for me.
I was more on the Cure/Bauhaus side - so good to have them in your chart.
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75/100
From 5thbeatle 05/24/2013 16:48
Totally tubular chart man! My average rating reflects the difficulty I have rating 80's music cause I really didn't enjoy the 80's music scene nor the fashion scene. WTF was with the hair back then? a can of hairspray a day to build a wall of hair, OMG then there was the make-up, it was like Homer Simpsons make-up shotgun set on "whore"
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