Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Taka 
- Chart updated: 08/18/2025 14:45
- (Created: 06/29/2018 03:59).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 07/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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14,725
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[First added to this chart: 03/17/2022]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
2,171
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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2021]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
3,430
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[First added to this chart: 07/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,301
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[First added to this chart: 07/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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22,513
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[First added to this chart: 08/09/2021]
Year of Release:
1989
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26,092
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[First added to this chart: 04/09/2022]
Year of Release:
1983
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6,336
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[First added to this chart: 07/01/2018]
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1984
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4,242
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[First added to this chart: 07/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1986
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32,966
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[First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1981 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1982 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1983 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1984 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1985 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1986 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1987 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1988 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1989 | 9 | 9% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Kinks | 7 | 7% | |
| Daryl Hall & John Oates | 6 | 6% | |
| U2 | 6 | 6% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 4% | |
| New Order | 4 | 4% | |
| Talking Heads | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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51 | 51% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 30 from 37th to 7thPower, Corruption & Lies by New Order |
| Up 20 from 88th to 68thOur Favourite Shop by The Style Council |
| Up 14 from 99th to 85thIsn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 79th to 86thUK Jive by The Kinks |
| Down 7 from 80th to 87thThink Visual by The Kinks |
| Down 7 from 81st to 88thRattle And Hum by U2 |
| New entries |
|---|
| Low-Life by New Order |
| Super Trouper by ABBA |
| The Visitors by ABBA |
| Black Celebration by Depeche Mode |
| Technique by New Order |
| Leavers |
|---|
| Lawyers In Love by Jackson Browne |
| Long After Dark by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| Sacred Songs by Daryl Hall |
| Healing by Todd Rundgren |
| Get Close by Pretenders |
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| 05/12/2020 18:31 | DJENNY | 4,338 | 100/100 |
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From WillyMac 06/08/2020 19:04 | #253089
Great chart. I like that you are not afraid to include live albums - I could learn something from that. I'm not a big Hall &Oates fan, and your lack of any REM albums surprises me, but otherwise this chart is hard to knock.
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