Top 36 Music Albums of the 1980s by BoxFL 
- Chart updated: 04/09/2024 23:15
- (Created: 11/13/2018 23:01).
- Chart size: 36 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
10,647
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94
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Year of Release:
1985
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19,255
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
4,917
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
10,133
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
37,383
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
4,389
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
16,885
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,078
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,915
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[First added to this chart: 10/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
858
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Total albums: 36. Page 1 of 4
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Top 36 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1981 | 3 | 8% | |
| 1982 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1983 | 5 | 14% | |
| 1984 | 3 | 8% | |
| 1985 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1986 | 6 | 17% | |
| 1987 | 3 | 8% | |
| 1988 | 1 | 3% | |
| 1989 | 3 | 8% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Rush | 6 | 17% | |
| Wipers | 3 | 8% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 8% | |
| Peter Gabriel | 2 | 6% | |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 6% | |
| Kate Bush | 2 | 6% | |
| XTC | 2 | 6% | |
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Top 36 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 19th to 15th Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears |
| Up 4 from 16th to 12th Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout |
| Up 3 from 32nd to 29th Speaking In Tongues by Talking Heads |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 14th to 17th The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk |
| Down 3 from 15th to 18th Grace Under Pressure by Rush |
| Down 3 from 24th to 27th The Dreaming by Kate Bush |
| New entries |
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 Los Angelesby X (US) |
| English Settlement by XTC |
| Genesis by Genesis |
| Hold Your Fire by Rush |
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From WillyMac 06/08/2020 17:20
That's a cool eclectic list. I be if you expanded it beyond 22 albums we'd have more than 8 in common...
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