Top 19 Music Albums of 1980 by JR

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• (Created: 12/05/2018 18:31).
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Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,966 charts

Rank Score:

30,718

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 87 (2,223 votes)

Comments:

192

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Closer 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,458 charts

Rank Score:

16,763

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,870 votes)

Comments:

123

3. (11) 8

Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps 

 David Bowie

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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

746 charts

Rank Score:

5,940

Rank in 1980:

4

Rank in 1980s:

39

Overall Rank:

304

Average Rating:

 81 (1,079 votes)

Comments:

62

4.

Saved 

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

124

Rank in 1980:

156

Rank in 1980s:

1,404

Overall Rank:

9,576

Average Rating:

 58 (177 votes)

Comments:

7

5. (3) 2

The River 

 Bruce Springsteen

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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

571 charts

Rank Score:

4,056

Rank in 1980:

7

Rank in 1980s:

61

Overall Rank:

442

Average Rating:

 79 (836 votes)

Comments:

47

6. (4) 2

Pretenders 

 Pretenders

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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

477 charts

Rank Score:

2,990

Rank in 1980:

9

Rank in 1980s:

90

Overall Rank:

589

Average Rating:

 78 (565 votes)

Comments:

28

7. (5) 2

Peter Gabriel III 

 Peter Gabriel

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[First added to this chart: 06/12/2019]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

509 charts

Rank Score:

4,389

Rank in 1980:

6

Rank in 1980s:

56

Overall Rank:

408

Average Rating:

 81 (573 votes)

Comments:

24

8. (6) 2

Permanent Waves 

 Rush

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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

437 charts

Rank Score:

3,245

Rank in 1980:

8

Rank in 1980s:

85

Overall Rank:

552

Average Rating:

 81 (601 votes)

Comments:

31

9. (7) 2

Making Movies 

 Dire Straits

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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

417 charts

Rank Score:

2,881

Rank in 1980:

11

Rank in 1980s:

96

Overall Rank:

618

Average Rating:

 78 (571 votes)

Comments:

24

10. (8) 2

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Dirty Mind 

 Prince

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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2019]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

312 charts

Rank Score:

1,773

Rank in 1980:

23

Rank in 1980s:

155

Overall Rank:

1,006

Average Rating:

 77 (408 votes)

Comments:

30

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Top 19 Music Albums of 1980 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Peter Gabriel	1	5%
AC/DC	1	5%
Rush	1	5%
Dead Kennedys	1	5%
Dire Straits	1	5%
Prince	1	5%
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	1	5%
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Country	Albums	%
	10	53%
	5	26%
	1	5%
	1	5%
	1	5%
	1	5%

Top 19 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 8 from 11th to 3rd Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps by David Bowie

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 3rd to 5th The River by Bruce Springsteen
Down 2 from 4th to 6th Pretenders by Pretenders
Down 2 from 5th to 7th Peter Gabriel III by Peter Gabriel

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