Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s by New Music Express (1990)
New Musical Express is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand. These are their best albums of 1980s.
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Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s composition
Year | Albums | % | |
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1980 | 6 | 12% | |
1981 | 3 | 6% | |
1982 | 7 | 14% | |
1983 | 1 | 2% | |
1984 | 3 | 6% | |
1985 | 7 | 14% | |
1986 | 6 | 12% | |
1987 | 5 | 10% | |
1988 | 8 | 16% | |
1989 | 4 | 8% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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The Smiths | 4 | 8% | |
Tom Waits | 2 | 4% | |
Public Enemy | 2 | 4% | |
Dexys Midnight Runners | 2 | 4% | |
Elvis Costello And The Attractions | 2 | 4% | |
Echo & The Bunnymen | 2 | 4% | |
Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 2% | |
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Other 1980s decade charts
Listed below are 21 charts from recognised sources for 1980s. There are also 772 user submitted charts covering this period.
- Top 100 Albums Of The 1980s by Classic Pop (1980s decade chart) (published 1990)
- Die besten Alben der 80er by Classic Rock Deutschland (1980s decade chart) (published 2018)
- The REAL 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s by Classic Rock (1980s decade chart) (published 2017)
- The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s by FACT (1980s decade chart) (published 2013)
- Die besten Alben der 80er by laut (1980s decade chart) (published 2014)
- The 50 best albums of the 80s by Louder (1980s decade chart) (published 2018)
- Die 50 besten Alben der 80er by Musikexpress.de (1980s decade chart) (published 2003)
- Die 80er by Musikexpress.de (1980s decade chart) (published 1989)
- Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s by New Music Express (1980s decade chart) (published 1990)
- The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s by Paste (1980s decade chart) (published 2012)
- The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s by Pitchfork (1980s decade chart) (published 2018)
- Top 100 Albums of the 1980s by Pitchfork (1980s decade chart) (published 2002)
- Die 100 besten Alben der 1980er Jahre by Popkultur.de (1980s decade chart) (published 2022)
- Record Mirror Albums Of The '80s by Record Mirror (1980s decade chart) (published 1989)
- 100 Best Albums of the Eighties by Rolling Stone (1980s decade chart) (published 1989)
- Die besten Platten: die 80er by Rolling Stone Deutschland (1980s decade chart) (published 1997)
- Best Albums of the 1980s by Slant Magazine (1980s decade chart) (published 2012)
- 250 Meisterwerke aus 5 Jahrzehnten - 80er by Sounds (DE) (1980s decade chart) (published 2009)
- StuBru albums of 1980s by StuBru (1980s decade chart) (published 2017)
- Die 100 besten Platten der 80er Jahre by Tempo (1980s decade chart) (published 1989)
- The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1980s by Uncut (1980s decade chart) (published 2024)
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Year charts
- NME Albums Of The Year 2023 by New Music Express (2023 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2022 by New Music Express (2022 year chart)
- The 50 best albums of 2021 by New Music Express (2021 year chart)
- The 50 best albums of 2020 by New Music Express (2020 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2019 by New Music Express (2019 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2018 by New Music Express (2018 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2017 by New Music Express (2017 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2016 by New Music Express (2016 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2015 by New Music Express (2015 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2014 by New Music Express (2014 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2013 by New Music Express (2013 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2012 by New Music Express (2012 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2011 by New Music Express (2011 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2010 by New Music Express (2010 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2009 by New Music Express (2009 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2008 by New Music Express (2008 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2007 by New Music Express (2007 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2006 by New Music Express (2006 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2005 by New Music Express (2005 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2004 by New Music Express (2004 year chart)
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- NME Albums Of The Year 2002 by New Music Express (2002 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2001 by New Music Express (2001 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 2000 by New Music Express (2000 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1999 by New Music Express (1999 year chart)
- NME Albums of the Year 1998 by New Music Express (1998 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1997 by New Music Express (1997 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1996 by New Music Express (1996 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1995 by New Music Express (1995 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1994 by New Music Express (1994 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1993 by New Music Express (1993 year chart) (published 2016)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1992 by New Music Express (1992 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1991 by New Music Express (1991 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1990 by New Music Express (1990 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1989 by New Music Express (1989 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1988 by New Music Express (1988 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1987 by New Music Express (1987 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1986 by New Music Express (1986 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1985 by New Music Express (1985 year chart) (published 2016)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1984 by New Music Express (1984 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1983 by New Music Express (1983 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1982 by New Music Express (1982 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1981 by New Music Express (1981 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1980 by New Music Express (1980 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1979 by New Music Express (1979 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1978 by New Music Express (1978 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1977 by New Music Express (1977 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1976 by New Music Express (1976 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1975 by New Music Express (1975 year chart)
- NME Albums Of The Year 1974 by New Music Express (1974 year chart)
Decade charts
- NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2010s decade chart) (published 2019)
- Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 2000s by New Music Express (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)
- Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s by New Music Express (1980s decade chart) (published 1990)
- Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1970s by New Music Express (1970s decade chart) (published 1980)
- Top 50 Greatest Albums of the 1960s by New Music Express (1960s decade chart) (published 1993)
Overall charts
- NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (published 2003)
- The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (published 2013)
- NME's Best Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (published 1985)
- New Musical Express Writers Top 100 Albums by New Music Express (published 1993)
- NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 Albums by New Music Express (published 1988)
[New Music Express was founded in 1952.]
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It's a shame so many charts I see these days insist on being trendy and cool. For example, U2 are not considered a cool band these days. But is it really fair to say all the albums in this list are better than Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree?
Pretty good but clearly missing Pixies and Metallica.
Although this is better than NME’s later lists – reflecting their origins as a leftist promoter of punk and post-punk music – it still very much hints at later flaws that would ruin the magazine’s effectiveness in later decades.
No metal – at a time when that genre was transforming Enriched World culture in exactly the direction NME’s original editors stood for – is the worst of these blindnesses. There are too many mediocre new wave pop bands, too.
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