Top 46 Music Albums of 1980
by lancashirearab

In 1980 I was still in secondary school. I was the prick who thought anything I didn't listen to was just uncool. I was an avid reader of the NME and treated it almost as a bible. I bought so much crap because of their propaganda. Not all of their advice was bad, though. This chart contains many bands I discovered in the pages of NME.
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This album sounded so strange when I first heard it. It seemed to come from the future. [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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1980
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31
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I love the Way In Curtis whispers the lyrics in one channel. Listen on headphones and be amazed. [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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1980
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15,260
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1922 votes)  85 (1,922 votes)
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I can remember sitting down at my desk in Geography one day to see Young Marble Giants written on the desk. I added the title of this LP. A week later the list had the Testcard EP added to it. I have no idea who wrote this. Niether of us left our names. [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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1980
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1,310
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I can remember all of my school mates getting excited about seeing the video to Once in a Lifetime on Top of the Pops. We were all trying to do his moves in the school yard at break time. [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1980
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27,642
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2297 votes)  87 (2,297 votes)
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The Swell Maps were just great. Loads of ideas and willing to use any sounds they liked. [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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1980
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283
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Buy album United States
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I bought this album because the sleeve was embossed and silvery. I had heard a track on Peel and decided to give it a try as the album looked so good. A great decision was made that day. [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1980
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110
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Buy album United States
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My wonderful wife bought me a t shirt with lyrics from one of their songs on it.

"I am angry I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin ..."
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Year of Release:
1980
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499
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I didn't discover this band until after this album was released. How could that happen? They were from Dundee! [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1980
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143
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It is not as good as their first album, but then not many albums are. [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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1980
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409
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This album contains Misery Goats which features in a different version on the NME C81 cassette. [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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1980
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142
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Top 46 Music Albums of 1980 composition

Country Albums %


United Kingdom 31 67%
United States 11 24%
Jamaica 2 4%
Mixed Nationality 2 4%
Compilation? Albums %
No 45 98%
Yes 1 2%
Live? Albums %
No 45 98%
Yes 1 2%

Top 46 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes

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