Top 46 Music Albums of 1980
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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.
- Chart updated: 06/04/2012 11:14
- (Created: 05/10/2012 23:18).
- Chart size: 46 albums.
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This album sounded so strange when I first heard it. It seemed to come from the future.
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I love the Way In Curtis whispers the lyrics in one channel. Listen on headphones and be amazed.
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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.
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1980
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The Swell Maps were just great. Loads of ideas and willing to use any sounds they liked.
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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.
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My wonderful wife bought me a t shirt with lyrics from one of their songs on it.
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I didn't discover this band until after this album was released. How could that happen? They were from Dundee!
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This is so much better than Dare. It was challenging. It was different. It had great songs and strange sounds.
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Simple Minds weren't always the over-blown pompous stadium act everybody remembers. This album is great. It is European. It has elements of Kratrock and Bowie.
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I saw the band on this tour. It was great apart from the local skinheads deciding to fight amongst themselves.
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Top 46 Music Albums of 1980 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Cure | 2 | 4% | |
| The Monochrome Set | 2 | 4% | |
| The Fall | 2 | 4% | |
| Talking Heads | 1 | 2% | |
| The Pop Group | 1 | 2% | |
| The Teardrop Explodes | 1 | 2% | |
| Ramones | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 46 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 22nd to 23rd Alan Vega/Martin Rev by Suicide |
| Down 1 from 23rd to 24th Signing Off by UB40 |
| Down 1 from 24th to 25th Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits |
| New entries |
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| Doc At The Radar Station by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band |
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