The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s by Pitchfork (2018)

Pitchfork is an American online music publication. These are their best albums of 1980s.
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Reign In Blood 

 Slayer

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

483 charts

Rank Score:

3,804

Rank in 1986:

7

Rank in 1980s:

67

Overall Rank:

473

Average Rating:

 79 (684 votes)

Comments:

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Surfer Rosa 

 Pixies

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Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,289 charts

Rank Score:

13,536

Rank in 1988:

2

Rank in 1980s:

12

Overall Rank:

98

Average Rating:

 85 (1,822 votes)

Comments:

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Dirty Mind 

 Prince

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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:

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34.

I'm Your Man 

 Leonard Cohen

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Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

337 charts

Rank Score:

2,433

Rank in 1988:

12

Rank in 1980s:

112

Overall Rank:

737

Average Rating:

 79 (365 votes)

Comments:

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35.

Let It Be 

 The Replacements

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

803 charts

Rank Score:

7,893

Rank in 1984:

5

Rank in 1980s:

26

Overall Rank:

212

Average Rating:

 82 (909 votes)

Comments:

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36.

Damaged 

 Black Flag

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

378 charts

Rank Score:

2,072

Rank in 1981:

9

Rank in 1980s:

132

Overall Rank:

863

Average Rating:

 76 (485 votes)

Comments:

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37.

Stronger Than Pride 

 Sade

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Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 1988:

67

Rank in 1980s:

712

Overall Rank:

4,798

Average Rating:

 77 (82 votes)

Comments:

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Raising Hell 

 Run-D.M.C.

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

341 charts

Rank Score:

1,488

Rank in 1986:

15

Rank in 1980s:

191

Overall Rank:

1,192

Average Rating:

 76 (336 votes)

Comments:

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Murmur 

 R.E.M.

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Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

1,102 charts

Rank Score:

10,647

Rank in 1983:

1

Rank in 1980s:

19

Overall Rank:

141

Average Rating:

 83 (1,382 votes)

Comments:

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Psychocandy 

 The Jesus And Mary Chain

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

736 charts

Rank Score:

6,112

Rank in 1985:

5

Rank in 1980s:

37

Overall Rank:

292

Average Rating:

 79 (900 votes)

Comments:

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The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	7	7%
1981	8	8%
1982	6	6%
1983	7	7%
1984	13	13%
1985	6	6%
1986	8	8%
1987	11	11%
1988	16	16%
1989	17	17%

Artist	Albums	%
Prince	3	3%
Talking Heads	2	2%
Madonna	2	2%
Bruce Springsteen	2	2%
Sonic Youth	2	2%
Janet Jackson	2	2%
The Replacements	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	60	60%
	25	25%
	5	5%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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• 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)
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