Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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zwiebel 
- Chart updated: 05/18/2024 13:15
- (Created: 10/18/2019 08:54).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1988
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11,833
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Year of Release:
1987
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1,297
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Year of Release:
1986
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7,317
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
1,233
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1989
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2,005
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1989
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29,751
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Year of Release:
1987
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17,856
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1981 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1982 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1983 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1984 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1985 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1986 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1987 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1988 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1989 | 15 | 15% |
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| John Williams | 4 | 4% | |
| Butthole Surfers | 4 | 4% | |
| Pixies | 3 | 3% | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 3 | 3% | |
| Sade | 3 | 3% | |
| Mylène Farmer | 2 | 2% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 2 | 2% | |
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| ! | 12/01/2021 09:50 |  Tamthebam | 657 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2021 19:43 | DJENNY | 4,335 | 100/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2020 18:46 |  sssvnnn | 2,881 | 83/100 |
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/14/2020 22:24 | #258234
Looks like I need to check out some Joe Hisaishi, if you're going to rank one of his albums #3 of the eighties! Looking forward to hearing some of his stuff.
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