Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by matterhornrider 
- Chart updated: 10/20/2025 17:45
- (Created: 03/14/2020 04:18).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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18,323
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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26,084
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Year of Release:
1986
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33,914
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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23,052
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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2,942
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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4,072
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1983
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5,012
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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15,236
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1983
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10,043
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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15,913
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1981 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1982 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1983 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1984 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1985 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1986 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1987 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1988 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1989 | 9 | 9% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| R.E.M. | 6 | 6% | |
| XTC | 4 | 4% | |
| U2 | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| The Police | 3 | 3% | |
| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
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| ! | 07/06/2025 16:26 |  pedro1976 | 107 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2025 14:22 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2021 20:31 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2020 10:13 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,831 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2020 04:43 |  Purplepash | 1,690 | 88/100 |
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From leniad 09/03/2021 20:31 | #273259
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buzzdainer 06/14/2020 17:57 | #253531
buzzdainer 06/14/2020 17:57 | #253531
We've got a whole bunch of albums in common on our respective eighties charts, so we're pretty aligned on what that decade was all about, musically. One album I want to highlight right now is Disintegration, which I've been revisiting quite a bit recently and (re)discovering some of the tracks on it that get a little less attention. "Lovesong" is great of course, and gets plenty of airtime on movie soundtracks and Spotify playlists, but let's not overlook what a great song "The Same Deep Water as You" is. The whole thing is just a perfect psychedelic dreamscape to ensapsulate the end of the eighties.
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