Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by matterhornrider

• Chart updated: 04/14/2024 15:15
• (Created: 03/14/2020 04:18).
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The Joshua Tree 

 U2

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,814 charts

Rank Score:

19,881

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

6

Overall Rank:

52

Average Rating:

 83 (2,389 votes)

Comments:

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Pretenders 

 Pretenders

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

477 charts

Rank Score:

2,990

Rank in 1980:

9

Rank in 1980s:

90

Overall Rank:

589

Average Rating:

 78 (565 votes)

Comments:

28

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,761 charts

Rank Score:

27,786

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

32

Average Rating:

 86 (1,966 votes)

Comments:

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Peter Gabriel III 

 Peter Gabriel

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

509 charts

Rank Score:

4,390

Rank in 1980:

6

Rank in 1980s:

56

Overall Rank:

408

Average Rating:

 81 (573 votes)

Comments:

24

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The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,973 charts

Rank Score:

25,876

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

34

Average Rating:

 86 (2,226 votes)

Comments:

202

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Closer 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,458 charts

Rank Score:

16,768

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,870 votes)

Comments:

123

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Speaking In Tongues 

 Talking Heads

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

592 charts

Rank Score:

5,186

Rank in 1983:

6

Rank in 1980s:

46

Overall Rank:

346

Average Rating:

 81 (764 votes)

Comments:

32

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Murmur 

 R.E.M.

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

1,102 charts

Rank Score:

10,649

Rank in 1983:

1

Rank in 1980s:

19

Overall Rank:

142

Average Rating:

 83 (1,382 votes)

Comments:

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Purple Rain 
Soundtrack

 Prince And The Revolution

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

1,378 charts

Rank Score:

16,462

Rank in 1984:

1

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

81

Average Rating:

 83 (1,592 votes)

Comments:

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,424 charts

Rank Score:

39,127

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,836 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	17	17%
1981	8	8%
1982	10	10%
1983	11	11%
1984	10	10%
1985	14	14%
1986	10	10%
1987	8	8%
1988	5	5%
1989	7	7%

Artist	Albums	%
R.E.M.	6	6%
U2	4	4%
XTC	4	4%
The Smiths	4	4%
New Order	3	3%
The Replacements	3	3%
The Cure	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	56	56%
	33	33%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 12 from 67th to 55th This Is The Sea by The Waterboys
Up 1 from 55th to 54th Ocean Rain by Echo & The Bunnymen
Up 1 from 54th to 53rd Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

Biggest fallers
Down 6 from 51st to 57th Little Creatures by Talking Heads
Down 2 from 57th to 59th Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
Down 1 from 59th to 60th English Settlement by XTC

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90/100	09/03/2021 20:31	leniad	686	85/100
85/100	09/14/2020 10:13	TheSmiths82-87	1,839	83/100
90/100	07/04/2020 04:43	Purplepash	1,307	88/100
100/100	06/14/2020 17:50	buzzdainer	671	90/100
100/100	05/05/2020 03:19	LadyGodiva	75	97/100

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From buzzdainer 06/14/2020 17:57

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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