Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by matterhornrider 
- Chart updated: 04/09/2026 01:45
- (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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17,814
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Year of Release:
1989
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25,515
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Year of Release:
1986
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31,526
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1989
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22,077
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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2,821
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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3,977
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1983
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4,950
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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14,389
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1983
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9,559
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
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1984
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15,311
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 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% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
| XTC | 4 | 4% | |
| U2 | 4 | 4% | |
| The Replacements | 3 | 3% | |
| The Cure | 3 | 3% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 3% | |
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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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