Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Brandon8 
- Chart updated: 09/05/2025 01:45
- (Created: 05/24/2020 00:52).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Fav Tracks - Let’s Go Crazy, When Doves Cry & Purple Rain - Genres - Pop, Rock, R&B
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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15,570
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Fav Tracks - Debaser, Wave of Mutilation & Gouge Away - Genre - Alt Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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30,813
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4. (=)
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Fav Tracks - Ted Just Admit It, Mountain Song & Jane Says - Genre - Alternative Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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2,150
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Fav tracks - Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City & Sweet Child O’ Mine - Genres - Hard Rock, Glam metal
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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10,819
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Fav Tracks - Sign O the Times, Play in the Sunshine & The Cross - Genres - R&B, Funk, Pop, Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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8,511
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11. (10) 1
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Fav Tracks - Bone Machine, Gigantic, Where is My Mind, Cactus & Vamos (Surfer Rosa) - Genre - Alternative Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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12,073
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Fav Tracks - My War, Can’t Decide, Nothing Left Inside, Three Nights - Genres - Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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633
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[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
774
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Fav Tracks - Egg Man, Hey Ladies, Looking Down the Barrel of A Gun - Genres - Hip Hop, Sampledelia
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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6,394
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Fav Tracks - Teenage Riot, The Sprawl, ‘Cross the Breeze, Total Trash - Genre - Alternative Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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15,143
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Total albums: 51. Page 1 of 6
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1981 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1982 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1985 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1986 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1987 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1988 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1989 | 13 | 13% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
| Prince And The Revolution | 3 | 3% | |
| Prince | 3 | 3% | |
| Mötley Crüe | 3 | 3% | |
| Dire Straits | 2 | 2% | |
| Love And Rockets | 2 | 2% | |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
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| Up 10 from 96th to 86th13 Songs by Fugazi |
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| Down 62 from 15th to 77thThriller by Michael Jackson |
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| Down 20 from 79th to 99thSister by Sonic Youth |
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| Combat Rock by The Clash |
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