Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s
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LedZep 
- Chart updated: 01/11/2026 17:45
- (Created: 08/13/2020 15:40).
- Chart size: 99 albums.
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Track pick: Teenage Riot or 'Cross the Breeze
[First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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15,559
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Track pick: Sad Waters
[First added to this chart: 07/20/2022]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
1,144
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Track pick: Same Deep Water as You or Prayers for Rain
[First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
26,251
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Track pick: Skriven iza lažnih imena
[First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
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Track pick: Gouge Away
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2022]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
31,428
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6. (=)
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Track pick: Falling
[First added to this chart: 09/25/2021]
Year of Release:
1989
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1,541
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Track pick: The Eternal
[First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
15,022
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Track pick: Budi sam
[First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
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Track pick: Under the Oak
[First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
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Track pick: Jacob's Ladder
[First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
3,042
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Total albums: 99. Page 1 of 10
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Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1981 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1982 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1983 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1984 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1985 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1987 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1988 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1989 | 14 | 14% |
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| Azra | 1 | 1% | |
| Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | 1 | 1% | |
| Let 3 | 1 | 1% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 1% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 1% | |
| This Heat | 1 | 1% | |
| Kate Bush | 1 | 1% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 6 from 21st to 15thShowcase by Junior Delahaye |
| Up 4 from 44th to 40thShowcase Vol. 1 by Wayne Jarrett |
| Up 1 from 40th to 39thAltars Of Madness by Morbid Angel |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 5 from 39th to 44thDub Roots by Prince Douglas |
| Down 3 from 32nd to 35thSeventh Son Of A Seventh Son by Iron Maiden |
| Down 2 from 17th to 19thNo More Color by Coroner |
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| Best Artists of 1987 | |
|---|---|
| 1. U2 | |
| 2. Guns N' Roses | |
| 3. Prince | |
| 4. The Smiths | |
| 5. Dinosaur Jr. | |
| 6. Dinosaur | |
| 7. R.E.M. | |
| 8. Michael Jackson | |
| 9. Depeche Mode | |
| 10. Sonic Youth | |
| 11. New Order | |
| 12. Def Leppard | |
| 13. INXS | |
| 14. The Cure | |
| 15. The Jesus And Mary Chain | |
| 16. Pixies | |
| 17. Midnight Oil | |
| 18. Eric B. & Rakim | |
| 19. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 20. Bruce Springsteen |
