Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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LedZep 
- Chart updated: 09/06/2026 13:45
- (Created: 08/13/2020 15:40).
- Chart size: 100 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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Rank Score:
14,701
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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:
1,047
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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:
25,374
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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:
29,792
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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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Rank Score:
1,494
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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:
14,294
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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: The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
[First added to this chart: 10/23/2021]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
2,991
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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 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1981 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1982 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1983 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1984 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1985 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1987 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1988 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1989 | 14 | 14% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 1 | 1% | |
| U2 | 1 | 1% | |
| Various Artists | 1 | 1% | |
| Candlemass | 1 | 1% | |
| Wayne Jarrett | 1 | 1% | |
| King Diamond | 1 | 1% | |
| Iron Maiden | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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30 | 30% | |
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28 | 28% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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