Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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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:
15,717
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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:
1,110
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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:
26,279
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Track pick: Skriven iza lažnih imena [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
132
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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:
31,969
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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:
1,517
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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:
15,321
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Track pick: Budi sam [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
57
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Track pick: Under the Oak [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
352
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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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3,066
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year Albums %


1980 9 9%
1981 12 12%
1982 9 9%
1983 6 6%
1984 13 13%
1985 9 9%
1986 10 10%
1987 7 7%
1988 10 10%
1989 15 15%
Country Albums %


United Kingdom 30 30%
United States 27 27%
Croatia (Hrvatska) 5 5%
Jamaica 5 5%
Serbia 4 4%
Australia 3 3%
Mixed Nationality 3 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 95 95%
Yes 5 5%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

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Climber Up 27 from 74th to 47th
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Faller Down 1 from 47th to 48th
Remain In Light
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Faller Down 1 from 48th to 49th
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by The The
Faller Down 1 from 49th to 50th
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by Horace Andy
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Best Albums of 1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
6. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
7. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
8. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
10. Reggatta De Blanc by The Police
11. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
12. Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
13. Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
14. Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.
15. The B-52's by The B-52's
16. Armed Forces by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
17. Specials by The Specials
18. 154 by Wire
19. Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
20. Setting Sons by The Jam
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