Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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LedZep 
- Chart updated: 10/18/2025 15:15
- (Created: 08/13/2020 15:40).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Track pick: A Cry for Help in a World Gone Mad
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2020]
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Track pick: Pushing the Extreme
[First added to this chart: 11/08/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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1,808
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Track pick: Dancing in my Head
[First added to this chart: 09/30/2023]
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Track pick: Preaching The Blues
[First added to this chart: 02/13/2021]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,720
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Track pick: Suyaway Walaycho or Jiyaway Wirita
[First added to this chart: 04/08/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 01/31/2023]
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Track pick: A New Kind of Water
[First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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1,875
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Track pick: Mars
[First added to this chart: 11/30/2020]
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Year of Release:
1981
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1,550
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Track pick: As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
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Total albums: 12. Page 1 of 2
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 10 | 10% | |
| 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 | 14 | 14% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 1 | 1% | |
| The The | 1 | 1% | |
| Dobri Isak | 1 | 1% | |
| Dead Can Dance | 1 | 1% | |
| The Gun Club | 1 | 1% | |
| The Young Gods | 1 | 1% | |
| Haustor | 1 | 1% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Down 1 from 41st to 42nd Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen |
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