Top 30 Music Albums of 1980
by Weepingguitarman 
Top Ten Songs:
1. Babooshka - Kate Bush
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
3. The River - Bruce Springsteen
4. Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
5. Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
6. Temporary Secretary - Paul McCartney
7. Totally Wired - The Fall
8. Forces At Work - The Feelies
9. A Forest - The Cure
10. Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley
- Chart updated: 07/15/2021 19:45
- (Created: 03/21/2021 02:26).
- Chart size: 30 albums.
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1980
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2,654
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1980
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27,732
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1980
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570
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1980
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4,713
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Year of Release:
1980
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1,889
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Year of Release:
1980
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3,952
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1980
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1,642
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Top 30 Music Albums of 1980 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Kate Bush | 1 | 3% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 3% | |
| Young Marble Giants | 1 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 1 | 3% | |
| Jon Hassell & Brian Eno | 1 | 3% | |
| John Lennon & Yoko Ono | 1 | 3% | |
| The Fall | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 30 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 4 from 20th to 16th Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics by Jon Hassell & Brian Eno |
| Up 4 from 18th to 14th Dirty Mind by Prince |
| Up 2 from 19th to 17th Permanent Waves by Rush |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 4 from 14th to 18th Pretenders by Pretenders |
| Down 3 from 16th to 19th Seventeen Seconds by The Cure |
| Down 3 from 17th to 20th Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror by Harold Budd / Brian Eno |
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