The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s
by FACT (2013) 
Fact is a music publication that covers UK, US, and international music and youth culture topics, with particular focus on electronic, pop, rap, and experimental artists. These are their best albums of 1980s.
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1981
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The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1981 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1982 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1983 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1984 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1985 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1986 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1987 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1988 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1989 | 12 | 12% |
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| Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
| Brian Eno | 1 | 1% | |
| Skin (US) | 1 | 1% | |
| Too $hort | 1 | 1% | |
| Sonic Youth | 1 | 1% | |
| Zazou / Bikaye / CY1 | 1 | 1% | |
| The Smiths | 1 | 1% | |
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35 | 35% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Other 1980s decade charts
A total of 25 charts from recognised sources are available for 1980s, with the 3 most prominent highlighted below. Additionally, there are 810 user submitted charts covering this period.
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s | New Music Express | 1980s decade chart | 1990 | |
| 100 Best Albums of the Eighties | Rolling Stone | 1980s decade chart | 1989 | |
| The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s | Pitchfork | 1980s decade chart | 2018 | |
Other charts by FACT
A total of 16 charts from FACT are available; the 3 most recent of this type are highlighted below.
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s | FACT | 2000s decade chart | 2010 | |
| The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s | FACT | 1990s decade chart | 2012 | |
| The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s | FACT | 1980s decade chart | 2013 | |
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| 11/19/2021 08:44 | mianfei | 175 | 62/100 |
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From mianfei 11/19/2021 08:55 | #276419
This chart really has surprised me in my recent reading of it.
Every “recognised” best albums chart I have read over recent years has been highly stereotyped, most notably the all-time lists of ‘Rolling Stone’, ‘New Musical Express’ and ‘Uncut’, none of which show the understanding of highly learned writers like Piero Scaruffi or Joe S. Harrington.
This list by ‘FACT’ magazine, although about a decade old when I discovered it browsing through Rate Your Music, is refreshing by comparison. It is highly varied in genre, has few stereotypes in its choices, and the actual ‘FACT’ website provides extremely good notes with critical anecdotes for some (though not all) of the choices by actual musicians who are relatively young and likely to be more useful guides than those listed as judges by ‘Rolling Stone’.
It is true that I am familiar with very few of these albums, and had never heard of many, but that adds to the interest.
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