The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s
by FACT (2013)

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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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World Of Echo

Arthur Russell

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

890

Rank in 1986:

Rank in 1980s:

292

Overall Rank:

1,867

Average Rating:

76 (125 votes)

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Virgo

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

26 charts

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

611

Rank in 1989:

Rank in 1980s:

389

Overall Rank:

2,566

Average Rating:

76 (114 votes)

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E2-E4

Manuel Göttsching

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

178 charts

Rank Score:

1,284

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,409 charts

Rank Score:

18,231

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Average Rating:

85 (1,404 votes)

Comments:

103

Monotonprodukt 07

Monoton

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

165

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1983

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

423

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

489 charts

Rank Score:

3,508

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1987

Appears in:

21 charts

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Structures From Silence

Steve Roach

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

427

Rank in 1984:

Rank in 1980s:

524

Overall Rank:

3,450

Average Rating:

77 (81 votes)

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The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%

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%

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	2	2%
Monoton	1	1%
Big Daddy Kane	1	1%
Scientist	1	1%
Young Marble Giants	1	1%
The Units	1	1%
Momus	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	40	40%
	35	35%
	9	9%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	97	97%
Yes	3	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	97	97%
Yes	3	3%

Title	Source	Type	Published
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	sonicdiscourse	1980s decade chart	2016
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	kadupheming	1980s decade chart	2018
Can I Start The 80s Yet?	sonicdiscourse	Custom chart	2015
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	Skinny	1980s decade chart	2015
Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s	arthurbittencourt	1980s decade chart	2025
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	blvckgovt	1980s decade chart	2019
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums Of The 1980s (1-100) [2018]	WayneMC	Custom chart	2020
The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s	Pitchfork	1980s decade chart	2018
Top 100 Albums of the 1980s	Pitchfork	1980s decade chart	2002
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	briggs54	1980s decade chart	2018

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Listed below are 25 charts from recognised sources for 1980s. There are also 801 user submitted charts covering this period.

Title	Source	Type	Published
Top 100 Albums Of The 1980s	Classic Pop	1980s decade chart	1990
Die besten Alben der 80er	Classic Rock Deutschland	1980s decade chart	2018
The REAL 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s	Classic Rock	1980s decade chart	2017
Los 100 mejores discos de los años 80	Diariocrítico	1980s decade chart	2023
Los 20 mejores álbumes de los ochenta	Esquire España	1980s decade chart	2021
The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s	FACT	1980s decade chart	2013
Los 50 Mejores Discos de los 80	Indie Hoy	1980s decade chart	2014
Die besten Alben der 80er	laut	1980s decade chart	2014
The 50 best albums of the 80s	Louder	1980s decade chart	2018
Die 50 besten Alben der 80er	Musikexpress.de	1980s decade chart	2003
Die 80er	Musikexpress.de	1980s decade chart	1989
Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s	New Music Express	1980s decade chart	1990
The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s	Paste	1980s decade chart	2012
The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s	Pitchfork	1980s decade chart	2018
Top 100 Albums of the 1980s	Pitchfork	1980s decade chart	2002
Die 100 besten Alben der 1980er Jahre	Popkultur.de	1980s decade chart	2022
Record Mirror Albums Of The '80s	Record Mirror	1980s decade chart	1989
100 Best Albums of the Eighties	Rolling Stone	1980s decade chart	1989
Die besten Platten: die 80er	Rolling Stone Deutschland	1980s decade chart	1997
Best Albums of the 1980s	Slant Magazine	1980s decade chart	2012
250 Meisterwerke aus 5 Jahrzehnten - 80er	Sounds (DE)	1980s decade chart	2009
StuBru albums of 1980s	StuBru	1980s decade chart	2017
Die 100 besten Platten der 80er Jahre	Tempo	1980s decade chart	1989
Greatest albums of the 1980s	Ultimate Record Collection (Magazine)	1980s decade chart	2024
The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1980s	Uncut	1980s decade chart	2024

Year charts

Title	Source	Type	Published
The 50 best albums of 2018	FACT	2018 year chart	2018
The 50 best albums of 2017	FACT	2017 year chart	2017
The 50 best albums of 2016	FACT	2016 year chart	2016
The 50 best albums of 2015	FACT	2015 year chart	2015
The 50 best albums of 2014	FACT	2014 year chart	2014
The 50 best albums of 2013	FACT	2013 year chart	2013
The 50 best albums of 2012	FACT	2012 year chart	2012
The 50 best albums of 2011	FACT	2011 year chart	2011
The 40 best albums of 2010	FACT	2010 year chart	2010
The 40 best albums of 2009	FACT	2009 year chart	2009
The 20 best albums of 2008	FACT	2008 year chart	2008
20 Best Of 2007	FACT	2007 year chart	2007

Decade charts

Title	Source	Type	Published
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
The 100 best albums of the 1970s	FACT	1970s decade chart	2014

Overall charts

[None]

[FACT was founded in 2003.]

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From mianfei 11/19/2021 08:55

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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