Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by eclab

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9.1 [First added to this chart: 07/10/2012]
Year of Release:
1983
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10,714
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8.7 [First added to this chart: 01/19/2014]
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1987
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8.5 [First added to this chart: 01/19/2014]
Year of Release:
1986
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3,487
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year Albums %


1980 17 17%
1981 6 6%
1982 8 8%
1983 15 15%
1984 8 8%
1985 11 11%
1986 10 10%
1987 10 10%
1988 7 7%
1989 8 8%
Artist Albums %


The Smiths 3 3%
U2 3 3%
Bruce Springsteen 3 3%
The Cure 3 3%
R.E.M. 3 3%
Talking Heads 2 2%
New Order 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 48 48%
United Kingdom 40 40%
Mixed Nationality 6 6%
Ireland 3 3%
Jamaica 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 18 from 68th to 50th
High Land, Hard Rain
by Aztec Camera
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 3 from 62nd to 65th
Synchronicity
by The Police
Faller Down 3 from 63rd to 66th
The Nightfly
by Donald Fagen
Faller Down 3 from 64th to 67th
Let's Dance
by David Bowie

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From 02/18/2024 19:40
Lots to admire about this chart.
Surprised to see only 1 Aussie album in the top 100 of the 80's. It was a decade where Aussie music was making a big mark on the world stage.
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From 03/29/2022 20:58
very good chart
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From 06/22/2020 17:51
Good album chart I like it with most of well known albums I give you a good rating.
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From 07/18/2016 04:22
Wow, what a great eighties chart! I love many of the albums you've included here, particularly Doolittle, Graceland, Murmur, and Remain in Light. I'm also happy to see the Violent Femmes' self-titled debut in your top ten, as that one plays a huge role in many of my own memories of high school. Terrific work on this chart!
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From 03/28/2015 01:52
good
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From 05/25/2014 09:49
good chart, with Talking Heads and The Smiths well placed and The Replacements which is not so common.
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From 01/17/2014 14:47
All good albums. Good sense.
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From 04/14/2013 01:50
Good start. I think you could massively expand this chart however.
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From 01/17/2013 16:38
'Bout as good as it gets for poor old 80's.
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