Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by arnellarsen 
Laura Nyro - Live At The Bottom Line (1989), Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981), Will Powers - Dancing For Mental Health (1983), Pete Shelley - Homosapien (1981), Chi Coltrane - The Message (1986), Paul McCartney - Give My Regards To Broad-Street, David Peel & The Lower East side - 1984 (1983), Talking Heads - Remain In Light (1980), Mike Harding - Bombers Moon (1986), James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981), Nicolette Larson - Shadows Of Love (1988)
- Chart updated: 05/08/2022 08:45
- (Created: 12/13/2021 17:22).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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AT#0011. Recorded live at Symphony Hall, Boston. (C) & (P) 1982 Night Light Recordings HS-28011 Special Audiophile Edition. (CD issue in 1990). Companion "one hour" concert video: "A New Year - Live at Symphony Hall".
[First added to this chart: 12/16/2021]
AT#0012.
[First added to this chart: 12/13/2021]
AT#0025.
[First added to this chart: 12/13/2021]
Year of Release:
1984
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539
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AT#0026. Musicians: Bent Warny, Gordon Young, Lars Danielsen, Nauer Reher-Langberg, Peter Iversen & Phil Barrett. Recorded at Stuk Ranch Studio – Engineer Gordon Thomas. Released in 1984 by MSP, Denmark (MSP 250185).
[First added to this chart: 12/19/2021]
AT#0029. Released 1986 on Spindletop - CD release 1990
[First added to this chart: 12/13/2021]
AT#0022. Ref. Allen Ginsberg - The Last Word On First Blues 3CD (Omnivore 2016). Compilation producer for Omnivore Records by Pat Thomas, Compiles Allen Ginsberg - First Blues album with extra tracks.
[First added to this chart: 12/18/2021]
AT#0061.
[First added to this chart: 12/16/2021]
AT#0064.
[First added to this chart: 12/14/2021]
AT#0084.
[First added to this chart: 12/18/2021]
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1985
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933
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AT#0089.
[First added to this chart: 12/17/2021]
Year of Release:
1987
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603
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1981 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1982 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1983 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1984 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1985 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1987 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1988 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1989 | 8 | 8% |
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| The Kinks | 8 | 8% | |
| Kevin Ayers | 5 | 5% | |
| George Harrison | 4 | 4% | |
| Paul Simon | 4 | 4% | |
| Alex Chilton | 4 | 4% | |
| John Mellencamp | 4 | 4% | |
| Gordon Lightfoot | 3 | 3% | |
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45 | 45% | |
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39 | 39% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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