Top 78 Music Albums of the 1980s
by wizardalien 
Eligible albums: 108
- Chart updated: 42 hours ago
- (Created: 02/11/2022 22:24).
- Chart size: 78 albums.
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Average rating: 77.78
Trimmed average: 78.57
Top rated tracks: Well I Wonder, Barbarism Begins at Home (90) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Trimmed average: 78.57
Top rated tracks: Well I Wonder, Barbarism Begins at Home (90) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1985
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6,164
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Average rating: 75.00
Trimmed average: 77.50
Top rated tracks: There is a light (100), The Boy with the Thorn in his Side, Some girls are bigger than others (95) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Trimmed average: 77.50
Top rated tracks: There is a light (100), The Boy with the Thorn in his Side, Some girls are bigger than others (95) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1986
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31,158
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Average rating: 72.27
Trimmed average: 72.78
Top rated tracks: With Or Without You (100), Running To Stand Still (95) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Trimmed average: 72.78
Top rated tracks: With Or Without You (100), Running To Stand Still (95) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1987
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17,926
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Average rating: 71.50
Trimmed average: 70.63
Top rated tracks: Suffer Little Children (90), Hand in Glove (85) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Trimmed average: 70.63
Top rated tracks: Suffer Little Children (90), Hand in Glove (85) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
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1984
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7,621
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Average rating: 69.50
Trimmed average: 70.63
Top rated tracks: Waterfall (85), She Bangs The Drums, This is the One, I am the Resurrection (80) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Trimmed average: 70.63
Top rated tracks: Waterfall (85), She Bangs The Drums, This is the One, I am the Resurrection (80) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1989
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21,842
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Average rating: 65.00
Trimmed average: 67.50
Top rated tracks: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Drowning Man, New Year's Day (80) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Trimmed average: 67.50
Top rated tracks: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Drowning Man, New Year's Day (80) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1983
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5,477
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Average rating: 61.67
Trimmed average: 62.86
Top rated tracks: Beat It (90), Baby Be Mine, Thriller, Billie Jean (85) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Trimmed average: 62.86
Top rated tracks: Beat It (90), Baby Be Mine, Thriller, Billie Jean (85) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1982
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16,050
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Average rating: 61.11
Trimmed average: 60.00
Top rated tracks: Money For Nothing (90), Your Latest Trick, Brothers In Arms, So Far Away (85) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Trimmed average: 60.00
Top rated tracks: Money For Nothing (90), Your Latest Trick, Brothers In Arms, So Far Away (85) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1985
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6,874
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Average rating: 60.00
Trimmed average: 59.29
Top rated tracks: Rio, Hungry Like The Wolf (75) [First added to this chart: 02/26/2024]
Trimmed average: 59.29
Top rated tracks: Rio, Hungry Like The Wolf (75) [First added to this chart: 02/26/2024]
Year of Release:
1982
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3,091
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Average rating: 60.00
Trimmed average: 58.75
Top rated tracks: Paint A Vulgar Picture (85), Stop Me (80) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Trimmed average: 58.75
Top rated tracks: Paint A Vulgar Picture (85), Stop Me (80) [First added to this chart: 02/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1987
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5,467
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Top 78 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 9 | 12% | |
| 1981 | 5 | 6% | |
| 1982 | 6 | 8% | |
| 1983 | 6 | 8% | |
| 1984 | 6 | 8% | |
| 1985 | 9 | 12% | |
| 1986 | 7 | 9% | |
| 1987 | 11 | 14% | |
| 1988 | 7 | 9% | |
| 1989 | 12 | 15% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 4 | 5% | |
| U2 | 4 | 5% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 4% | |
| The Cure | 3 | 4% | |
| Queen | 3 | 4% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 3% | |
| Killing Joke | 2 | 3% | |
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37 | 47% | |
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22 | 28% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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