Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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CHART UPDATES:
8th August 2022: SCRIPT FOR A JESTER'S TEAR- MARILLION enters the chart at #47.
10th August 2022: STRANGE TIMES- THE CHAMELEONS enters the chart at #30.
11th August 2022: TODAY- GALAXIE 500 enters the chart at #87.
16th August 2022: POWERSLAVE- IRON MAIDEN enters the chart at #96.
10th September 2022: IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD- THE POGUES enters the chart at #46.
15th September: CAIFANES- CAIFANES enters the chart at #52.
16th September 2022: THUNDER AND CONSOLATION- NEW MODEL ARMY enters the chart at #84.
21st September 2022: TEXAS FLOOD- STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE enters the chart at #90.
14th October 2022: SOUND AFFECTS- THE JAM enters the chart at #86.
17th October 2022: CLUTCHING AT STRAWS- MARILLION enters the chart at #56.
1st November 2022: YOU CAN'T HIDE YOUR LOVE FOREVER- ORANGE JUICE enters the chart at #62.
1st November 2022: THE RIVER- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN enters the chart at #54.
3rd November 2022: DISINTERGRATION- THE CURE drops from #3 to #4.
4th November 2022: PLEASE TO MEET ME- THE REPLACEMENTS enters the chart at #91.
4th November 2022: EVOL- SONIC YOUTH enters the chart at #97.
4th November 2022: KALEIDOSCOPE- SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES enters the chart at #84.
5th November 2022: CRUEZA DE MAR- FABRIZIO DE ANDRE enters the chart at #97.
6th November 2022: 1999- PRINCE enters the chart at #99.
10th April 2023: GRACELAND- PAUL SIMON drops from #2 to #19.
21st April 2023: SPIRIT OF EDEN- TALK TALK drops from #5 to #38.
2nd May 2023: THRILLER- MICHAEL JACKSON drops from #2 to #23.
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The Queen Is Dead 
United Kingdom The Smiths
Available from United States
Top Tracks: I Know It's Over, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Cemetry Gates.
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1986
Appears in:
2,503 charts
Rank Score:
31,332
Rank in 1986:
1
Rank in 1980s:
1
Overall Rank:
16
Average Rating:
Top rated album (88/100 - 2955 votes)  88 (2,955 votes)
Comments:
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Disintegration 
United Kingdom The Cure
Available from United States
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
1,865 charts
Rank Score:
25,450
Rank in 1989:
2
Rank in 1980s:
4
Overall Rank:
27
Average Rating:
Top rated album (86/100 - 2093 votes)  86 (2,093 votes)
Comments:
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Thriller 
United States Michael Jackson
Available from United States
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1982
Appears in:
1,681 charts
Rank Score:
16,055
Rank in 1982:
1
Rank in 1980s:
8
Overall Rank:
63
Average Rating:
 82 (2,195 votes)
Comments:
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Graceland 
United States Paul Simon
Available from United States
Top Tracks: Graceland, Crazy Love Vol II, Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes.
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1986
Appears in:
1,148 charts
Rank Score:
10,363
Rank in 1986:
3
Rank in 1980s:
16
Overall Rank:
121
Average Rating:
 81 (1,374 votes)
Comments:
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Speaking In Tongues 
United States Talking Heads
Available from United States
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
628 charts
Rank Score:
4,936
Rank in 1983:
6
Rank in 1980s:
46
Overall Rank:
339
Average Rating:
 81 (815 votes)
Comments:
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6. (7) Up 1
Remain In Light 
United States Talking Heads
Available from United States
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
2,057 charts
Rank Score:
26,363
Rank in 1980:
1
Rank in 1980s:
3
Overall Rank:
26
Average Rating:
Top rated album (87/100 - 2321 votes)  87 (2,321 votes)
Comments:
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7. (8) Up 1
Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 
Live
United States Sam Cooke
Available from United States
This feels like cheating, but it's too good to not be recognized on one of my charts.
A [First added to this chart: 07/01/2022]
Year of Release:
1985
Appears in:
152 charts
Rank Score:
974
Rank in 1985:
21
Rank in 1980s:
266
Overall Rank:
1,754
Average Rating:
 82 (183 votes)
Comments:
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8. (9) Up 1
You're Living All Over Me 
United States Dinosaur
Available from United States
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1987
Appears in:
657 charts
Rank Score:
5,229
Rank in 1987:
5
Rank in 1980s:
43
Overall Rank:
315
Average Rating:
 82 (744 votes)
Comments:
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9. (10) Up 1
Misplaced Childhood 
United Kingdom Marillion
Available from United States
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1985
Appears in:
347 charts
Rank Score:
2,732
Rank in 1985:
11
Rank in 1980s:
96
Overall Rank:
616
Average Rating:
 77 (434 votes)
Comments:
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10. (11) Up 1
Murmur 
United States R.E.M.
Available from United States
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
1,157 charts
Rank Score:
9,524
Rank in 1983:
1
Rank in 1980s:
19
Overall Rank:
136
Average Rating:
 83 (1,433 votes)
Comments:
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From 10/17/2022 02:35 | #290551
awesome chart !!!!!!!
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From 06/26/2022 00:14 | #286669
Outstanding eighties chart! Happy to see Talking Heads represented generously here, particularly Speaking in Tongues, which I've been revisiting quite a bit lately. Great job on this!
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