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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Tango In The Night 
Mixed Nationality Fleetwood Mac
Buy album United States
B+ [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1987
Appears in:
310 charts
Rank Score:
1,699
Rank in 1987:
19
Rank in 1980s:
159
Overall Rank:
1,017
Average Rating:
 75 (428 votes)
Comments:
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79. (78) Down 1
Mirage 
Mixed Nationality Fleetwood Mac
Buy album United States
Some really nice and laid back soft-rock.
85/100 (B+) [First added to this chart: 12/17/2024]
Year of Release:
1982
Appears in:
156 charts
Rank Score:
442
Rank in 1982:
54
Rank in 1980s:
506
Overall Rank:
3,365
Average Rating:
 70 (230 votes)
Comments:
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82. (81) Down 1
Isn't Anything 
Mixed Nationality My Bloody Valentine
Buy album United States
85/100 (B+) [First added to this chart: 04/11/2022]
Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
528 charts
Rank Score:
3,612
Rank in 1988:
7
Rank in 1980s:
71
Overall Rank:
471
Average Rating:
 80 (702 votes)
Comments:
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

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Felt (UK) 4 4% Filter chart to just show these albums
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest fallers
Faller Down 1 from 53rd to 54thScary Monsters
by David Bowie
Faller Down 1 from 54th to 55thScript For A Jester's Tear
by Marillion
Faller Down 1 from 55th to 56thHigh Land, Hard Rain
by Aztec Camera
New entries
New entry Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express
by The Go-Betweens
Leavers
Leaver Viva Hate
by Morrissey
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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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