Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by Hyggevinyl 
I am taking my time with this listening one year at a time. So right now there is a heavy overrepresentation of some years.
- Chart updated: 03/01/2024 18:15
- (Created: 08/04/2022 13:41).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 08/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
19,252
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98
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[First added to this chart: 10/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
2,981
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[First added to this chart: 01/29/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,498
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[First added to this chart: 08/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
5,941
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[First added to this chart: 10/02/2022]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
7,808
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[First added to this chart: 08/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
3,234
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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2022]
Year of Release:
1985
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5,362
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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2024]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
7,396
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[First added to this chart: 01/28/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
16,768
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Total albums: 18. Page 1 of 2
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1981 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1982 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1983 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1984 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1985 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1986 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1987 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1988 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1989 | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Tom Waits | 3 | 3% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| Kate Bush | 2 | 2% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
| 細野晴臣 [Haruomi Hosono] | 2 | 2% | |
| 吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura] | 2 | 2% | |
| 清水靖晃 [Yasuaki Shimizu] | 2 | 2% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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23 | 23% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 76th to 77th Koyaanisqatsi by Philip Glass |
| Down 1 from 77th to 78th Mercuric Dance by 細野晴臣 [Haruomi Hosono] |
| Down 1 from 78th to 79th Sign 'O' The Times by Prince |
| New entries |
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 Soundscape 1: Surroundby 吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura] |
| Leavers |
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 ...Nothing Like The Sunby Sting |
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From Larcx13 12/19/2022 17:35
Larcx13 12/19/2022 17:35
To be fair, the 80s is a difficult decade in music for me. We differ a lot here. I guess we can learn from each others lists. I've only begun to appreciate this decade.
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