Top 50 Music Albums of 1980
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Year of Release:
1980
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1,400
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2. New entry
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Year of Release:
1980
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15,219
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1922 votes)  85 (1,922 votes)
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Year of Release:
1980
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27,617
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2298 votes)  87 (2,298 votes)
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4. New entry
Boys Don't Cry 
Compilation
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
928
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5. (1) Down 4
Boy 
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Year of Release:
1980
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2,102
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
5,696
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7. New entry
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,871
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
278
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
4,706
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,060
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Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 composition

Artist Albums %


Queen 2 4%
Cabaret Voltaire 2 4%
The Cure 2 4%
UB40 1 2%
Dead Kennedys 1 2%
Billy Joel 1 2%
Van Halen 1 2%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 32 64%
United States 10 20%
Mixed Nationality 2 4%
Australia 1 2%
Germany 1 2%
Ireland 1 2%
Sweden 1 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 48 96%
Yes 2 4%
Live? Albums %
No 49 98%
Yes 1 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 49 98%
Yes 1 2%

Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Faller Down 4 from 1st to 5th
Boy
by U2
New entries
New entry In The Flat Field
by Bauhaus
New entry Closer
by Joy Division
New entry Remain In Light
by Talking Heads
New entry Boys Don't Cry
by The Cure
New entry Scary Monsters
by David Bowie
New entry Iron Maiden
by Iron Maiden
New entry Monarchie Und Alltag
by Fehlfarben
New entry Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
by Dead Kennedys
New entry Heartattack And Vine
by Tom Waits
New entry Sandinista!
by The Clash
New entry Back In Black
by AC/DC
New entry The River
by Bruce Springsteen
New entry The Turn Of A Friendly Card
by The Alan Parsons Project
New entry Seventeen Seconds
by The Cure
New entry Double Fantasy
by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
New entry Peter Gabriel (1980)
by Peter Gabriel
New entry Get Happy!!
by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
New entry Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
by Dexys Midnight Runners
New entry Dirty Mind
by Prince
New entry Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack Music)
by Queen
New entry Flesh + Blood
by Roxy Music
New entry Duke
by Genesis
New entry Uprising
by Bob Marley & The Wailers
New entry The Voice Of America
by Cabaret Voltaire
New entry Emotional Rescue
by The Rolling Stones
New entry Empty Glass
by Pete Townshend
New entry Doc At The Radar Station
by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
New entry Making Movies
by Dire Straits
New entry Kaleidoscope
by Siouxsie And The Banshees
New entry Signing Off
by UB40
New entry Women And Children First
by Van Halen
New entry AutoAmerican
by Blondie
New entry Heaven And Hell
by Black Sabbath
New entry The Psychedelic Furs
by The Psychedelic Furs
New entry The Game
by Queen
New entry Live At The YMCA
by Cabaret Voltaire
New entry Zenyatta Mondatta
by The Police
New entry Permanent Waves
by Rush
New entry Never For Ever
by Kate Bush
New entry Crimes Of Passion
by Pat Benatar
New entry Deepest Purple (The Very Best Of Deep Purple)
by Deep Purple
New entry Pretenders
by Pretenders
New entry Glass Houses
by Billy Joel
New entry Super Trouper
by ABBA
New entry Ace Of Spades
by Motörhead
New entry Vienna
by Ultravox
New entry Common One
by Van Morrison
New entry On Through The Night
by Def Leppard
New entry British Steel
by Judas Priest

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From 03/10/2014 01:59 | #105847
Nice Chart - but... oh god, I still hate Queen-Flash Gordon and Genesis-Duke. And I still think these were the weakest albums of both bands.
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