Top 18 Music Albums of the 1980s by jrbaker 
- Chart updated: 07/13/2025 22:15
- (Created: 09/19/2024 18:09).
- Chart size: 18 albums.
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Overall: 22
[First added to this chart: 07/13/2025]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
23,798
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Rank in 1980s:
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Comments:
203
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Overall: 108
Top Tracks:
Pictures Of You
Lovesong
Lullaby
Fascination Street
Disintegration [First added to this chart: 07/13/2025]
Top Tracks:
Pictures Of You
Lovesong
Lullaby
Fascination Street
Disintegration [First added to this chart: 07/13/2025]
Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
26,899
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Overall: 116
Top Tracks:
The Queen Is Dead
I Know It's Over
Cemetry Gates
Bigmouth Strikes Again
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [First added to this chart: 07/13/2025]
Top Tracks:
The Queen Is Dead
I Know It's Over
Cemetry Gates
Bigmouth Strikes Again
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [First added to this chart: 07/13/2025]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
35,183
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Total albums: 3. Page 1 of 1
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Top 18 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 1 | 6% | |
| 1981 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1982 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1983 | 1 | 6% | |
| 1984 | 3 | 17% | |
| 1985 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1986 | 2 | 11% | |
| 1987 | 2 | 11% | |
| 1988 | 3 | 17% | |
| 1989 | 6 | 33% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pixies | 2 | 11% | |
| U2 | 2 | 11% | |
| Soundgarden | 2 | 11% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 6% | |
| Hüsker Dü | 1 | 6% | |
| The Smiths | 1 | 6% | |
| Sonic Youth | 1 | 6% | |
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Top 18 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 2 from 13th to 11th Ultramega OK by Soundgarden |
| Up 1 from 14th to 13th Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 11th to 14th The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths |
| Down 1 from 16th to 17th 13 Songs by Fugazi |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18th Let It Be by The Replacements |
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