Top-rated albums of the 1980s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1980s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

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Doolittle

Pixies

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,542 charts

Rank Score:

31,652

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,492 charts

Rank Score:

34,031

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

2,033 charts

Rank Score:

27,617

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,836 charts

Rank Score:

26,112

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Average Rating:

86 (2,057 votes)

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152

The Beatles Box Set
Compilation

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

14 charts

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,025 charts

Rank Score:

23,125

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

630 charts

Rank Score:

6,019

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276

Average Rating:

85 (1,046 votes)

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Closer

Joy Division

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,518 charts

Rank Score:

15,219

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1985

Appears in:

1,411 charts

Rank Score:

18,195

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Average Rating:

85 (1,406 votes)

Comments:

103

10.

Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers
Compilation

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

526 charts

Rank Score:

3,405

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515

Average Rating:

84 (1,032 votes)

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).

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