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 .)

31.

Moving Pictures 

 Rush

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

987 charts

Rank Score:

10,133

Rank in 1981:

1

Rank in 1980s:

20

Overall Rank:

154

Average Rating:

 82 (1,258 votes)

Comments:

86

32.

You're Living All Over Me 

 Dinosaur Jr.

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

638 charts

Rank Score:

5,952

Rank in 1987:

5

Rank in 1980s:

38

Overall Rank:

303

Average Rating:

 82 (717 votes)

Comments:

45

33.

Kamikaze 

 Luis Alberto Spinetta

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

256

Rank in 1982:

84

Rank in 1980s:

771

Overall Rank:

5,224

Average Rating:

 82 (42 votes)

Comments:

2

34.

A Decade Of Steely Dan 
Compilation

 Steely Dan

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

53

Rank in 1985:

218

Rank in 1980s:

2,615

Overall Rank:

19,408

Average Rating:

 82 (57 votes)

Comments:

2

35.

Thriller 

 Michael Jackson

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

1,574 charts

Rank Score:

16,885

Rank in 1982:

1

Rank in 1980s:

9

Overall Rank:

77

Average Rating:

 82 (2,101 votes)

Comments:

159

36.

Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 
Live

 Sam Cooke

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

139 charts

Rank Score:

975

Rank in 1985:

20

Rank in 1980s:

270

Overall Rank:

1,744

Average Rating:

 82 (171 votes)

Comments:

16

37.

Singles Collection: The London Years 
Compilation

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

106

Rank in 1989:

163

Rank in 1980s:

1,583

Overall Rank:

10,985

Average Rating:

 82 (91 votes)

Comments:

5

38.

Meat Is Murder 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

810 charts

Rank Score:

6,854

Rank in 1985:

4

Rank in 1980s:

32

Overall Rank:

254

Average Rating:

 82 (1,252 votes)

Comments:

68

39.

On Fire 

 Galaxie 500

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

485 charts

Rank Score:

4,426

Rank in 1989:

5

Rank in 1980s:

55

Overall Rank:

403

Average Rating:

 82 (574 votes)

Comments:

40

40.

Let It Be 

 The Replacements

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

803 charts

Rank Score:

7,893

Rank in 1984:

5

Rank in 1980s:

26

Overall Rank:

212

Average Rating:

 82 (909 votes)

Comments:

72

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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).