Best Albums of 1980

Listed below are the best albums of 1980 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 34 minutes ago).
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1980 year summaryThe best artists of 1980 were Talking Heads, Joy Division, AC/DC, David Bowie, Dead Kennedys, Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, The Cure, Rush and Pretenders.
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1980
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"The first Snowy White album is not as good as the 2nd, and is, in my opinion, one of the weaker Lizzy albums, but it still offers many great songs. The riff writing is fantastic in some songs, notable the title track, Sweetheart (one of my top 20 Lizzy songs, no doubt), Sugar Blues, Killer on the..."  [+]  Reply
- Killerviolin | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"This is actually the best version of "Hotel California". Side One (on CD) is flawless. Like having honey poured on your ears and Elle MacPherson licking it off, slowly. Shame the honey runs out on CD2 but you can't have everything."  Reply
- mostlymor | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"John and Phil could hardly have been a bundle of fun during these sessions but what a fantastic set of soulful, sad tunes they produced. So much emotion, especially Hurt In Your Heart & Baby Please Come Home. Don't put this on if you've just blown a meaningful relationship...or on second thoughts..."  [+]  Reply
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"I can imagine that if I had heard this album in the early eighties would have an impression on me. Listening to it today, have such experience does not. After all, it's a solid average album. :)"  Reply
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