Best Albums of 1980
Listed below are the best albums of 1980 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
"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
"let say it's a live acoustic bjork before even her being existed" Reply
"I am surprised that this album is sitting in 14th position. As far as I'm concerned it's up there with Blackout and Lovedrive. First two tracks are awesome! 'Lady Starlight' is a personal favourite." Reply
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"This is quite possibly the greatest live album of all time. Every cut is worthwhile and actually adds something to the original studio cut. Once in a while, a live version becomes the definitive version over the studio version and that is the case for most of the cuts on this album." Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This band is awesome! Definitely don't sound like they are from the 80s more like the 90s. Ahead of their time and few know of them." Reply
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ExTeaSea | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Great music! It is the power of the guitar and not that of the machine gun that defines the music in this album. Should be much-much-much higher in the overall chart than 36,242nd..." Reply
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NickVolos | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"The first half of the album has some killer songs with great lyrics. I especially love Golden Promises and Losing Faith in Words. The song "Flight" is not that good in my opinion, however, and is one of Peter Hamill's worst efforts. It has some good sections but it just sounds really forced." Reply
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Best Albums of 1980 composition
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| Various Artists | 24 | 2% | |
| Cabaret Voltaire | 4 | 0% | |
| Joseph Keilberth / Bayreuth Festival Choir & Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Stiff Little Fingers | 2 | 0% | |
| UB40 | 2 | 0% | |
| Yes | 2 | 0% | |
| Dome | 2 | 0% | |
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305 | 30% | |
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293 | 29% | |
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49 | 5% | |
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48 | 5% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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