Best Albums of the 1980s

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731.

Music For Nine Post Cards 

 吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura]

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"This is the ultimate night time album. It helps you breathe deeply. At least for me it does. No other ambient work gives me a physical reaction like this one. Absolutely out of body experience."  Reply

- CompassCharlatan | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

282

Rank in 1982:

80

Rank in 1980s:

731

Overall Rank:

4,974

Average Rating:

 80 (45 votes)

Comments:

1

732.

Nobody's Heroes 

 Stiff Little Fingers

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

280

Rank in 1980:

83

Rank in 1980s:

732

Overall Rank:

4,985

Average Rating:

 71 (58 votes)

Comments:

0

733.

The Pearl 

 Harold Budd / Brian Eno / Daniel Lanois

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"Few albums seamlessly blend with nature and become a natural part of the sounds around you. The birdsongs. The crickets chirping in the long grasses. The wind rustling through the trees. THIS does. It never seems a bit out of place. Even the birds munching at my birdseeder seem at peace with it a...""Few albums seamlessly blend with nature and become a natural part of the sounds around you. The birdsongs. The crickets chirping in the long grasses. The wind rustling through the trees. THIS does. It never seems a bit out of place. Even the birds munching at my birdseeder seem at peace with it as opposed to scattering to the winds like with everything else I play. As it plays, it’s quite easy to imagine that it’s late afternoon. I walk softly barefoot to the koi pond on the outskirts of my village. I feel my bare feet on the pebbled path as a soft breeze plays with the wild grasses and cattails that form a backdrop to the pond. As I sit down by its stony banks, I hear the gentle splash of the turtles sliding off their little rocky perches. The frogs are already croaking in rhythm calling to their mates to comes closer. And, each striking of the piano key is like a soft pebble falling into the pond causing the water to ripple in ever expanding concrete circles outward. Outward to infinity. Until they recede again as if they were never there. As if they never existed. The small pond still once more. As the music plays, I lose myself in this gentle pattern of infinity and nothingness until my own body is no more. Until I am one with the pebbles falling into the pond and their ripples going ever outward to nothingness. Until I am no longer there. Because I am everywhere. Grade: A+. This is my favorite album to meditate to by far and easily one of the best ambient albums of all time. Their are very few albums that I can meditate to without the music becoming intrusive, but this is one of them. And it's probably the best of the lot. There is something very natural and organic about it, and it is one of the most spiritual albums I've heard. And as I chant Om, it levitates all the way to number three. "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

280

Rank in 1984:

77

Rank in 1980s:

733

Overall Rank:

4,990

Average Rating:

 78 (78 votes)

Comments:

2

734.

VIVISectVI 

 Skinny Puppy

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"The output is both surreal and nightmarish, fueled by angst, doubt, fear, rage, uncertainty and unrelenting introspection. Imagine being inside a world designed by Edvard Munch and Salvadore Dali while a horror movie is projected on the wall and a radio turned up too loud spits out war coverage n...""The output is both surreal and nightmarish, fueled by angst, doubt, fear, rage, uncertainty and unrelenting introspection. Imagine being inside a world designed by Edvard Munch and Salvadore Dali while a horror movie is projected on the wall and a radio turned up too loud spits out war coverage news. The sound often intentionally lacks cohesion allowing the music and lyrics to wildly ramble along to some bizarre stream of consciousness. Chopped phrases are parsed together to form a sort of dark poetic montage as opposed to even attepting sentence structure. The music follows a similar process whereby spoken samples, noises, electronic stabs and harsh, often reverse sounding, beats come together forming a wicked, evil brew. To the neophyte listener the sound is imposing ans scary barely bordering on "music". However it really does start to make sense with time. I think that is the true brilliance of this album; after hundreds of listens the hidden beauty is not only apparent, it's glaringly obvious. My friends are always amazed that I can clearly hear every word and discern each melody. Somehow this album that at first seems like a wall of noise and chaos seeps into your soul and becomes as clean to you personally as though it were a single violin. If you find that the album is just too dense and impenetrable then focus on the first half which is slightly more direct. The singles "Who's Laughing Now?" and "Testure" have fairly accessible beats. Another favorite from the first half, "Harsh Stone White", is very creepy but there is also clarity. Industrial heads revere this album as one of the all-time greats; it has always been a Puppy fan favorite probably 2nd only to 'Too Dark Park'. The album, and the band in general, will be difficult for newcomers, requiring a conscious effort to fight through the madness. This isn't easy listening, but nothing that matters is easy."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

279

Rank in 1988:

68

Rank in 1980s:

734

Overall Rank:

5,019

Average Rating:

 72 (52 votes)

Comments:

2

735.

Diamanda Galás 

 Diamanda Galás

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"I know I just listened to something but I can't believe I actually got through it in full. A girl screams for 30 minutes with some white noise over her. Wow."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

278

Rank in 1984:

78

Rank in 1980s:

735

Overall Rank:

5,022

Average Rating:

 72 (47 votes)

Comments:

2

736.

Hell Awaits 

 Slayer

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"If you don't like metal this album isn't for you. If you do, it's essential. Personally this is my favorite Slayer album, and one of my favorite thrash albums. So many great riffs, and the drumming is amazing. Production quality is a little low, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing, it adds to ...""If you don't like metal this album isn't for you. If you do, it's essential. Personally this is my favorite Slayer album, and one of my favorite thrash albums. So many great riffs, and the drumming is amazing. Production quality is a little low, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing, it adds to the evil sound the album has. "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

278

Rank in 1985:

62

Rank in 1980s:

736

Overall Rank:

5,023

Average Rating:

 75 (160 votes)

Comments:

5

737.

The Innocents 

 Erasure

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"Definitely has a unique sound. Chains and Respect are the best tracks."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

277

Rank in 1988:

69

Rank in 1980s:

737

Overall Rank:

5,033

Average Rating:

 73 (86 votes)

Comments:

4

738.

...Famous Last Words... 

 Supertramp

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"Saw this tour back in 83. Some decent tracks on the album that kinda grow on you. Perhaps not their finest work but I like it."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

277

Rank in 1982:

81

Rank in 1980s:

738

Overall Rank:

5,039

Average Rating:

 73 (147 votes)

Comments:

2

739.

Monarchie Und Alltag 

 Fehlfarben

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"Fehlfarben is a German band that I have never really appreciated. This album is one of the first records of the post-punk movement. Even though the group does not create memorable music, it is very important in the history of Rock. This album is very often forgotten today while he was very influe...""Fehlfarben is a German band that I have never really appreciated. This album is one of the first records of the post-punk movement. Even though the group does not create memorable music, it is very important in the history of Rock. This album is very often forgotten today while he was very influential in the German movement Neue Deutsche Welle and in the German punk scene. I recommend this little classic. 7/10 Best track: "Ein Jahr (Es Geht Voran)""  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

276

Rank in 1980:

84

Rank in 1980s:

739

Overall Rank:

5,050

Average Rating:

 73 (70 votes)

Comments:

4

740.

Common One 

 Van Morrison

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"I can't believe there are only 2 people with this on their list. Terribly underrated!"  Reply

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

275

Rank in 1980:

85

Rank in 1980s:

740

Overall Rank:

5,069

Average Rating:

 74 (102 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1980s composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Year	Albums	%
1980	121	12%
1981	119	12%
1982	107	11%
1983	95	10%
1984	101	10%
1985	88	9%
1986	92	9%
1987	89	9%
1988	97	10%
1989	91	9%

Artist	Albums	%
The Cure	10	1%
Iron Maiden	8	1%
The Smiths	8	1%
Rush	8	1%
Depeche Mode	7	1%
R.E.M.	7	1%
Talking Heads	7	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	412	41%
	392	39%
	40	4%
	29	3%
	22	2%
	19	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	965	97%
Yes	35	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%