Best Albums of the 1980s
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"Oh dear. There are some nice moments but this sounds so dated. Very boring in places, and the vocoder vocals are so naff and the childish one-fingered synth melody lines get quite annoying. Sorry, but they had passed the torch on by this time and there so many better electronic albums in 1981 fro..." Reply
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1981
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"C7-C5 NG1-NF3 D7-D6 D3-D4 .... O I hate playing in Black" Reply
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1984
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"Satisfying hard rock album with great hooks and sweet riffs. Though it is more an album to listen on the back ground that to listen while paying full attention. Still Loving You remains one of the rock ballad classics." Reply
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1984
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"ouh! it's the scorpions. the best-selling music artist from germany of all time. loved and hated. the music on this record is somehow what i would like to call summertime-cabrio-metal. The songs convey an unproblematic state of mind - everything that's importend are the songs and the task of the ..." Reply
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1982
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"One of the most underrated albums ever; A Secret Wish is simply a masterpiece. Highlights of the album are "The Murder Of Love", "Duel", "P-Machinery", and "Dr Mabuse"." Reply
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1985
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641
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"An absolutely bonkers metal album. The German group Helloween give us an extremely enjoyable record with spectacularly over the top performances. Obviously, heavily influenced by Queen and Iron Maiden, seven keys, is a lot of fun. A tale that wasn't right, future world, and the epic, Halloween, a..." Reply
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1987
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1985
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"This is a better album than the first one. Eagle Fly Free and March of Time, in particular are insanely catchy and outrageous." Reply
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Best Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 118 | 12% | |
| 1981 | 120 | 12% | |
| 1982 | 108 | 11% | |
| 1983 | 96 | 10% | |
| 1984 | 100 | 10% | |
| 1985 | 87 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 93 | 9% | |
| 1987 | 87 | 9% | |
| 1988 | 99 | 10% | |
| 1989 | 92 | 9% |
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| The Cure | 10 | 1% | |
| Elvis Costello | 8 | 1% | |
| The Smiths | 8 | 1% | |
| Rush | 8 | 1% | |
| XTC | 8 | 1% | |
| Prince | 8 | 1% | |
| Iron Maiden | 8 | 1% | |
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411 | 41% | |
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391 | 39% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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21 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of the 1980s chart changes
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Up 3 from 94th to 91st |
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Best Artists of
1964
1.
The Beatles
2.
Bob Dylan
4.
Eric Dolphy
5.
The Ronettes
7.
Sam Cooke
8.
The Supremes
10.
The Kinks
