Best Albums of the 1980s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1980s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1980s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 39,000 greatest album charts.

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1980s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1980	1,577	293,579	Remain In Light (39th)by Talking Heads
1981	1,615	164,324	Moving Pictures (153rd)by Rush
1982	1,593	207,710	Thriller (73rd)by Michael Jackson
1983	1,587	187,252	Murmur (142nd)by R.E.M.
1984	1,607	253,888	Purple Rain (95th)by Prince And The Revolution
1985	1,617	198,321	Hounds Of Love (102nd)by Kate Bush
1986	1,704	276,255	The Queen Is Dead (20th)by The Smiths
1987	1,872	271,120	The Joshua Tree (36th)by U2
1988	1,938	249,761	Daydream Nation (58th)by Sonic Youth
1989	1,996	343,100	Doolittle (19th)by Pixies
Total	17,106	2,445,310

The best artists of the 1980s were The Smiths, Pixies, Prince, The Cure, U2, Talking Heads, Metallica, The Stone Roses, Sonic Youth and R.E.M..

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991.

Stronger Than Pride

Sade

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

257

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992.

Killing Technology

Voïvod

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

257

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Rank in 1980s:

992

Overall Rank:

6,435

Average Rating:

70 (36 votes)

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993.

Get Lucky

Loverboy

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

257

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994.

Dangerous Toys

Dangerous Toys

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

8 charts

Rank Score:

257

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995.

The Turning

Leslie Phillips

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

257

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995

Overall Rank:

6,447

Average Rating:

69 (4 votes)

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996.

To Hell With The Devil

Stryper

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

257

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Rank in 1980s:

996

Overall Rank:

6,452

Average Rating:

67 (41 votes)

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997.

Jane's Addiction

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

256

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997

Overall Rank:

6,458

Average Rating:

73 (66 votes)

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998.

Confrontation

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

256

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998

Overall Rank:

6,460

Average Rating:

72 (54 votes)

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999.

Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two

China Crisis

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

256

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999

Overall Rank:

6,461

Average Rating:

73 (30 votes)

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1000.

Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio

Maldita Vecindad

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

256

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Best Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%

1980	108	11%
1981	118	12%
1982	102	10%
1983	97	10%
1984	98	10%
1985	84	8%
1986	99	10%
1987	88	9%
1988	102	10%
1989	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

The Cure	10	1%
Rush	8	1%
Depeche Mode	8	1%
Iron Maiden	8	1%
R.E.M.	7	1%
The Smiths	7	1%
U2	7	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	412	41%
	388	39%
	37	4%
	29	3%
	23	2%
	18	2%
	17	2%
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