Best Albums of the 1980s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1980s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.
Year of Release:
1986
Appears in:
Rank Score:
37,938
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
36,250
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Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
30,277
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
27,751
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
25,543
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Year of Release:
1987
Appears in:
Rank Score:
19,666
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Year of Release:
1985
Appears in:
Rank Score:
19,149
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Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
Rank Score:
17,362
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Year of Release:
1982
Appears in:
Rank Score:
17,226
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Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
16,708
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of the 1980s composition
Year | Albums | % | |
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1980 | 118 | 12% | |
1981 | 123 | 12% | |
1982 | 110 | 11% | |
1983 | 97 | 10% | |
1984 | 102 | 10% | |
1985 | 80 | 8% | |
1986 | 93 | 9% | |
1987 | 87 | 9% | |
1988 | 92 | 9% | |
1989 | 98 | 10% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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The Cure | 10 | 1% | |
Iron Maiden | 8 | 1% | |
Depeche Mode | 8 | 1% | |
Rush | 8 | 1% | |
The Smiths | 7 | 1% | |
R.E.M. | 7 | 1% | |
The Fall | 7 | 1% | |
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Country | Albums | % | |
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417 | 42% | ||
387 | 39% | ||
41 | 4% | ||
27 | 3% | ||
23 | 2% | ||
22 | 2% | ||
12 | 1% | ||
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1. Neutral Milk Hotel | |
2. Massive Attack | |
3. Air | |
4. OutKast | |
5. Lauryn Hill | |
6. Boards Of Canada | |
7. Elliott Smith | |
8. Mercury Rev | |
9. Madonna | |
10. Eels | |
11. Lucinda Williams | |
12. Placebo | |
13. The Smashing Pumpkins | |
14. Refused | |
15. Belle And Sebastian | |
16. Pulp | |
17. Tortoise | |
18. Black Star | |
19. Pearl Jam | |
20. Queens Of The Stone Age |