Top-rated albums of the 1980s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1980s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

21.

Purple Rain 
Soundtrack

 Prince And The Revolution

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

1,384 charts

Rank Score:

16,575

Rank in 1984:

1

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

81

Average Rating:

 83 (1,597 votes)

Comments:

125

22.

Standing On A Beach - The Singles 
Compilation

 The Cure

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

104 charts

Rank Score:

541

Rank in 1986:

40

Rank in 1980s:

435

Overall Rank:

2,840

Average Rating:

 83 (215 votes)

Comments:

11

23.

Stop Making Sense 
Live soundtrack

 Talking Heads

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

459 charts

Rank Score:

4,421

Rank in 1984:

8

Rank in 1980s:

54

Overall Rank:

402

Average Rating:

 83 (676 votes)

Comments:

32

24.

The Best Of The Doors 
Compilation

 The Doors

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

168

Rank in 1985:

93

Rank in 1980s:

1,108

Overall Rank:

7,488

Average Rating:

 83 (156 votes)

Comments:

3

25.

Louder Than Bombs 
Compilation

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

307 charts

Rank Score:

2,695

Rank in 1987:

14

Rank in 1980s:

102

Overall Rank:

668

Average Rating:

 83 (650 votes)

Comments:

25

26.

Murmur 

 R.E.M.

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Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

1,102 charts

Rank Score:

10,564

Rank in 1983:

1

Rank in 1980s:

19

Overall Rank:

142

Average Rating:

 83 (1,387 votes)

Comments:

94

27.

Greatest Hits 
Compilation

 Queen

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

673

Rank in 1981:

40

Rank in 1980s:

368

Overall Rank:

2,382

Average Rating:

 83 (383 votes)

Comments:

25

28.

The Joshua Tree 

 U2

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,819 charts

Rank Score:

19,880

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

6

Overall Rank:

52

Average Rating:

 83 (2,396 votes)

Comments:

226

29.

The Smiths 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

939 charts

Rank Score:

8,763

Rank in 1984:

3

Rank in 1980s:

23

Overall Rank:

187

Average Rating:

 83 (1,442 votes)

Comments:

86

30.

You Made Me Realise 

 My Bloody Valentine

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Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

144 charts

Rank Score:

928

Rank in 1988:

28

Rank in 1980s:

283

Overall Rank:

1,817

Average Rating:

 83 (269 votes)

Comments:

27

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).