Top-rated albums of 1980

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

1.

Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,968 charts

Rank Score:

30,569

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 87 (2,230 votes)

Comments:

193

2.

Closer 

 Joy Division

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,457 charts

Rank Score:

16,636

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,873 votes)

Comments:

123

3.

Peter Gabriel III 

 Peter Gabriel

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

510 charts

Rank Score:

4,398

Rank in 1980:

6

Rank in 1980s:

55

Overall Rank:

405

Average Rating:

 81 (575 votes)

Comments:

24

4.

Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

748 charts

Rank Score:

5,987

Rank in 1980:

4

Rank in 1980s:

38

Overall Rank:

300

Average Rating:

 81 (1,082 votes)

Comments:

62

5.

Permanent Waves 

 Rush

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

436 charts

Rank Score:

3,221

Rank in 1980:

8

Rank in 1980s:

86

Overall Rank:

560

Average Rating:

 80 (602 votes)

Comments:

31

6.

Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 

 Dead Kennedys

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

662 charts

Rank Score:

4,902

Rank in 1980:

5

Rank in 1980s:

49

Overall Rank:

368

Average Rating:

 80 (736 votes)

Comments:

47

7.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 
Soundtrack

 John Williams (US)

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

255

Rank in 1980:

92

Rank in 1980s:

781

Overall Rank:

5,260

Average Rating:

 80 (66 votes)

Comments:

3

8.

Back In Black 

 AC/DC

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,242 charts

Rank Score:

11,275

Rank in 1980:

3

Rank in 1980s:

17

Overall Rank:

134

Average Rating:

 80 (1,837 votes)

Comments:

139

9.

Never For Ever 

 Kate Bush

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

1,506

Rank in 1980:

32

Rank in 1980s:

189

Overall Rank:

1,181

Average Rating:

 79 (361 votes)

Comments:

18

10.

The River 

 Bruce Springsteen

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

572 charts

Rank Score:

4,038

Rank in 1980:

7

Rank in 1980s:

61

Overall Rank:

446

Average Rating:

 79 (838 votes)

Comments:

47

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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).