Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 by meccalecca

• Chart updated: 02/14/2024 16:45
• (Created: 04/26/2013 20:08).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Sandinista! 

 The Clash

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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

393 charts

Rank Score:

2,407

Rank in 1980:

13

Rank in 1980s:

114

Overall Rank:

743

Average Rating:

 76 (643 votes)

Comments:

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2. (4) 2

Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,967 charts

Rank Score:

30,507

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 87 (2,232 votes)

Comments:

194

3. (2) 1

Closer 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,456 charts

Rank Score:

16,610

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,873 votes)

Comments:

123

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Peter Gabriel III 

 Peter Gabriel

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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

510 charts

Rank Score:

4,389

Rank in 1980:

6

Rank in 1980s:

56

Overall Rank:

407

Average Rating:

 81 (575 votes)

Comments:

24

5. (6) 1

Iron Curtain Innocence 

 Bobb Trimble

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[First added to this chart: 03/04/2014]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

124

Rank in 1980:

156

Rank in 1980s:

1,401

Overall Rank:

9,610

Average Rating:

 76 (41 votes)

Comments:

4

6. (7) 1

Conflict Nkru! 

 Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu

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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

32

Rank in 1980:

357

Rank in 1980s:

3,513

Overall Rank:

27,014

Average Rating:

 73 (6 votes)

Comments:

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Black Sea 

 XTC

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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

206 charts

Rank Score:

1,544

Rank in 1980:

29

Rank in 1980s:

183

Overall Rank:

1,147

Average Rating:

 78 (220 votes)

Comments:

8

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Colossal Youth 

 Young Marble Giants

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[First added to this chart: 05/24/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

257 charts

Rank Score:

1,514

Rank in 1980:

31

Rank in 1980s:

188

Overall Rank:

1,173

Average Rating:

 78 (257 votes)

Comments:

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Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps 

 David Bowie

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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

748 charts

Rank Score:

5,958

Rank in 1980:

4

Rank in 1980s:

39

Overall Rank:

301

Average Rating:

 81 (1,083 votes)

Comments:

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A-Z 

 Colin Newman

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[First added to this chart: 03/04/2014]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

181

Rank in 1980:

121

Rank in 1980s:

1,046

Overall Rank:

7,041

Average Rating:

 75 (47 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	2	2%
Queen	2	2%
The Pop Group	2	2%
Gary Numan	1	1%
Ultravox	1	1%
The Clash	1	1%
Roxy Music	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	50	50%
	34	34%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 47 from 63rd to 16th Dirty Mind by Prince
Up 19 from 34th to 15th Synthesist by Harald Grosskopf
Up 2 from 4th to 2nd Remain In Light by Talking Heads

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 5th to 7th Black Sea by XTC
Down 2 from 15th to 17th Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Down 2 from 16th to 18th Clues by Robert Palmer

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100/100	11/13/2019 02:15	Repo	475	100/100
85/100	08/30/2017 16:38	thekrauter	106	89/100
95/100	03/29/2017 00:20	bobbyb5	728	90/100
90/100	03/05/2014 10:20	PauloPaz	1,766	89/100

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From bobbyb5 03/29/2017 00:22

You're the only person in the universe who has Polyrock besides me. Awesome. Mecca lecca hi mecca chonny ho.

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From sssvnnn 01/07/2014 12:33

A brilliant Chart.

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