Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by chriskarman

• Chart updated: 10/29/2022 03:45
• (Created: 04/12/2015 01:55).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Joshua Tree 

 U2

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,820 charts

Rank Score:

19,856

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

6

Overall Rank:

52

Average Rating:

 83 (2,396 votes)

Comments:

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,425 charts

Rank Score:

38,506

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,849 votes)

Comments:

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Murmur 

 R.E.M.

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

1,102 charts

Rank Score:

10,548

Rank in 1983:

1

Rank in 1980s:

19

Overall Rank:

143

Average Rating:

 83 (1,387 votes)

Comments:

94

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Purple Rain 
Soundtrack

 Prince And The Revolution

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

1,383 charts

Rank Score:

16,543

Rank in 1984:

1

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

81

Average Rating:

 83 (1,599 votes)

Comments:

125

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Strangeways, Here We Come 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

731 charts

Rank Score:

6,333

Rank in 1987:

4

Rank in 1980s:

36

Overall Rank:

276

Average Rating:

 81 (1,108 votes)

Comments:

64

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Skylarking 

 XTC

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

575 charts

Rank Score:

4,945

Rank in 1986:

5

Rank in 1980s:

48

Overall Rank:

365

Average Rating:

 80 (621 votes)

Comments:

38

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Closer 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

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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The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,977 charts

Rank Score:

25,734

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

34

Average Rating:

 86 (2,234 votes)

Comments:

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16 Lovers Lane 

 The Go-Betweens

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

264 charts

Rank Score:

1,829

Rank in 1988:

15

Rank in 1980s:

150

Overall Rank:

982

Average Rating:

 79 (256 votes)

Comments:

16

10. (21) 11

Hounds Of Love 

 Kate Bush

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,353 charts

Rank Score:

19,217

Rank in 1985:

1

Rank in 1980s:

7

Overall Rank:

58

Average Rating:

 85 (1,343 votes)

Comments:

98

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	12	12%
1981	11	11%
1982	7	7%
1983	7	7%
1984	11	11%
1985	12	12%
1986	9	9%
1987	9	9%
1988	11	11%
1989	11	11%

Artist	Albums	%
U2	5	5%
The Smiths	5	5%
R.E.M.	5	5%
Depeche Mode	3	3%
The Cure	3	3%
Sonic Youth	3	3%
The Go-Betweens	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	49	49%
	39	39%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 11 from 21st to 10th Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 19th to 21st Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
Down 1 from 10th to 11th Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3
Down 1 from 11th to 12th Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

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100/100	10/30/2022 20:52	DJENNY	4,408	100/100
90/100	08/21/2022 14:33	zsolti	16	91/100
95/100	02/15/2017 02:22	Kuzh69	68	90/100
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100/100	06/06/2016 14:24	buzzdainer	671	90/100

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From Kuzh69 02/15/2017 02:23

Great chart.... a whopping 40 albums in common. I don't think I've ever
Seen that before. But you do have a few that I'll have to give a listen to,
That I haven't before.

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From WayneMC 11/03/2016 20:18

Excellent chart, with one or two I'll check out

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From buzzdainer 06/06/2016 14:26

I love this chart! Always good to see Doolittle and Purple Rain getting love, but I also enjoy your rankings of less familiar material such as Playing with Fire. Thanks for giving me some new albums to discover!

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