Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 by 
Arthurknight 
- Chart updated: 02/05/2024 12:15
- (Created: 08/16/2016 23:47).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
16,629
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
30,573
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,708
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
4,904
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,252
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,517
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
595
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9/10
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,507
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9/10
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
624
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| The Pop Group | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 1 | 1% | |
| Kate Bush | 1 | 1% | |
| Judas Priest | 1 | 1% | |
| Echo & The Bunnymen | 1 | 1% | |
| Suicide | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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44 | 44% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
 Up 52 from 86th to 34thGaucho by Steely Dan |
| Up 49 from 84th to 35th Icehouse by Flowers (AU) |
| Up 46 from 66th to 20th Alan Vega/Martin Rev by Suicide |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 29 from 12th to 41st Peter Gabriel III by Peter Gabriel |
| Down 18 from 9th to 27th Queen Of Siam by Lydia Lunch |
| Down 16 from 10th to 26th Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes |
| New entries |
|---|
 Jane From Occupied Europeby Swell Maps |
| Digital Stimulation by The Units |
| Ride On Time by 山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] |
| The Expanding Universe by Laurie Spiegel |
| Gyrate by Pylon |
| Leavers |
|---|
 Extended Nicetiesby Love Of Life Orchestra |
| Boy by U2 |
| Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners |
| Glass Houses by Billy Joel |
| Sentinela by Milton Nascimento |
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| 95/100 | 05/01/2022 07:44 |  Purplepash | | 88/100 |
| 100/100 | 04/06/2017 12:47 |  sssvnnn | | 83/100 |
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