Top 20 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
craola 
- Chart updated: 03/07/2022 18:45
- (Created: 09/06/2016 23:47).
- Chart size: 20 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2016]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
11,256
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Comments:
672. (69) 
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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2016]
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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
497
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Year of Release:
1992*
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None
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None
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2016]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
19,883
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2016]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
7,448
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[First added to this chart: 04/16/2019]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
3,562
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2016]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
2,594
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Total albums: 20. Page 1 of 2
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Top 20 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 2 | 10% | |
| 1981 | 1 | 5% | |
| 1982 | 1 | 5% | |
| 1983 | 1 | 5% | |
| 1984 | 1 | 5% | |
| 1985 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1986 | 6 | 30% | |
| 1987 | 3 | 15% | |
| 1988 | 2 | 10% | |
| 1989 | 2 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Weather Report | 1 | 5% | |
| Depeche Mode | 1 | 5% | |
| Echo & The Bunnymen | 1 | 5% | |
| Najma | 1 | 5% | |
| A Neon Rome | 1 | 5% | |
| Talk Talk | 1 | 5% | |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 1 | 5% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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9 | 45% | |
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5 | 25% | |
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1 | 5% | |
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1 | 5% | |
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1 | 5% | |
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Top 20 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 67 from 69th to 2nd The Moon And The Melodies by Harold Budd / Simon Raymonde / Robin Guthrie / Elizabeth Fraser |
| Up 55 from 73rd to 18th The Innocence Mission by The Innocence Mission |
| Up 34 from 49th to 15th Birds Of Passage by Bel Canto |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 10 from 7th to 17th Gentlemen Take Polaroids by Japan |
| Down 6 from 6th to 12th Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees |
| Down 4 from 16th to 20th Porcupine by Echo & The Bunnymen |
| New entries |
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 Devotional And Love Songsby Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
| Guitar by Sonny Sharrock |
| Qareeb by Najma |
| New Heroin by A Neon Rome |
| Glassworks by Philip Glass |
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|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Tom Waits | |
| 15. Iron Maiden | |
| 16. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |