Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by ThuramThugood

• Chart updated: 11/26/2023 11:45
• (Created: 04/15/2020 15:55).
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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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Album Rating: 93.47
(1,402/15)

1. "Debaser" - 94
2. "Tame" - 98
3. "Wave of Mutilation" - 92
4. "I Bleed" - 87
5. "Here Comes Your Man" - 94
6. "Dead" - 85
7. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" - 99
8. "Mr. Grieves" - 94
9. "Crackity Jones" - 97
10. "La La Love You" - 90
11. "No. 13 Baby" - 93
12. "There Goes My Gun" - 92
13. "Hey" - 100
14. "Silver" - 87
15. "Gouge Away" - 100 [First added to this chart: 04/15/2020]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,494 charts

Rank Score:

37,230

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,874 votes)

Comments:

289

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The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

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Album Rating: 92.36
(1,016/11)

1. "I Wanna Be Adored" 4:52 - 96
2. "She Bangs the Drums" 3:42 - 98
3. "Waterfall" 4:37 - 98
4. "Don't Stop" 5:17 - 74
5. "Bye Bye Badman" 4:04 - 91
6. "Elizabeth My Dear" 0:53 - 87
7. "(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister" 3:25 - 90
8. "Made of Stone" 4:10 - 100
9. "Shoot You Down" 4:10 - 85
10. "This Is the One" 4:58 - 98
11. "I Am the Resurrection" 8:12 - 99 [First added to this chart: 04/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,976 charts

Rank Score:

25,760

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

34

Average Rating:

 86 (2,227 votes)

Comments:

202

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Strangeways, Here We Come 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 04/25/2020]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

726 charts

Rank Score:

6,347

Rank in 1987:

4

Rank in 1980s:

36

Overall Rank:

277

Average Rating:

 81 (1,106 votes)

Comments:

64

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Closer 

 Joy Division

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Album Rating: 86.89
(782/9)


Side one

1. "Atrocity Exhibition" - 85
2. "Isolation" - 84
3. "Passover" - 83
4. "Colony" - 78
5. "A Means to an End" - 84

Side two

1. "Heart and Soul" - 82
2. "Twenty Four Hours" - 97
3. "The Eternal" - 91
4. "Decades" - 98 [First added to this chart: 05/19/2020]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,458 charts

Rank Score:

16,684

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,870 votes)

Comments:

123

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Treasure 

 Cocteau Twins

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Album Rating: 86.40
(864/10)

Side A

1. "Ivo" - 88
2. "Lorelei" - 93
3. "Beatrix" - 86
4. "Persephone" - 98
5. "Pandora (for Cindy)" - 89

Side B

1. "Amelia" - 81
2. "Aloysius" - 86
3. "Cicely" - 76
4. "Otterley" - 79
5. "Donimo" - 88 [First added to this chart: 12/11/2021]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

543 charts

Rank Score:

4,272

Rank in 1984:

10

Rank in 1980s:

58

Overall Rank:

420

Average Rating:

 82 (618 votes)

Comments:

38

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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[First added to this chart: 04/24/2020]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,767 charts

Rank Score:

27,759

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 86 (1,967 votes)

Comments:

150

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 04/17/2020]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,423 charts

Rank Score:

38,636

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,842 votes)

Comments:

265

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Seventeen Seconds 

 The Cure

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Album Rating: 84.67
(762/9)

The Cure’s ‘Low’ moment.

Side A

1. "A Reflection" - 76
2. "Play for Today" - 95
3. "Secrets" - 79
4. "In Your House" - 81
5. "Three" - 72

Side B

6. "The Final Sound" - N/A
7. "A Forest" - 98
8. "M" - 89
9. "At Night" - 84
10. "Seventeen Seconds" - 88 [First added to this chart: 10/31/2021]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

440 charts

Rank Score:

2,911

Rank in 1980:

11

Rank in 1980s:

96

Overall Rank:

611

Average Rating:

 78 (659 votes)

Comments:

34

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Youth Of America 

 Wipers

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2021]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

247 charts

Rank Score:

1,910

Rank in 1981:

11

Rank in 1980s:

145

Overall Rank:

948

Average Rating:

 81 (227 votes)

Comments:

11

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Surfer Rosa 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 05/21/2021]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,290 charts

Rank Score:

13,510

Rank in 1988:

2

Rank in 1980s:

12

Overall Rank:

99

Average Rating:

 85 (1,824 votes)

Comments:

112

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	9	9%
1981	12	12%
1982	9	9%
1983	3	3%
1984	8	8%
1985	15	15%
1986	6	6%
1987	11	11%
1988	9	9%
1989	18	18%

Artist	Albums	%
The Smiths	4	4%
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	4	4%
Prince	3	3%
Grace Jones	3	3%
Guns N' Roses	2	2%
Elton John	2	2%
Deacon Blue	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	41	41%
	40	40%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 26th to 27th On Fire by Galaxie 500
Down 1 from 27th to 28th Strictly Business by EPMD
Down 1 from 28th to 29th The Smiths by The Smiths

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Ken Dou Werente by Orchestre Baobab Gouye Guy De Dakar

Leavers
Never Too Much by Luther Vandross

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95/100	10/23/2020 10:21	Larcx13	1,092	86/100
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