Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
Brandon8 
- Chart updated: 09/23/2023 18:15
- (Created: 05/24/2020 00:52).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Fav Tracks - Let’s Go Crazy, When Doves Cry & Purple Rain - Genres - Pop, Rock, R&B
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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16,570
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125
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Fav Tracks - Debaser, Wave of Mutilation & Gouge Away - Genre - Alt Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
37,059
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Fav tracks - It’s No Game 1, Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), Ashes to Ashes, Fashion - Genres - Art Rock, Experimental Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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5,992
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Fav Tracks - Ted Just Admit It, Mountain Song & Jane Says - Genre - Alternative Rock
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
2,428
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Fav tracks - Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City & Sweet Child O’ Mine - Genres - Hard Rock, Glam metal
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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12,251
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Fav Tracks - Sign O the Times, Play in the Sunshine & The Cross - Genres - R&B, Funk, Pop, Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
9,259
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Fav Tracks - Dazzle, Belladonna, Dear Prudence, Blow the House Down - Genres - Post Punk, Art Pop
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Fav Tracks - I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs the Drums & Fools Gold - Genres - Shoegaze, BritPop
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
25,675
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[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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27,726
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Fav Tracks - My War, Can’t Decide, Nothing Left Inside, Three Nights - Genres - Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
640
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1981 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1982 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1985 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1986 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1987 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1988 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1989 | 13 | 13% |
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| Prince And The Revolution | 3 | 3% | |
| Prince | 3 | 3% | |
| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
| Mötley Crüe | 3 | 3% | |
| Black Flag | 2 | 2% | |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 2% | |
| Lou Reed | 2 | 2% | |
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51 | 51% | |
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40 | 40% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 48 from 59th to 11th The Blue Mask by Lou Reed |
| Up 15 from 25th to 10th My War by Black Flag |
| Up 11 from 64th to 53rd Mask by Bauhaus |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 27 from 33rd to 60th Shabooh Shoobah by INXS |
| Down 22 from 69th to 91st Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim |
| Down 21 from 34th to 55th Kill 'Em All by Metallica |
| New entries |
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 Expressby Love And Rockets |
| Leavers |
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 Creatures Of The Nightby Kiss |
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| Best Artists of the 1980s | |
|---|---|
| 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 |