Top-rated albums of the 1980s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1980s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

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31.

Moving Pictures

Rush

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

987 charts

Rank Score:

10,069

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Overall Rank:

155

Average Rating:

82 (1,261 votes)

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32.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

638 charts

Rank Score:

5,913

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Overall Rank:

307

Average Rating:

82 (718 votes)

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33.

A Decade Of Steely Dan
Compilation

Steely Dan

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

13 charts

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34.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

1,582 charts

Rank Score:

17,050

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Average Rating:

82 (2,105 votes)

Comments:

160

35.

Singles Collection: The London Years
Compilation

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

105

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36.

Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963
Live

Sam Cooke

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

139 charts

Rank Score:

977

Rank in 1985:

Rank in 1980s:

270

Overall Rank:

1,735

Average Rating:

82 (172 votes)

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37.

Kamikaze

Luis Alberto Spinetta

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

253

Rank in 1982:

Rank in 1980s:

779

Overall Rank:

5,289

Average Rating:

82 (42 votes)

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38.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

811 charts

Rank Score:

6,832

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Overall Rank:

257

Average Rating:

82 (1,255 votes)

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39.

On Fire

Galaxie 500

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

487 charts

Rank Score:

4,404

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Overall Rank:

405

Average Rating:

82 (574 votes)

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40.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

840 charts

Rank Score:

7,193

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Overall Rank:

240

Average Rating:

82 (1,010 votes)

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).

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