Top-rated albums of 1980

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

1.

Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,967 charts

Rank Score:

30,595

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 87 (2,226 votes)

Comments:

193

2.

Closer 

 Joy Division

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,458 charts

Rank Score:

16,669

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,872 votes)

Comments:

123

3.

Peter Gabriel III 

 Peter Gabriel

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

510 charts

Rank Score:

4,408

Rank in 1980:

6

Rank in 1980s:

54

Overall Rank:

403

Average Rating:

 81 (575 votes)

Comments:

24

4.

Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

748 charts

Rank Score:

6,017

Rank in 1980:

4

Rank in 1980s:

38

Overall Rank:

299

Average Rating:

 81 (1,081 votes)

Comments:

62

5.

Permanent Waves 

 Rush

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

437 charts

Rank Score:

3,229

Rank in 1980:

8

Rank in 1980s:

86

Overall Rank:

559

Average Rating:

 80 (602 votes)

Comments:

31

6.

Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 

 Dead Kennedys

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

663 charts

Rank Score:

4,915

Rank in 1980:

5

Rank in 1980s:

49

Overall Rank:

368

Average Rating:

 80 (736 votes)

Comments:

47

7.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 
Soundtrack

 John Williams (US)

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

255

Rank in 1980:

91

Rank in 1980s:

775

Overall Rank:

5,256

Average Rating:

 80 (66 votes)

Comments:

3

8.

Back In Black 

 AC/DC

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,240 charts

Rank Score:

11,284

Rank in 1980:

3

Rank in 1980s:

17

Overall Rank:

134

Average Rating:

 80 (1,835 votes)

Comments:

139

9.

Never For Ever 

 Kate Bush

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

1,509

Rank in 1980:

32

Rank in 1980s:

189

Overall Rank:

1,179

Average Rating:

 79 (360 votes)

Comments:

18

10.

The River 

 Bruce Springsteen

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

573 charts

Rank Score:

4,080

Rank in 1980:

7

Rank in 1980s:

61

Overall Rank:

441

Average Rating:

 79 (837 votes)

Comments:

47

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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).