Best Albums of 1980

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Listed below are the best albums of 1980 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1980 year summaryThe best artists of 1980 were Talking Heads, Joy Division, AC/DC, David Bowie, Dead Kennedys, Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, The Cure, Rush and Pretenders.

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Nine Months To The Disco

Glaxo Babies

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1980

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8 charts

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882.

Music And Dance

Derek Bailey

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1980

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1 chart

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882.

天皇 [Tenno]

Noise

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1980

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1 chart

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884.

Broken Home

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1980

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3 charts

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885.

Stone Jam

Slave

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1980

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7 charts

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886.

Cauby! Cauby!

Cauby Peixoto

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1980

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2 charts

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887.

If Dreams Had Wings

Dan Hill

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1980

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1 chart

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887.

One

Maki Asakawa

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1980

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1 chart

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889.

Safe Mode: On

The Game's Up

Sniff 'N' The Tears

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1980

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3 charts

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Testimony

Ferron

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1980

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Best Albums of 1980 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	23	2%
Cabaret Voltaire	4	0%
Joseph Keilberth / Bayreuth Festival Choir & Orchestra	3	0%
Tangerine Dream	3	0%
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	2	0%
Whitesnake	2	0%
Spyro Gyra	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	314	31%
	292	29%
	50	5%
	44	4%
	39	4%
	34	3%
	32	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	942	94%
Yes	59	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	41	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	15	1%

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4. Genesis
5. The Who
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7. Paul McCartney
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10. The Stooges
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17. Mike Oldfield
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