Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by briggs54

• Chart updated: 03/22/2018 07:15
• (Created: 06/09/2014 09:56).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Barbed Wire Maggots 

 Borbetomagus

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[First added to this chart: 06/09/2014]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

104

Rank in 1983:

149

Rank in 1980s:

1,608

Overall Rank:

11,142

Average Rating:

 69 (27 votes)

Comments:

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Double Nickels On The Dime 

 Minutemen

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[First added to this chart: 06/09/2014]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

572 charts

Rank Score:

5,022

Rank in 1984:

7

Rank in 1980s:

47

Overall Rank:

350

Average Rating:

 80 (629 votes)

Comments:

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Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

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[First added to this chart: 06/09/2014]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,128 charts

Rank Score:

12,752

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

106

Average Rating:

 84 (1,318 votes)

Comments:

85

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Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature - 1980 

 George Russell

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[First added to this chart: 10/02/2015]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

60

Rank in 1980:

244

Rank in 1980s:

2,417

Overall Rank:

17,934

Average Rating:

 71 (7 votes)

Comments:

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Lady Of The Mirrors 

 Anthony Davis

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[First added to this chart: 10/02/2015]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

69

Rank in 1980:

218

Rank in 1980s:

2,183

Overall Rank:

15,976

Average Rating:

 72 (19 votes)

Comments:

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Spirit Of Eden 

 Talk Talk

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[First added to this chart: 06/09/2014]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

905 charts

Rank Score:

11,111

Rank in 1988:

3

Rank in 1980s:

17

Overall Rank:

128

Average Rating:

 84 (978 votes)

Comments:

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Dolmen Music 

 Meredith Monk

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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2015]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

696

Rank in 1981:

37

Rank in 1980s:

354

Overall Rank:

2,310

Average Rating:

 74 (80 votes)

Comments:

3

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Fourth World Volume Two: Dream Theory In Malaya 

 Jon Hassell

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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2015]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

377

Rank in 1981:

69

Rank in 1980s:

583

Overall Rank:

3,841

Average Rating:

 75 (55 votes)

Comments:

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Fire Of Love 

 The Gun Club

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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2015]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

263 charts

Rank Score:

1,860

Rank in 1981:

12

Rank in 1980s:

147

Overall Rank:

967

Average Rating:

 77 (303 votes)

Comments:

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The Ascension 

 Glenn Branca

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2015]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

209 charts

Rank Score:

1,639

Rank in 1981:

15

Rank in 1980s:

168

Overall Rank:

1,071

Average Rating:

 79 (206 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	14	14%
1981	13	13%
1982	7	7%
1983	7	7%
1984	11	11%
1985	8	8%
1986	8	8%
1987	7	7%
1988	7	7%
1989	17	17%

Artist	Albums	%
Sonic Youth	2	2%
Hüsker Dü	2	2%
The Replacements	2	2%
Tom Waits	2	2%
Pixies	2	2%
Anthony Davis	2	2%
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	63	63%
	17	17%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 1 from 99th to 98th Alone On Penguin Island by Desmond Simmons
Up 1 from 98th to 97th World Of Echo by Arthur Russell
Up 1 from 97th to 96th New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü

Biggest fallers
Down 10 from 90th to 100th Reckoning by Grateful Dead

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On Any Normal Monday by Cleaners From Venus

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90/100	11/13/2024 09:07	Purplepash	1,425	88/100
100/100	05/09/2019 20:32	sssvnnn	2,835	83/100
75/100	05/22/2015 10:45	Roal	150	78/100

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From sssvnnn 05/09/2019 20:34

Brillisnt chsrt with a lot of wonderful rare picks: Massacre, Tuxedomoon, Samla...
( are you sure "The Kiss And Other Movements" is Nyman`s best album in the 80`s?)

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From Roal 05/22/2015 10:42

Nice to see Minutemen on top.

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