Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by JMGL95

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1. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (Hatful of Hollow)
2. The Cure - Just Like Heaven (Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me)
3. Pixies - Where Is My Mind? (Doolittle)
4. The Stone Roses - This Is the One (The Stone Roses)
5. Prince - Purple Rain (Purple Rain)
6. The Stranglers - Golden Brown (La Folie)
7. Bruce Springsteen - The River (The River)
8. Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot (Daydream Nation)
9. Metallica - Fade to Black (Ride the Lightning)
10. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Thriller)

Chart updated: 09/04/2024 21:15
(Created: 03/03/2015 21:01).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

[First added to this chart: 03/05/2015]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,454 charts

Rank Score:

37,046

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Average Rating:

88 (2,874 votes)

Comments:

265

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The Stone Roses

[First added to this chart: 03/06/2015]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,000 charts

Rank Score:

24,915

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[First added to this chart: 03/07/2015]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,804 charts

Rank Score:

27,758

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2015]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

886 charts

Rank Score:

9,235

Rank in 1984:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

170

Average Rating:

84 (1,337 votes)

Comments:

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The Smiths

[First added to this chart: 03/05/2015]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

958 charts

Rank Score:

8,514

Rank in 1984:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

184

Average Rating:

83 (1,459 votes)

Comments:

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Blue Blood

X Japan

[First added to this chart: 03/06/2015]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

184

Rank in 1989:

Rank in 1980s:

1,026

Overall Rank:

6,951

Average Rating:

73 (31 votes)

Comments:

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Master Of Puppets

Metallica

[First added to this chart: 03/05/2015]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,250 charts

Rank Score:

12,989

Rank in 1986:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

83 (1,789 votes)

Comments:

117

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Murmur

R.E.M.

[First added to this chart: 03/05/2015]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

1,123 charts

Rank Score:

10,629

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

138

Average Rating:

83 (1,401 votes)

Comments:

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Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

[First added to this chart: 03/05/2015]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

842 charts

Rank Score:

7,448

Rank in 1985:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

221

Average Rating:

78 (1,155 votes)

Comments:

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Script Of The Bridge

The Chameleons

[First added to this chart: 03/05/2015]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

287 charts

Rank Score:

2,356

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

114

Overall Rank:

762

Average Rating:

80 (323 votes)

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%

1980	12	12%
1981	6	6%
1982	9	9%
1983	8	8%
1984	10	10%
1985	9	9%
1986	10	10%
1987	12	12%
1988	14	14%
1989	10	10%

Artist	Albums	%

The Smiths	4	4%
Tom Waits	3	3%
The Cure	3	3%
Bruce Springsteen	3	3%
New Order	3	3%
Metallica	3	3%
R.E.M.	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%

	37	37%
	36	36%
	13	13%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	98	98%
Yes	2	2%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

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90/100	09/03/2021 20:33	leniad	680	85/100
100/100	02/12/2021 20:05	DJENNY	4,388	100/100
90/100	09/12/2017 09:09	TheSmiths82-87	1,838	83/100
90/100	08/16/2017 04:52	infinitejester	12	95/100
100/100	06/05/2016 22:50	buzzdainer	670	90/100

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From leniad 09/03/2021 20:33

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buzzdainer 06/05/2016 22:51

Outstanding chart! I love seeing classics like Doolittle and The Stone Roses ranked alongside a bunch of less obvious material. Great choices.

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From Imaybeparanoid 05/19/2016 07:59

Great, a lot in common

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sssvnnn 03/03/2015 21:50

good.

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