Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by garycottier

• Chart updated: 11/18/2016 14:15
• (Created: 07/02/2016 00:44).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Appetite For Destruction 

 Guns N' Roses

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,365 charts

Rank Score:

11,794

Rank in 1987:

2

Rank in 1980s:

15

Overall Rank:

118

Average Rating:

 78 (1,926 votes)

Comments:

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Graceland 

 Paul Simon

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,109 charts

Rank Score:

11,358

Rank in 1986:

3

Rank in 1980s:

16

Overall Rank:

125

Average Rating:

 81 (1,329 votes)

Comments:

79

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So 

 Peter Gabriel

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

790 charts

Rank Score:

7,267

Rank in 1986:

4

Rank in 1980s:

28

Overall Rank:

231

Average Rating:

 80 (911 votes)

Comments:

58

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Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,128 charts

Rank Score:

12,741

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

106

Average Rating:

 84 (1,318 votes)

Comments:

85

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Avalon 

 Roxy Music

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

479 charts

Rank Score:

3,612

Rank in 1982:

7

Rank in 1980s:

72

Overall Rank:

495

Average Rating:

 79 (620 votes)

Comments:

28

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Psychocandy 

 The Jesus And Mary Chain

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

747 charts

Rank Score:

5,876

Rank in 1985:

5

Rank in 1980s:

39

Overall Rank:

303

Average Rating:

 79 (907 votes)

Comments:

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Closer 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,482 charts

Rank Score:

16,489

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

78

Average Rating:

 85 (1,893 votes)

Comments:

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Pretenders 

 Pretenders

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

490 charts

Rank Score:

2,999

Rank in 1980:

9

Rank in 1980s:

89

Overall Rank:

585

Average Rating:

 78 (575 votes)

Comments:

28

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Let It Be 

 The Replacements

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

814 charts

Rank Score:

7,782

Rank in 1984:

5

Rank in 1980s:

26

Overall Rank:

211

Average Rating:

 82 (922 votes)

Comments:

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The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2016]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,000 charts

Rank Score:

24,905

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

34

Average Rating:

 86 (2,257 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	17	17%
1981	7	7%
1982	14	14%
1983	5	5%
1984	7	7%
1985	10	10%
1986	9	9%
1987	10	10%
1988	12	12%
1989	9	9%

Artist	Albums	%
R.E.M.	6	6%
Bruce Springsteen	4	4%
Peter Gabriel	3	3%
The Smiths	3	3%
Tom Waits	3	3%
The Cure	3	3%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	45	45%
	45	45%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

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90/100	10/13/2018 13:27	ExTeaSea	240	89/100
85/100	11/18/2016 10:38	TheSmiths82-87	1,838	83/100
100/100	07/16/2016 15:02	buzzdainer	670	90/100

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From ExTeaSea 10/13/2018 13:32

Great selection of 80s albums! We have 20 in common, nice. Love how high you have Graceland, quite a charming album by Simon. Bunch of REM and Tom Waits which is awesome. Anyone who likes Tom Waits should have other great charts. Human League Dare is highly rated that's good! Good work! Bunch of bands in common as well. Oh and I checked out your chart because of Laurie Anderson.

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From buzzdainer 07/16/2016 15:06

This is a really fun and diverse eighties chart! The 80's are notorious for a lot of really bad music, but I'm happy to report that pretty much everything here has held up really well for me over the years. I love Graceland, Remain in Light, The Stone Roses, and Murmur. I also really like seeing Peter Gabriel's So in your top ten, as that's an album that I listened to a ton when I was a teenager, and still enjoy very much. Also glad to see Jane's Addiction and Nick Cave amply represented. A really great chart!

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