Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by Tha1ChiefRocka

Here are the albums from the 80s that are currently on my radar. Some have been there for quite some time and others have just entered my personal canon. These charts change frequently, so keep up. :)

• Chart updated: 02/17/2019 03:45
• (Created: 03/11/2017 20:34).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Black Sea 

 XTC

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[First added to this chart: 08/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

217 charts

Rank Score:

1,530

Rank in 1980:

30

Rank in 1980s:

186

Overall Rank:

1,157

Average Rating:

 79 (230 votes)

Comments:

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Solid Pleasure 

 Yello

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[First added to this chart: 08/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

71

Rank in 1980:

219

Rank in 1980s:

2,143

Overall Rank:

15,749

Average Rating:

 72 (33 votes)

Comments:

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Tin Drum 

 Japan

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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2017]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

855

Rank in 1981:

27

Rank in 1980s:

297

Overall Rank:

1,943

Average Rating:

 78 (168 votes)

Comments:

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Deceit 

 This Heat

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[First added to this chart: 08/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

1,933

Rank in 1981:

10

Rank in 1980s:

140

Overall Rank:

906

Average Rating:

 78 (258 votes)

Comments:

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Signals, Calls, And Marches 

 Mission Of Burma

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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2017]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

625

Rank in 1981:

45

Rank in 1980s:

383

Overall Rank:

2,521

Average Rating:

 77 (143 votes)

Comments:

4

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Mesh & Lace 

 Modern English

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[First added to this chart: 08/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

69

Rank in 1981:

233

Rank in 1980s:

2,170

Overall Rank:

15,987

Average Rating:

 67 (24 votes)

Comments:

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Hex Enduction Hour 

 The Fall

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[First added to this chart: 08/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

245 charts

Rank Score:

1,572

Rank in 1982:

17

Rank in 1980s:

176

Overall Rank:

1,123

Average Rating:

 77 (253 votes)

Comments:

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The Record 

 Fear

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[First added to this chart: 08/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

225

Rank in 1982:

96

Rank in 1980s:

869

Overall Rank:

5,869

Average Rating:

 74 (56 votes)

Comments:

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Avalon 

 Roxy Music

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[First added to this chart: 08/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

486 charts

Rank Score:

3,637

Rank in 1982:

7

Rank in 1980s:

71

Overall Rank:

485

Average Rating:

 79 (630 votes)

Comments:

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Script Of The Bridge 

 The Chameleons

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[First added to this chart: 08/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

293 charts

Rank Score:

2,316

Rank in 1983:

11

Rank in 1980s:

114

Overall Rank:

769

Average Rating:

 80 (330 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year	Albums	%
1980	10	10%
1981	11	11%
1982	12	12%
1983	9	9%
1984	7	7%
1985	8	8%
1986	8	8%
1987	11	11%
1988	13	13%
1989	11	11%

Artist	Albums	%
Hüsker Dü	1	1%
The Wedding Present	1	1%
John Adams	1	1%
Swell Maps	1	1%
Cleaners From Venus	1	1%
John Zorn	1	1%
This Heat	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	43	43%
	40	40%
	6	6%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 1 from 96th to 95th Seven Songs by 23 Skidoo

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 94th to 96th The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk
Down 2 from 95th to 97th Waiting For A Miracle by The Comsat Angels
Down 1 from 83rd to 84th Throb Throb by Naked Raygun

New entries
Coup D'Etat by Muslimgauze
Death In The Cameroon by Controlled Bleeding
Kaleidoscope by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Hypnotised by The Undertones

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100/100	09/29/2020 03:01	IgnacioJoaquin	39	93/100
90/100	04/22/2020 12:04	Purplepash	1,525	88/100
95/100	11/17/2019 21:13	ExTeaSea	244	89/100
100/100	01/28/2019 12:48	DJENNY	4,367	100/100
90/100	08/04/2018 15:47	Rhyner	1,443	99/100

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From ExTeaSea 11/17/2019 21:14

XTC Black Sea number one! Nice. Julee Cruise is great, thanks for letting me know about her! Excellent chart.

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From RoundTheBend 02/18/2019 06:39

Dig the R.E.M., Siouxsie and the Banshees, and John Adams inclusions. Some other solid ones too, but probably 70 of these I've never heard. Maybe I shouldn't have U2 cover 20 of the top 10 albums for the 80s...idk. Usually your recs are pretty solid, so I'll def have to check some more of these out.

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From sssvnnn 06/03/2017 23:36

I like it.
What´s your problem with the 80`s?
You did a fantastic chart, full of good music.

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