Top Albums of 1980
1 |
37 |
Talking Heads |
Remain in Light |
New Wave,
Post-Punk
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2 |
55 |
Joy Division |
Closer |
Post-Punk
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3 |
116 |
AC/DC |
Back in Black |
Hard Rock
|
4 |
153 |
Pretenders |
Pretenders |
New Wave
|
5 |
306 |
Bruce Springsteen |
The River |
Heartland Rock,
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
6 |
419 |
Prince |
Dirty Mind |
Pop Rock,
Synth Funk
|
7 |
420 |
Dexys Midnight Runners |
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels |
Blue Eyed Soul,
New Wave
|
8 |
421 |
Dead Kennedys |
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables |
Hardcore Punk
|
9 |
458 |
The Clash |
Sandinista! |
Punk Rock
|
10 |
459 |
X |
Los Angeles |
Punk Rock
|
11 |
501 |
David Bowie |
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) |
Art Rock,
Pop Rock
|
12 |
537 |
Elvis Costello and The Attractions |
Get Happy!! |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
|
13 |
543 |
The Feelies |
Crazy Rhythms |
New Wave,
Post-Punk
|
14 |
637 |
Young Marble Giants |
Colossal Youth |
Post-Punk
|
15 |
649 |
Peter Gabriel |
Peter Gabriel (III) |
Art Rock
|
16 |
682 |
Motörhead |
Ace of Spades |
Hard Rock,
Heavy Metal
|
17 |
699 |
The Cure |
Seventeen Seconds |
Gothic Rock,
Post-Punk
|
18 |
780 |
The Jam |
Sound Affects |
Mod Revival,
New Wave,
Post-Punk
|
19 |
878 |
The Cramps |
Songs the Lord Taught Us |
Garage Punk,
Psychobilly
|
20 |
980 |
Fehlfarben |
Monarchie und Alltag |
Neue Deutsche Welle,
Post-Punk
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21 |
1019 |
U2 |
Boy |
Post-Punk
|
22 |
1056 |
Echo and the Bunnymen |
Crocodiles |
Post-Punk
|
23 |
1104 |
The Soft Boys |
Underwater Moonlight |
Jangle Pop,
Neo-Psychedelia
|
24 |
1105 |
The Police |
Zenyatta Mondatta |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
|
25 |
1120 |
Ozzy Osbourne |
Blizzard of Ozz |
Hard Rock,
Heavy Metal
|
26 |
1153 |
Diana Ross |
Diana |
Disco
|
27 |
1215 |
The Specials |
More Specials |
2 Tone
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28 |
1218 |
John Lennon & Yoko Ono |
Double Fantasy |
Pop Rock
|
29 |
1226 |
Killing Joke |
Killing Joke |
Post-Punk
|
30 |
1349 |
Judas Priest |
British Steel |
Heavy Metal
|
31 |
1352 |
The Beat |
I Just Can't Stop It |
2 Tone,
New Wave
|
32 |
1447 |
Magazine |
The Correct Use of Soap |
New Wave,
Post-Punk
|
33 |
1485 |
Iron Maiden |
Iron Maiden |
NWOBHM
|
34 |
1528 |
The Teardrop Explodes |
Kilimanjaro |
New Wave,
Post-Punk
|
35 |
1560 |
Dire Straits |
Making Movies |
Pop Rock
|
36 |
1650 |
Adam and The Ants |
Kings of the Wild Frontier |
New Wave
|
37 |
1676 |
Black Sabbath |
Heaven and Hell |
Hard Rock,
Heavy Metal
|
38 |
1700 |
Bauhaus |
In the Flat Field |
Gothic Rock,
Post-Punk
|
39 |
1731 |
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band |
Doc at the Radar Station |
Art Rock,
Experimental Rock
|
40 |
1892 |
Linton Kwesi Johnson |
Bass Culture |
Dub Poetry
|
41 |
2002 |
UB40 |
Signing Off |
Reggae
|
42 |
2168 |
Tom Waits |
Heartattack and Vine |
Blues Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
43 |
2179 |
The Blues Brothers |
The Blues Brothers |
Film Soundtrack,
Rhythm & Blues
|
44 |
2198 |
Bob Marley and The Wailers |
Uprising |
Roots Reggae
|
45 |
2282 |
Rockpile |
Seconds of Pleasure |
Power Pop,
Pub Rock
|
46 |
2306 |
Stevie Wonder |
Hotter Than July |
Pop Soul
|
47 |
2359 |
XTC |
Black Sea |
New Wave,
Pop Rock,
Post-Punk
|
48 |
2363 |
Steely Dan |
Gaucho |
Jazz-Rock,
Pop Rock
|
49 |
2504 |
Pete Townshend |
Empty Glass |
Pop Rock
|
50 |
2721 |
Suicide |
Alan Vega/Martin Rev - Suicide |
Synth Punk,
Synthpop
|
51 |
2755 |
David Murray |
Ming |
Avant-Garde Jazz
|
52 |
2798 |
The Residents |
Commercial Album |
Art Pop,
Satire
|
53 |
2836 |
Rush |
Permanent Waves |
Hard Rock,
Progressive Rock
|
54 |
2849 |
Ultravox |
Vienna |
New Romantic,
Synthpop
|
55 |
2882 |
Half Japanese |
1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts |
Experimental Rock,
Noise Rock,
Punk Rock
|
56 |
2920 |
Cold Chisel |
East |
Pub Rock
|
57 |
2980 |
The Jacksons |
Triumph |
Pop Soul,
Synth Funk
|
58 |
2994 |
Steve Winwood |
Arc of a Diver |
Pop Rock
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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Squeeze |
Argybargy |
Power Pop
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Joan Jett and The Blackhearts |
Joan Jett/Bad Reputation |
Garage Rock,
Hard Rock
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John Foxx |
Metamatic |
Synthpop
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The Sound |
Jeopardy |
Post-Punk
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Mink DeVille |
Le Chat Bleu |
Pop Rock
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George Jones |
I Am What I Am |
Nashville Sound
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Nacha Pop |
Nacha Pop |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
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Art Ensemble of Chicago |
Full Force |
Avant-Garde Jazz
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The B-52's |
Wild Planet |
New Wave
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The Undertones |
Hypnotised |
Pop Punk
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Pat Metheny |
80/81 |
Jazz
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Emmylou Harris |
Roses in the Snow |
Country
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Durutti Column |
The Return of The Durutti Column |
Art Rock,
Post-Punk
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Ramones |
End of the Century |
Punk Rock
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Devo |
Freedom of Choice |
New Wave
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Tuxedomoon |
Half Mute |
Experimental Rock,
Post-Punk
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The Fall |
Grotesque (After the Gramme) |
Post-Punk
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Barbra Streisand |
Guilty |
Adult Contemporary
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The Jim Carroll Band |
Catholic Boy |
New Wave
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Madness |
Absolutely |
2 Tone,
Pop
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Siouxsie and The Banshees |
Kaleidoscope |
Post-Punk
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Nic Jones |
Penguin Eggs |
Contemporary Folk,
English Folk Music,
Singer/Songwriter
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Smokey Robinson |
Warm Thoughts |
Soul
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Yello |
Solid Pleasure |
Experimental,
Synthpop
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Simple Minds |
Empires and Dance |
New Wave,
Post-Punk
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Defunkt |
Defunkt |
Jazz-Funk
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Chic |
Real People |
Disco,
Funk
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James Brown |
Soul Syndrome |
Soul
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Black Uhuru |
Sinsemilla |
Roots Reggae
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Donna Summer |
The Wanderer |
Pop Soul
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Swell Maps |
Jane from Occupied Europe |
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
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The Psychedelic Furs |
The Psychedelic Furs |
Post-Punk
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Kate Bush |
Never for Ever |
Art Pop
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Harold Budd and Brian Eno |
Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror |
Ambient
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Carla Bley |
Social Studies |
Jazz
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Wipers |
Is This Real? |
Punk Rock
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Japan |
Gentlemen Take Polaroids |
Art Pop,
New Romantic
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Robert Nighthawk |
Live on Maxwell Street 1964/And This Is Maxwell Street |
Blues
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Colin Newman |
A-Z |
Post-Punk
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