1980 Album Releases

1980

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Oct 8

Talking Heads - Remain in Light

Remain in Light

97

critic score

(7)

91

user score

(1,874)

Jul 18

Joy Division - Closer

95

critic score

(4)

89

user score

(1,164)

Sep 12

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

90

critic score

(3)

84

user score

(648)

Jul 25

AC/DC - Back in Black

94

critic score

(7)

76

user score

(479)

Sep 5

Kate Bush - Never For Ever

73

critic score

(3)

83

user score

(405)

Sep 2

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

88

critic score

(4)

84

user score

(386)

Apr 22

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds

Seventeen Seconds

65

critic score

(2)

79

user score

(381)

Oct 8

Prince - Dirty Mind

99

critic score

(6)

83

user score

(315)

Oct 1

Bauhaus - In the Flat Field

In the Flat Field

80

critic score

(1)

82

user score

(257)

Jun 27

Queen - The Game

78

critic score

(4)

71

user score

(237)

Apr 14

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

80

critic score

(4)

78

user score

(224)

Apr 25

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

Heaven and Hell

78

critic score

(5)

77

user score

(194)

Oct 17

Bruce Springsteen - The River

Bruce Springsteen

90

critic score

(3)

82

user score

(179)

Apr 1

Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror

Brian Eno & Harold Budd

Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror

82

critic score

(2)

81

user score

(163)

Oct 20

75

critic score

(3)

75

user score

(159)

Apr 1

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

96

critic score

(2)

84

user score

(158)

Dec 12

The Clash - Sandinista!

83

critic score

(3)

75

user score

(155)

Nov 8

Motörhead - Ace of Spades

95

critic score

(2)

81

user score

(154)

Jan 14

Rush - Permanent Waves

Permanent Waves

80

critic score

(2)

80

user score

(144)

Apr 26

X - Los Angeles

100

critic score

(1)

80

user score

(129)

Oct 3

The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

Zenyatta Mondatta

100

critic score

(2)

73

user score

(128)

Sep 20

Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz

Blizzard of Ozz

90

critic score

(3)

81

user score

(124)

Apr 14

Judas Priest - British Steel

70

critic score

(2)

78

user score

(121)

Nov 3

ABBA - Super Trouper

60

critic score

(2)

78

user score

(117)

Nov 21

Steely Dan - Gaucho

88

critic score

(3)

79

user score

(117)

May 23

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel

90

critic score

(2)

82

user score

(116)

May 16

Paul McCartney - McCartney II

60

critic score

(2)

66

user score

(111)

Feb 1

Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth

Young Marble Giants

90

critic score

(8)

80

user score

(110)

Nov 1

The Sound - Jeopardy

90

critic score

(1)

82

user score

(99)

Jan 11

Pretenders - Pretenders

100

critic score

(3)

80

user score

(91)

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Sep 1

Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine

Heartattack and Vine

75

critic score

(3)

77

user score

(89)

Aug 1

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kaleidoscope

Siouxsie and the Banshees

80

critic score

(3)

81

user score

(86)

Jun 28

The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight

Underwater Moonlight

95

critic score

(3)

79

user score

(85)

Sep 1

Killing Joke - Killing Joke

95

critic score

(2)

81

user score

(83)

Sep 12

XTC - Black Sea

94

critic score

(3)

83

user score

(83)

Jun 23

Bob Dylan - Saved

48

critic score

(3)

45

user score

(81)

Oct 17

Dire Straits - Making Movies

86

critic score

(3)

77

user score

(81)

Sep 29

Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July

Hotter Than July

85

critic score

(2)

78

user score

(80)

Nov 17

John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy

John Lennon & Yoko Ono

76

critic score

(4)

68

user score

(80)

May 14

Devo - Freedom of Choice

Freedom of Choice

67

critic score

(3)

77

user score

(77)

May 9

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette

Warm Leatherette

88

critic score

(3)

82

user score

(75)

Jun 20

The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue

The Rolling Stones

Emotional Rescue

70

critic score

(2)

66

user score

(73)

Jan 19

Wipers - Is This Real?

80

critic score

(1)

81

user score

(72)

Sep 25

Rita Lee - Rita Lee

84

user score

(71)

Mar 28

80

critic score

(4)

77

user score

(68)

Jul 18

Echo & the Bunnymen - Crocodiles

Echo & the Bunnymen

85

critic score

(2)

75

user score

(68)

Jun 10

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising

Bob Marley & The Wailers

90

critic score

(1)

83

user score

(65)

May

The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us

Songs the Lord Taught Us

79

critic score

(3)

75

user score

(63)

May 22

Diana Ross - Diana

83

critic score

(3)

81

user score

(63)

Mar 10

Billy Joel - Glass Houses

75

critic score

(2)

76

user score

(62)

Jun

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Love Will Tear Us Apart

80

critic score

(1)

92

user score

(59)

Nov 28

The Jam - Sound Affects

88

critic score

(4)

79

user score

(58)

Jan 1

This Heat - Health and Efficiency

Health and Efficiency

74

critic score

(2)

81

user score

(57)

Feb 4

Ramones - End of the Century

End of the Century

68

critic score

(3)

68

user score

(57)

Nov 17

The Fall - Grotesque (After the Gramme)

Grotesque (After the Gramme)

80

critic score

(1)

82

user score

(56)

Feb 15

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Get Happy!!

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

97

critic score

(3)

79

user score

(55)

Sep 27

The B-52's - Wild Planet

95

critic score

(2)

79

user score

(55)

Jan 1

Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance

Ambient 3: Day of Radiance

80

critic score

(2)

78

user score

(54)

Jan 1

Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega/Martin Rev

Suicide: Alan Vega/Martin Rev

89

critic score

(2)

78

user score

(54)

Jul 11

Dexys - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels

Searching for the Young Soul Rebels

90

critic score

(1)

81

user score

(53)

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