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Highest Rated Albums of the 1980s

Decade
Source
Genre
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

1.

Memphis Slim - Rockin' the Blues
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Israel Vibration - Strength Of My Life
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Joe Zawinul - Dialects
November 30, 1985
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

4.

Gothic Voices - A Feather on the Breath of God
April 1, 1985
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

5.

James Booker - Classified
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

6.

Zakir Hussain & Shivkumar Sharma - Rag Madhuvanti and Rag Misra Tilang
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

7.

Maurizio Pollini - Chopin: Études
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

8.

Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (From the Underground)
June 9, 1985
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify

9.

George Winston - The Velveteen Rabbit
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

10.

Gipsy Kings - Gipsy Kings
November 22, 1987
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

12.

David Arkenstone - Valley in the Clouds
New Age
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

George Winston - Autumn
New Age
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

George Winston - December
New Age
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Juan Luis Guerra 440 - Ojalá Que Llueva Café
Latin Alternative
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

16.

Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Toure
April 9, 1987
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Paco De Lucía - Siroco
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck - Djam Leelii
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

19.

Abdullah Ibrahim - Water from an Ancient Well
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Jerry Reed - The Man with the Golden Thumb
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

21.

Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
September 0, 1981
Industrial
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Djavan - Seduzir
May 0, 1981
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Yellowman - Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt
Dancehall
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip
March 24, 1982
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Suzanne Ciani - The Velocity of Love
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 1980.
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