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The Best Power Pop Albums of the 1980s by User Score

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

1.

The Replacements - Tim
October 1st, 1985
USER SCORE
84
270 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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2.

The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
July 7th, 1987
USER SCORE
83
157 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

The Vapors - Magnets
USER SCORE
80
12 ratings
Amazon

4.

The Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat
June 8th, 1981
USER SCORE
77
105 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

The dB's - Stands for Decibels
January 1st, 1981
USER SCORE
77
30 ratings
Amazon
Spotify

6.

The Jam - The Gift
March 12th, 1982
USER SCORE
77
39 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

7.

The Vapors - New Clear Days
July 0th, 1980
USER SCORE
76
15 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Squeeze - argybargy
February 0th, 1980
USER SCORE
76
20 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Bangles - All Over the Place
May 23rd, 1984
USER SCORE
74
21 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

The Outfield - Play Deep
November 12th, 1985
USER SCORE
73
27 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Game Theory - Lolita Nation
December 0th, 1987
USER SCORE
73
16 ratings
Amazon

12.

Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw
April 28th, 1982
USER SCORE
73
17 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

The Replacements - Don't Tell a Soul
February 1st, 1989
USER SCORE
72
59 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

The Go-Go's - Vacation
August 11th, 1982
USER SCORE
69
20 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

GG Allin - Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be
USER SCORE
68
17 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Ramones - End of the Century
February 4th, 1980
USER SCORE
68
74 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

The Waitresses - Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
January 1st, 1982
USER SCORE
67
10 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

The Primitives - Lovely
April 5th, 1988
USER SCORE
66
11 ratings
Amazon

19.

The Go-Go's - Talk Show
March 16th, 1984
USER SCORE
66
10 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Klaatu - Endangered Species
June 1st, 1980
USER SCORE
64
15 ratings
Amazon

21.

The Romantics - The Romantics
January 4th, 1980
USER SCORE
54
13 ratings
Amazon
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