Best Albums of 1980

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
36	Remain in Light - Talking Heads	1980	89.3	85.2	97	89.2	85.9	91	87	89.8
144	Closer - Joy Division	1980	86.8	81.4	94	86.1	83	91	85	87.4
315	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys	1980	85.3	79.6	88	84.9	85.1	91.2	80	88.4
715	Jeopardy - The Sound	1980	83.3	77.4	95	81.7	82	90.2	77	80
719	Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies	1980	83.3	76	95	81.8	78.8	91.6	78	82
829	Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie	1980	82.9	76.8	89	82.8	81.3	87.4	81	82
874	Permanent Waves - Rush	1980	82.8	77.4	80	82.5	83.8	89.6	80	86
960	Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head	1980	82.5	77	90	76.3	80	91.2	75	87.8
989	The River - Bruce Springsteen	1980	82.4	74.8	94	81.2	82.8	85	79	80
1045	Gaucho - Steely Dan	1980	82.2	77.8	86	82.7	83.2	89	77	80
1048	Dirty Mind - Prince	1980	82.2	76	97	81.6	77.1	87	77	80
1073	Black Sea - XTC	1980	82.2	77.2	86	82.6	83.5	87	79	80
1158	Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath	1980	82	77.4	78	81.2	83.4	90.6	77	86.2
1261	Uprising - Bob Marley & The Wailers	1980	81.7	74.8	85	81.6	81.7	88	77	84
1275	In the Flat Field - Bauhaus	1980	81.7	76.2	83	81.2	83.1	89.4	77	82
1338	The Turn of a Friendly Card - The Alan Parsons Project	1980	81.6	75	90	83.5	84.4	84	76	78
1396	Is This Real? - Wipers	1980	81.5	77.2	80	80.1	79.7	93.2	76	84
1671	Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror - Harold Budd & Brian Eno	1980	80.9	76.4	82	82.1	81.6	90	78	76
1692	Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants	1980	80.8	73.6	92	76.5	79.2	91.6	77	76
1742	Back in Black - AC/DC	1980	80.7	68.6	95	73.4	77.8	90.4	80	80
1816	Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden	1980	80.6	76.4	80	78.6	78.2	91	78	82
1863	Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne	1980	80.5	75	72	80.8	83.4	90.4	78	84
1918	Strong Arm of the Law - Saxon	1980	80.4	74	90	75.7	77.7	85.4	76	84
1919	Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1980	80.4	73.6	97	78	76.4	82.8	77	78
1931	Sound Affects - The Jam	1980	80.4	74.2	88	77.6	77.6	87.2	78	80
1938	Never for Ever - Kate Bush	1980	80.3	78	72	84.5	84.1	84.8	79	80
1960	Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan	1980	80.3	73.8	80	78.6	83.8	89	75	82
1965	Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys	1980	80.3	73.4	98	75.5	72.4	89.8	77	76
1966	Making Movies - Dire Straits	1980	80.3	72.8	86	79.5	82	85.8	78	78
2044	Killing Joke - Killing Joke	1980	80.2	74.2	85	77.5	75	90.4	77	82
2057	Ace of Spades - Motörhead	1980	80.1	76.2	77	75.5	77.1	91.4	78	85.6
2078	The Return of the Durutti Column - The Durutti Column	1980	80.1	72.4	90	75.8	79.6	89.8	75	78
2204	Angel Witch - Angel Witch	1980	79.8	75	85	78.6	79.1	89.2	72	80
2348	Pretenders - Pretenders	1980	79.6	73.2	93	74.8	71.5	84.6	78	82
2515	Wheels of Steel - Saxon	1980	79.3	73.2	90	74	74.8	86	77	80
2559	Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder	1980	79.2	71.8	88	80.6	79.6	82.4	74	78
2674	Crocodiles - Echo & the Bunnymen	1980	79	71.4	90	75	73.2	86.2	77	80
2693	Zenyattà Mondatta - The Police	1980	79	70.4	100	74.8	73.3	82.2	76	76
2731	Kaleidoscope - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1980	78.9	73.8	80	79.5	78.7	88.2	78	74
2779	Diana - Diana Ross	1980	78.8	73.4	86	79.9	74.8	83.6	76	78
3206	British Steel - Judas Priest	1980	77.9	72.4	75	75.8	77	89.2	78	78
3359	Seventeen Seconds - The Cure	1980	77.6	75.2	65	77.8	78.7	90.4	78	78
3417	Super Trouper - ABBA	1980	77.4	72.6	80	79.7	82	81.8	72	74
3545	Grotesque (After the Gramme) - The Fall	1980	77.2	75.2	60	79.3	82.6	89	74	80
3639	Commercial Album - The Residents	1980	76.9	70.8	80	72.9	76.1	89.8	73	76
3709	Songs the Lord Taught Us - The Cramps	1980	76.7	72.4	79	71.5	71.7	90.6	72	80
3864	Glass Houses - Billy Joel	1980	76.3	70.2	75	78.3	80.1	81.8	77	72
3892	Vienna - Ultravox	1980	76.3	72.6	65	78	77.2	85	76	80
3905	Freedom of Choice - Devo	1980	76.2	73	67	76.8	76.4	86.2	76	78
3916	Sandinista! - The Clash	1980	76.2	69.8	84	72.1	74.1	85.2	76	72
3938	Duke - Genesis	1980	76.1	70.4	80	77.9	77.6	80.8	74	72
4035	Heartattack and Vine - Tom Waits	1980	75.9	69.8	76	74.7	74.6	87	75	74
4184	The Game - Queen	1980	75.4	67.8	78	71.7	75.9	85.4	75	74
4197	Boy - U2	1980	75.4	70	80	75	73.8	81.8	75	72
4201	Group Sex - Circle Jerks	1980	75.4	70.8	67	75.3	73.4	91	70	80
4312	Drama - Yes	1980	75	71.4	70	76.3	74.4	82.2	75	76
4355	Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners	1980	74.9	71.2	64	73.9	74.5	85.6	75	80
4398	Organisation - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	1980	74.7	70.6	71	74	74.5	84	75	74
4495	The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs	1980	74.4	70.8	65	74.1	74.1	83.8	77	76
4626	Ambient 3: Day of Radiance - Laraaji	1980	73.9	68.4	80	72.7	69.1	85	76	66
4673	Women and Children First - Van Halen	1980	73.6	68.2	70	71.7	73.7	83.8	74	74
4783	Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono	1980	73	68.4	77	73.9	73.4	77.6	73	68
4820	Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood	1980	72.7	64.8	85	65.3	64.3	78.8	73	78
4902	Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon	1980	72.3	66	75	70.2	77.8	80.8	72	64
4964	Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants	1980	71.9	66.6	77	66.8	68.3	78.4	70	76
4975	End of the Century - Ramones	1980	71.8	68	68	67.7	73	84.8	73	68
5128	Animal Magnetism - Scorpions	1980	70.3	69	45	72.8	72.9	82.2	76	74
5155	Flesh + Blood - Roxy Music	1980	70	67	59	71.2	74.4	80.4	74	64
5161	On Through the Night - Def Leppard	1980	69.9	64.6	67	68.7	66.8	82.4	70	70
5197	McCartney II - Paul McCartney	1980	69.3	67.2	60	71.3	70.5	80	70	66
5316	Autoamerican - Blondie	1980	67.3	65.6	40	71.3	77	77.4	74	66
5392	Hawks & Doves - Neil Young	1980	64.8	60.8	62	62.5	61.2	75.8	69	62
5418	Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones	1980	63.8	58.6	60	63	60	78.8	66	60
5494	Unmasked - KISS	1980	54.9	55.2	22	43.4	63.4	81	63	56

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