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THE TOP 15 ARTISTS of the 1980's


TOP 100 TRACKS of the 1980's


1

2.54

1980

Vienna

Ultravox

Vienna

2

2.51

1989

Lullaby

The Cure

Disintegration

3

2.29

1981

Golden Brown

The Stranglers

La Folie

4

2.17

1982

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

The Eurythmics

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

5

2.13

1987

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns n Roses

Appetite For Destruction

6

1.97

1984

Pride

U2

The Unforgettable Fire

7

1.92

1983

True

Spandau Ballet

True

8

1.90

1983

Borderline

Madonna

Madonna

9

1.89

1982

Maneater

Hall & Oates

H²O

10

1.87

1982

Billie Jean

Michael Jackson

Thriller

11

1.84

1980

Ashes To Ashes

David Bowie

Scary Monsters

12

1.83

1985

Into The Groove

Madonna

Into The Groove (single)

13

1.83

1986

Livin' On A Prayer

Bon Jovi

Slippery When Wet

14

1.81

1982

Hungry Like The Wolf

Duran Duran

Rio

15

1.76

1982

Abracadabra

The Steve Miller Band

Abracadabra

16

1.76

1983

Holiday

Madonna

Madonna

17

1.74

1980

Boys Don't Cry

The Cure

Boys Don't Cry

18

1.74

1987

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

U2

The Joshua Tree

19

1.69

1984

When Doves Cry

Prince

Purple Rain

20

1.65

1981

Just Can't Get Enough

Depeche Mode

Speak & Spell

21

1.65

1980

Could You Be Loved

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Uprising

22

1.64

1981

Love Action (I Believe In Love)

The Human League

Dare!

23

1.64

1982

Glittering Prize

Simple Minds

New Gold Dream 81,82,83,84

24

1.62

1982

Rio

Duran Duran

Rio

25

1.58

1983

Every Breath You Take

The Police

Synchronicity

26

1.58

1988

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

27

1.58

1986

Sledgehammer

Peter Gabriel

So

28

1.56

1982

Only You

Yazoo

Upstairs At Eric's

29

1.55

1984

Change of Heart

Change

Change of Heart

30

1.55

1987

Break 4 Love

Raze

Break 4 Love (EP)

31

1.54

1984

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

The Smiths

Hatful of Hollow

32

1.54

1984

Big In Japan

Alphaville

Forever Young

33

1.54

1980

And The Beat Goes On

The Whispers

The Whispers

34

1.54

1980

Crosseyed And Painless

Talking Heads

Remain In Light

35

1.54

1985

Running Up That Hill

Kate Bush

The Hounds of Love

36

1.54

1986

Kiss

Prince

Parade OST

37

1.53

1982

New Gold Dream

Simple Minds

New Gold Dream 81,82,83,84

38

1.52

1986

Cemetery Gates

The Smiths

The Queen Is Dead

39

1.50

1987

With or Without You

U2

The Joshua Tree

40

1.49

1981

Picasso Visita El Planeta de Los Simios

Adam & The Ants

Prince Charming

41

1.49

1989

Buffalo Stance

Neneh Cherry

Raw Like Sushi

42

1.48

1980

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division

Love Will Tear Us Apart (single)

43

1.47

1981

Five Guns West

Adam & The Ants

Prince Charming

44

1.47

1981

Don't You Want Me

The Human League

Dare!

45

1.45

1981

Ceremony

New Order

Ceremony (EP)

46

1.45

1983

Everything Counts

Depeche Mode

Construction Time Again

47

1.44

1982

Love Theme

Vangelis

Blade Runner OST

48

1.44

1985

Alive And Kicking

Simple Minds

Once Upon A Time

49

1.43

1988

Totally Nude

Talking Heads

Naked

50

1.42

1984

I Just Called To Say I Love You

Stevie Wonder

I Just Called To Say I Love You (single)

51

1.42

1984

Dancing In The Dark

Bruce Springsteen

Born In The U.S.A.

52

1.41

1984

What Difference Does it Make?

The Smiths

The Smiths

53

1.41

1983

Change

Tears For Fears

The Hurting

54

1.41

1980

On My Radio

The Selecter

Too Much Pressure

55

1.41

1982

Just An Illusion

Imagination

In The Heat of The Night

56

1.41

1982

The Celtic Soul Brothers

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Too-Rye-Ay

57

1.40

1981

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Depeche Mode

Speak & Spell

58

1.40

1984

Bad

U2

The Unforgettable Fire

59

1.39

1982

The Message

Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five

The Message

60

1.39

1987

Night Train

Dub Syndicate

Night Train (EP)

61

1.39

1985

Take On Me

A-Ha

Hunting High And Low

62

1.39

1984

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Cyndi Lauper

She's So Unusual

63

1.38

1986

Big Mouth Strikes Again

The Smiths

The Queen Is Dead

64

1.38

1982

I Ran (so far away)

A Flock of Seagulls

A Flock of Seagulls

65

1.38

1980

Born Under Punches (The heat goes on)

Talking Heads

Remain In Light

66

1.37

1985

She Sells Sanctuary

The Cult

Love

67

1.37

1987

Ites Gold And Green

Vivian Jones

Jah Works

68

1.37

1982

Town Called Malice

The Jam

The Gift

69

1.36

1981

New Life

Depeche Mode

Speak & Spell

70

1.36

1980

(Just Like) Starting Over

John Lennon

Double Fantasy

71

1.36

1987

Ask

The Smiths

The World Won't Listen

72

1.35

1989

Wicked Game

Chris Isaak

Heart Shaped World

73

1.35

1984

Smalltown Boy

Bronski Beat

The Age of Consent

74

1.35

1980

That's Entertainment

The Jam

Sound Affects

75

1.35

1985

Under Me Sleng Teng

Wayne Smith

Under Me Sleng Teng

76

1.34

1986

Cities In Dust

Siouxsie & The Banshees

Tinderbox

77

1.34

1980

Once In A Lifetime

Talking Heads

Remain In Light

78

1.34

1983

Blue Monday

New Order

Power, Corruption & Lies

79

1.33

1985

The Headmaster Ritual

The Smiths

Meat Is Murder

80

1.33

1982

Everything's Gone Green

New Order

1981 - Factus 8 - 1982 (EP)

81

1.33

1986

The Meeting Place

XTC

Skylarking

82

1.33

1982

Someone, Somewhere In Summertime

Simple Minds

New Gold Dream 81,82,83,84

83

1.33

1982

Run To The Hills

Iron Maiden

The Number of The Beast

84

1.33

1985

Six Different Ways

The Cure

The Head On The Door

85

1.32

1981

Tainted Love

Soft Cell

Non-stop Erotic Cabaret

86

1.32

1983

Ain't Nobody

Rufus & Chaka Khan

Ain't Nobody (single)

87

1.32

1989

Pump Up The Jam

Technotronic

Pump Up The Jam

88

1.31

1987

If I Was Your Girlfriend

Prince

Sign O' The Times

89

1.31

1987

Sometimes

Erasure

Circus

90

1.31

1988

Cico Buff

The Cocteau Twins

Blue Bell Knoll

91

1.30

1984

Reel Around the Fountain

The Smiths

The Smiths

92

1.29

1989

What I Am

Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

Shooting Rubber Bands at The Stars

93

1.29

1982

A Night To Remember

Shalamar

Friends

94

1.29

1983

Cavern

Liquid Liquid

Optimo EP

95

1.29

1982

Ghost

The Jam

The Gift

96

1.29

1984

Thieves Like Us (Instrumental version)

New Order

Thieves Like Us (EP)

97

1.28

1983

Dancing Tight

Galaxy ft. Phil Fearon

Dancing Tight (single)

98

1.28

1983

Rock The Boat

Forrest

One Lover

99

1.27

1984

William, It Was Really Nothing

The Smiths

Hatful of Hollow

100

1.27

1986

True Blue

Madonna

True Blue





TOP 40 ALBUMS of The 1980's

Pos.

Album

Year

Artist

Score  

New Votes
Pos ~ Neg


1

The Queen Is Dead

1986

The Smiths

8.57
1 ~ 3

2

New Gold Dream 81,82,83,84

1982

Simple Minds

6.95
4 ~ 6

3

Remain In Light

1980

Talking Heads

6.51
4 ~ 4

4

The Joshua Tree

1987

U2

6.48
1 ~ 4

5

Speak & Spell

1981

Depeche Mode

6.19
2 ~ 1

6

The Smiths

1984

The Smiths

5.96
3 ~ 1

7

The Unforgettable Fire

1984

U2

5.77
3 ~ 1

8

The Head On The Door

1985

The Cure

5.49
2 ~ 2

9

Madonna

1983

Madonna

5.45
25 ~ 10

10

Thriller

1982

Michael Jackson

5.04
20 ~ 4

11

First And Last And Always

1985

The Sisters of Mercy

4.90
2 ~ 2

12

Slippery When Wet

1986

Bon Jovi

4.80
5 ~ 8

13

Naked

1988

Talking Heads

4.47
- ~ 1

14

Meat Is Murder

1985

The Smiths

4.40
4 ~ 2

15

The Age of Consent

1984

Bronski Beat

4.30
- ~ -

16

Faith

1987

George Michael

4.25
- ~ 8

17

Blade Runner OST

1982

Vangelis

4.22
1 ~ -

18

So

1986

Peter Gabriel

4.13
- ~ 2

19

Prince Charming

1981

Adam & The Ants

3.94
2 ~ -

20

Dare!

1981

The Human League

3.83
1 ~ -

21

Hatful of Hollow

1984

The Smiths

3.80
2 ~ 9

22

1981 - Factus 8 - 1982 (EP)

1982

New Order

3.72
1 ~ 2

23

Parade OST

1986

Prince

3.68
1 ~ -

24

True

1983

Spandau Ballet

3.67
85 ~ 1

25

Love

1985

The Cult

3.51
4 ~ 1

26

Disintegration

1989

The Cure

3.50
6 ~ 5

27

Rio

1982

Duran Duran

3.42
1 ~ -

28

The Ghost Town EP

1981

The Specials

3.39
- ~ -

29

Tango In The Night

1987

Fleetwood Mac

3.27
5 ~ 3

30

Tracy Chapman

1988

Tracy Chapman

3.27
- ~ -

31

Upstairs At Eric's

1982

Yazoo

3.24
1 ~ 1

32

Kings of The Wild Frontier

1980

Adam & The Ants

3.23
2 ~ 2

33

Let Love Rule

1989

Lenny Kravitz

3.21
5 ~ -

34

Speaking In Tongues

1983

Talking Heads

3.10
- ~ -

35

The World Won't Listen

1987

The Smiths

3.05
3 ~ 1

36

Like A Virgin

1984

Madonna

2.99
1 ~ 2

37

True Blue

1986

Madonna

2.98
1 ~ 1

38

Songs From The Big Chair

1985

Tears For Fears

2.90
2 ~ 2

39

Welcome To The Pleasure Dome

1984

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2.81
3 ~ 1

40

Blue Bell Knoll

1988

The Cocteau Twins

2.78
- ~ -

 

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