Best Albums of 1980

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Book Albums

Top rated albums from 1980 featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Back In Black album cover

Back In Black

AC/DC
1980
3.86 / 5
 Remain In Light album cover

Remain In Light

Talking Heads
1980
3.66 / 5
 Iron Maiden album cover

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden
1980
3.41 / 5
 Seventeen Seconds album cover

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure
1980
3.37 / 5
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British Steel

Judas Priest
1980
3.3 / 5
 Ace of Spades album cover

Ace of Spades

Motörhead
1980
3.29 / 5
 Peter Gabriel 3 album cover

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel
1980
3.28 / 5
 Sound Affects album cover

Sound Affects

The Jam
1980
3.27 / 5
 Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album cover

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys
1980
3.27 / 5
 Closer album cover

Closer

Joy Division
1980
3.21 / 5

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