Best albums of 1980

10 records · chart score = each record's average, pulled toward the site average (8.0) until it has more than a few scores

1. 1
   Blizzard Of Ozz (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)Ozzy Osbourne

   1980Rock
   Chart score8.30avg 9.1 · 1 score
2. 2
   CrocodilesEcho and the Bunnymen

   1980Pop
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
3. 3
   In the Flat FieldBauhaus

   1980Alternative
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
4. 4
   Making MoviesDire Straits

   1980Pop
   Chart score8.22avg 8.5 · 2 scores
5. 5
   British SteelJudas Priest

   1980Rock
   Chart score8.16avg 8.4 · 2 scores
6. 6
   Ace of SpadesMotörhead

   1980Rock
   Chart score8.07avg 8.2 · 1 score
7. 7
   Women and Children First (Remastered)Van Halen

   1980Rock
   Chart score7.92avg 7.6 · 1 score
8. 8
   Gyrate (Remastered)Pylon

   1980Alternative
   Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
9. 9
   Remain in LightTalking Heads

   1980Pop
   Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
10. 10
    Seventeen SecondsThe Cure

    1980Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score