List of top 40 albums for 1980–1989 in Australia
The following lists the top 40 (end of decade) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the 1980s. These were the best charting albums in Australia for the 1980s. The source for this decade is the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report.
# | Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | Date reached |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Whispering Jack | John Farnham | 1 | November 1986 |
2. | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | 1 | May 1985 |
3. | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 1 | June 1983 |
4. | Born in the U.S.A. | Bruce Springsteen | 1 | October 1984 |
5. | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | 1 | June 1986 |
6. | Can't Slow Down | Lionel Richie | 1 | June 1984 |
7. | Too Low for Zero | Elton John | 2 | August 1983 |
8. | 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 | Midnight Oil | 3 | December 1982 |
9. | Business as Usual | Men at Work | 1 | December 1981 |
10. | Kick | INXS | 1 | October 1988 |
11. | Graceland | Paul Simon | 1 | October 1986 |
12. | An Innocent Man | Billy Joel | 3 | November 1983 |
13. | Revenge | Eurythmics | 2 | August 1986 |
14. | Crowded House | Crowded House | 1 | June 1987 |
15. | Love over Gold | Dire Straits | 1 | October 1982 |
16. | Colour by Numbers | Culture Club | 1 | October 1983 |
17. | No Jacket Required | Phil Collins | 1 | May 1985 |
18. | Like a Virgin | Madonna | 2 | January 1985 |
19. | The Swing | INXS | 1 | April 1984 |
20. | The Joshua Tree | U2 | 3 | March 1987 |
21. | Little Creatures | Talking Heads | 2 | August 1985 |
22. | Back in Black | AC/DC | 1 | March 1981 |
23. | Man of Colours | Icehouse | 1 | October 1987 |
24. | For the Working Class Man | Jimmy Barnes | 1 | December 1985 |
25. | Slippery When Wet | Bon Jovi | 1 | July 1987 |
26. | The Lonesome Jubilee | John Cougar Mellencamp | 2 | May 1988 |
27. | She's So Unusual | Cyndi Lauper | 3 | February 1985 |
28. | East | Cold Chisel | 2 | June 1980 |
29. | The Wall | Pink Floyd | 1 | March 1980 |
30. | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | 3 | June 1988 |
31. | Chariots of Fire | Vangelis | 5 | May 1982 |
32. | The Dream of the Blue Turtles | Sting | 1 | April 1986 |
33. | Tango in the Night | Fleetwood Mac | 5 | November 1987 |
34. | Scarecrow | John Cougar Mellencamp | 2 | July 1986 |
35. | Sirocco | Australian Crawl | 1 | August 1981 |
36. | True Blue | Madonna | 1 | August 1986 |
37. | Dirty Dancing | Motion Picture Soundtrack | 1 | October 1986 |
38. | ...ish | 1927 | 1 | May 1989 |
39. | Invisible Touch | Genesis | 3 | July 1986 |
40. | Volume One | Traveling Wilburys | 1 | February 1989 |
These charts were calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.
See also[]
Categories:
- Australian record charts
- 1980s in Australian music
- 1980s record charts