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 Original 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
41. Glass Houses Billy Joel 2 May 1980
42. Double Fantasy John Lennon & Yoko Ono 1 Dec 1980
43. The Bridge Billy Joel 2 Oct 1986
44. Be Yourself Tonight Eurythmics 1 Jul 1985
45. The Boys Light Up Australian Crawl 4 Sep 1980
46. Diesel and Dust Midnight Oil 1 Aug 1987
47. Reckless Bryan Adams 2 Oct 1985
48. Heavy Nova Robert Palmer 2 Feb 1989
49. Tattoo You The Rolling Stones 1 Sep 1981
50. True Colours Split Enz 1 Apr 1980
51. Listen Like Thieves INXS 1 Oct 1985
52. Introducing the Hardline According to Terrence Trent D'Arby Terrence Trent D'Arby 1 May 1988
53. Age of Reason John Farnham 1 Aug 1988
54. Let's Dance David Bowie 1 Apr 1983
55. Rattle and Hum U2 1 Oct 1988
56. Icehouse Flowers (Icehouse) 4 Nov 1980
57. Avalon Roxy Music 1 Jul 1982
58. Zenyatta Mondatta The Police 1 Mar 1981
59. Under a Blood Red Sky U2 2 Feb 1984
60. Appetite For Destruction Guns 'n' Roses 7 Oct 1988
61. Making Movies Dire Straits 6 Mar 1981
62. Days of Innocence Moving Pictures 1 Mar 1982
63. Synchronicity The Police 1 Jul 1983
64. Off The Wall Michael Jackson 1 Mar 1980
65. Greatest Hits Vols. I & II Billy Joel 2 Aug 1985
66. Kev's Back Kevin Bloody Wilson 8 Oct 1986
67. Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley 1 Apr 1988
68. Stardust Willie Nelson 5 Aug 1980
69. Private Dancer Tina Turner 7 Sep 1984
70. Hotter Than July Stevie Wonder 3 Dec 1980
71. Guilty Barbra Streisand 1 Nov 1980
72. Dare The Human League 3 Apr 1982
73. Open Up and Say...Ahh! Poison 11 Sep 1988
74. A Momentary Lapse of Reason Pink Floyd 4 Nov 1987
75. Faith George Michael 3 Mar 1988
76. Push Bros 4 Aug 1988
77. Songs From the Big Chair Tears For Fears 5 May 1985
78. Flashdance Original Soundtrack 1 Aug 1983
79. Freight Train Heart Jimmy Barnes 1 Dec 1987
80. Hysteria Def Leppard 4 Jul 1989
81. The Raw and the Cooked Fine Young Cannibals 2 May 1989
82. Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge 2 Mar 1989
83. Stop Making Sense Talking Heads 9 Nov 1985
84. Dancing on the Ceiling Lionel Richie 2 Sep 1986
85. Whitney Whitney Houston 1 Jun 1987
86. Like a Prayer Madonna 2 Apr 1989
87. Face Value Phil Collins 2 Jun 1981
88. The Rose Soundtrack Bette Midler 3 May 1980
89. Edge Daryl Braithwaite 1 May 1989
90. Bad Habits Billy Field 1 Jul 1981
91. Christopher Cross Christopher Cross 6 May 1981
92. Union Toni Childs 7 Nov 1988
93. Spirit of Place Goanna 2 Jan 1983
94. Madonna Madonna 10 Aug 1984
95. Rock a Little Stevie Nicks 5 June 1986
96. Can't Stop the Music Soundtrack Village People 1 June 1980
97. Red Sails in the Sunset Midnight Oil 1 November 1984
98. Bad Michael Jackson 2 September 1987
99. 1100 Bel Air Place Julio Iglesias 2 October 1984
100. Circus Animals Cold Chisel 1 May 1982

[1] These charts were calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report / Australian Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reached within the top 100 albums for each week.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Australian Music Report, No 805, 1 Jan 1990, David Kent, Turramurra, NSW, Australia
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