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.
[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.
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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 reached1 Whispering Jack John Farnham 1 November 19862 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 1 May 19853 Thriller Michael Jackson 1 June 19834 Born in the U S A Bruce Springsteen 1 October 19845 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 1 June 19866 Can t Slow Down Lionel Richie 1 June 19847 Too Low for Zero Elton John 2 August 19838 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Midnight Oil 3 December 19829 Business as Usual Men at Work 1 December 198110 Kick INXS 1 October 198811 Graceland Paul Simon 1 October 198612 An Innocent Man Billy Joel 3 November 198313 Revenge Eurythmics 2 August 198614 Crowded House Crowded House 1 June 198715 Love over Gold Dire Straits 1 October 198216 Colour by Numbers Culture Club 1 October 198317 No Jacket Required Phil Collins 1 May 198518 Like a Virgin Madonna 2 January 198519 The Swing INXS 1 April 198420 The Joshua Tree U2 3 March 198721 Little Creatures Talking Heads 2 August 198522 Back in Black AC DC 1 March 198123 Man of Colours Icehouse 1 October 198724 For the Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes 1 December 198525 Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi 1 July 198726 The Lonesome Jubilee John Cougar Mellencamp 2 May 198827 She s So Unusual Cyndi Lauper 3 February 198528 East Cold Chisel 2 June 198029 The Wall Pink Floyd 1 March 198030 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 3 June 198831 Chariots of Fire Vangelis 5 May 198232 The Dream of the Blue Turtles Sting 1 April 198633 Tango in the Night Fleetwood Mac 5 November 198734 Scarecrow John Cougar Mellencamp 2 July 198635 Sirocco Australian Crawl 1 August 198136 True Blue Madonna 1 August 198637 Dirty Dancing Original Soundtrack 1 October 198638 ish 1927 1 May 198939 Invisible Touch Genesis 3 July 198640 Volume One Traveling Wilburys 1 February 198941 Glass Houses Billy Joel 2 May 198042 Double Fantasy John Lennon amp Yoko Ono 1 Dec 198043 The Bridge Billy Joel 2 Oct 198644 Be Yourself Tonight Eurythmics 1 Jul 198545 The Boys Light Up Australian Crawl 4 Sep 198046 Diesel and Dust Midnight Oil 1 Aug 198747 Reckless Bryan Adams 2 Oct 198548 Heavy Nova Robert Palmer 2 Feb 198949 Tattoo You The Rolling Stones 1 Sep 198150 True Colours Split Enz 1 Apr 198051 Listen Like Thieves INXS 1 Oct 198552 Introducing the Hardline According to Terrence Trent D Arby Terrence Trent D Arby 1 May 198853 Age of Reason John Farnham 1 Aug 198854 Let s Dance David Bowie 1 Apr 198355 Rattle and Hum U2 1 Oct 198856 Icehouse Flowers Icehouse 4 Nov 198057 Avalon Roxy Music 1 Jul 198258 Zenyatta Mondatta The Police 1 Mar 198159 Under a Blood Red Sky U2 2 Feb 198460 Appetite For Destruction Guns n Roses 7 Oct 198861 Making Movies Dire Straits 6 Mar 198162 Days of Innocence Moving Pictures 1 Mar 198263 Synchronicity The Police 1 Jul 198364 Off The Wall Michael Jackson 1 Mar 198065 Greatest Hits Vols I amp II Billy Joel 2 Aug 198566 Kev s Back Kevin Bloody Wilson 8 Oct 198667 Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley 1 Apr 198868 Stardust Willie Nelson 5 Aug 198069 Private Dancer Tina Turner 7 Sep 198470 Hotter Than July Stevie Wonder 3 Dec 198071 Guilty Barbra Streisand 1 Nov 198072 Dare The Human League 3 Apr 198273 Open Up and Say Ahh Poison 11 Sep 198874 A Momentary Lapse of Reason Pink Floyd 4 Nov 198775 Faith George Michael 3 Mar 198876 Push Bros 4 Aug 198877 Songs From the Big Chair Tears For Fears 5 May 198578 Flashdance Original Soundtrack 1 Aug 198379 Freight Train Heart Jimmy Barnes 1 Dec 198780 Hysteria Def Leppard 4 Jul 198981 The Raw and the Cooked Fine Young Cannibals 2 May 198982 Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge 2 Mar 198983 Stop Making Sense Talking Heads 9 Nov 198584 Dancing on the Ceiling Lionel Richie 2 Sep 198685 Whitney Whitney Houston 1 Jun 198786 Like a Prayer Madonna 2 Apr 198987 Face Value Phil Collins 2 Jun 198188 The Rose Soundtrack Bette Midler 3 May 198089 Edge Daryl Braithwaite 1 May 198990 Bad Habits Billy Field 1 Jul 198191 Christopher Cross Christopher Cross 6 May 198192 Union Toni Childs 7 Nov 198893 Spirit of Place Goanna 2 Jan 198394 Madonna Madonna 10 Aug 198495 Rock a Little Stevie Nicks 5 June 198696 Can t Stop the Music Soundtrack Village People 1 June 198097 Red Sails in the Sunset Midnight Oil 1 November 198498 Bad Michael Jackson 2 September 198799 1100 Bel Air Place Julio Iglesias 2 October 1984100 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 editList of Top 40 singles for 1980 89 in AustraliaReferences edit Australian Music Report No 805 1 Jan 1990 David Kent Turramurra NSW Australia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of 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