Dave’s Faves: #1 Albums in the 1980s

First posted 9/20/2020; updated 10/7/2020.

Dave’s Faves: #1’s: 1980-1989

These were my personal #1 albums during the 1980s. 1980: Dec. 29, 1979: Pink Floyd The Wall (10 weeks) Mar. 8: Split Enz True Colours (1 week) Mar. 15: Air Supply Lost in Love (4 weeks) Apr. 12: Billy Joel Glass Houses (2 weeks) Apr. 26: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Against the Wind (4 weeks) May 24: All That Jazz soundtrack (4 weeks) June 21: Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 3 (aka “Melt”) (2 weeks) July 5: Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra Xanadu soundtrack (8 weeks) Aug. 30: Pat Benatar Crimes of Passion (4 weeks) Sept. 27: Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits (2 weeks) Oct. 11: The Police Zenyatta Mondatta (4 weeks) Nov. 8: Alan Parsons Project The Turn of a Friendly Card (4 weeks) Dec. 6: Neil Diamond The Jazz Singer soundtrack (3 weeks) Dec. 27: REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity (4 weeks) 1981: Jan. 24: Styx Paradise Theater (12 weeks) Apr. 18: Journey Captured (4 weeks) May 16: Squeeze East Side Story (4 weeks) June 13: Air Supply The One That You Love (4 weeks) July 11: Foreigner 4 (8 weeks) Sept. 5: Journey Escape (10 weeks) Nov. 14: Genesis Abacab (3 weeks) Dec. 5: The Police Ghost in the Machine (3 weeks) Dec. 26: Queen Greatest Hits (8 weeks) 1982: Feb. 20: Olivia Newton-John Physical (5 weeks) Mar. 27: Asia Asia (4 weeks) Apr. 24: Toto Toto IV (3 weeks) May 15: John Cougar (Mellencamp) American Fool (2 weeks) May 29: Van Halen Diver Down (2 weeks) June 12: Neil Diamond Greatest Hits Vol. II (2 weeks) June 26: Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky (3 weeks) July 17: Men at Work Business As Usual (4 weeks) Aug. 14: Don Henley I Can’t Stand Still (3 weeks) Sept. 4: Olivia Newton-John Olivia’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (4 weeks) Oct. 2: Brimstone and Treacle soundtrack (2 weeks) Oct. 16: The Beatles 20 Greatest Hits (1 week) Oct. 23 Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 (2 weeks) Nov. 6: Squeeze Singles: 45’s and Under (2 weeks) Nov. 20: Pat Benatar Get Nervous (4 weeks) Dec. 18: Little River Band Greatest Hits (1 week) Dec. 25: Foreigner Records (1 week) 1983: Jan. 1: Michael Jackson Thriller (5 weeks) Feb. 5: Journey Frontiers (3 weeks) Feb. 26: Styx Kilroy Was Here (4 weeks) Mar. 26: U2 War (2 weeks) Apr. 9: Tears for Fears The Hurting (3 weeks) Apr. 30: Violent Femmes Violent Femmes (2 weeks) May 14: Marillion Script for a Jester’s Tear (3 weeks) June 4: Men at Work Cargo (2 weeks) June 18: The Police Synchronicity (8 weeks) Aug. 13: Asia Alpha (2 weeks) Aug. 27: Billy Joel An Innocent Man (4 weeks) Sept. 24: Pat Benatar Live from Earth (2 weeks) Oct. 8: Genesis Genesis (4 weeks) Nov. 5: Alan Parsons Project Best of (2 weeks) Nov. 19: John Cougar Mellencamp Uh-Huh (3 weeks) Dec. 10: Yes 90125 (3 weeks) Dec. 31: Huey Lewis & the News Sports (4 weeks) 1984: Jan. 28: Eurythmics Touch (3 weeks) Feb. 18: Footloose soundtrack (4 weeks) Mar. 17: Marillion Fugazi (2 weeks) Mar. 31: Alan Parsons Project Ammonia Avenue (1 week) Apr. 7: Styx Caught in the Act (5 weeks) May 12: Steve Perry Street Talk (2 weeks) May 26: Chicago Chicago 17 (2 weeks) June 9: Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (8 weeks) June 23: Marillion Real to Reel (2 weeks) Aug. 18: Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain soundtrack (8 weeks) Oct. 13: Bangles All Over the Place (2 weeks) Oct. 27: Dennis DeYoung Desert Moon (2 weeks) Nov. 10: Pat Benatar Tropico (3 weeks) Dec. 1: Don Henley Building the Perfect Beast (5 weeks) 1985: Jan. 5: REO Speedwagon Wheels Are Turnin’ (3 weeks) Jan. 26: Foreigner Agent Provocateur (4 weeks) Feb. 23: Alan Parsons Project Vulture Culture (2 weeks) Mar. 9: Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair (5 weeks) Apr. 13: Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1 week) Apr. 20: Various Artists We Are the World (2 weeks) May 4: Hooters Nervous Night (2 weeks) May 18: Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (3 weeks) June 8: Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles (2 weeks) June 22: Marillion Misplaced Childhood (12 weeks) July 6: Billy Joel Greatest Hits Volume I & II (compilation: 1973-85, released 1985) (2 weeks) Sept. 9: John Cougar Mellencamp Scarecrow (4 weeks) Oct. 19: Squeeze Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (3 weeks) Nov. 9: Olivia Newton-John Soul Kiss (4 weeks) Dec. 7: Bob Dylan Biograph (2 weeks) Dec. 21: Asia Astra (2 weeks) 1986: Jan. 4: Mike + the Mechanics Mike + the Mechanics (4 weeks) Feb. 1: Alan Parsons Project Stereotomy (3 weeks) Feb. 22: Bangles Different Light (3 weeks) Mar. 15: Marillion Brief Encounter (3 weeks) Mar. 29: Dennis DeYoung Back to the World (3 weeks) Apr. 26: Journey Raised on Radio (2 weeks) May 10: Crowded House Crowded House (3 weeks) May 31: Peter Gabriel So (3 weeks) June 21: Genesis Invisible Touch (3 weeks) July 12: Supertramp Classics (2 weeks) July 26: Sting Bring on the Night (3 weeks) Aug. 16: Billy Joel The Bridge (2 weeks) Aug. 30: David + David Boomtown (3 weeks) Sept. 20: The Rainmakers The Rainmakers (4 weeks) Oct. 18: Berlin Count Three and Pray (2 weeks) Nov. 1: The Police Every Breath You Take – The Singles (2 weeks) Nov. 15: Bruce Springsteen Live 1975/1985 (4 weeks) Dec. 13: Paul Simon Graceland (3 weeks) 1987: Jan. 3: Various Artists Rock for Amnesty (3 weeks) Jan. 24: Robert Cray Strong Persuader (2 weeks) Feb. 7: XTC Skylarking (3 weeks) Feb. 28: Alan Parsons Project Gaudi (3 weeks) Mar 21: U2 The Joshua Tree (5 weeks) Apr. 25: Various Artists Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack (4 weeks) May 1: Indigo Girls Strange Fire (2 weeks) June 6: Suzanne Vega Solitude Standing (2 weeks) June 20: Marillion Clutching at Straws (6 weeks) Aug. 1: The Smiths Louder Than Bombs (1 week) Aug. 8: Terence Trent D’Arby Introducing the Hardline… (4 weeks) Sept. 5: John Cougar Mellencamp The Lonesome Jubilee (4 weeks) Oct. 3: Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason (2 weeks) Oct. 17: Sting Nothing Like the Sun (4 weeks) Nov. 14: Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love (2 weeks) Nov. 28: The Rainmakers Tornado (3 weeks) Dec. 19: Various Artists A Very Special Christmas (3 weeks) 1988: Jan. 9: Marillion B-Sides Themselves (4 weeks) Feb. 6: Lyle Lovett Pontiac (3 weeks) Feb. 27: Alan Parsons Project Best of, Vol. 2 (1 week) Mar. 5: She’s Having a Baby soundtrack (4 weeks) Apr. 2: Everything But the Girl Idlewild (1 week) Apr. 9: Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (3 weeks) Apr. 18: Eric Clapton Crossroads (2 weeks) May 14: Giraffe The Power of Suggestion (2 weeks) May 28: Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge (5 weeks) July 2: Toni Childs Union (4 weeks) June 30: Little River Band Monsoon (2 weeks) Aug. 13: Crowded House Temple of Low Men (4 weeks) Sept. 10: Tori Amos Y Kant Tori Read (2 weeks) Sept. 24: Olivia Newton-John The Rumour (3 weeks) Oct. 15: U2 Rattle and Hum (studio/live soundtrack) (3 weeks) Nov. 5: Bangles Everything (3 weeks) Nov. 26: Mike + the Mechanics Living Years (1 week) Dec. 3: Marillion The Thieving Magpie (6 weeks) 1989: Jan. 14: Lou Reed New York (2 weeks) Jan. 28: Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (2 weeks) Feb. 11: Shona Laing South (1 week) Feb. 18: Elvis Costello Spike (2 weeks) Mar. 4: Indigo Girls Indigo Girls (6 weeks) Apr. 15: Giraffe The View from Here (2 weeks) Apr. 29: Tom Petty Full Moon Fever (2 weeks) May 13: John Cougar Mellencamp Big Daddy (2 weeks) May 27: Simple Minds Street Fighting Years (1 week) June 3: Dennis DeYoung Boomchild (1 week) June 10: The Rainmakers The Good News and the Bad News (3 weeks) July 1: Don Henley The End of the Innocence (1 week) July 8: Faith No More The Real Thing (4 weeks) Aug. 5: Tim Finn Tim Finn (2 weeks) Aug. 19: The Rolling Stones The Singles Collection: The London Years (3 weeks) Sept. 9: Del Amitri Waking Hours (2 weeks) Sept. 23: David Bowie Sound + Vision (1 week) Sept. 30: Marillion Seasons End (3 weeks) Oct. 21: Tears for Fears The Seeds of Love (4 weeks) Nov. 18: Tracy Chapman Crossroads (1 week) Nov. 25: Shawn Colvin Steady On (2 weeks) Dec. 9: Billy Joel Storm Front (2 weeks) Dec. 23: Terence Trent D’Arby Neither Fish Nor Flesh (2 weeks)