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These are the
UK Official Indie Chart
number-one albums of the 1980s, as compiled by
MRIB
.
[1]
Artist
Album
Record label
Date first reached number one
Total number of weeks
[2]
1980
Adam and the Ants
Dirk Wears White Sox
Do It
19 January 1980
13*
Crass
Stations of the Crass
Crass
26 January 1980
5*
Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures
Factory
9 February 1980
1
Toyah
Sheep Farming in Barnet
Safari
23 February 1980
3
The Cramps
Songs the Lord Taught Us
Illegal
29 March 1980
1
The Pop Group
For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
Y
5 April 1980
3
The Slits
Bootleg Retrospective
Y
26 April 1980
3
The Fall
Totale's Turns
Rough Trade
17 May 1980
5
Toyah
The Blue Meaning
Safari
21 June 1980
2
Black Sabbath
Live at Last
NEMS
5 July 1980
3
Joy Division
Closer
Factory
26 July 1980
8
UB40
Signing Off
Graduate
20 September 1980
11*
Bauhaus
In the Flat Field
4AD
22 November 1980
2
The Fall
Grotesque (After the Gramme)
Rough Trade
6 December 1980
3
1981
Theatre of Hate
He Who Dares Wins
Burning Rome Records
4 April 1981
5
A Certain Ratio
To Each...
Factory
9 May 1981
1
The Exploited
Punks Not Dead
Secret
16 May 1981
2
Au Pairs
Playing with a Different Sex
Human
30 May 1981
2
UB40
Present Arms
DEP International
13 June 1981
11*
Crass
Penis Envy
Crass
11 July 1981
5
Anti-Pasti
The Last Call
Rondelet
22 August 1981
2
Cabaret Voltaire
Red Mecca
Rough Trade
26 September 1981
1
Joy Division
Still
Factory
24 October 1981
1
Depeche Mode
Speak & Spell
Mute
21 November 1981
7*
New Order
Movement
Factory
5 December 1981
4*
1982
A Certain Ratio
Sextet
Factory
30 January 1982
4*
23 Skidoo
Seven Songs
Fetish
6 March 1982
1
Pigbag
Dr Heckle and Mr Jive
Y
13 March 1982
10*
The 4-Skins
The Good, The Bad & The 4-Skins
Secret
15 May 1982
1
Anti-Nowhere League
We Are...The League
WXYZ
29 May 1982
5*
The Exploited
Troops of Tomorrow
Secret
26 June 1982
3
Cabaret Voltaire
2x45
Rough Trade
24 July 1982
1
The Birthday Party
Junkyard
4AD
31 July 1982
4
Crass
Christ - The Album
Crass
28 August 1982
1
Yazoo
Upstairs at Eric's
Mute
4 September 1982
12*
UB40
UB44
DEP International
16 October 1982
3*
Depeche Mode
A Broken Frame
Mute
30 October 1982
2
Toyah
Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour
Safari
20 November 1982
2
1983
Various artists
Pillows & Prayers
Cherry Red
15 January 1983
5
Flux of Pink Indians
Strive to Survive Causing Least Suffering Possible
Spiderleg
19 February 1983
2
The Meteors
Wreckin' Crew
ID Records
5 March 1983
3
Sex Gang Children
Song and Legend
Illuminated
26 March 1983
2
Conflict
It's Time to See Who's Who
Corpus Christi
9 April 1983
3
Aztec Camera
High Land, Hard Rain
Rough Trade
30 April 1983
2
New Order
Power, Corruption & Lies
Factory
14 May 1983
7*
Crass
Yes Sir, I Will
Crass
18 June 1983
3
The Cramps
...Off the Bone
Illegal
9 July 1983
2
Yazoo
You and Me Both
Mute
23 July 1983
8*
Depeche Mode
Construction Time Again
Mute
3 September 1983
5*
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins
4AD
5 November 1983
4
The Cramps
Smell of Female
Big Beat
3 December 1983
3
The Fall
Perverted by Language
Rough Trade
24 December 1983
4
1984
Billy Bragg
Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy
Go! Discs
21 January 1984
6
The Smiths
The Smiths
Rough Trade
3 March 1984
12
New Model Army
Vengeance
Abstract
26 May 1984
1
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
From Her to Eternity
Mute
2 June 1984
6
Xmal Deutschland
Tocsin
4AD
14 July 1984
3
Various artists
Rockabilly Psychosis and the Garage Disease
Big Beat
4 August 1984
1
23 Skidoo
Urban Gamelan
Illuminated
11 August 1984
1
Theatre of Hate
Revolution
Burning Rome Records
18 August 1984
6
Skeletal Family
Burning Oil
Red Rhino
29 September 1984
2
Depeche Mode
Some Great Reward
Mute
13 October 1984
2
This Mortal Coil
It'll End in Tears
4AD
27 October 1984
4
The Smiths
Hatful of Hollow
Rough Trade
24 November 1984
13
1985
The Smiths
Meat is Murder
Rough Trade
23 February 1985
12
The Long Ryders
Native Sons
Frontier
18 May 1985
2
New Order
Low-Life
Factory
1 June 1985
8
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Night of a Thousand Candles
Demon
27 July 1985
4
Colourbox
Colourbox
4AD
24 August 1985
4
Guana Batz
Held Down to Vinyl .... At Last!
ID Records
21 September 1985
2
The June Brides
There Are Eight Million Stories...
Pink
5 October 1985
4
Hüsker Dü
Flip Your Wig
SST
2 November 1985
1
Depeche Mode
The Singles 81→85
Mute
9 November 1985
3*
Microdisney
The Clock Comes Down The Stairs
Rough Trade
23 November 1985
1
Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel
Nail
Self Immolation
/
Some Bizzare
7 December 1985
2
Dead Kennedys
Frankenchrist
Alternative Tentacles
21 December 1985
5
1986
Half Man Half Biscuit
Back in the DHSS
Probe Plus
25 January 1986
6*
The Cramps
A Date with Elvis
Big Beat
1 March 1986
4*
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Paint Your Wagon
Red Rhino
22 March 1986
1
Depeche Mode
Black Celebration
Mute
5 April 1986
2
Cocteau Twins
Victorialand
4AD
26 April 1986
4
That Petrol Emotion
Manic Pop Thrill
Demon
24 May 1985
5
The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead
Rough Trade
21 June 1986
8*
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
High Priest of Love
Food
16 August 1986
1
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Kicking Against the Pricks
Mute
30 August 1986
4
Elvis Costello
and
the Attractions
Blood & Chocolate
Demon
27 September 1986
2
New Order
Brotherhood
Factory
11 October 1986
6
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Your Funeral... My Trial
Mute
22 November 1986
2
Harold Budd
,
Elizabeth Fraser
,
Robin Guthrie
and
Simon Raymonde
The Moon and the Melodies
4AD
6 December 1986
2
Dead Kennedys
Bedtime for Democracy
Alternative Tentacles
20 December 1986
7
1987
Wiseblood
Dirtdish
K 422
7 February 1987
3
The Smiths
The World Won't Listen
Rough Trade
28 February 1987
5
The Railway Children
Reunion Wilderness
Factory
4 April 1987
1
Erasure
The Circus
Mute
11 April 1987
16*
The Woodentops
Live Hypnobeat Live
Rough Trade
9 May 1987
1
Wire
The Ideal Copy
Mute
16 May 1987
2
Fields of the Nephilim
Dawnrazor
Situation Two
30 May 1987
2
Sonic Youth
Sister
Blast First
13 June 1987
3
Dead Kennedys
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Alternative Tentacles
4 July 1987
5
Conflict
Turning Rebellion into Money
Mortarhate
8 August 1987
2
New Order
Substance 1987
Factory
22 August 1987
5
Big Black
Songs About Fucking
Touch and Go
26 September 1987
1
The Smiths
Strangeways, Here We Come
Rough Trade
3 October 1987
5*
The Wedding Present
George Best
Reception
24 October 1987
5*
The Fall
Palace of Swords Reversed
Rough Trade
5 December 1987
2
The Stupids
Jesus Meets The Stupids
Vinyl Solution
19 December 1987
2
1988
The Woodentops
Wooden Foot Cops on the Highway
Rough Trade
5 March 1988
4
Erasure
The Innocents
Mute
30 April 1988
5*
The Sugarcubes
Life's Too Good
One Little Indian
21 May 1988
2
The House of Love
The House of Love
Creation
4 June 1988
4
The Weather Prophets
Judges, Juries and Horsemen
Creation
25 June 1988
1
A. R. Kane
69
Rough Trade
9 July 1988
1
Joy Division
Substance
Factory
23 July 1988
3
The Wedding Present
Tommy
Reception
13 August 1988
1
Various artists
Doing It for the Kids
Creation
20 August 1988
4
The Smiths
Rank
Rough Trade
17 September 1988
2
Cocteau Twins
Blue Bell Knoll
4AD
1 October 1988
3
Dinosaur Jr.
Bug
Blast First
22 October 1988
1
Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation
Enigma
29 October 1988
3
Napalm Death
From Enslavement to Obliteration
Earache
19 November 1988
2
My Bloody Valentine
Isn't Anything
Creation
3 December 1988
3
Kylie Minogue
Kylie
PWL
24 December 1988
4
1989
Loop
Fade Out
Head
4 February 1989
1
New Order
Technique
Factory
11 February 1989
5
Spacemen 3
Playing with Fire
Fire
18 March 1989
2
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising
Tommy Boy
1 April 1989
2
Pixies
Doolittle
4AD
29 April 1989
3
Jason Donovan
Ten Good Reasons
PWL
20 May 1989
4*
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Silvertone
3 June 1989
19*
Mega City Four
Tranzophobia
Decoy
24 June 1989
1
Fugazi
Margin Walker
Dischord
29 July 1989
2
The Primitives
Lazy 86–88
Lazy
9 September 1989
1
Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Creation
30 September 1989
2
The Sugarcubes
Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
One Little Indian
14 October 1989
2
Erasure
Wild!
Mute
28 October 1989
3
Mudhoney
Mudhoney
Sub Pop
18 November 1989
2
See also
List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s
1980s in music
List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1980s
References
^
"Indie Hits"
. Archived from
the original
on 16 October 2007 – via
Cherry Red Records
.
^
* indicates total weeks of non-consecutive runs at number one
Category
:
Lists of number-one albums in the United Kingdom
Hidden categories:
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Short description with empty Wikidata description
Use dmy dates from February 2024
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These are the
UK Official Indie Chart
number-one albums of the 1980s, as compiled by
MRIB
.
[1]
Artist
Album
Record label
Date first reached number one
Total number of weeks
[2]
1980
Adam and the Ants
Dirk Wears White Sox
Do It
19 January 1980
13*
Crass
Stations of the Crass
Crass
26 January 1980
5*
Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures
Factory
9 February 1980
1
Toyah
Sheep Farming in Barnet
Safari
23 February 1980
3
The Cramps
Songs the Lord Taught Us
Illegal
29 March 1980
1
The Pop Group
For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
Y
5 April 1980
3
The Slits
Bootleg Retrospective
Y
26 April 1980
3
The Fall
Totale's Turns
Rough Trade
17 May 1980
5
Toyah
The Blue Meaning
Safari
21 June 1980
2
Black Sabbath
Live at Last
NEMS
5 July 1980
3
Joy Division
Closer
Factory
26 July 1980
8
UB40
Signing Off
Graduate
20 September 1980
11*
Bauhaus
In the Flat Field
4AD
22 November 1980
2
The Fall
Grotesque (After the Gramme)
Rough Trade
6 December 1980
3
1981
Theatre of Hate
He Who Dares Wins
Burning Rome Records
4 April 1981
5
A Certain Ratio
To Each...
Factory
9 May 1981
1
The Exploited
Punks Not Dead
Secret
16 May 1981
2
Au Pairs
Playing with a Different Sex
Human
30 May 1981
2
UB40
Present Arms
DEP International
13 June 1981
11*
Crass
Penis Envy
Crass
11 July 1981
5
Anti-Pasti
The Last Call
Rondelet
22 August 1981
2
Cabaret Voltaire
Red Mecca
Rough Trade
26 September 1981
1
Joy Division
Still
Factory
24 October 1981
1
Depeche Mode
Speak & Spell
Mute
21 November 1981
7*
New Order
Movement
Factory
5 December 1981
4*
1982
A Certain Ratio
Sextet
Factory
30 January 1982
4*
23 Skidoo
Seven Songs
Fetish
6 March 1982
1
Pigbag
Dr Heckle and Mr Jive
Y
13 March 1982
10*
The 4-Skins
The Good, The Bad & The 4-Skins
Secret
15 May 1982
1
Anti-Nowhere League
We Are...The League
WXYZ
29 May 1982
5*
The Exploited
Troops of Tomorrow
Secret
26 June 1982
3
Cabaret Voltaire
2x45
Rough Trade
24 July 1982
1
The Birthday Party
Junkyard
4AD
31 July 1982
4
Crass
Christ - The Album
Crass
28 August 1982
1
Yazoo
Upstairs at Eric's
Mute
4 September 1982
12*
UB40
UB44
DEP International
16 October 1982
3*
Depeche Mode
A Broken Frame
Mute
30 October 1982
2
Toyah
Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour
Safari
20 November 1982
2
1983
Various artists
Pillows & Prayers
Cherry Red
15 January 1983
5
Flux of Pink Indians
Strive to Survive Causing Least Suffering Possible
Spiderleg
19 February 1983
2
The Meteors
Wreckin' Crew
ID Records
5 March 1983
3
Sex Gang Children
Song and Legend
Illuminated
26 March 1983
2
Conflict
It's Time to See Who's Who
Corpus Christi
9 April 1983
3
Aztec Camera
High Land, Hard Rain
Rough Trade
30 April 1983
2
New Order
Power, Corruption & Lies
Factory
14 May 1983
7*
Crass
Yes Sir, I Will
Crass
18 June 1983
3
The Cramps
...Off the Bone
Illegal
9 July 1983
2
Yazoo
You and Me Both
Mute
23 July 1983
8*
Depeche Mode
Construction Time Again
Mute
3 September 1983
5*
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins
4AD
5 November 1983
4
The Cramps
Smell of Female
Big Beat
3 December 1983
3
The Fall
Perverted by Language
Rough Trade
24 December 1983
4
1984
Billy Bragg
Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy
Go! Discs
21 January 1984
6
The Smiths
The Smiths
Rough Trade
3 March 1984
12
New Model Army
Vengeance
Abstract
26 May 1984
1
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
From Her to Eternity
Mute
2 June 1984
6
Xmal Deutschland
Tocsin
4AD
14 July 1984
3
Various artists
Rockabilly Psychosis and the Garage Disease
Big Beat
4 August 1984
1
23 Skidoo
Urban Gamelan
Illuminated
11 August 1984
1
Theatre of Hate
Revolution
Burning Rome Records
18 August 1984
6
Skeletal Family
Burning Oil
Red Rhino
29 September 1984
2
Depeche Mode
Some Great Reward
Mute
13 October 1984
2
This Mortal Coil
It'll End in Tears
4AD
27 October 1984
4
The Smiths
Hatful of Hollow
Rough Trade
24 November 1984
13
1985
The Smiths
Meat is Murder
Rough Trade
23 February 1985
12
The Long Ryders
Native Sons
Frontier
18 May 1985
2
New Order
Low-Life
Factory
1 June 1985
8
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Night of a Thousand Candles
Demon
27 July 1985
4
Colourbox
Colourbox
4AD
24 August 1985
4
Guana Batz
Held Down to Vinyl .... At Last!
ID Records
21 September 1985
2
The June Brides
There Are Eight Million Stories...
Pink
5 October 1985
4
Hüsker Dü
Flip Your Wig
SST
2 November 1985
1
Depeche Mode
The Singles 81→85
Mute
9 November 1985
3*
Microdisney
The Clock Comes Down The Stairs
Rough Trade
23 November 1985
1
Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel
Nail
Self Immolation
/
Some Bizzare
7 December 1985
2
Dead Kennedys
Frankenchrist
Alternative Tentacles
21 December 1985
5
1986
Half Man Half Biscuit
Back in the DHSS
Probe Plus
25 January 1986
6*
The Cramps
A Date with Elvis
Big Beat
1 March 1986
4*
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Paint Your Wagon
Red Rhino
22 March 1986
1
Depeche Mode
Black Celebration
Mute
5 April 1986
2
Cocteau Twins
Victorialand
4AD
26 April 1986
4
That Petrol Emotion
Manic Pop Thrill
Demon
24 May 1985
5
The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead
Rough Trade
21 June 1986
8*
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
High Priest of Love
Food
16 August 1986
1
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Kicking Against the Pricks
Mute
30 August 1986
4
Elvis Costello
and
the Attractions
Blood & Chocolate
Demon
27 September 1986
2
New Order
Brotherhood
Factory
11 October 1986
6
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Your Funeral... My Trial
Mute
22 November 1986
2
Harold Budd
,
Elizabeth Fraser
,
Robin Guthrie
and
Simon Raymonde
The Moon and the Melodies
4AD
6 December 1986
2
Dead Kennedys
Bedtime for Democracy
Alternative Tentacles
20 December 1986
7
1987
Wiseblood
Dirtdish
K 422
7 February 1987
3
The Smiths
The World Won't Listen
Rough Trade
28 February 1987
5
The Railway Children
Reunion Wilderness
Factory
4 April 1987
1
Erasure
The Circus
Mute
11 April 1987
16*
The Woodentops
Live Hypnobeat Live
Rough Trade
9 May 1987
1
Wire
The Ideal Copy
Mute
16 May 1987
2
Fields of the Nephilim
Dawnrazor
Situation Two
30 May 1987
2
Sonic Youth
Sister
Blast First
13 June 1987
3
Dead Kennedys
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Alternative Tentacles
4 July 1987
5
Conflict
Turning Rebellion into Money
Mortarhate
8 August 1987
2
New Order
Substance 1987
Factory
22 August 1987
5
Big Black
Songs About Fucking
Touch and Go
26 September 1987
1
The Smiths
Strangeways, Here We Come
Rough Trade
3 October 1987
5*
The Wedding Present
George Best
Reception
24 October 1987
5*
The Fall
Palace of Swords Reversed
Rough Trade
5 December 1987
2
The Stupids
Jesus Meets The Stupids
Vinyl Solution
19 December 1987
2
1988
The Woodentops
Wooden Foot Cops on the Highway
Rough Trade
5 March 1988
4
Erasure
The Innocents
Mute
30 April 1988
5*
The Sugarcubes
Life's Too Good
One Little Indian
21 May 1988
2
The House of Love
The House of Love
Creation
4 June 1988
4
The Weather Prophets
Judges, Juries and Horsemen
Creation
25 June 1988
1
A. R. Kane
69
Rough Trade
9 July 1988
1
Joy Division
Substance
Factory
23 July 1988
3
The Wedding Present
Tommy
Reception
13 August 1988
1
Various artists
Doing It for the Kids
Creation
20 August 1988
4
The Smiths
Rank
Rough Trade
17 September 1988
2
Cocteau Twins
Blue Bell Knoll
4AD
1 October 1988
3
Dinosaur Jr.
Bug
Blast First
22 October 1988
1
Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation
Enigma
29 October 1988
3
Napalm Death
From Enslavement to Obliteration
Earache
19 November 1988
2
My Bloody Valentine
Isn't Anything
Creation
3 December 1988
3
Kylie Minogue
Kylie
PWL
24 December 1988
4
1989
Loop
Fade Out
Head
4 February 1989
1
New Order
Technique
Factory
11 February 1989
5
Spacemen 3
Playing with Fire
Fire
18 March 1989
2
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising
Tommy Boy
1 April 1989
2
Pixies
Doolittle
4AD
29 April 1989
3
Jason Donovan
Ten Good Reasons
PWL
20 May 1989
4*
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Silvertone
3 June 1989
19*
Mega City Four
Tranzophobia
Decoy
24 June 1989
1
Fugazi
Margin Walker
Dischord
29 July 1989
2
The Primitives
Lazy 86–88
Lazy
9 September 1989
1
Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Creation
30 September 1989
2
The Sugarcubes
Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
One Little Indian
14 October 1989
2
Erasure
Wild!
Mute
28 October 1989
3
Mudhoney
Mudhoney
Sub Pop
18 November 1989
2
See also
List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s
1980s in music
List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1980s
References
^
"Indie Hits"
. Archived from
the original
on 16 October 2007 – via
Cherry Red Records
.
^
* indicates total weeks of non-consecutive runs at number one
Category
:
Lists of number-one albums in the United Kingdom
Hidden categories:
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Short description with empty Wikidata description
Use dmy dates from February 2024
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