NME - Jaarlijst 1980
| 1 | Joy division | Closer | 1980 |
| 2 | Elvis Costello | Get happy! | 1980 |
| 3 | Beat | I just can't stop it | 1980 |
| 4 | Black uhuru | Sinsemilla | 1980 |
| 5 | Holger Czukay | Movies | 1979 |
| 6 | Talking heads | Remain in light | 1980 |
| 7 | Echo & the Bunnymen | Crocodiles | 1980 |
| 8 | Ry Cooder | Borderline | 1980 |
| 9 | David Bowie | Scary monsters & super creeps | 1980 |
| 10 | Dexy's midnight runners | Searching for the young soul rebels | 1980 |
| 11 | Jam | Sound affects | 1980 |
| 12 | Bruce Springsteen | The river | 1980 |
| 13 | UB 40 | Signing off | 1980 |
| 14 | Magazine | The correct use of soap | 1980 |
| 15 | Cramps | Songs the Lord taught us | 1980 |
| 16 | Ian Dury and the Blockheads | Laughter | 1980 |
| 17 | Weather report | Night passage | 1980 |
| 18 | John Martyn | Grace & danger | 1980 |
| 19 | Simple minds | Empires and dance | 1980 |
| 20 | Suicide | Suicide | 1977 |
| 21 | Bob Marley and the Wailers | Uprising | 1980 |
| 22 | Smokey Robinson | Warm thoughts | 1980 |
| 23 | Young marble giants | Colossal youth | 1980 |
| 24 | Public Image Ltd | Paris au printemps | 1980 |
| 25 | Cabaret Voltaire | The voice of America | 1980 |
| 26 | Grace Jones | Warm leatherette | 1980 |
| 27 | Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft | Die Kleinen und die Bösen | 1980 |
| 28 | Iggy Pop | Soldier | 1980 |
| 29 | Toots and the Maytals | Toots live | 1979 |
| 30 | Lou Reed | Growing up in public | 1980 |
| 31 | Captain Beefheart and the Magic band | Doc at the radar station | 1980 |
| 32 | Specials | More Specials | 1980 |
| 33 | Blue öyster cult | Cultösaurus erectus | 1980 |
| 34 | Teardrop explodes | Kilimanjaro | 1980 |
| 35 | Milcho Leviev & Art Pepper | Blues for the fisherman | 1980 |
| 36 | Captain Beefheart and the Magic band | Shiny beast (bat chain puller) | 1978 |
| 37 | # | Nobody's perfect | 1980 |
| 38 | Stevie Wonder | Hotter than july | 1980 |
| 39 | John Cooper Clarke | Snap, crackle & bop | 1980 |
| 40 | Linton Kwesi Johnson | Bass culture | 1980 |
| 41 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Organisation | 1980 |
| 42 | Twinkle brothers | Countrymen | 1980 |
| 43 | Devo | Freedom of choice | 1980 |
| 44 | James Blood Ulmer | Are you glad to be in America? | 1980 |
| 45 | Diana Ross | Diana | 1980 |
| 46 | Joni Mitchell | Shadows and light | 1980 |
| 47 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Kaleidoscope | 1980 |
| 48 | Comsat angels | Waiting for a miracle | 1980 |
| 49 | Tom Waits | Heartattack and vine | 1980 |
| 50 | Etta James | Changes | 1980 |
| 37 | # | Nobody's perfect | 1980 |
| 3 | Beat | I just can't stop it | 1980 |
| 4 | Black uhuru | Sinsemilla | 1980 |
| 33 | Blue öyster cult | Cultösaurus erectus | 1980 |
| 9 | David Bowie | Scary monsters & super creeps | 1980 |
| 25 | Cabaret Voltaire | The voice of America | 1980 |
| 31 | Captain Beefheart and the Magic band | Doc at the radar station | 1980 |
| 36 | Captain Beefheart and the Magic band | Shiny beast (bat chain puller) | 1978 |
| 48 | Comsat angels | Waiting for a miracle | 1980 |
| 8 | Ry Cooder | Borderline | 1980 |
| 39 | John Cooper Clarke | Snap, crackle & bop | 1980 |
| 2 | Elvis Costello | Get happy! | 1980 |
| 15 | Cramps | Songs the Lord taught us | 1980 |
| 5 | Holger Czukay | Movies | 1979 |
| 27 | Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft | Die Kleinen und die Bösen | 1980 |
| 43 | Devo | Freedom of choice | 1980 |
| 10 | Dexy's midnight runners | Searching for the young soul rebels | 1980 |
| 16 | Ian Dury and the Blockheads | Laughter | 1980 |
| 7 | Echo & the Bunnymen | Crocodiles | 1980 |
| 11 | Jam | Sound affects | 1980 |
| 50 | Etta James | Changes | 1980 |
| 40 | Linton Kwesi Johnson | Bass culture | 1980 |
| 26 | Grace Jones | Warm leatherette | 1980 |
| 1 | Joy division | Closer | 1980 |
| 35 | Milcho Leviev & Art Pepper | Blues for the fisherman | 1980 |
| 14 | Magazine | The correct use of soap | 1980 |
| 21 | Bob Marley and the Wailers | Uprising | 1980 |
| 18 | John Martyn | Grace & danger | 1980 |
| 46 | Joni Mitchell | Shadows and light | 1980 |
| 41 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Organisation | 1980 |
| 28 | Iggy Pop | Soldier | 1980 |
| 24 | Public Image Ltd | Paris au printemps | 1980 |
| 30 | Lou Reed | Growing up in public | 1980 |
| 22 | Smokey Robinson | Warm thoughts | 1980 |
| 45 | Diana Ross | Diana | 1980 |
| 19 | Simple minds | Empires and dance | 1980 |
| 47 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Kaleidoscope | 1980 |
| 32 | Specials | More Specials | 1980 |
| 12 | Bruce Springsteen | The river | 1980 |
| 20 | Suicide | Suicide | 1977 |
| 6 | Talking heads | Remain in light | 1980 |
| 34 | Teardrop explodes | Kilimanjaro | 1980 |
| 29 | Toots and the Maytals | Toots live | 1979 |
| 42 | Twinkle brothers | Countrymen | 1980 |
| 13 | UB 40 | Signing off | 1980 |
| 44 | James Blood Ulmer | Are you glad to be in America? | 1980 |
| 49 | Tom Waits | Heartattack and vine | 1980 |
| 17 | Weather report | Night passage | 1980 |
| 38 | Stevie Wonder | Hotter than july | 1980 |
| 23 | Young marble giants | Colossal youth | 1980 |
(woensdag 1 juni 2022)