Acclaimed Music - The Top Albums from 1984

The Top Albums from 1984
Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	50	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain		Listen
2	152	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.		Listen
3	192	The Smiths	The Smiths		Listen
4	204	Hüsker Dü	Zen Arcade		Listen
5	233	The Replacements	Let It Be		Listen
6	297	Minutemen	Double Nickels on the Dime		Listen
7	452	U2	The Unforgettable Fire		Listen
8	470	Echo and the Bunnymen	Ocean Rain		Listen
9	478	Lloyd Cole and The Commotions	Rattlesnakes		Listen
10	568	The Smiths	Hatful of Hollow		Listen
11	572	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense		Listen
12	617	R.E.M.	Reckoning		Listen
13	657	Tina Turner	Private Dancer		Listen
14	693	Madonna	Like a Virgin		Listen
15	696	Run-D.M.C.	Run-D.M.C.		Listen
16	733	Cocteau Twins	Treasure
17	769	Van Halen	1984		Listen
18	792	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasuredome		Listen
19	815	Youssou N'Dour	Immigres / Bitim Rew		Listen
20	909	Los Lobos	How Will the Wolf Survive?		Listen
21	1087	Pretenders	Learning to Crawl		Listen
22	1092	Rubén Blades	Buscando América		Listen
23	1132	David Sylvian	Brilliant Trees
24	1150	Meat Puppets	Meat Puppets II		Listen
25	1193	Metallica	Ride the Lightning		Listen
26	1203	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	From Her to Eternity		Listen
27	1306	The Dream Syndicate	Medicine Show
28	1343	This Mortal Coil	It'll End in Tears
29	1637	The Special A.K.A.	In the Studio		Listen
30	1667	Sade	Diamond Life		Listen
31	1801	Bronski Beat	The Age of Consent
32	1877	Bobby Womack	The Poet II		Listen
33	1904	Fabrizio De André	Creuza de mä
34	2018	Everything But the Girl	Eden		Listen
35	2027	Bryan Adams	Reckless		Listen
36	2077	Scott Walker	Climate of Hunter		Listen
37	2079	Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel	Hole
38	2084	Billy Bragg	Brewing Up with Billy Bragg		Listen
39	2165	The Cars	Heartbeat City		Listen
40	2218	The Fall	The Wonderful and Frightening World of...The Fall
41	2223	Hoodoo Gurus	Stoneage Romeos		Listen
42	2253	The Gun Club	The Las Vegas Story
43	2310	Téléphone	Un autre monde		Listen
44	2357	Violent Femmes	Hallowed Ground		Listen
45	2397	Robyn Hitchcock	I Often Dream of Trains		Listen
46	2453	Julian Cope	Fried		Listen
47	2530	Lou Reed	New Sensations
48	2537	Don Henley	Building the Perfect Beast		Listen
49	2623	Bangles	All Over the Place		Listen
50	2672	Alaska y Dinarama	Deseo carnal
51	2676	Gabinete Caligari	Cuatro rosas
52	2715	The Style Council	Café Bleu		Listen
53	2895	Laurie Anderson	Mister Heartbreak		Listen
54	2936	Manuel Göttsching	E2-E4
55	2960	Radio Futura	La ley del desierto, La ley del mar
56	2970	Butthole Surfers	Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac		Listen
Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Arvo Pärt	Tabula Rasa		Listen
		Simple Minds	Sparkle in the Rain		Listen
		The Waterboys	A Pagan Place		Listen
		Scorpions	Love at First Sting		Listen
		The Pogues	Red Roses for Me		Listen
		Iron Maiden	Powerslave		Listen
		Carmel	The Drum Is Everything
		Stevie Ray Vaughan	Couldn't Stand the Weather		Listen
		Joe Jackson	Body and Soul		Listen
		Teena Marie	Starchild		Listen
		Depeche Mode	Some Great Reward		Listen
		Steve Roach	Structures from Silence		Listen
		Christy Moore	Ride On
		Budd, Harold and Brian Eno	The Pearl		Listen