Albums and Songs of 1985 Poll

[Moonbeam]

Come one, come all to the poll that will celebrate the yellowest decade of them all, the 1980s!

Next up will be your favorite albums and songs of 1985, which means we've officially crossed into the second half of the decade.



A few things remain the same with the decade poll, and a few things will be different.

What will remain the same is that I will ask you to post ranked lists of your favorite albums and songs of each year. Keeping with recent tradition, the top 10 albums and songs from each year will automatically qualify for the final, and albums and songs in the 11-20 range will become eligible to be "wildcard" entries. At the end of the 10 yearly polls, the top 50 of the 100 candidates will qualify for the finals based on a new wildcard point system:

Wildcard points = (Yearly points)/(number of ballots)

The biggest change is the point system. Your ranked albums and songs will be assigned points using the following formula:

300/(rank + 2)

Moreover, I will assign points to all of your ranked entries, not only your top 15. Lists must have a minimum of 5 albums and songs to be eligible, but feel free to come up with extended lists if you like - every ranked album and song will receive points!

The deadline for your 1985 lists is 11:59pm forum time on July 31st.

Formatting:

It would be helpful to me if you could use the same delimiter between your rank and the artist as you use to separate the artist from the album/song. Something like 1 | Evelyn "Champagne" King | I'm So Romantic works great!

Eligibility:

Any song (including a re-recording of an older song) is eligible if it was released in 1985. I will use the following hierarchy to determine eligibility:

1. AM
2. Discogs/RYM
3. Wikipedia

If you include a song or album you think is questionable, it would help me if you could indicate the source it comes from (album/EP/single).

And we're off![/quote]

[Zombeels]

Songs

01 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
02 Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
03 The Cure - Close To Me
04 Dukes of Stratosphear - My Love Explodes
05 Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians - My Wife And My Dead Wife
06 Todd Rundgren - Johnee Jingo
07 Dukes of Stratosphear - The Mole From the Ministry
08 Jeff Beck - People Get Ready
09 Ray Davies - Expectations
10 Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock
11 Magnum - Les Morts Dansant
12 Hooters - All You Zombies
13 Eurythmics - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
14 Gowan - Burning Torches of Hope
15 54-40 - I Go Blind
16 Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
17 Talking Heads - And She Was
18 Alpha Blondy - Apartheid Is Nazism
19 Gowan - (You're A) Strange Animal
20 Yello - Oh Yeah
21 Flash in the Pan - Look at That Woman Go
22 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
23 Dinosaur - Repulsion
24 Gowan - Cosmetics
25 Pogues - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
26 Dire Straits - Walk Of Life


Forgot a song so I edited in

[BobPatience]

Songs:

1) Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
2) Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
3) Prefab Sprout - Goodbye Lucille #1
4) Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
5) The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
6) Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
7) Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
8) Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
9) Dire Straits - So Far Away
10) Marillion - Kayleigh
11) Talking Heads - And She Was
12) The Cure - Close to Me
13) Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
14) Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
15) Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
16) The Cult - Rain
17) The Cure - In Between Days
18) Dire Straits - Walk of Life
19) David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America
20) Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
21) Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
22) Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
23) Godley & Creme - Cry
24) Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
25) Sixouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust

[luvulongTIM]

1. Kate Bush- Hounds of Love
2. The Replacements- Tim (MY NAME!!!!!!!!!!)
3. The Jesus & Mary Chain- Pyschocandy
4. Whitney Houston- s/t
5. Tears for Fears- Songs From the Big Chair

[bonnielaurel]

Top 30 Albums:

1. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
2. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
3. Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
4. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
5. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash
6. Simply Red - Picture Book
7. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
8. Chris Rea - Shamrock Diaries
9. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
10. Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time
11. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
12. Sade - Promise
13. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
14. Einstürzende Neubauten - ½ Mensch
15. Freddie Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy
16. a-ha - Hunting High and Low
17. Cock Robin - Cock Robin
18. The Cure - The Head on the Door
19. Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle
20. Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love
21. Viktor Lazlo - She
22. Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls
23. Paul Young - The Secret of Association
24. Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
25. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
26. Matia Bazar - Melanchólia
27. Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun
28. Heart - Heart
29. Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
30. Christy Moore - Ordinary Man

Top 80 Songs:

1. Whitney Houston - All at Once
2. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
3. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
4. Sting - Russians
5. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
6. The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
7. Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All
8. Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
9. Miami Sound Machine - Conga
10. Simply Red - Money's Too Tight (to Mention)
11. Suzanne Vega - Marlene on the Wall
12. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
13. Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
14. Sade - Is It a Crime
15. Chris Rea - Josephine
16. Marillion - Kayleigh
17. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
18. Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
19. Cock Robin - Thought You Were on My Side
20. Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love for You
21. Elton John - Nikita
22. Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
23. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
24. Freddie Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy
25. Phil Collins - Sussudio
26. Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves
27. Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
28. The Cure - In Between Days
29. Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away
30. Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
31. Viktor Lazlo - Last Call for an Angel
32. USA for Africa - We Are the World
33. Eurythmics - There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)
34. Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
35. Bryan Ferry - Slave to Love
36. Isley Jasper Isley - Caravan of Love
37. Cock Robin - The Promise You Made
38. Frank Boeijen Groep - Kronenburg Park
39. Christy Moore - Ordinary Man
40. Suzanne Vega - The Queen and the Soldier
41. Dire Straits - So Far Away
42. Simply Red - Holding Back the Years
43. Dionne Warwick & Friends - That's What Friends Are For
44. Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
45. Propaganda - Duel
46. The Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes
47. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
48. Heart - These Dreams
49. David Bowie - This Is Not America
50. Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick
51. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
52. Bobbysocks! - La det swinge
53. Sting - Love Is the Seventh Wave
54. Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself
55. Madonna - Into the Groove
56. Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love
57. Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
58. Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
59. Prince - Raspberry Beret
60. Sister Sledge - Frankie
61. Madonna - Crazy for You
62. Freddie Mercury - Living on My Own
63. Eric Clapton - Forever Man
64. Falco - Jeannie
65. Duran Duran - A View to a Kill
66. Dead Can Dance - De Profundis
67. Alpha Blondy - Apartheid Is Nazism
68. OMD - So in Love
69. Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
70. Nana Caymmi - Promissória
71. DeBarge - Rhythm of the Night
72. Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart
73. Commodores - Nightshift
74. Huey Lewis & The News - The Power of Love
75. Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero
76. Mary Jane Girls - In My House
77. Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne - You’re a Friend of Mine
78. Pat Benatar - Invincible
79. Paul Hardcastle - 19
80. Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

[Jirin]

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85
3. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
5. New Order - Low Life
6. The Fall - The Nation's Saving Grace
7. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
8. Game Theory - Real Nighttime
9. Husker Du - New Day Rising

[SL3]

Albums:
1 | Kate Bush | Hounds Of Love
2 | Marillion | Misplaced Childhood
3 | Suzanne Vega | Suzanne Vega
4 | Everything But The Girl | Love Not Money
5 | The Chameleons | What Does Anything Mean Basically?
6 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Psychocandy
7 | Phranc | Folksinger
8 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder
9 | Stevie Nicks | Rock A Little
10 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs

Songs:
1 | The Chameleons | Nostalgia
2 | Marillion | Heart Of Lothian
3 | The Smiths | The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
4 | Cocteau Twins | Aikea-Guinea
5 | Kamikaze Sex Pilots | Sharon's Been Deflowered
6 | Suzanne Vega | Marlene On The Wall
7 | Kate Bush | Under the Ivy
8 | Two People | This Is The Shirt
9 | All About Eve | Suppertime
10 | Dream Academy | Life In A Northern Town
11 | The Cure | In Between Days
12 | Madonna | Into The Groove
13 | Waterboys | Whole of the Moon
14 | Faith No More | We Care A Lot
15 | The Smiths | Nowhere Fast
16 | Kate Bush | And Dream Of Sheep
17 | Billy Bragg | Between The Wars
18 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Never Understand
19 | The Cure | Close To Me
20 | Kate Bush | Cloudbusting
21 | The Smiths | Stretch Out And Wait
22 | Two People | Rescue Me
23 | Kate Bush | Watching You Without Me
24 | Stevie Nicks | Imperial Hotel
25 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Just Like Honey
26 | The Smiths | Barbarism Begins at Home
27 | Madonna | Crazy For You
28 | Lloyd Cole & The Commotions | Lost Weekend
29 | The Chameleons | Perfume Garden
30 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
31 | Everything But The Girl | When Alls Well
32 | Suzanne Vega | Cracking
33 | The Smiths | Shakespeare's Sister
34 | Cocteau Twins | Pink Orange Red
35 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | You Trip Me Up
36 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Tupelo
37 | The Smiths | Asleep
38 | The Chameleons | Silence, Sea And Sky
39 | Cult | She Sells Sanctuary
40 | Marillion | Blind Curve

[carlos74]

Albums:

01 | New Order | Low-Life
02 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Psychocandy
03 | The Cure | The Head on the Door
04 | The Smiths | Meat is Murder
05 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
06 | The Sisters of Mercy | First and Last and Always
07 | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston
08 | Bryan Ferry | Boys and Girls
09 | Talking Heads | Little Creatures
10 | Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copelan | Showdown!

[Gillingham]

Albums:

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
3. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash
4. John Fogerty - Centerfield
5. The Cure - The Head on the Door

[Rocky Raccoon]

Albums

1 | John Cougar Mellencamp | Scarecrow
2 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Psychocandy
3 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs
4 | The Pogues | Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
5 | Husker Du | New Day Rising
6 | The Replacements | Tim
7 | Minutemen | 3-way Tie (For Last)
8 | LL Cool J | Radio
9 | Mekons | Fear and Whiskey
10 | The Velvet Underground | VU
11 | John Fogerty | Centerfield
12 | Talking Heads | Little Creatures
13 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder
14 | Aretha Franklin | Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
15 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms

[FrankLotion]

Albums:

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. Jesus and the Mary Chain - Psychocandy
3. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
4. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
5. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & Lash
6. The Replacements - Tim
7. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
8. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
9. Prince - Around the World in a Day
10. LL Cool J - Radio
11. John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
12. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
13. Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas
14. The Velvet Underground - VU
15. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
16. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
17. Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig
18. Run-DMC - King of Rock
19. The Fall - The Nation’s Saving Grace
20. Mekons - Fear and Whisky
21. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

Songs:


1. Jesus and the Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
2. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
3. Prince - Raspberry Beret
4. The Pogues - I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day
5. Hüsker Dü - Books About UFO’s
6. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
7. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
8. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
9. The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
10. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
11. Doug E. Fresh with Slick Rick - La-Di-Da-Di
12. Dire Straits - So Far Away
13. The Replacements - Bastards of Young
14. The Replacements - Swingin Party
15. LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio
16. Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
17. Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas
18. Meat Puppets - Away

[Fred]

1. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
2. Jesus & Mary Chain – Taste The Floor
3. Robert Wyatt – Alliance
4. Tortoise – Gamera
5. Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon
6. Jan Hammer – Miami Vice Theme
7. Jesus & Mary Chain – In A Hole
8. Jesus & Mary Chain – Inside Me
9. Prince – The Ladder
10. Prince – Raspberry Beret
11. Prefab Sprout – Johnny Johnny [Goodbye Lucille #1]
12. Jesus & Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
13. The Clash – This Is England
14. Flash And The Pan – Communication Breakdown
15. David Bowie & Pat Metheny – This Is Not America
16. Prefab Sprout – Horsin’ Around
17. Manhattan Transfer – Meet Benny Bailey
18. Tom Waits – Downtown Train
19. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
20. Hüsker Dü – Find Me
21. Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine

[Moonbeam]

1985 is my least favorite year of the 80s, but it still has a fair amount of really good stuff. That said, I'm particularly keen for recommendations!

Preliminary album list:

[1] The Cure - The Head on the Door
[2] Prince and the Revolution - Around the World in a Day
[3] Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
[4] New Order - Low-Life
[5] Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
[6] Clan of Xymox - Clan of Xymox
[7] Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
[8] Jeff Phelps - Magnetic Eyes
[9] A-ha - Hunting High and Low
[10] André Cymone - A.C.
[11] The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
[12] The Gap Band - Gap Band VII
[13] The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
[14] Sheila E. - Romance 1600
[15] Sandra - The Long Play
[16] Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
[17] Savage - Tonight
[18] Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
[19] Talking Heads - Little Creatures

[mileswide]

Albums:

1. The Pogues- Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
2. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions- Easy Pieces
3. The Smiths-Meat Is Murder
4. Prefab Sprout- Steve McQueen
5. R.E.M.- Fables of the Reconstruction

Songs:

1. Big Audio Dynamite- E=MC²
2. Prefab Sprout- Appetite
3. Suzanne Vega- Marlene On The Wall
4. Barrington Levy- Under Mi Sensi
5. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions- Cut Me Down
6. R.E.M.- Life And How To Live It
7. Jesus and Mary Chain- Just Like Honey
8. Madonna- Into The Groove
9. Siouxie Sioux and the Banshees- Cities In Dust
10. The Pogues- Sally MacLennan
11. The Highwaymen- Highwayman
12. Billy Bragg-The World Turned Upside Down
13. Tom Waits- Singapore
14. The Cult- She Sells Sanctuary
15. The Cure- Close To Me
16. Tenor Saw- Ring The Alarm
17. Killing Joke- Love Like Blood
18. The Smiths- The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
19. R.E.M.- Feeling Gravity's Pull
20. Barrington Levy- Here I Come (Broader Than Broadway)
21. The Smiths- Barbarism Begins At Home
22. Aretha Franklin- Who's Zoomin' Who?
23. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions- Lost Weekend
24. The Dream Academy- Life In A Northern Town
25. Camper Van Beethoven- Take The Skinheads Bowling
26. The Pogues- And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
27. R.E.M.- Driver 8
28. The Clash- This Is England
29. Schooly D.- P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)
30. The Pogues- The Old Main Drag

[Moonbeam]

Preliminary song list:

[1] Eurythmics - Adrian
[2] Prince - Neon Telephone
[3] Madonna - Gambler
[4] Prince - She's Always in My Hair
[5] Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
[6] The Cure - Sinking
[7] Prince - Hello
[8] Madonna - Into the Groove
[9] Prince - Old Friends 4 Sale
[10] The Cure - Kyoto Song
[11] Madonna - Crazy for You
[12] The Cure - A Night Like This
[13] Prince - Raspberry Beret
[14] Prince - America
[15] Eurythmics - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
[16] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
[17] The Cure - A Few Hours after This
[18] Prince - 4 the Tears in Your Eyes
[19] Ready for the World - Oh Sheila
[20] The Cure - In Between Days
[21] The Cure - Push
[22] The Mary Jane Girls - In My House
[23] Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
[24] ‘Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
[25] Eurythmics - Conditioned Soul
[26] Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
[27] Tom Waits - Downtown Train
[28] Prince - Condition of the Heart
[29] New Order - Subculture
[30] Clan of Xymox - Cry in the Wind
[31] Eurythmics - Grown Up Girls
[32] Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - So In Love
[33] The Gap Band - Automatic Brain
[34] Prince - Paisley Park
[35] The Cure - Close to Me
[36] Mylène Farmer - Plus grandir
[37] Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
[38] The Cure - The Exploding Boy
[39] Sheila E. - A Love Bizarre
[40] New Order - Love Vigilantes
[41] Mötley Crüe - Home Sweet Home
[42] Prince - The Ladder
[43] Clio - Faces
[44] Eurythmics - There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)
[45] The Cure - A Man Inside My Mouth
[46] Jeff Phelps - Don't Fall Apart on Me
[47] New Order - The Perfect Kiss
[48] Tom Petty - Don't Come Around Here No More
[49] Divinyls - Pleasure & Pain
[50] Prince - Heaven
[51] Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
[52] Eurythmics - I Love You Like a Ball and Chain
[53] The Cure - Six Different Ways
[54] INXS - What You Need
[55] Prince - Can I Play with U?
[56] André Cymone - The Dance Electric

Also:

A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
Prince - Girl
Bronski Beat - Run from Love
Chris & Cosey featuring Eurythmics - Sweet Surprise
Chris & Cosey featuring Eurythmics - Sweet Surprise 2
Clan of Xymox - Equal Ways
Clan of Xymox - No Words
David Bowie - This Is Not America
Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You
Eurythmics - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles
Jeff Phelps - K-Shell
Jeff Phelps - Sometime Lover
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Kate Bush - Under Ice
Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
New Order - Sunrise
Prince - Pop Life
Prince - Sexual Suicide
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
The Cure - New Day
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
The Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Valerie Dore - It's So Easy
Prince - Dear Michelangelo
A-ha - Hunting High and Low
A-ha - Living a Boy's Adventure Tale
André Cymone - Book of Love
André Cymone - Satisfaction
André Cymone - Vacation
Bronski Beat - I Feel Love
Clan of Xymox - A Day
Clan of Xymox - Stranger
Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease
Erasure - Who Needs Love (Like That)
Eurythmics - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
Hüsker Dü - Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill
Jeff Phelps - Super Lady
Kate Bush - The Big Sky
Kate Bush - Watching You Without Me
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
Marillion - Lavender
New Order - Elegia
Pat Benatar - Invincible
Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away
Phil Collins - Take Me Home
Prince - Come Elektra Tuesday
Prince - Rough
Prince - U Gotta Shake Something
Rose - Fairy-Tale
Sandra - Little Girl
Sandra - Sisters and Brothers
Sensitive - Don't Stop
Sheila E. - Romance 1600
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
Tears for Fears - Broken
Tears for Fears - I Believe
The Cure - Stop Dead
The Cure - Screw
The Cure - The Blood
The Gap Band - Ooh What a Feeling
The Gap Band - I Know We'll Make It
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Something's Wrong
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Sowing Seeds
The Smiths - Barbarism Begins at Home
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
Time Bandits - Endless Road
Tom Waits - Clap Hands
Prince - Holly Rock

[Hymie]

SONGS

1. Beer Bottle Boogie - Koko Taylor
2. Dip My Dipper - Cicero Blake
3. What You Need - INXS
4. Thank You John - Alex Chilton
5. Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
6. Just A Gigolo - David Lee Roth
7. Night Shift - Commodores
8. Walk of Life - Dire Straits
9. You're A Friend of Mine - Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne
10. Miss Celie's Blues (Sister) - Tata Vega
11. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
12. Members Only - Bobby Bland
13. Manic Monday - Bangles
14. And We Danced - Hooters
15. I Drink Alone - George Thorogood

[StevieFan13]

Songs:
1 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Tupelo
2 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
3 | The Cure | Close to Me
4 | R.E.M. | Driver 8
5 | Prince | Raspberry Beret
6 | The Hooters | And We Danced
7 | Falco | Rock Me Amadeus
8 | Run-DMC | Rock Box
9 | Ofra Haza | Im Nin'alu
10 | Echo and the Bunnymen | Bring On the Dancing Horses
11 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Dare to Be Stupid
12 | The Replacements | Left of the Dial
13 | Doug E. Fresh feat. Slick Rick | La Di Da Di
14 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
15 | The Waterboys | The Whole of the Moon
16 | The Replacements | Here Comes a Regular
17 | Stevie Wonder | Overjoyed
18 | The Cure | In Between Days
19 | Madonna | Into the Groove
20 | Kate Bush | Cloudbusting
21 | The Smiths | The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
22 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | One More Minute
23 | Faith No More | We Care a Lot
24 | Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me)
25 | Grace Jones | Slave to the Rhythm
26 | Artists United Against Apartheid | Sun City
27 | Sade | The Sweetest Taboo
28 | The Smiths | The Headmaster Ritual
29 | Tenor Saw | Ring the Alarm
30 | The Pogues | Sally MacLennane
31 | The Cult | She Sells Sanctuary
32 | Madonna | Crazy for You
33 | LL Cool J | Rock the Bells
34 | The Waterboys | This is the Sea
35 | Divinyls | Pleasure and Pain
36 | Dire Straits | Money for Nothing
37 | Pet Shop Boys | West End Girls
38 | The Fall | Cruiser's Creek
39 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Don't Come Around Here No More
40 | Tears for Fears | Everybody Wants to Rule the World
41 | Godley & Creme | Cry
42 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Cities in Dust
43 | Schoolly D | P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)
44 | The Dream Academy | Life in a Northern Town
45 | a-ha | The Sun Always Shines on TV
46 | Miami Sound Machine | Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)
47 | Warumpi Band | Blackfella/Whitefella
48 | The Smiths | That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
49 | Camper Van Beethoven | Take the Skinheads Bowling
50 | Husker Du | Makes No Sense at All

Albums:
1 | The Replacements | Tim
2 | The Pogues | Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
3 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
4 | The Waterboys | This is the Sea
5 | Husker Du | New Day Rising
6 | R.E.M. | Fables of the Reconstruction
7 | The Cure | The Head on the Door
8 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | The Firstborn is Dead
9 | INXS | Listen Like Thieves
10 | Husker Du | Flip Your Wig

[Listyguy]

Haven't seen a recommendation thread yet, so I'll just put this here:

This is the first of four straight years where I'll be (unsurprisingly) advertising a Game Theory album. This year's in Real Nighttime. I'll admit it's not as great as the albums they'd put out in '86 and '87, but it's still pretty solid and worth a listen!

[BobPatience]

Amidst all the Dire Straits' track I forgot 'Your Latest Trick'.
I'd like to place it at place 12. But instead of dropping #25, I want to drop out #22; which is Falco.

[Neil]

Songs

1. Jesus and Mary Chain / Just Like Honey
2. Simple Minds / Don't you Forget About Me
3. Madonna / Into the Groove
4. The Cure / Close To Me
5. Tears for Fears / Head Over Heels
6. Falco / Rock Me Amadues
7. Pet Shop Boys / West End Girls
8. Waterboys / The Whole of the Moon
9. Echo and the Bunnymen / Bring on the Dancing Horses
10. Mr. Mister / Broken Wings
11. Whitney Houston / Saving All My Love For You
12. Siouxsie and the Banshees / Cities in Dust
13. Madonna / Crazy for You
14. Dream Academy / Life in a Northern Town
15. Robert Palmer / Addicted to Love
16. Camper Van Beethoven / Take the Skinheads Bowling
17. The Cult / She Sells Sanctuary
18. Whitney Houston / How Will I Know
19. Simply Red / Holding Back the Years
20. Tears for Fears / Everybody Wants to Rule the World
21. Talking Heads / Road to Nowhere
22. Mary Jane Girls / In My House
23. Katrina and the Waves / Walking on Sunshine
24. Duran Duran / A View to a Kill
25. Replacements / Bastards of Young

[Dan]

Albums
01 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs
02 | The Pogues | Rum Sodomy & the Lash
03 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
04 | A-ha | Hunting High and Low
05 | The Cure | The Head on the Door
06 | Tears for Fears | Songs From the Big Chair
07 | Titi Winterstein Quintett | Djinee tu kowa ziro
08 | Prefab Sprout | Steve McQueen
09 | The Waterboys | This Is the Sea
10 | Renato Borghetti | Renato Borghetti
11 | Michel Camilo | Why Not?
12 | Chris Isaak | Silvertone
13 | Franco & Rochereau | Omona Wapi
14 | Paul Kelly | Post
15 | Kate Wolf | Poet's Heart

Songs
01 | Katrina & The Waves | Walking on Sunshine
02 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
03 | Madonna | Into the Groove
04 | A-ha | The Sun Always Shines on TV
05 | The Smiths | The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
06 | The Pogues | Sally MacLennane
07 | The Cure | Close to Me
08 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill
09 | Tom Waits | Jockey Full of Bourbon
10 | The Pogues | A Pair of Brown Eyes
11 | Ry Cooder | Canción Mixteca
12 | Jesus and Mary Chain | Just Like Honey
13 | Prince | Raspberry Beret
14 | The Pogues | Dirty Old Town
15 | Tears for Fears | Everybody Wants to Rule the World
16 | The Waterboys | The Whole of the Moon
17 | The Cure | In Between Days
18 | Pet Shop Boys | West End Girls
19 | Eurythmics | There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)
20 | Titi Winterstein Quintett | Amoureux
21 | Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me)
22 | Renaud | Mistral gagnant
23 | Lone Justice | Don't Toss Us Away
24 | Abdullah Ibrahim | The Mountain
25 | DeBarge | Rhythm of the Night
26 | Talking Heads | Road to Nowhere
27 | Kate Bush | Cloudbusting
28 | Wayne Smith | Under Me Sleng Teng
29 | Chris Isaak | Dancin'
30 | Tenor Saw | Ring the Alarm
31 | Barrington Levy | Here I Come
32 | Tom Waits | Hang Down Your Head
33 | Prefab Sprout | Goodbye Lucille #1
34 | Tom Waits | Downtown Train
35 | Kate Bush | And Dream of Sheep
36 | Billy Bragg | Between the Wars
37 | Dire Straits | Walk of Life
38 | Gloria Estefan | Conga
39 | Robert Palmer | Addicted to Love
40 | Stevie Wonder | Part-Time Lover

[Elder]

1º Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
2º Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
3º The Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
4º The Replacements - Bastards of Young
5º New Order - The Perfect Kiss
6º The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
7º Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
8º Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
9º Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
10º Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
11º Tom Waits - Time
12º Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
13º The Smiths - The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
14º Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo
15º Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
16º Eurythmics - There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)
17º Cazuza - Exagerado
18º Chaka Khan - Through the Fire
19º Sade - It’s a Crime
20º Madonna - Crazy for You
21º Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
22º Icehouse - No Promisses
23º The Cure - In Between Days
24º Madonna - Into the Groove
25º John Cale - Dying on the Vine

[Akhenaten]

1 | The Waterboys | The Whole Of The Moon
2 | Prince & The Revolution | Raspberry Beret
3 | Pet Shop Boys | West End Girls
4 | Les Misérables - Original London Cast | Master Of The House
5 | Kate Bush | Hounds Of Love
6 | Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me)
7 | The Cult | She Sells Sanctuary
8 | Prince & The Revolution | The Ladder
9 | Paul Nicholas & The New World Philharmonic | King Herod's Song
10 | The Pogues | Sally MacLennane
11 | Echo And The Bunnymen | Bring On The Dancing Horses
12 | Eurythmics | There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
13 | Tears For Fears | Everybody Wants To Rule The World
14 | Pet Shop Boys | Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
15 | The Style Council | Walls Come Tumbling Down
16 | Joubert Singers | Stand On The Word
17 | Madonna | Into The Groove
18 | Suzanne Vega | Marlene On The Wall
19 | Talking Heads | And She Was
20 | A-ha | The Sun Always Shines On TV
21 | The Waterboys | Don't Bang The Drum
22 | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Cities In Dust
23 | Propaganda | Duel
24 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
25 | Les Misérables - Original London Cast | I Dreamed A Dream
26 | The Communards | You Are My World
27 | Felt | Primitive Painters
28 | The Cure | In Between Days
29 | Huey Lewis & The News | The Power Of Love
30 | The Colourfield | Thinking Of You
31 | Prince & The Revolution | Paisley Park
32 | The Pogues | Dirty Old Town
33 | Wham! | I'm Your Man
34 | Falco | Rock Me Amadeus
35 | The Dream Academy | Life In A Northern Town
36 | Dire Straits | Money For Nothing
37 | Tears For Fears | Head Over Heels
38 | Kate Bush | Cloudbusting
39 | Lloyd Cole & The Commotions | Lost Weekend
40 | Simple Minds | Alive And Kicking
41 | Talking Heads | Road To Nowhere
42 | The Colourfield | Things Could Be Beautiful
43 | The Pogues | And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
44 | Prince & The Revolution | Pop Life
45 | The Cure | Close To Me
46 | The Velvet Underground | I'm Sticking With You
47 | The Colourfield | Cruel Circus
48 | Tom Waits | Time
49 | Les Misérables - Original London Cast | At The End Of The Day
50 | Kim Wilde | Rage To Love
51 | The Waterboys | This Is The Sea
52 | Simple Minds | All The Things She Said
53 | Queen | One Vision
54 | Paul Hardcastle | 19
55 | The Smiths | The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
56 | Killing Joke | Love Like Blood
57 | Simply Red | Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
58 | Alison Moyet | That Ole Devil Called Love
59 | Simple Minds | Sanctify Yourself
60 | Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians | My Wife And My Dead Wife
61 | The Colourfield | Windmills Of Your Mind
62 | Duran Duran | A View To A Kill
63 | Kate Bush | The Big Sky
64 | Stevie Wonder | Part-Time Lover
65 | Chris Rea | Stainsby Girls
66 | Katrina & The Waves | Do You Want Crying?
67 | Prince & The Revolution | America
68 | The Waterboys | The Pan Within
69 | David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group | This Is Not America
70 | Sting | Russians
71 | The Highwaymen | Highwayman
72 | The Waterboys | Be My Enemy
73 | Grace Jones | Slave To The Rhythm
74 | Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin | Sisters Are Doin' For Themselves
75 | Jesus And Mary Chain | Just Like Honey
76 | Robert Palmer | Addicted To Love
77 | Dire Straits | Brothers In Arms
78 | Madness | Uncle Sam
79 | The Damned | Grimly Fiendish
80 | The Pogues | A Pair Of Brown Eyes
81 | The Replacements | Bastards Of Young
82 | Billy Ocean | When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going
83 | Dire Straits | Walk Of Life
84 | The Cult | Rain
85 | The Pogues | Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
86 | A-ha | Hunting High and Low
87 | Talk Talk | Life's What You Make It
88 | Prince & The Revolution | Around The World In A Day
89 | Koko Taylor | Beer Bottle Boogie
90 | Madonna | Crazy For You
91 | Sisters Of Mercy | No Time To Cry
92 | The Pogues | I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
93 | Starship | We Built This City
94 | Camper Van Beethoven | Take The Skinheads Bowling
95 | Marc Almond | Stories Of Johnny
96 | Les Misérables - Original London Cast | Bring Him Home
97 | Depeche Mode | Shake The Disease
98 | Madness | Yesterday's Men
99 | Fine Young Cannibals | Johnny Come Home
100 | Eurythmics | Would I Lie To You?

[DaveC]

Albums

1 | Talking Heads | Little Creatures
2 | The Replacements | Tim
3 | The Fall | This Nation's Saving Grace
4 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder
5 | John Adams / San Francisco Symphony / Edo de Waart | Harmonielehre
6 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs
7 | Titi Winterstein Quintett | Djinee tu kowa ziro
8 | The Chameleons | What Does Anything Mean? Basically
9 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
10 | Alpha Blondy | Apartheid Is Nazism
11 | The Sound | Heads & Hearts
12 | The Waterboys | This Is The Sea
13 | Killing Joke | Night Time
14 | Anne Clark | Pressure Points
15 | The Cure | The Head on the Door
16 | The Velvet Underground | VU
17 | R.E.M. | Fables of the Reconstruction
18 | Franco And Rochereau | Omona Wapi
19 | Game Theory | Real Nighttime
20 | New Order | Low-Life
21 | Tears for Fears | Songs From the Big Chair
22 | Style Council | Our Favourite Shop
23 | Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited | Mr. Music
24 | The Pogues | Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
25 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | The Firstborn Is Dead

Songs

1 | The Smiths | The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
2 | Billy Bragg | Between The Wars
3 | Talking Heads | Road to Nowhere
4 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Tupelo
5 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill
6 | Barrington Levy | Here I Come
7 | Tuxedomoon | In a Manner of Speaking
8 | Talking Heads | And She Was
9 | The Replacements | Bastards of Young
10 | The Fall | Cruiser’s Creek
11 | The Cure | Close To Me
12 | Tom Waits | Downtown Train
13 | R.E.M. | Maps and Legends
14 | The Fall | Paintwork
15 | Tom Waits | Jockey Full of Bourbon
16 | John Cale | Dying on the Vine
17 | The Fall | L.A.
18 | Killing Joke | Love Like Blood
19 | The Replacements | Hold My Life
20 | The Style Council | Walls Come Tumbling Down
21 | The Chameleons | Nostalgia
22 | The Fall | Barmy
23 | The Smiths | The Headmaster Ritual
24 | Madonna | Into the Groove
25 | Prince | Raspberry Beret
26 | Titi Winterstein Quintett | Hunn, O Pani Naschella
27 | The Waterboys | The Whole of the Moon
28 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Cities In Dust
29 | Ry Cooder | Paris, Texas
30 | Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians | My Wife and My Dead Wife
31 | The Church | Already Yesterday
32 | Billy Bragg | The World Turned Upside Down
33 | Titi Winterstein Quintett | Amoureux
34 | Felt | Primitive Painters
35 | The Sound | Total Recall
36 | The Dream Academy | Life in a Northern Town
37 | The Dukes Of Stratosphear | The Mole From The Ministry
38 | Talk Talk | Life's What You Make It
39 | The Cure | Push
40 | David Bowie, Pat Metheny Group | This Is Not America

[sonofsamiam]

ALBUMS

1 | John Adams/ San Francisco Symphony / Edo de Waart | Harmonielehre
2 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
3 | Prefab Sprout | Steve McQueen
4 | Hüsker Dü | New Day Rising
5 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs
6 | The Fall | This Nation’s Saving Grace
7 | Philip Glass | Mishima OST
8 | The Replacements | Tim
9 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Psychocandy
10 | New Order | Low-life
11 | Kaija Saariaho / Finnish Radio S.O. / Esa-Pekka Salonen | Verblendungen; Jardin secret I; Laconisme de l'aile; ...sah den Vögeln
12 | Cecil Taylor | Winged Serpents (Sliding Quadrants)
13 | Prince | Around the World in a Day
14 | Scritti Politti | Cupid and Psyche 85
15 | Steve Reich / Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra | The Desert Music
16 | Toru Takemitsu / Sapporo Symphony Orchestra | Ran OST
17 | Tears for Fears | Songs from the Big Chair
18 | Rush | Power Windows
19 | The Cure | The Head on the Door
20 | Terry Riley / The Kronos Quartet | Cadenza on the Night Plain and Other String Quartets
21 | The Pogues | Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
22 | Thomas Mapfumo | Mr. Music
23 | R.E.M. | Fables of the Reconstruction
24 | Marillion | Misplaced Childhood
25 | The Waterboys | This Is the Sea
26 | Talking Heads | Little Creatures
27 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms
28 | Ry Cooder | Paris, Texas
29 | Felt | Ignite the Seven Cannons
30 | Sting | The Dream of the Blue Turtles


SONGS

1 | Tom Waits | Time
2 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
3 | Prefab Sprout | Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)
4 | Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me)
5 | The Cure | In Between Days
6 | Prince | She's Always in My Hair
7 | The Fall | I Am Damo Suzuki
8 | The Replacements | Here Comes a Regular
9 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Just Like Honey
10 | Hüsker Dü | Terms of Psychic Warfare
11 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
12 | Model 500 | No UFO's
13 | New Order | Love Vigilantes
14 | Tears for Fears | Everybody Wants to Rule the World
15 | The Waterboys | The Whole of the Moon
16 | Minor Threat | Salad Days
17 | Scritti Politti | Perfect Way
18 | Felt | Primitive Painters
19 | Franco | Mario
20 | The Cure | Close to Me
21 | The Fall | Paint Work
22 | R.E.M. | Driver 8
23 | Rush | Marathon
24 | Kate Bush | Cloudbusting
25 | Model 500 | Night Drive (Thru Babylon)
26 | The Replacements | Bastards of Young
27 | Level 42 | Something About You
28 | Madonna | Into the Groove
29 | Prince | Pop Life
30 | Hüsker Dü | Makes No Sense At All
31 | Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers | Don't Come Around Here No More
32 | Double Dee and Steinski | Lesson 3: History of Hip-Hop
33 | Sting | Fortress Around Your Heart
34 | Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew feat. Slick Rick | The Show
35 | The Dream Academy | Life In a Northern Town
36 | The Pogues | A Pair of Brown Eyes
37 | Whitney Houston | How Will I Know?
38 | Run-D.M.C. | King of Rock
39 | The Fall | Cruiser's Creek
40 | Tom Waits | Clap Hands
41 | Hüsker Dü | New Day Rising
42 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms
43 | Talking Heads | Road to Nowhere
44 | ‘Til Tuesday | Voices Carry
45 | Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | Tupelo
46 | The Smiths | The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
47 | Talk Talk | Life's What You Make It
48 | Prefab Sprout | Hallelujah
49 | Tom Waits | Downtown Train
50 | Madonna | Crazy for You
51 | Camper Van Beethoven | Take the Skinheads Bowling
52 | Faith No More | We Care a Lot
53 | Huey Lewis and The News | The Power of Love
54 | Prince | Raspberry Beret
55 | Kate Bush | And Dream of Sheep
56 | Echo and the Bunnymen | Bring on the Dancing Horses
57 | Hüsker Dü | I Apologize
58 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Never Understand
59 | LL Cool J | I Can't Live Without My Radio
60 | Marillion | Blind Curve

[Moonbeam]

Amidst all the Dire Straits' track I forgot 'Your Latest Trick'.
I'd like to place it at place 12. But instead of dropping #25, I want to drop out #22; which is Falco.

Done!

[Moonbeam]

88 | Half Man Half Biscuit | Reasons To Be Miserable (Part 10)

Do you have a source for 1985 for this? I can only find sources for 1987.

[Akhenaten]

88 | Half Man Half Biscuit | Reasons To Be Miserable (Part 10)

Do you have a source for 1985 for this? I can only find sources for 1987.

Yes, you're absolutely right. Thanks for spotting this.
I've removed it now, I've also changed my list a bit - added some Colourfield, Waterboys & Simple Minds tracks in.

[Henry]

Songs

1. Tears for Fears / Everybody Wants To Rule the World
2. Utopia / Mated
3. Style Council / Boy Who Cried Wolf
4. Utopia / Mimi Gets Mad
5. Tears for Fears / Head Over Heels
6. Simply Red / Holding Back the Years
7. Style Council / The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter)
8. Heart / These Dreams
9. Style Council / Shout to the Top
10. Dire Straits / Money for Nothing
11. Utopia / Stand for Something
12. Style Council / All Gone Away
13. Heart / Never
14. Style Council / Luck
15. Heart / What About Love
16. Utopia / Wildlife
17. Billy Ocean / Suddenly
18. Style Council / Wall Come Tumbling Down
19. The Smiths / How Soon Is Now?
20. Style Council / With Everything to Lose
21. Whitney Houston / The Greatest Love of All
22. Style Council / A Man of Great Promise
23. Whitney Houston / Saving All My Love For You
24. Style Council / A Stones Throw Away
25. John Fogerty / Centerfield
26. Style Council / Homebreakers
27. Utopia / Play This Game
28. Simply Red / Come to My Aid
29. Huey Lewis and The News / The Power of Love
30. Howard Jones / Things Can Only Get Better
31. Heart / Nothin' At All
32. Glenn Frey / The Heat Is On
33. Dire Straits / Walk of Life
34. Fine Young Cannibals / Johnny Come Home
35. Katrina and the Waves / Walking on Sunshine
36. Julian Lennon / Too Late for Goodbyes
37. Dire Straits / So Far Away
38. Paul Young / Every Time You Go Away
39. Phil Collins / Don't Lose My Number
40. Sade / The Sweetest Taboo
41. Simply Red / Heaven
42. Whitney Houston / You Give Good Love
43. Talking Heads / Stay Up Late
44. Robert Palmer / Addicted to Love
45. Madonna / Crazy For You
46. Gloria Estefan / Words Get In the Way
47. Madonna / Into the Groove
48. Simple Minds / Don't You (Forget About Me)
49. Whitney Houston / How Will I Know
50. Talking Heads / And She Was

51. John Mellencamp / Small Town
52. Style Council / Internationalists
53. Prefab Sprout / Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)
54. Pet Shop Boys / West End Girls
55. Mr. Mister / Broken Wings
56. Level 42 / Something About You
57. Commodores / Nightshift
58. Journey / Only the Young
59. Luther Vandross / If Only For One Night
60. Prefab Sprout / Appetite
61. Phil Collins / Take Me Home
62. Simply Red / Money's Too Tight
63. Stevie Wonder / Part-Time Lover
64. Style Council / Come to Milton Keynes
65. Y&T / Summertime Girls
66. Yello / Oh Yeah
67. Tears for Fears / I Believe
68. Talking Heads / Road to Nowhere
69. Simply Red / Look At You Now
70. Phil Collins / One More Night
71. Orchestral Manoeuvers In the Dark / So In Love
72. Phil Collins / Separate Lives
73. James Taylor / Everyday
74. Talking Heads / Perfect World
75. Yo-Yo Ma / Chiran-Bushi
76. Whitney Houston / All At Once
77. Yo-Yo Ma / Sakura, Sakura
78. The Cure / The Blood
79. Yo-Yo Ma / Chugoku-Chiho-No-Komoriuta
80. USA for Africa / We Are the World
81. The Cure / Push
82. Sting / If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
83. Simple Minds / Alive and Kicking
84. Phil Collins / Sussudio
85. Motley Crue / Home Sweet Home
86. Kate Bush / Cloudbusting
87. Julian Lennon / Say You're Wrong
88. James Taylor / Only One
89. Graham Parker / Wake Up (Next to You)
90. Fine Young Cannibals / Blue
91. Dire Straits / Your Latest Trick
92. Eurythmics / It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
93. Eric Clapton / Forever Man
94. Dire Straits / One World
95. Arvo Part / Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
96. Aretha Franklin / Sweet Bitter Love
97. Kate Bush / The Big Sky
98. Marillion / Kayleigh
99. Ry Cooder / Paris, Texas
100. The Dream Academy / Life In a Northern Town

101. The Jesus and Mary Chain / Just Like Honey
102. Kate Bush / Running Up That Hill
103. DeBarge / Rhythm of the Night
104. David Foster / Theme from St. Elmo's Fire
105. The Jesus and Mary Chain / Never Understand
106. Grace Jones / Slave to the Rhythm
107. Todd Rundgren / Something To Fall Back On
108. Style Council / Down the Seine
109. Todd Rundgren / HoDJa
110. Weird Al Yankovic / This Is The Life
111. Pat Benatar / Invincible
112. Rush / Marathon
113. Luther Vandross / Till My Baby Comes Home
114. B. J. Thomas / Growing Pains (Theme Song)
115. Asia / Suspicion
116. A-ha / The Sun Always Shines on TV
117. Alan Parsons Project / Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
118. Asia / Love not Till Eternity
119. Billy Ocean / Loverboy
120. Bryan Ferry / Slave to Love
121. Dokken / Til the Livin' End
122. Echo and the Bunnymen / Silver
123. Heart / What He Don't Know
124. Howard Jones / No One Is To Blame
125. Aretha Franklin / Who's Zoomin' Who
126. Dokken / The Hunter
127. Echo and the Bunnymen / Never Stop
128. Heart / All Eyes
129. Howard Jones / Life In One Day
130. James Taylor / Turn Away
131. Jefferson Starship / We Built This City
132. John Fogerty / The Old Man Down the Road
133. Luther Vandross / It's over Now
134. Mr. Mister / Kyrie
135. Oingo Boingo / Just Another Day
136. Pat Benatar / Ooh Ooh Song
137. Phil Collins / I Don't Wanna Know
138. Soda Stereo / Cuando pase el temblor
139. Phil Collins / Inside Out
140. Suzanne Vega / Small Blue Thing
141. Phil Collins / We Said Hello, Goodbye (Don't Look Back)
142. Talking Heads / The Lady Don't Mind
143. Phil Collins / Long Long Way To Go
144. X / Burning House of Love
145. Tina Turner / We Don't Need Another Hero
146. The Smiths / The Boy with the Thorn In His Side
147. The Cure / A Night Like This
148. Sade / War of the Hearts
149. Randy Travis / On the Other Hand
150. The Cure / In Between Days

151. The Smiths / Rusholme Ruffians
152. Weird Al Yankovic Like a Surgeon
153. X / What's Wrong With Me
154. The Smiths / Barbarism Begins At Home
155. The Cure / Close To Me
156. Suzanne Vega / Marlene on the Wall
157. Survivor / Burning Heart
158. Pet Shop Boys / Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
159. Opus / Live Life
160. New Order / Love Vigilantes
161. Matia Bazar / Ti sento
162. Killing Joke / Love Like Blood
163. John Mellencamp / R.O.C.K. In the USA
164. Echo and the Bunnymen / The Puppet
165. Aretha Franklin / Freeway of Love
166. Eurythmics / Would I Lie To You?
167. Husker Du / I Apologize
168. John Mellencamp / Justice and Independence
169. Kate Bush / And Dream of Sheep
170. The Bangles / Walk Like An Egyptian
171. The Cars / Tonight She Comes
172. The Force MDs / Tender Love
173. The Replacements / Waitress In the Sky
174. The Smiths / Nowhere Fast
175. New Order / The Perfect Kiss
176. The Smiths / I Want The One I Can't Have
177. The Replacements / Bastards of the Young
178. The Smiths / Well I Wonder
179. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force / I Wonder If I Take You Home
180. Kate Bush / Hounds of Love
181. Husker Du / Celebrated Summer
182. Eurythmics / There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
183. Echo and the Bunnymen / Bring on the Dancing Horses
184. Barrington Levy / Here I Come
185. Artists United Against Apartheid / Sun City

[Henry]

Albums

1. The Style Council / Our Favourite Shop / Internationalists
2. Tears for Fears / Songs From the Big Chair
3. Utopia / P.O.V.
4. Heart / Heart
5. Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms
6. Simply Red / Picture Book
7. Whitney Houston / Whitney Houston
8. Phil Collins / No Jacket Required
9. Talking Heads / Little Creatures
10. Prefab Sprout / Steve McQueen / Two Wheels Good

11. Sade / Promise
12. The Cure / The Head on the Door
13. James Taylor That's Why I'm Here
14. Eurythmics / Be Yourself Tonight
15. Aretha Franklin / Who's Zoomin' Who
16. Marillon / Misplaced Childhood
17. The Smiths / Meat Is Murder
18. Dokken / Under Lock and Key
19. Yo-Yo Ma / Japanese Melodies
20. Level 42 / World Machine
21. Todd Rundgren / A Cappella

[Akhenaten]

Albums:
1 | Prince & The Revolution | Around The World In A Day
2 | The Pogues | Rum, Lash And The Sodomy
3 | The Waterboys | This Is The Sea
4 | Kate Bush | Hounds Of Love
5 | Les Misérables - Original London Cast | Les Misérables
6 | The Colourfield | Virgins And Philistines
7 | Tears For Fears | Songs From The Big Chair
8 | Dire Straits | Brothers In Arms
9 | Madness | Mad Not Mad
10 | Simple Minds | Once Upon A Time

[jade.palooka]

((A))
01. Todd Rundgren. A Cappella
02. Pink Industry. New Beginnings
03. The Apartments. The Evening Visits...
04. The Fall. This Nations Saving Grace
05. Biff Bang Pow! Pass The Paintbrush, Honey...
06. Feedtime. Feedtime
07. The June Brides. There Are Eight Million Stories...
08. Half Man Half Biscuit. Back In The D.H.S.S.
09. Agnes Bernelle. Father's Lying Dead On The Ironing Board
10. The Golden Palominos. Visions Of Excess
11. Prefab Sprout. Steve McQueen
12. Loose Ends. So Where Are You?
13. Psychic TV. Mouth Of The Night
14. Peter Blegvad. Knights Like This
15. Scritti Politti. Cupid & Psyche 85
16. Maze ft Frankie Beverly. Can't Stop The Love
17. Nico + The Faction. Camera Obscura
18. Crime & The City Solution. Just South Of Heaven
19. Killdozer. Snake Boy
20. Mathilde Santing. Water Under The Bridge
20. Shriekback. Oil And Gold [split]

((S))
01. Daryl & Oates. Method Of Modern Love
02. Cyndi. The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
03. Flash And The Pan. Midnight Man
04. Bruce Springsteen. Glory Days
05. Pete Townshend. Face The Face

[Henry]

Amazing to see A Cappella at the top of Jade's list. I may have to add it to mine

[Chris K.]

Albums:

1. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
2. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
3. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
4. New Order - Low Life
5. Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
6. Replacements - Tim
7. The Fall - This Nations Saving Grace
8. Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
9. Husker Du - New Day Rising
10. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
11. The Cure - The Head on the Door
12. Subhumans - World's Apart
13. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
14. R.E.M. - Reconstructing the Fables
15. Meat Puppets - Up On the Sun

Songs:

1. The Smiths - The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
2. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
3. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
4. Replacements - Here Comes a Regular
5. Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
6. New Order - Love Vigilantes
7. Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
8. Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease
9. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
10. Madonna - Crazy For You
11. The Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
12. Prince - Raspberry Beret
13. Mekons - Hard to be Human Again
14. The Cure - In Between Days
15. Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
16. Prefab Sprout - Faron Young
17. R.E.M. - Driver 8
18. The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
19. Talking Heads - And She Was
20. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More

[nicolas]

Here's my list in progress

[diezcielos]

ALBUMS
1 | Prefab Sprout | Steve McQueen
2 | William Onyeabor | Anything You Sow
3 | Sade | Promise
4 | Cocteau Twins | Aikea-Guinea
5 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
6 | Einstürzende Neubauten | ½ Mensch
7 | Christian Marclay | Record Without a Cover
8 | Lewis Baloue | Romantic Times
9 | Robert Ffrench | The Favourite
10 | Early B | Four Wheel No Real
11 | Hailu Mergia | Hailu Mergia & Ηis Classical Instrument
12 | "Om" Alec Khaoli | Say You Love Me
13 | Super Cat | Si Boops Deh
14 | Cherrelle | High Priority
15 | Early B | Sunday Dish
16 | Mantronix | The Album
17 | Tenor Saw | Fever
18 |Sam Cooke | One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
19 | Early B - Ghost Busters
20 | Win Oo | Buddha Dhamma Songs

[VanillaFire1000]

Albums
1. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
2. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
3. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
4. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
5. Sade - Promise
6. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
7. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
8. A-Ha - Hunting High and Low
9. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
10. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

Songs
1. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
2. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
3. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
4. The Pogues - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
5. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
6. John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire
7. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
8. R.E.M. - Life and How to Live It
9. Dire Staits - Money for Nothing
10. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
11. Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
12. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
13. Madonna - Into the Groove
14. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
15. The Pogues - The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn
16. R.E.M. - Driver 8
17. RUN-D.M.C. - King of Rock
18. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
19. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Having an Average Weekend
20. The Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes

[rumpdoll]

((A))
03. The Apartments. The Evening Visits...
05. Biff Bang Pow! Pass The Paintbrush, Honey...
06. Feedtime. Feedtime
07. The June Brides. There Are Eight Million Stories...
08. Half Man Half Biscuit. Back In The D.H.S.S.

Your album list is really saving 1985 for me (and i'm not even half through). Thanks for that

[slick]

Hopefully I can do an album list for '85...

SONGS:

1. The Cure – In Between Days
2. Prince – Paisley Park
3. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring on the Dancing Horses
4. Run DMC – King of Rock
5. Duran Duran – A View to a Kill
6. The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
7. Huey Lewis & The News – The Power of Love
8. Prince – Raspberry Beret
9. The Replacements – Kiss Me on the Bus
10. New Order – Love Vigilantes
11. Sting – Russians
12. Sade – The Sweetest Taboo
13. Motley Crue – Home Sweet Home
14. R.E.M. – Driver 8
15. Talking Heads – Stay Up Late
16. The Smiths – A Boy with The Thorn in His Side
17. The Cure – The Blood
18. Ministry – Every Day Is Halloween
19. Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels
20. The Replacements – Left of the Dial
21. Ready for the World – Oh Sheila
22. Survivor – Burning Heart
23. Madonna – Into the Groove
24. The Cure – A Night Like This
25. Sly Fox – Let’s Go All the Way
26. Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
27. Ratt – You’re in Love
28. OMD – So in Love
29. Simple Minds – (Don’t You) Forget About Me
30. INXS – Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
31. LL Cool J – I Can’t Live Without My Radio
32. John Cougar Mellencamp – Small Town
33. Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party
34. A-Ha – The Sun Always Shines on TV
35. Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
36. Fishbone – Party at Ground Zero
37. Robert Plant – Little by Little
38. Night Ranger – Sentimental Street
39. The Hooters – And We Danced
40. The Firm – Radioactive
41. The Cure – Close to Me
42. Prince – Pop Life
43. Husker Du – Makes No Sense at All
44. Dire Straits – Money for Nothing
45. Y&T – Summertime Girls
46. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam – I Wonder if I Take You Home
47. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
48. Marillion – Kayleigh
49. Doug E. Fresh – The Show
50. Dokken – In My Dreams

[Live in Phoenix]

"I feel a far too '80s song with very, very, very dated production coming on"

Albums:
1 | Justin Hayward | Moving Mountains
2 | Suzanne Vega | Suzanne Vega
3 | Thompson Twins | Here's to Future Days
4 | Oingo Boingo | Dead Man's Party
5 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
6 | The Velvet Underground | VU
7 | Meat Puppets | Up on the Sun
8 | Rites of Spring | Rites of Spring
9 | Sting | The Dream of the Blue Turtles
10 | Robyn Hitchcock | Gotta Let This Hen Out!
11 | Les Misérables - Original London Cast | Original Cast Recording

My least correlation with the main site's top 10, for the '80s. Rites of Spring was a good surprise (post-hardcore punk, with vocalist Guy Picciotto later joining Fugazi, though I'm not sure that Fugazi was an improvement).



Songs:
1 | Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me)
2 | The Force MDs | Tender Love
3 | Heart | These Dreams
4 | Kate Bush | Cloudbusting
5 | Tears for Fears | Everybody Wants to Rule the World
6 | Whitney Houston | The Greatest Love of All
7 | Kate Bush | And Dream of Sheep
8 | Justin Hayward | Who Knows
9 | Cyndi Lauper | The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
10 | Tears for Fears | Head Over Heels
11 | Dionne Warwick and Friends | That's What Friends Are For
12 | The Jets | You Got It All
13 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill
14 | Phil Collins | Take Me Home
15 | Heart | Never
16 | Robert Palmer | Addicted to Love
17 | Til Tuesday | Voices Carry
18 | Sting | Fortress Around Your Heart
19 | Justin Hayward | The Best Is Yet to Come
20 | Justin Hayward | One Again
21 | Madonna | Into the Groove
22 | Justin Hayward | Moving Mountains
23 | Thompson Twins | Lay Your Hands on Me
24 | Dire Straits | Money for Nothing
25 | Rosanne Cash | I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me
26 | Oingo Boingo | Weird Science
27 | R.E.M. | Crazy
28 | Sting | Children's Crusade
29 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Cities in Dust
30 | Madonna | Crazy for You
31 | Simply Red | Holding Back the Years
32 | Koji Kondo | Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme
33 | R.E.M. | Feeling Gravitys Pull
34 | Thompson Twins | Emperor's Clothes (Part 1)
35 | Dire Straits | Walk of Life
36 | Sting | Gabriel's Message
37 | Huey Lewis and the News | The Power of Love
38 | USA for Africa | We Are the World
39 | James Brown | Living in America
40 | Eurythmics | It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
41 | Rites of Spring | For Want Of
42 | Dire Straits | So Far Away
43 | The Cure | In Between Days
44 | Rick Derringer | Real American
45 | Level 42 | Something About You
46 | Huey Lewis and the News | Back in Time
47 | Thompson Twins | Roll Over
48 | Suzanne Vega | Marlene on the Wall
49 | Justin Hayward | Silverbird
50 | The Velvet Underground | I Can't Stand It
51 | Suzanne Vega | Some Journey
52 | Howard Jones | Things Can Only Get Better
53 | INXS | What You Need
54 | Journey | Only the Young
55 | Les Misérables - Original London Cast | Do You Hear The People Sing?
56 | Meat Puppets | Swimming Ground
57 | Oingo Boingo | Stay
58 | Tom Petty | Don't Come Around Here No More
59 | R.E.M. | Driver 8
60 | R.E.M. | Wendell Gee
61 | Les Misérables - Original London Cast | Castle on a Cloud
62 | Duran Duran | A View to a Kill
63 | Run-DMC | King of Rock
64 | Eurythmics | There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)
65 | Whitney Houston | How Will I Know
66 | Whitney Houston | Saving All My Love for You
67 | Mr. Mister | Broken Wings
68 | The Smiths | The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
69 | Stevie Wonder | Part-Time Lover
70 | Oingo Boingo | Dead Man's Party
71 | Prince and the Revolution | Raspberry Beret
72 | Survivor | Burning Heart
73 | Franco and Rochereau | Lisanga Ya Ba Nganga
74 | Sade | The Sweetest Taboo
75 | Robyn Hitchcock | Listening To The Higsons (live)
76 | Sonic Youth | Halloween
77 | Suzanne Vega | Freeze Tag
78 | Talking Heads | And She Was
79 | Miami Sound Machine | Conga
80 | Chris Isaak | Dancin'
81 | The Velvet Underground | Ocean
82 | Bob Dylan | Clean Cut Kid
83 | Prefab Sprout | Faron Young
84 | The Pogues | And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
85 | Talking Heads| Road to Nowhere

Note to self: John Mellencamp - Lonely ol' Night

Totally '80s: Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan have each written a U.S. #1 hit, but it's with "We Are the World" that either of them have a solo vocal on a #1 song. (Al Jarreau, Willie Nelson, and Steve Perry also got their one #1 hit appearance, of the 21 soloists.)

[Safetycat]

My favourite song and favourite album both come from this year... a good year.

Songs:
1 | Tom Waits | Downtown Train
2 | Tears for Fears | Everybody Wants to Rule the World
3 | Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me)
4 | Tom Waits | Hang Down Your Head
5 | Talking Heads | Road to Nowhere
6 | Tom Waits | Time
7 | Dire Straits | So Far Away
8 | Talking Heads | And She Was
9 | Tears for Fears | Head Over Heels
10 | Tom Waits | Gun Street Girl
11 | Netherworld Dancing Toys | For Today
12 | Tom Waits | Anywhere I Lay My Head
13 | Kate Bush | Cloudbusting
14 | Tom Waits | Jockey Full of Bourbon
15 | Prefab Sprout | Bonny
16 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill
17 | Erasure | Who Needs Love Like That
18 | The Pogues | The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
19 | Dire Straits | Money for Nothing
20 | Prince | Raspberry Beret
21 | Madonna | Into the Groove
22 | Kate Bush | The Big Sky
23 | Tom Waits | Blind Love
24 | Duran Duran | A View to a Kill
25 | Dire Straits | Walk of Life
26 | Pet Shop Boys | West End Girls
27 | Dragon | Speak No Evil
28 | Phil Collins | Don't Lose My Number
29 | Tom Waits | Walking Spanish
30 | Dire Straits | Your Latest Trick
31 | Robert Palmer | Addicted to Love
32 | Tom Waits | Tango Till They're Sore
33 | Huey Lewis & The News | The Power of Love
34 | Mike + The Mechanics | All I Need Is a Miracle
35 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
36 | Whitney Houston | How Will I Know
37 | Talking Heads | The Lady Don't Mind
38 | The Pogues | Sally MacLennane
39 | David Bowie and Mick Jagger | Dancing in the Street
40 | Fine Young Cannibals | Johnny Come Home
41 | R.E.M. | Can't Get There From Here
42 | Eurythmics | There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
43 | The Pogues | A Pair of Brown Eyes
44 | R.E.M. | Driver 8
45 | The Velvet Underground | Foggy Notion
46 | Eurythmics | Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
47 | Tom Waits | Union Square
48 | Jimmy Barnes | Working Class Man
49 | a-ha | Train of Thought
50 | The Cult | She Sells Sanctuary
51 | The Cure | Inbetween Days
52 | Talking Heads | Television Man
53 | Mental as Anything | Live It Up
54 | The Waterboys | The Whole of the Moon
55 | Midnight Oil | Hercules
56 | The Cure | Close to Me
57 | Tom Waits | Big Black Mariah
58 | Queen | One Vision
59 | Fine Young Cannibals | Suspicious Minds
60 | Isley Jasper Isley | Caravan of Love
61 | Eric Clapton | Forever Man
62 | Peking Man | Room that Echoes
63 | Prefab Sprout | Faron Young
64 | Talking Heads | Creatures of Love
65 | Artists United Against Apartheid | Sun City
66 | Echo & The Bunnymen | Bring on the Dancing Horses
67 | The Outfield | Your Love
68 | Feargal Sharkey | A Good Heart
69 | a-ha | The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
70 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs
71 | Erasure | Heavenly Action
72 | Bryan Ferry | Slave To Love
73 | Kate Bush | Jig of Life
74 | The Smiths | The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
75 | Starship | We Built This City
76 | The Replacements | Kiss Me on the Bus
77 | James Brown | Living in America
78 | Warumpi Band | Blackfella Whitefella
79 | Tom Waits | Clap Hands
80 | Depeche Mode | Shake the Disease
81 | Satellite Spies | Destiny in Motion
82 | Dexys Midnight Runners | This Is What She's Like
83 | The Replacements | Bastards of Young
84 | New Order | Love Vigilantes
85 | Dire Straits | The Man's Too Strong
86 | The Style Council | Walls Come Tumbling Down!
87 | Sade | The Sweetest Taboo
88 | Supertramp | Cannonball
89 | Sting | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
90 | Etienne Daho | Tombe pour la France
91 | Prefab Sprout | Appetite
92 | John Mellencamp | R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A.
93 | Diana Ross | Chain Reaction
94 | Pet Shop Boys | Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
95 | The Waterboys | Don't Bang the Drum
96 | Dire Straits | Brothers In Arms
97 | Sumo | La Rubia Tarada
98 | The Pogues | The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
99 | Grace Jones | Slave to the Rhythm
100 | Tom Waits | Diamonds and Gold
101 | The Pogues | Dirty Old Town
102 | Simple Minds | Alive and Kicking
103 | The Pogues | I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
104 | R.E.M. | Feeling Gravity's Pull
105 | The Mighty Lemon Drops | Like an Angel
106 | Whitney Houston | Greatest Love of All
107 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Tupelo
108 | The Cult | Rain
109 | Sting | Russians
110 | Kate Bush | Under Ice
111 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | One More Minute
112 | The Cure | A Night Like This
113 | Stevie Wonder | Part-Time Lover
114 | 'Til Tuesday | Voices Carry
115 | Billy Ocean | When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
116 | The Dream Academy | Life in a Northern Town
117 | Hombres G | Devuelveme a mi chica
118 | R.E.M. | Life and How to Live It
119 | The Replacements | Here Comes a Regular
120 | New Order | The Perfect Kiss
121 | The Cramps | Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?
122 | The Smiths | The Headmaster Ritual
123 | Phil Collins | Sussudio
124 | The Velvet Underground | Stephanie Says
125 | The Smiths | Asleep
126 | Strafe | Set It Off
127 | Dionne Warwick | That's What Friends Are For
128 | Daniel Balavoine | L'Aziza
129 | Prince | Pop Life
130 | ABC | Be Near Me
131 | George Clinton | Do Fries Go With That Shake?
132 | Falco | Rock Me Amadeus
133 | Miami Sound Machine | Conga
134 | Los Violadores | Uno, Dos, Ultraviolento
135 | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Don't Come Around Here No More
136 | Tom Waits | 9th & Hennepin
137 | Talking Heads | Stay Up Late
138 | Level 42 | Something About You
139 | Virus | La Luna de Miel en la Mano
140 | Phil Collins | One More Night
141 | Eurythmics | Would I Lie To You?
142 | Aretha Franklin | Freeway of Love
143 | a-ha | Hunting High and Low
144 | Mr. Mister | Broken Wings
145 | Prefab Sprout | Goodbye Lucille #1
146 | The Pogues | The Old Main Drag
147 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Cities in Dust
148 | New Order | Sub-culture
149 | Talking Heads | Perfect World
150 | Felt | Primitive Painters

[CupOfDreams]

1985 Albums

1) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
2) The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
3) The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock (EP)
4) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
5) Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
6) The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
7) The Chameleons - What Does Anything Mean? Basically
8) Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory
9) Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
10) feedtime - feedtime
11) R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
12) Cocteau Twins - Aikea-Guinea (EP)
13) The Replacements - Tim
14) The Cure - The Head On The Door
15) Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig
16) Prince - Around The World In A Day
17) The Fuzztones - Lysergic Emanations
18) The Triffids - Field of Glass (EP)
19) Cocteau Twins - Tiny Dynamine (EP)
20) Sisters of Mercy - First And Last And Always
21) The Legendary Pink Dots - Asylum
22) Tuxedomoon - Holy Wars
23) Beat Happening - Beat Happening
24) The Cult - Love
25) The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
26) Look Blue Go Purple - Bewitched (EP)
27) Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
28) The Del Fuegos - Boston, Mass
29) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
30) Killing Joke - Night Time
31) The Dentists - Some People Are On The Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now
32) Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
33) The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash
34) New Model Army - No Rest For The Wicked
35) Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Needs Guitars
36) Bird Nest Roys - Whack It All Down (EP)
37) Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
38) Sade - Promise
39) Greg Sage - Straight Ahead
40) Felt - Ignite The Seven Cannons
41) New Order - Low-life
42) Green On Red - Gas Food Lodging
43) Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Fegmania!
44) Love and Rockets - Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven
45) Jacobites - Robespierre's Velvet Basement
46) Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat
47) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Talk About The Weather
48) Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
49) Chris Isaak - Silvertone
50) Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls
51) Death In June - Nada!
52) Ruth - Polaroïd/Roman/Photo
53) The Apartments - The Evening Visits...And Stays For Years
54) Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas
55) Philip Glass - Mishima
56) Dif Juz - Extractions
57) The Damned - Phantasmagoria
58) The Jazz Butcher - Sex and Travel
59) Dinosaur Jr. - Dinosaur
60) Nico - Camera Obscura
61) Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
62) Talking Heads - Little Creatures
63) Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Easy Pieces
64) The Long Ryders - State Of Our Union
65) X - Ain't Love Grand
66) Skinny Puppy - Bites
67) Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
68) Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite
69) The Sound - Heads and Hearts
70) Thin White Rope - Exploring The Axis
71) The Essence - Purity
72) Lone Justice - Lone Justice
73) Minutemen - 3 Way Tie For Last
74) Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time
75) Clan of Xymox - Clan of Xymox
76) Propaganda - A Secret Wish

[Fred]

What years do we do after 1980s?

[Listyguy]

Albums
1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
3. The Cure - The Head on the Door
4. Game Theory - Real Nighttime
5. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
6. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
7. Husker Du - New Day Rising
8. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
9. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
10. Beat Happening - Beat Happening
11. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
12. The Replacements - Tim
13. Prince - Around the World in a Day
14. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
15. The Waterboys - This Is the Sea
16. New Order - Low-Life
17. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
18. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
19. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
20. Various - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
21. Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
22. The Velvet Underground - VU
23. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
24. Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
25. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85
26. Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas
27. John Adams / Edo de Waart / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - Harmonielehre
28. A-ha - Hunting High and Low
29. Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
30. Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring

Songs
1. Tom Waits - Downtown Train
2. Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
3. Tom Waits - Clap Hands
4. The Cure - Close To Me
5. Kate Bush - The Big Sky
6. The Cure - In Between Days
7. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
8. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
9. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
10. The Smiths - I Want the One I Can't Have
11. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
12. The Fall - My New House
13. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
14. Kate Bush - Jig of Life
15. Tom Waits - Gun Street Girl
16. Dire Straits - The Man's Too Strong
17. New Order - Sunrise
18. The Replacements - Bastards of Young
19. The Outfield - Your Love
20. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
21. Game Theory - 24
22. Marillion - Kayleigh
23. The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular
24. The Waterboys - Don't Bang the Drum

[Listyguy]

The Indestructible Beat of Soweto probably qualifies as a compilation, so you can ignore it and bump everything else up one spot if that is the case.

[DaveC]

What years do we do after 1980s?

We would expect to move on to the 1970s. An alternative would be to do the 2010s in the same manner. However, I expect we'll have one-off end of decade polls for the 2010s and proceed with the 1970s.

[rumpdoll]

What years do we do after 1980s?

We would expect to move on to the 1970s. An alternative would be to do the 2010s in the same manner. However, I expect we'll have one-off end of decade polls for the 2010s and proceed with the 1970s.

At least my decade list for the 10s would probably be much better after a year of monthlies but I understand doing it this way

[rumpdoll]

And now for 1985, ... I tried with the help of Jade Palooka and others but in the end I have to say its you and not me that you are the weakest year of the 80s

Albums:
01 | Grace Jones | Slave to the rhythm
02 | The Cure | The head on the door
03 | Killdozer | Snakeboy
04 | The Fall | This Nation’s saving grace
05 | Tears for Fears | Songs from the big chair
06 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
07 | Feedtime | Feedtime
08 | Meat Puppets | Up on the Sun
09 | The Apartments | The evening visits … and stays for years
10 | Philip Boa and the Voodooclub | Philister
11 | The June Brides | There are eight million stories
12 | Beat Happening | Beat Happening
13 | Falco | Falco III
14 | Psychic TV | Mouth of the night
15 | Biff Bang Pow! | Pass the paintbrush, Honey
16 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | The firstborn is dead
17 | The Jesus and Mary chain | Psychocandy
18 | New Order | Low-life
19 | Prefab Sprout | Steve Mc Queen
20 | Scritti Politti | Cupid & Psyche 85

Songs:
01 | Falco | Jeanny
02 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Just Like Honey
03 | Talk Talk | Life's What You Make It
04 | Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me)
05 | The Cure | Close To Me
06 | Phillip Boa And The Voodooclub | Diana
07 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
08 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Tupelo
09 | Prefab Sprout | Goodbye Lucille #1
10 | Beat Happening | Our Secret
11 | The Apartments | All the Birthdays
12 | Feedtime | haha
13 | The June Brides | I Fall
14 | Tears For Fears | Everybody Wants To Rule The World
15 | The Fall | L.A.
16 | Meat Puppets | Up On The Sun
17 | Biff Bang Pow! | Waterbomb!
18 | The Kamikaze Pilots | Sharon Signs to Cherry Red
19 | Killdozer | Going to the Beach
20 | The Cure | Inbetween Days
21 | New Order | Elegia
22 | Huey Lewis & The News | The Power Of Love
23 | Mekons | Psycho Cupid - Danceband On the Edge of Time
24 | Tom Waits | Time
25 | Suzanne Vega | Neighborhood Girls
26 | Yeah Yeah Noh | Another Side to Mrs Quill
27 | Sonic Youth | Society Is a Hole
28 | the redskins | Bring It Down
29 | Todd Rundgren | Lockjaw
30 | Fine Young Cannibals | Johnny Come Home

[Safetycat]

Albums:
1 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs
2 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
3 | The Pogues | Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
4 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms
5 | Prefab Sprout | Steve McQueen
6 | R.E.M. | Fables of the Reconstruction
7 | The Cure | The Head on the Door
8 | Talking Heads | Little Creatures
9 | The Cult | Love
10 | The Smiths | Meat is Murder
11 | a-ha | Hunting High and Low
12 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | The Firstborn is Dead
13 | New Order | Low-Life
14 | The Replacements | Tim
15 | The Velvet Underground | VU

[Emerald]

1. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
2. Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
3. New Order - The Perfect Kiss
4. Madonna - Into the Groove
5. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
6. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
7. The Smiths - The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
8. Prince and The Revolution - Pop Life
9. The Cure - Close to Me
10. Talking Heads - And She Was
11. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
12. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
13. Prince and The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
14. The Cure - In Between Days
15. Schooly D - P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)