Top Albums of 1985
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A-ha |
Hunting High and Low |
New Romantic,
Synthpop
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Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland |
Showdown! |
Electric Texas Blues
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Anthrax |
Spreading the Disease |
Thrash Metal
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Aretha Franklin |
Who's Zoomin' Who |
Pop Soul
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Artists United Against Apartheid |
Sun City |
Pop Rock
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43 |
2749 |
Barbra Streisand |
The Broadway Album |
Show Tunes,
Standards
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30 |
2056 |
Bérurier Noir |
Concerto pour détraqués |
Punk Rock
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Big Audio Dynamite |
This Is Big Audio Dynamite |
New Wave,
Post-Punk
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Bryan Ferry |
Boys and Girls |
Pop Rock,
Sophisti-Pop
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Camper Van Beethoven |
Telephone Free Landslide Victory |
Indie Rock
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42 |
2744 |
Chris Isaak |
Silvertone |
Pop Rock
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Dead Can Dance |
Spleen and Ideal |
Darkwave
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24 |
1563 |
Dexys Midnight Runners |
Don't Stand Me Down |
Blue Eyed Soul,
New Wave
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10 |
600 |
Dire Straits |
Brothers in Arms |
Pop Rock
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21 |
1510 |
Einstürzende Neubauten |
1/2 Mensch |
Industrial
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37 |
2411 |
Eurythmics |
Be Yourself Tonight |
New Wave,
Pop
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Grant Green |
Born to Be Blue |
Cool Jazz,
Hard Bop
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Green on Red |
Gas Food Lodging |
Paisley Underground,
Roots Rock
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6 |
431 |
Hüsker Dü |
New Day Rising |
Alternative Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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28 |
1771 |
Hüsker Dü |
Flip Your Wig |
Alternative Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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INXS |
Listen Like Thieves |
Pop Rock
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Iron Maiden |
Live After Death |
NWOBHM
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27 |
1740 |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
Scarecrow |
Heartland Rock
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33 |
2234 |
John Fogerty |
Centerfield |
Heartland Rock,
Roots Rock
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3 |
163 |
Kate Bush |
Hounds of Love |
Art Pop,
Progressive Pop
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Level 42 |
World Machine |
Funk,
Pop
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14 |
927 |
LL Cool J |
Radio |
Hardcore Hip Hop
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Lone Justice |
Lone Justice |
Country Rock,
Pop Rock
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Luther Vandross |
The Night I Fell in Love |
Smooth Soul
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Mantronix |
The Album |
Electro
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38 |
2436 |
Marillion |
Misplaced Childhood |
Neo-Prog
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35 |
2280 |
Meat Puppets |
Up on the Sun |
Alt-Country,
Alternative Rock,
Cowpunk
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32 |
2193 |
Mekons |
Fear and Whiskey |
Cowpunk,
Post-Punk
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Miles Davis & John Coltrane |
Live in Stockholm 1960 |
Hard Bop
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8 |
549 |
New Order |
Low-Life |
Alternative Dance,
New Wave,
Synthpop
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23 |
1550 |
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
The Firstborn Is Dead |
Post-Punk,
Punk Blues
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5 |
322 |
Prefab Sprout |
Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good |
Pop Rock,
Sophisti-Pop
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20 |
1439 |
Prince and The Revolution |
Around the World in a Day |
Neo-Psychedelia,
Pop Rock,
Psychedelic Soul
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Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Freaky Styley |
Alternative Rock,
Funk,
Funk Rock
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18 |
1324 |
R.E.M. |
Fables of the Reconstruction |
Jangle Pop
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Robert Palmer |
Riptide |
Pop Rock
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Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians |
Fegmania! |
Jangle Pop,
Neo-Psychedelia,
Psychedelic Pop
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Run-D.M.C. |
King of Rock |
Hardcore Hip Hop
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34 |
2256 |
Ry Cooder |
Paris, Texas |
Acoustic Blues,
Film Score
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Sade |
Promise |
Smooth Soul,
Sophisti-Pop
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13 |
746 |
Sam Cooke |
Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 |
Southern Soul
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Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel |
Nail |
Experimental Rock,
Industrial
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31 |
2133 |
Scritti Politti |
Cupid & Psyche 85 |
Sophisti-Pop,
Synthpop
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40 |
2648 |
Simple Minds |
Once Upon a Time |
Pop Rock
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44 |
2794 |
Simply Red |
Picture Book |
Blue Eyed Soul,
Pop Soul
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45 |
2875 |
Sonic Youth |
Bad Moon Rising |
No Wave,
Noise Rock
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19 |
1418 |
Sting |
The Dream of the Blue Turtles |
Pop Rock,
Sophisti-Pop
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26 |
1666 |
Suzanne Vega |
Suzanne Vega |
Folk Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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22 |
1546 |
Talking Heads |
Little Creatures |
Art Pop
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16 |
1254 |
Tears for Fears |
Songs from the Big Chair |
New Wave,
Pop Rock,
Synthpop
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39 |
2593 |
The Blasters |
Hard Line |
Rockabilly,
Roots Rock
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The Chameleons |
What Does Anything Mean, Basically? |
Post-Punk
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29 |
1784 |
The Cult |
Love |
Alternative Rock,
Post-Punk
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11 |
614 |
The Cure |
The Head on the Door |
Alternative Rock,
Post-Punk
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9 |
551 |
The Fall |
This Nation's Saving Grace |
Post-Punk
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The Golden Palominos |
Visions of Excess |
Alternative Rock
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1 |
86 |
The Jesus and Mary Chain |
Psychocandy |
Noise Pop,
Post-Punk
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4 |
317 |
The Pogues |
Rum, Sodomy & the Lash |
Celtic Rock
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7 |
542 |
The Replacements |
Tim |
Alternative Rock,
Power Pop
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36 |
2350 |
The Sisters of Mercy |
First and Last and Always |
Gothic Rock
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12 |
666 |
The Smiths |
Meat Is Murder |
Indie Pop,
Jangle Pop
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The Style Council |
Our Favourite Shop / Internationalists |
Sophisti-Pop
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25 |
1595 |
The Velvet Underground |
VU |
Art Rock
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15 |
1091 |
The Waterboys |
This Is the Sea |
Folk Rock,
Pop Rock
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Tina Brooks |
Back to the Tracks |
Hard Bop
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2 |
105 |
Tom Waits |
Rain Dogs |
Experimental Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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17 |
1279 |
Whitney Houston |
Whitney Houston |
Contemporary R&B,
Pop
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41 |
2698 |
Wynton Marsalis |
Black Codes (from the Underground) |
Post-Bop
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46 |
2974 |
Youssou N'Dour |
Nelson Mandela |
Mbalax
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