Top-rated albums of 1984

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1984 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Hatful Of Hollow 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

607 charts

Rank Score:

6,761

Rank in 1984:

6

Rank in 1980s:

33

Overall Rank:

259

Average Rating:

 86 (1,010 votes)

Comments:

48

2.

Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers 
Compilation

 Bob Marley & The Wailers

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

506 charts

Rank Score:

3,801

Rank in 1984:

14

Rank in 1980s:

67

Overall Rank:

474

Average Rating:

 84 (1,022 votes)

Comments:

56

3.

Ride The Lightning 

 Metallica

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

869 charts

Rank Score:

9,186

Rank in 1984:

2

Rank in 1980s:

22

Overall Rank:

176

Average Rating:

 84 (1,314 votes)

Comments:

78

4.

Purple Rain 
Soundtrack

 Prince And The Revolution

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

1,384 charts

Rank Score:

16,566

Rank in 1984:

1

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

81

Average Rating:

 83 (1,598 votes)

Comments:

125

5.

Stop Making Sense 
Live soundtrack

 Talking Heads

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

459 charts

Rank Score:

4,420

Rank in 1984:

8

Rank in 1980s:

54

Overall Rank:

402

Average Rating:

 83 (676 votes)

Comments:

32

6.

The Smiths 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

939 charts

Rank Score:

8,758

Rank in 1984:

3

Rank in 1980s:

23

Overall Rank:

187

Average Rating:

 83 (1,442 votes)

Comments:

86

7.

Let It Be 

 The Replacements

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

800 charts

Rank Score:

7,772

Rank in 1984:

5

Rank in 1980s:

26

Overall Rank:

215

Average Rating:

 82 (912 votes)

Comments:

72

8.

Treasure 

 Cocteau Twins

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

543 charts

Rank Score:

4,259

Rank in 1984:

10

Rank in 1980s:

58

Overall Rank:

419

Average Rating:

 82 (618 votes)

Comments:

38

9.

Powerslave 

 Iron Maiden

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

453 charts

Rank Score:

4,155

Rank in 1984:

11

Rank in 1980s:

60

Overall Rank:

433

Average Rating:

 81 (706 votes)

Comments:

41

10.

Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa 

 Keith Jarrett / Gidon Kremer; Dennis Russell Davies / Staatsorchester Stuttgart; The 12 Cellists Of The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Saulius Sondeckis / Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra / Alfred Schnittke

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

1,308

Rank in 1984:

21

Rank in 1980s:

214

Overall Rank:

1,338

Average Rating:

 80 (170 votes)

Comments:

11

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).