Top 10 Music Albums of 1985
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- Chart updated: 06/26/2025 07:15
- (Created: 09/26/2013 07:46).
- Chart size: 10 albums.
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The perfect balance between her experimental tendencies and her commercial nous.
[First added to this chart: 10/03/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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18,043
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Prince at his most 1960s rock-influenced. One of my very favorites among his albums.
[First added to this chart: 10/25/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
1,297
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Album number 3: recorded in London. Melancholic, cryptic, beautiful. And early evidence that this band was not one to repeat itself.
[First added to this chart: 10/03/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
1,761
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A blues album without any blues song. As far removed as possible from the mannerisms and tasteless production of so many 1980s records. Timeless.
[First added to this chart: 10/03/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
405
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As quirky as ever, exceptionnally inspired.
[First added to this chart: 10/03/2013]
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1985
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11,565
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The Cure at their most accessible.
[First added to this chart: 10/03/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
4,495
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[First added to this chart: 10/25/2013]
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1985
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Rank Score:
7,167
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Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
391
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[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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1,877
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2013]
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Top 10 Music Albums of 1985 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 1 | 10% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 10% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 10% | |
| Dire Straits | 1 | 10% | |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | 1 | 10% | |
| The Waterboys | 1 | 10% | |
| Neil Young | 1 | 10% | |
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Top 10 Music Albums of 1985 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 8th to 9thThis Is The Sea by The Waterboys |
| Down 1 from 9th to 10thOld Ways by Neil Young |
| New entries |
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| Southern Accents by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| Leavers |
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| Little Creatures by Talking Heads |
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