Top 88 Music Albums of 1984
by LittleM1971 
1984 Playlist:
Pat-Trip Dispenser - The Fall
Never Tell - Violent Femmes
New Gods - Meat Puppets
Pink Turns To Blue - Husker Du
I Hate Hate! - Reagan Youth
Can’t Decide - Black Flag
Talk’s Cheap - Flipper
Upside Down - The Jesus & Mary Chain
What Difference Does It Make - The Smiths
Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow - Felt
A Sad Lament - Orange Juice
You’re The Best Thing - The Style Council
Bittersweet - Everything But The Girl
Strange Things Happen - Billy Bragg
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville - R.E.M.
Back On The Chain Gang - Pretenders
Belladonna - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Red Guitar - David Sylvian
Church Not Made With Hands - The Waterboys
Slow Slow Music - The Go-Betweens
A Sort Of Homecoming - U2
East At Easter - Simple Minds
It's My Life - Talk Talk
What Is Love? - Howard Jones
Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
La Machine A Rever - X Ray Pop
Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
Dressing Up - The Cure
Sunspots - Julian Cope
The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops - Cocteau Twins
Love Is A Wonderful Colour - The Icicle Works
Girlfriend - The Jazz Butcher
Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
Downbound Train - Bruce Springsteen
- Chart updated: 10/25/2025 18:15
- (Created: 01/14/2014 22:39).
- Chart size: 88 albums.
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Last listen: 07/03/25
[First added to this chart: 01/14/2014]
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1984
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Last listen: 31/12/23
[First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
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1984
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1,845
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Last listen: 22/10/21
[First added to this chart: 08/19/2015]
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1984
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6,094
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1984
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3,777
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Last listen: 18/03/25
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1984
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Last listen: 31/08/21
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1984
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3,331
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Last listen: 09/04/21
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1984
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947
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Last listen: 21/10/21
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1984
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Total albums: 88. Page 1 of 9
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Top 88 Music Albums of 1984 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Black Flag | 2 | 2% | |
| Julian Cope | 2 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
| Felt (UK) | 2 | 2% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| Orange Juice | 2 | 2% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 2% | |
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52 | 59% | |
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23 | 26% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 88 Music Albums of 1984 chart changes
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| Down 1 from 72nd to 73rd Atom Drum Bop by The Three Johns |
| Down 1 from 73rd to 74th Knife by Aztec Camera |
| Down 1 from 74th to 75th Micro-Phonies by Cabaret Voltaire |
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