Top 86 Music Albums of 1985
by LittleM1971 
1985 Playlist:
Walls Come Tumbling Down - The Style Council
Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals
Love And Pride - King
King In A Catholic Style - China Crisis
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush
Don’t Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Shake The Disease - Depeche Mode
Subculture - New Order
A Night Like This - The Cure
Love Like Blood - Killing Joke
Shadow Of Love - The Damned
Faron Young - Prefab Sprout
Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
God Bless - The Bodines
Stretch Out And Wait - The Smiths
They Don’t Know - Kirsty MacColl
Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega
Wendell Gee - R.E.M.
Just Like Honey - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Home Is Where The Heart Is - The Chameleons
This Is The Sea - The Waterboys
Oh Jungleland - Simple Minds
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Celebrated Summer - Husker Du
Forget The Swan - Dinosaur Jr
This Could Be Anywhere - Dead Kennedys
I Don’t Want To Grow Up - Descendents
Couldn’t Get Ahead - The Fall
Last Dance - Mekons
Down At The Sea - Beat Happening
Lost Your Dreams - Biff Bang Pow!
- Chart updated: 11/05/2025 23:15
- (Created: 01/14/2014 23:17).
- Chart size: 86 albums.
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Last listen: 30/12/23
[First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
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1985
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Last listen: 22/12/23
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1985
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[First added to this chart: 01/22/2014]
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1985
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Last listen: 01/12/19
[First added to this chart: 06/23/2014]
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1985
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2,689
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Last listen: 14/07/20
[First added to this chart: 01/28/2014]
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1985
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1,902
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1985
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1985
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Top 86 Music Albums of 1985 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Hüsker Dü | 2 | 2% | |
| The Waterboys | 1 | 1% | |
| The Dead Milkmen | 1 | 1% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 1% | |
| Dinosaur | 1 | 1% | |
| Microdisney | 1 | 1% | |
| Meat Puppets | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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41 | 48% | |
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26 | 30% | |
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7 | 8% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 86 Music Albums of 1985 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 47th to 48th Rites Of Spring by Rites Of Spring |
| Down 1 from 48th to 49th The Chronicle Of The Black Sword by Hawkwind |
| Down 1 from 49th to 50th The Clock Comes Down The Stairs by Microdisney |
| New entries |
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| Here Comes Everybody by The Wake |
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