Top 85 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: 5 hours ago
- (Created: 01/14/2014 23:17).
- Chart size: 85 albums.
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Top 85 Music Albums of 1985 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Hüsker Dü | 2 | 2% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 1% | |
| Mission Of Burma | 1 | 1% | |
| The Icicle Works | 1 | 1% | |
| Hawkwind | 1 | 1% | |
| Steel Pulse | 1 | 1% | |
| The Cult | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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40 | 47% | |
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26 | 31% | |
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7 | 8% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 85 Music Albums of 1985 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 5 from 61st to 56thShaggy Raggy by Al Campbell |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 1 from 56th to 57thBig Fun City by Flesh For Lulu |
Down 1 from 57th to 58thKiller Lords by The Lords Of The New Church |
Down 1 from 58th to 59thStrawberry Switchblade by Strawberry Switchblade |
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