Top 12 Music Albums of 1985
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This is a pop rock essential and my personal favorite of the year. Half the tracks are instant classics and the remainder are strong.

Favorite tracks: Head Over Heels, Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World
[First added to this chart: 02/12/2015]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
5,231
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If the whole album was as good as its four best tracks, this would be a 5-star classic. It's still really good, if a little inconsistent.

Favorite tracks: Here Comes the Regular, Bastards of Young, Little Mascara
[First added to this chart: 08/05/2015]
Year of Release:
1985
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3,910
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This is Tom Waits at his Tom-Waits-iest. It's the definitive album of the sound he's most known for. While I prefer his earlier sound, it's hard not to like this strange mix of bar piano, art-house jazz, and sea shanty.

Favorite tracks: Clap Hands, Time, Gun Street Girl
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1985
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Rank Score:
11,690
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Favorite tracks: Southern Accents, Don't Come Around Here No More, Rebels [First added to this chart: 08/05/2015]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
391
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They would be a forgettable pop soul band but for Hucknall's singing and he was never better than he was here. This is a consistent collection with the standout "Holding Back the Years," which makes my list of best songs ever written.

Favorite tracks: Holding Back the Years, Heaven, Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
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Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
421
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Favorite tracks: Just Like Honey, Cut Dead, The Hardest Walk [First added to this chart: 02/12/2015]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
5,615
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Favorite tracks: Mystic Rhythms, The Big Money, Marathon [First added to this chart: 02/12/2015]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
599
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Favorite tracks: Money for Nothing, The Man's Too Strong, Brother in Arms [First added to this chart: 02/12/2015]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
7,161
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Favorite tracks: Well I Wonder, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Barbarism Begins at Home [First added to this chart: 02/12/2015]
Year of Release:
1985
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6,368
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(80/100) Favorite tracks: Driver 8, Green Grow the Rushes, Kohoutek [First added to this chart: 02/12/2015]
Year of Release:
1985
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1,714
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Top 12 Music Albums of 1985 composition

Artist Albums %


The Jesus And Mary Chain 1 8%
Rush 1 8%
Dire Straits 1 8%
The Smiths 1 8%
R.E.M. 1 8%
The Cure 1 8%
Tears For Fears 1 8%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 7 58%
United States 4 33%
Canada 1 8%

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