Top 38 Music Albums of 1984
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- Chart size: 38 albums.
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1984-A&M
Produced By BRYAN ADAMS & BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN
1. One Night Love Affair
2. She’s Only Happy When She’s Dancin’
3. Run To You
4. Heaven
5. Somebody
6. Summer Of ‘69
7. Kids Wanna Rock
8. It’s Only Love
9. Long Gone
10. Ain’t Gonna Cry
Sometimes it’s hard to remember that the cheesy crooner who brought us dreck like “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”, “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman”, and the wretched collaboration with Rod Stewart and Sting called “All For One” was once a rocker. Canadian Bryan Adams found rock success with his third album, Cuts Like A Knife, and continued in that vein with his most successful (and most rocking) album, 1984’s Reckless. In 1984, while New Wave and hair metal were busy shoving what is now classic rock towards the door, Adams sounded fresh and hungry with his crunchy guitar style and his Stewart-like gravelly voice. And a bunch of fairly catchy songs.
How big was Reckless? Seven of the ten tracks were released as singles, including the monster “Summer Of ‘69”, “Somebody”, and a duet with the comeback queen Tina Turner on “It’s Only Love”. There were signs of things to come: “Heaven” was a big hit and a massive mellow egg. But overall, this was Adams trying his hardest, and he was never better than he was here: which was as a passable C-list leather-clad rocker. In the almost 30 years since, Adams has released only six albums, and has become an adult contemporary crooner. But, for a moment in the 80’s, he almost got it right. [First added to this chart: 05/14/2013]
Produced By BRYAN ADAMS & BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN
1. One Night Love Affair
2. She’s Only Happy When She’s Dancin’
3. Run To You
4. Heaven
5. Somebody
6. Summer Of ‘69
7. Kids Wanna Rock
8. It’s Only Love
9. Long Gone
10. Ain’t Gonna Cry
Sometimes it’s hard to remember that the cheesy crooner who brought us dreck like “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”, “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman”, and the wretched collaboration with Rod Stewart and Sting called “All For One” was once a rocker. Canadian Bryan Adams found rock success with his third album, Cuts Like A Knife, and continued in that vein with his most successful (and most rocking) album, 1984’s Reckless. In 1984, while New Wave and hair metal were busy shoving what is now classic rock towards the door, Adams sounded fresh and hungry with his crunchy guitar style and his Stewart-like gravelly voice. And a bunch of fairly catchy songs.
How big was Reckless? Seven of the ten tracks were released as singles, including the monster “Summer Of ‘69”, “Somebody”, and a duet with the comeback queen Tina Turner on “It’s Only Love”. There were signs of things to come: “Heaven” was a big hit and a massive mellow egg. But overall, this was Adams trying his hardest, and he was never better than he was here: which was as a passable C-list leather-clad rocker. In the almost 30 years since, Adams has released only six albums, and has become an adult contemporary crooner. But, for a moment in the 80’s, he almost got it right. [First added to this chart: 05/14/2013]
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1984
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1984 – GOLD MOUNTAIN / A&M
Produced By JON GOLDSMITH & KERRY CRAWFORD
1. Lovers In A Dangerous Time
2. Maybe The Poet
3. Sahara Gold
4. Making Contact
5. Peggy’s Kitchen Wall
6. To Raise The Morning Star
7. Nicaragua
8. If I Had A Rocket Launcher
9. Dust And Diesel
Bruce Cockburn has always been huge in Canada…and an almost nobody in the United States. This is really a shame, because this is one talented guy. He’s a fantastic guitar player, a fine songwriter, and a political voice that America has missed for some time now. Stealing Fire is his 13th studio album (his first was in 1970), and it’s a fine effort. Cockburn had visited Central America on a charity mission, and came back with a set of songs not only steeped in political importance, but also carried by world music beats that would be made more popular by artists like Paul Simon and David Byrne. Cockburn’s only real blip on the US radar had been his 1979 song “Wondering Where The Lions Are”, and in 1984, we were too busy having a good time to notice an album like this one.
Not everything here has aged well, but there is enough to make it a great listen. “Lovers In A Dangerous Time” was a Canadian hit, and the title speaks for itself. “If I Had A Rocket Launcher” is one of Cockburn’s best known songs, which he says is not a call to arms, but a cry. Also worth hearing are “the lovely “Sahara Gold”, “To Raise The Morning Star”, and the strange yet catchy “Peggy’s Kitchen Wall”, with it’s strange hook asking who put the bullet hole there. This is one of his better albums, despite some lesser material. He’s not slowed down…Cockburn has released 25 studio albums so far, and almost all of them are worth hearing. Sometimes, we get it wrong and Canada does get it right. Stealing Fire is an imperfect gem…an often overlooked piece of what 1984 was all about. [First added to this chart: 04/13/2012]
Produced By JON GOLDSMITH & KERRY CRAWFORD
1. Lovers In A Dangerous Time
2. Maybe The Poet
3. Sahara Gold
4. Making Contact
5. Peggy’s Kitchen Wall
6. To Raise The Morning Star
7. Nicaragua
8. If I Had A Rocket Launcher
9. Dust And Diesel
Bruce Cockburn has always been huge in Canada…and an almost nobody in the United States. This is really a shame, because this is one talented guy. He’s a fantastic guitar player, a fine songwriter, and a political voice that America has missed for some time now. Stealing Fire is his 13th studio album (his first was in 1970), and it’s a fine effort. Cockburn had visited Central America on a charity mission, and came back with a set of songs not only steeped in political importance, but also carried by world music beats that would be made more popular by artists like Paul Simon and David Byrne. Cockburn’s only real blip on the US radar had been his 1979 song “Wondering Where The Lions Are”, and in 1984, we were too busy having a good time to notice an album like this one.
Not everything here has aged well, but there is enough to make it a great listen. “Lovers In A Dangerous Time” was a Canadian hit, and the title speaks for itself. “If I Had A Rocket Launcher” is one of Cockburn’s best known songs, which he says is not a call to arms, but a cry. Also worth hearing are “the lovely “Sahara Gold”, “To Raise The Morning Star”, and the strange yet catchy “Peggy’s Kitchen Wall”, with it’s strange hook asking who put the bullet hole there. This is one of his better albums, despite some lesser material. He’s not slowed down…Cockburn has released 25 studio albums so far, and almost all of them are worth hearing. Sometimes, we get it wrong and Canada does get it right. Stealing Fire is an imperfect gem…an often overlooked piece of what 1984 was all about. [First added to this chart: 04/13/2012]
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Top 38 Music Albums of 1984 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 2 | 5% | |
| James Brown | 1 | 3% | |
| Don Henley | 1 | 3% | |
| David Allan Coe | 1 | 3% | |
| Queen | 1 | 3% | |
| King Sunny Adé & His African Beats | 1 | 3% | |
| Van Halen | 1 | 3% | |
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 90/100  | 10/28/2014 20:12 | jdizzle123456 | | 89/100 |
| 70/100 | 03/26/2014 23:24 |  sssvnnn | | 83/100 |
| 90/100 | 02/15/2014 20:07 | PauloPaz | | 89/100 |
| 100/100 | 01/10/2013 01:34 | guigs13 | | 88/100 |
| 100/100 | 11/02/2012 00:36 | strawberryfields | | 95/100 |
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