Top 100 Music Albums of 1985
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Norman Bates 
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- Chart updated: 12/29/2025 18:15
- (Created: 05/08/2012 21:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/06/2012]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
687
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[First added to this chart: 03/08/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
572
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[First added to this chart: 06/06/2012]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
1,768
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[First added to this chart: 08/30/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2012]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
1,969
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[First added to this chart: 03/13/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
417
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[First added to this chart: 06/06/2012]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
11,699
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Total albums: 43. Page 1 of 5
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Hüsker Dü | 2 | 2% | |
| Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth Jacobites | 1 | 1% | |
| The Bangles | 1 | 1% | |
| Richard Lloyd | 1 | 1% | |
| Beat Happening | 1 | 1% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 1 | 1% | |
| Bryan Ferry | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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43 | 43% | |
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32 | 32% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 96th to 97thApartheid Is Nazism by Alpha Blondy |
| New entries |
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| Tiny Dynamine/Echoes In A Shallow Bay by Cocteau Twins |
| Leavers |
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| Spleen And Ideal by Dead Can Dance |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/16/2021 16:34 |  desh79 | 1,278 | 93/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2018 12:56 |  Repo | 563 | 100/100 |
| ! | 05/15/2012 05:41 |  lancashirearab | 43 | 79/100 |
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From Repo 07/05/2018 12:58 | #217800
Repo 07/05/2018 12:58 | #217800
Hi! Hope life's treating you well, brother. Love this top ten. WAs just checking out The Verlaine's debut & saw how much u love it. Definitely digging it . Peace!
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From lancashirearab 05/15/2012 05:42 | #42370
lancashirearab 05/15/2012 05:42 | #42370
It is good to see somebody else with Microdisney in their chart.
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