Top 22 Music Albums of 1985
by mrmcrook 
Compilations, Greatest hits etc ranked after studio albums. Quite a lot this year.
My favorite songs from 1985
Dead Kennedys - MTV Get Off The Air
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Black Flag - Best One Yet
George Thorogood - I Drink Alone
Black Flag - Modern Man
Tom Petty - Don't Come Around Here No More
Dead Kennedys - Jock-O-Rama
The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
Anthrax - Gung Ho
AC/DC - Sink the Pink
- Chart updated: 07/03/2026 02:15
- (Created: 10/03/2020 00:24).
- Chart size: 22 albums.
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82.607* A lot slower paced than all there other albums. This one took a few listens before it gelled but it's the Dead Kennedys man. Everything they've put out surpasses almost all other punk. As always lyrically brilliant. They are the template of reality. 'MTV Get off the air'; hilarious yet so true. 02/26
[First added to this chart: 07/05/2022]
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1985
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82.22 A lot better than I was expecting. The sound of when they were transitioning from their goth beginnings to the more rock heavy band they were to become. There's some fantastic pumping tunes on this along with some tracks with haunting melodies and rhythms. A nice mix. This is good. One of my favorite from The Cult 02/25
[First added to this chart: 10/03/2024]
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1985
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80.00
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79.818* This went awol for me for a few decades. Then rediscovered. 'I drink alone' holds a place in my heart. It's a better album than it gets credit for. 03/26
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76.50 This was my initial introduction to Marillion. It took me quite a while to warm to it. I found it started a bit too AOR pop for my liking which threw me, but once the prog rock solidifies it flows perfectly. It does segue really well.
Grew on me nicely. Decent album [First added to this chart: 07/05/2022]
Grew on me nicely. Decent album [First added to this chart: 07/05/2022]
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1985
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76.076* Great 2nd album from them and a big step up from their debut. How can you not love 'Dirty Old Town'. The singalong gold standard. 'The band played Waltzing Matilda' is a highlight. Elvis Costello was the producer you know. 09/25
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1985
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75.666* One of his better. Bit front heavy, the back half mostly plodding along but his style of singer songwriter Americana has a bit of flow within the rhythms which makes it quite catchy in a foot tapping way and hooks you in. 01/26
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73.18 The best way to describe this is a combination of earliest 'Sabbath' and hard rock/proto-metal band 'Dust.' It's not bad but does sound quite flat and drab throughout. Would of benefited massively from better production.
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Love Maiden but for some reason this just didn't strike a chord with me. The studio versions of all tracks are far superior
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Total albums: 22. Page 1 of 3
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Top 22 Music Albums of 1985 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Echo & The Bunnymen | 1 | 5% | |
| Dead Kennedys | 1 | 5% | |
| Kiss | 1 | 5% | |
| The Cult | 1 | 5% | |
| The Replacements | 1 | 5% | |
| Black Flag | 1 | 5% | |
| Tom Petty | 1 | 5% | |
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Top 22 Music Albums of 1985 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 3 from 16th to 13thTim by The Replacements |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 13th to 14thSouthern Accents by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15thShe's The Boss by Mick Jagger |
| Down 1 from 15th to 16thFly On The Wall by AC/DC |
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