Top 11 Music Albums of 1984 by Exist-en-ciel

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Stop Making Sense
Live soundtrack

Talking Heads

New Wave, Post-Punk, Film Soundtrack

8.4/10

Best track: Once in a Lifetime

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1. Psycho Killer 8.5
2. Swamp 8
3. Slippery People 8
4. Burning Down the House 8.5
5. Girlfriend Is Better 8.5
6. Once in a Lifetime 9
7. What a Day That Was 8
8. Life During Wartime 8.5
9. Take Me to the River 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/20/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

457 charts

Rank Score:

4,468

Rank in 1984:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

402

Average Rating:

83 (674 votes)

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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9

Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Romanticism, Symphony

8.3/10

Track selection: 4th movement (Allegro con fuoco)

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1. Adagio - Allegro molto 8
2. Largo 8.5
3. Molto vivace 8
4. Allegro con fuoco 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/14/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

13 charts

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Satie: 3 Gymnopédies & Other Piano Works

Pascal Rogé

Impressionism

8.2/10

Track selection: Gymnopedie No.1

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1. Gymnopédie No.1 8.5
2. Gymnopédie No.2 8.5
3. Gymnopédie No.3 8.5
4. Je te veux 8
5. 4 Préludes flasques 8
6. Prélude en tapisserie 8
7. 4ème Nocturne 8
8. Vieux sequins et vieilles cuirasses 8
9. Embryons desséchés 8
10. Gnossienne No. 1 8.5
11. Gnossienne No. 2 8.5
12. Gnossienne No. 3 8.5
13. Gnossienne No. 4 8.5
14. Gnossienne No. 5 8.5
15. Gnossienne No. 6 8
16. Sonatine bureaucratique 8
17. Le Picadilly 8 [First added to this chart: 10/01/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

131

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Treasure

Cocteau Twins

Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave

8.2/10

Track selection: Lorelei

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1. Ivo 8.5
2. Lorelei 9.5
3. Beatrix 8
4. Persephone 8
5. Pandora (For Cindy) 8
6. Amelia 8
7. Aloysius 8
8. Cicely 8
9. Otterley 7.5
10. Donimo 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

544 charts

Rank Score:

4,286

Rank in 1984:

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Overall Rank:

416

Average Rating:

82 (617 votes)

Comments:

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Hatful Of Hollow

The Smiths

Jangle Pop, Indie Pop, Post-Punk

8.2/10

Track selection: How Soon Is Now?

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1. William, It Was Really Nothing 8.5
2. What Difference Does It Make? 8.5
3. These Things Take Time 8
4. This Charming Man 8.5
5. How Soon Is Now? 8.5
6. Handsome Devil 8
7. Hand in Glove 8
8. Still Ill 8
9. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 8.5
10. This Night Has Opened My Eyes 8
11. You've Got Everything Now 8
12. Accept Yourself 7.5
13. Girl Afraid 8
14. Back to the Old House 8
15. Reel Around the Fountain 8.5
16. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

607 charts

Rank Score:

6,808

Rank in 1984:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

259

Average Rating:

86 (1,005 votes)

Comments:

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Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa

Keith Jarrett / Gidon Kremer; Dennis Russell Davies / Staatsorchester Stuttgart; The 12 Cellists Of The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Saulius Sondeckis / Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra / Alfred Schnittke

Minimalism, Modern Classical, Chamber Music

8.1/10

Track selection: Tabula rasa

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1. Fratres 8
2. Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten 8
3. Fratres 8
4. Tabula rasa 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

1,324

Rank in 1984:

Rank in 1980s:

211

Overall Rank:

1,323

Average Rating:

80 (169 votes)

Comments:

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The Smiths

Jangle Pop, Indie Pop, Post-Punk

8.1/10

Track selection: Reel Around the Fountain

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1. Reel Around the Fountain 8.5
2. You've Got Everything Now 8
3. Miserable Lie 7 5
4. Pretty Girls Make Graves 8
5. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 8
6. Still Ill 8.5
7. Hand in Glove 8
8. What Difference Does It Make? 8.5
9. I Don't Owe You Anything 8
10. Suffer Little Children 8 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

935 charts

Rank Score:

8,633

Rank in 1984:

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Overall Rank:

189

Average Rating:

83 (1,440 votes)

Comments:

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Purple Rain
Soundtrack

Prince And The Revolution

Pop Rock, Film Soundtrack, Synth Funk

8.1/10

Track selection: When Doves Cry

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1. Let's Go Crazy 8
2. Take Me With U 8
3. The Beautiful Ones 8
4. Computer Blue 7.5
5. Darling Nikki 8
6. When Doves Cry 9
7. I Would Die 4 U 8
8. Baby I'm a Star 7.5
8. Purple Rain 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

1,378 charts

Rank Score:

16,440

Rank in 1984:

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

83 (1,593 votes)

Comments:

125

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Grace Under Pressure

Rush

Progressive Rock, New Wave, Pop Rock

7.9/10

Track selection: Red Sector A

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1. Distant Early Warning 8
2. Afterimage 8
3. Red Sector A 8.5
4. The Enemy Within 7.5
5. The Body Electric 7.5
6. Kid Gloves 8
7. Red Lenses 7.5
8. Between the Wheels 8 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

151 charts

Rank Score:

686

Rank in 1984:

Rank in 1980s:

361

Overall Rank:

2,339

Average Rating:

77 (252 votes)

Comments:

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Let The Music Play

Shannon

Freestyle, Electro-Disco, Synth Funk

7.7/10

Track selection: Let The Music Play

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1. Let the Music Play 9
2. Sweet Somebody 7.5
3. Someone Waiting Home 7
4. Give Me Tonight 8
5. My Heart's Divided 8
6. It's You 7
7. One Man 7.5
8. Let the Music Play (Re-mix) 8 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2022]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

8 charts

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Top 11 Music Albums of 1984 composition

Artist	Albums	%

The Smiths	2	18%
Shannon	1	9%
Van Halen	1	9%
Talking Heads	1	9%
Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	1	9%
Pascal Rogé	1	9%
Cocteau Twins	1	9%
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Country	Albums	%

	5	45%
	3	27%
	1	9%
	1	9%
	1	9%

Live?	Albums	%
No	10	91%
Yes	1	9%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9	82%
Yes	2	18%

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