Top-rated albums of 1985

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1985 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Hounds Of Love 

 Kate Bush

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,349 charts

Rank Score:

19,222

Rank in 1985:

1

Rank in 1980s:

7

Overall Rank:

58

Average Rating:

 85 (1,341 votes)

Comments:

98

2.

Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,117 charts

Rank Score:

13,027

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

109

Average Rating:

 84 (1,308 votes)

Comments:

85

3.

The Best Of The Doors 
Compilation

 The Doors

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

168

Rank in 1985:

93

Rank in 1980s:

1,104

Overall Rank:

7,472

Average Rating:

 83 (156 votes)

Comments:

3

4.

A Decade Of Steely Dan 
Compilation

 Steely Dan

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

53

Rank in 1985:

219

Rank in 1980s:

2,625

Overall Rank:

19,499

Average Rating:

 82 (57 votes)

Comments:

2

5.

Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 
Live

 Sam Cooke

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

139 charts

Rank Score:

979

Rank in 1985:

21

Rank in 1980s:

269

Overall Rank:

1,732

Average Rating:

 82 (172 votes)

Comments:

16

6.

Meat Is Murder 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

811 charts

Rank Score:

6,830

Rank in 1985:

4

Rank in 1980s:

32

Overall Rank:

257

Average Rating:

 82 (1,255 votes)

Comments:

68

7.

The Head On The Door 

 The Cure

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

602 charts

Rank Score:

4,792

Rank in 1985:

7

Rank in 1980s:

51

Overall Rank:

374

Average Rating:

 81 (770 votes)

Comments:

42

8.

Tim 

 The Replacements

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

477 charts

Rank Score:

4,022

Rank in 1985:

8

Rank in 1980s:

62

Overall Rank:

447

Average Rating:

 81 (547 votes)

Comments:

38

9.

Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II 
Compilation

 Billy Joel

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

144

Rank in 1985:

107

Rank in 1980s:

1,251

Overall Rank:

8,500

Average Rating:

 81 (100 votes)

Comments:

3

10.

Songs To Learn And Sing 
Compilation

 Echo & The Bunnymen

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

192

Rank in 1985:

79

Rank in 1980s:

991

Overall Rank:

6,719

Average Rating:

 80 (71 votes)

Comments:

3

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).