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:

1,395 charts

Rank Score:

18,629

Rank in 1985:

1

Rank in 1980s:

7

Overall Rank:

54

Average Rating:

 85 (1,390 votes)

Comments:

102

2.

Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,138 charts

Rank Score:

12,115

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

112

Average Rating:

 84 (1,328 votes)

Comments:

86

3.

The Best Of The Doors 
Compilation

 The Doors

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

151

Rank in 1985:

105

Rank in 1980s:

1,199

Overall Rank:

8,181

Average Rating:

 83 (158 votes)

Comments:

3

4.

Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 
Live

 Sam Cooke

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

144 charts

Rank Score:

959

Rank in 1985:

24

Rank in 1980s:

274

Overall Rank:

1,758

Average Rating:

 82 (177 votes)

Comments:

16

5.

A Decade Of Steely Dan 
Compilation

 Steely Dan

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

50

Rank in 1985:

232

Rank in 1980s:

2,703

Overall Rank:

20,309

Average Rating:

 82 (59 votes)

Comments:

2

6.

Meat Is Murder 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

827 charts

Rank Score:

6,498

Rank in 1985:

4

Rank in 1980s:

33

Overall Rank:

260

Average Rating:

 82 (1,282 votes)

Comments:

68

7.

The Head On The Door 

 The Cure

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

624 charts

Rank Score:

4,534

Rank in 1985:

7

Rank in 1980s:

52

Overall Rank:

382

Average Rating:

 81 (792 votes)

Comments:

42

8.

Tim 

 The Replacements

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

507 charts

Rank Score:

3,987

Rank in 1985:

8

Rank in 1980s:

61

Overall Rank:

439

Average Rating:

 81 (559 votes)

Comments:

38

9.

Songs To Learn And Sing 
Compilation

 Echo & The Bunnymen

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

189

Rank in 1985:

82

Rank in 1980s:

983

Overall Rank:

6,770

Average Rating:

 81 (74 votes)

Comments:

3

10.

Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II 
Compilation

 Billy Joel

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

136

Rank in 1985:

117

Rank in 1980s:

1,304

Overall Rank:

8,931

Average Rating:

 80 (101 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).