Best Albums of 1984

Listed below are the best albums of 1984 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
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1984 year summaryThe best artists of 1984 were Prince, Prince And The Revolution, The Smiths, Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, Minutemen, Talking Heads, Cocteau Twins and Hüsker Dü.
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1984
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"Compared to his '70's output it really is hard to believe its the same artist, Blue Jean was a good lead off single, & Loving The Alien is vintage Bowie, but the rest is not worthy of his name."  Reply
- bonooo | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"this album gives an interesting insight into what the bangles sounded like before they got a big-time record contract and the accompanying producers and co-writers. it's easily my favorite of their albums."  Reply
- philbutrin | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Alan Parson has produced some excellent albums and this is one of his best with tracks like Don't Answer Me', 'You Don't Believe', 'Prime Time' and 'Ammonia Avenue'. Having worked as a Sound Engineer with The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Hollies and Steven Wilson to name but a few, it is no surprise ..."  [+]  Reply
- Junomoogmello | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"OMG! Such a discovery for me! Mostly strummed acoustic guitar and Hitchcock's voice spewing weird and wonderful lyrics about creatures great and small, like furry green atom bowls, and looking at one's self in the shower. A beautiful twisty peek into a warped and whacky, kaleidoscopic mind of a d..."  [+]  Reply
- TheDude85 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"This is one of the best thrash metal albums around. I'm not sure if this is Metal Church's best overall album but it's the best thrash one they released. Key tracks: Beyond the Black, Metal Church, Gods of Wrath."  Reply
- Jasonconfused | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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