Best Music Albums - Year By
Year: 1985

1. Arcadia: So Red The Rose
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Revealed
new sides of Duran Duran and still a great pop album today. More info...
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2. Simple Minds: Once Upon A Time
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Simple Minds
in a more up-tempo mood and with a focues on the more commercial side of the band. An
album with a great and big sound.
More info...
About Simple Minds |
3. Dire Straits: Brothers In
Arms
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The first
album ever to be promoted mainly on Compact Disc and a genuine classic ever after.
About Dire Straits |
4. Tears For Fears: Songs From The
Big Chair
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The album
that broke Tears For Fears and established them alongside bands like Duran Duran and
Spandau Ballet. "Shout" and "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" were
hits.
About Tears For Fears |
5. The Cure: The Head On The Door
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The Cure are finding the
more commercial formula and are slowly gaining a much wider audience with this album.
About The Cure |
6. Propaganda: A Secret Wish
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German pop
with a twist. Has that certain something only German bands can blend in the music. |
7. The Smiths: Meat Is Murder
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The Smiths really on the
way up, filled with attitude and statements...
About The Smiths |
8. Mr. Mister: Welcome To The
Real World
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"Broken Wings"
and "Kyrie" were the two hits from an album filled with similarly well-crafted
pop songs. |
9. Howard Jones: Dream Into
Action
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"Things Can Only Get
Better" sang HJ...I guess not since this is his best album with most of the hits he
landed in the mid-´80's. |
10. Supertramp: Brother Where
You Bound
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Without Roger Hodgson
Supertramp returned with an album that showed that the band had kept the Supertramp sound
and could still write their special songs.
About Supertramp |
Albums that
also made an impact:
Bryan Ferry: Boys And Girls
Prefab Sprout: Steve Mcqueen
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