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1985 in music.

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by phaynes12, Oct 4, 2021.

  1. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

    Prince's Purple Rain won 1984. Let's see who wins 1985.

    Billboard chart-topping albums of 1985:
    Prince - Purple Rain (cont. from '84)
    Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (cont. from '84)
    Madonna - Like a Virgin (cont. from '84)
    Wham! - Make it Big
    John Fogerty - Centerfield
    Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
    USA For Africa - We Are the World
    Prince - Around the World in a Day
    Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
    Bryan Adams - Reckless
    Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
    Soundtrack - Miami Vice
    Heart - Heart

    Billboard chart-topping singles of 1985:
    Madonna - Like a Virgin (cont. from '84)
    Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
    Wham! - Careless Whisper
    REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
    Phil Collins - One More Night
    USA For Africa - We Are the World
    Madonna - Crazy for You
    Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
    Wham! - Everything She Wants
    Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
    Bryan Adams - Heaven
    Phil Collins - Sussudio
    Duran Duran - A View to Kill
    Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away
    Tears For Fears - Shout
    Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love
    John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire
    Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
    Ready for the World - Oh Sheila
    a-Ha - Take on Me
    Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
    Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
    Jan Hammer - Miami Vice
    Starship - We Built This City
    Phil Collins - Separate Lives
    Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
    Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me

    What are your top three albums for 1985? We will keep a running tally and eventually have some sort of bracket. For me it would be:
    1. Husker Du - New Day Rising
    2. The Cure - The Head on the Door
    3. Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring

    What are some of the forgotten gems from the year? What is overrated? What did you discover at a young age and what did you discover later?

    YEARS IN MUSIC • forum.chorus.fm
     
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  2. phaynes12

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    rest of the top 10:
    4. the replacements - tim
    5. the smiths - meat is murder
    6. kate bush - hounds of love (only heard it for the first time this year)
    7. tom petty - southern accents
    8. R.E.M. - fables of the reconstruction
    9. talking heads - little creatures
    10. the jesus and mary chain - psychocandy

    honorable mentions:
    dead kennedys - frankenchrist
    descendents - i don’t want to grow up
    dinosaur jr. - dinosaur
    husker du - flip your wig
    megadeth - killing is my business and business is good
    the misfits - legacy of brutality
    new order - low-life
    rush - power windows
    saint vitus - hallow’s victim
    slayer - hell awaits
    sonic youth - bad moon rising
    x - ain’t love grand

    stuff to check out:
    a-ha - hunting high and low
    chris isaak - silvertone
    the cult - love
    dexys midnight runners - don’t stand me down
    george strait - something special
    grace jones - slave to the rhythm
    inxs - listen like thieves
    john fogerty - centerfield
    ll cool j - radio
    meat puppets - up on the sun
    nick cave - the firstborn is dead
    phil collins - no jacket required
    prefab sprout - steve mcqueen
    prince - around the world in a day
    richard thompson - across a crowded room
    run dmc - king of rock
    stevie wonder - in square circle
    tears for fears - songs from the big chair
    tom waits - rain dogs
    the waterboys - this is the sea
     
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  3. cshadows2887

    Hailey, It Happens @haileyithappens Supporter

    Pat you’re gonna flip your shit for Rain Dogs.

    I’m on my way back from Maine so my list will go up later tonight
     
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  4. phaynes12

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    i hope so. have no frame of reference for his music. I've seen him act more than I've listened to him haha.
     
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  5. OhTheWater

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    What a wild year

    1. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
    2. The Cure - Head on the Door
    3. The Replacements - Tim
     
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  6. SpyKi

    You must fix your heart Supporter

    1. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
    2. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
    3. The Cure - Head on the Door
     
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  7. George

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    1. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
    2. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
    3. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising

    Hounds of Love is one of Kate Bush's masterpieces, with the opening three track run being probably as good a three song run to open an album that I can think of. The second side, "The Ninth Wave", is progressive and fasinating.

    Rain Dogs is Tom Waits mad and deranged blues record, full of bizarre songs and rhythm sections. Difficult and punishing in parts, and certainly not one that works on first listen, but well worth the effort to persist with it.

    Bad Moon Rising is Sonic Youth's second album, and sees them much more fully formed, taking their experimental and noisier stuff they were doing beforehand, and massively improving their songwriting. Brave Men Run (In my Family) is one of my all time favourite Sonic Youth songs.

    Honourable mentions;

    The Cure - The Head on the Door: Very unlucky not to make the top three, this might be the best Cure record, and opens with one of their most widely covered songs, In Between Days (feels like EVERYBODY has had a go at a cover of this...)

    Husker Du - New Day Rising: Husker's follow up to Zen Arcade, and shows them moving even further away from their hardcore punk routes, moving into more accessible alternative rock type music. Flip Your Wig was also released this year, also worth hearing.

    The Replacements - Tim: A great Replacements album, again like Husker Du, less punk and more mainstream accessible rock. Bastards of Young might be my favourite Replacements track.

    Big Black - Atomizer: Pummelling noise rock with a drum machine, and Steve Albini's dark and nasty lyrics.

    The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash: Fantastic traditional Irish folk music, mixed with the chaos of punk, and Shane MacGowan's brilliantly slurred vocals.

    Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring: Hugely influential "emo" album and Guy Picciotto's first musical project prior to Fugazi.

    The Smiths - Meat is Murder: How good is "How Soon is Now"????

    Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love: Classic smooth and just effortlessly charming Luther Vandross album.

    Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston: Whitney's debut, and a brilliant bit of soulful pop music, with a big romantic swoop.
     
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  8. phaynes12

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    brave men run is so goooood
     
  9. phaynes12

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    im also partial to this in between days cover. wish av club undercover was still a thing

     
  10. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    1. The Cure - The Head On The Door
    2. Stevie Nicks - Rock A Little
    3. The Replacements - Tim
    4. Talking Heads - Little Creatures

    first listens that I dug:

    INXS - Listen Like Thieves
    Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
    Prince - Around The World In A Day
    R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
     
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  11. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    1985 mix:

     
  12. cshadows2887 Oct 4, 2021
    (Last edited: Oct 10, 2021)
    cshadows2887

    Hailey, It Happens @haileyithappens Supporter

    1. Katrina and the Waves - Katrina and the Waves
    2. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
    3. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required

    Excruciating cuts:
    Heart - Heart
    The Replacements - Tim
    Simply Red - Picture Book

    Others I love:
    Various Artist - Rocky IV Soundtrack
    Prince - Around the World in a Day
    Dan Fogelberg - High Country Snows
    Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
    Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
    Leonard Cohen - Various Positions
    Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
    The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and The Lash
    John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
    The Family - The Family
    Stevie Nicks - Rock a Little
    LL Cool J - Radio

    Good ones:
    Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who
    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
    Husker Du - New Day Rising
    John Fogerty - Centerfield
    Mr. Mister - Welcome to the Real World
    The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
    Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
    Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
    Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love
    Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time
    The Cure - The Head on the Door
    Sheila E. - Romance 1600
    Michael McDonald - No Lookin' Back
    Pat Benatar - Seven the Hard Way
    Robert Palmer - Riptide
    Rush - Power Windows
    INXS - Listen Like Thieves
    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Soul to Soul
    Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle
    Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love
    Howard Jones - Dream Into Action
    Lone Justice - Lone Justice
    Various Artists - Vision Quest Soundtrack
    Carl Carlton - Private Property

    Archival releases that would place highly if I counted them:
    Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
    The Velvet Underground - VU

    Targets for listening:
    ABC - How to Be a...Zillionaire!
    a-ha - Hunting High and Low
    Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun
    Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight

    Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls
    Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals
    The Power Station - The Power Station
    Talking Heads - Little Creatures
    ZZ Top - Afterburner
    Dexy's Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down
    The Fall - The Nation's Saving Grace
    Abdullah Ibrahim - Water from an Ancient Well
    The Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
    New Order - Low-Life
    Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
    Scritti Politti - Cupid and Psyche 85
    Suzanna Vega - Suzanne Vega
    Various Artists - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
    The Firm - The Firm
    Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles
    Pete Townshend - White City: The Novel
    USA for Africa - We Are the World
    Barbra Streisand - The Broadway Album
    The Dream Academy - The Dream Academy
    Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana
    The Hooters - Nervous Night
    The Temptations - Touch Me

    Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
    Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
    R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
    Various Artists - Go Go Crankin'
    Various Artists - Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weil
    The Blasters - Hard Line
    Jason and the Scorchers - Lost and Found
    The Golden Palominos - Visions of Excess
    Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock
    George Strait - Something Special
    The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
    Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring
    Jesse Johnson - Jesse Johnson's Review
    Alexander O'Neal - Alexander O'Neal
     
  13. phaynes12

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    probably my single favorite song of this year. a fair argument ap.net would have never existed if it wasn’t made. kind of started everything.
     
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  14. tomdelonge

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    Did you end up listening to The Soft Boys in 1980?

    (cuz of the Katrina and the Waves connection etc etc)
     
  15. Gianni

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    My birth year! Wow what a long way we have come.

    I remember a few years ago the trend of "see what song was #1 on your birthday" and being pleasantly surprised that a good song was #1 on mine:



    Not their BEST song - but impressive that this song went to #1 on the pop charts.
     
  16. williek311

    @wearthicksocks Prestigious

    No worries if you didn’t check out Celtic Frosts 1984 debut EP because now you can check out Celtic Frosts debut LP To Mega Theron
     
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  17. phaynes12

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    i really really am almost allergic to that record. the tone of the production makes my skin crawl a bit.

    edit: dire straits
     
  18. williek311

    @wearthicksocks Prestigious

    Also surprised no mention of The Jesus and Mary Chain. Psychocandy rules.
     
  19. phaynes12

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    do you have me blocked
     
  20. williek311 Oct 5, 2021
    (Last edited: Oct 5, 2021)
    williek311

    @wearthicksocks Prestigious

    Lol no. I couldn’t see the thread if I did. Didn’t see it crack your top ten. My apologies.


    But anyways. People check that album out.
     
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  21. phaynes12

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    it rules. not my favorite by them but a great release nonetheless
     
  22. cshadows2887

    Hailey, It Happens @haileyithappens Supporter

    I didn’t but I definitely plan to. Kimberly Rew is such a talent
     
  23. cshadows2887

    Hailey, It Happens @haileyithappens Supporter

    I must have Psychocandy down with the wrong release date ‘cause I’ve heard it. Not a fan at all
     
  24. jdr2187

    jdr2187

    1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
    2. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, & The Lash
    3. The Replacements - Tim
     
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  25. cshadows2887

    Hailey, It Happens @haileyithappens Supporter

    Listening to The Dream Academy. @phaynes12 have you heard this? David Gilmour proteges. He produced the album and plays on a song or two.