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
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
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
i hope so. have no frame of reference for his music. I've seen him act more than I've listened to him haha.
What a wild year 1. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 2. The Cure - Head on the Door 3. The Replacements - Tim
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.
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
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
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.
Did you end up listening to The Soft Boys in 1980? (cuz of the Katrina and the Waves connection etc etc)
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.
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
i really really am almost allergic to that record. the tone of the production makes my skin crawl a bit. edit: dire straits
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.
Listening to The Dream Academy. @phaynes12 have you heard this? David Gilmour proteges. He produced the album and plays on a song or two.