Album of The Year - Endgame

1985

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Firm - The Firm
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Soul to Soul
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
Minutemen - 3 Way Tie (for last)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley
 
I listened to Kate Bush's Hounds of Love and it was decent. Definitely can't rank it after one or even a few listens. This list could change after some more time with it.

1985

  1. The Replacements - Tim
  2. New Order - Low-Life
  3. The Cure - The Head on the Door
  4. Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
  5. Husker Du - New Day Rising
  6. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
  7. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
  8. Beat Happening - Beat Happening
  9. Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Rockin' and Romance
  10. Talking Heads - Little Creatures

Man what a year.. had to make a lot of cuts
 
  1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
  2. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
  3. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
  4. Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
  5. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
  6. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
  7. Replacements - Tim
  8. Pete Townsend - White City: A Novel
  9. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
  10. Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles

Honorable Mentions:
Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
Beat Farmers - Tales of the New West
REM - Fables of the Reconstruction
Bob Dylan- Biograph
Big Audio Dynamite - This is Big Audio Dynamite
 
1- Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love, obviously
2- Joni Mitchell - Dog Eat Dog
3- Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
4- Whitney Houston - s/t
5- Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
6- a-ha - Hunting High And Low
7- Yoko Ono - Starpeace
8- Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
9- Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
10- Sade - Promise

(I'm sorry Mr. Phil Collins, but Aimee Mann is better than you)
 
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1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. Death In June - Nada!
3. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
4. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
5. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
6. John Fahey - Rain Forests, Oceans, And Other Themes
7. Dave Van Ronk - Going Back To Brooklyn
8. Klaus Dinger - Neondian
9. Public Image Limited - Album
10. Prince and The Revolution - Around The World In A Day
 
My top 10 for 1985:
  1. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
  2. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
  3. Prince & The Revolution - Around the World in a Day
  4. Sade - Promise
  5. Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight
  6. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
  7. Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls
  8. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
  9. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
  10. Whitney Houston - s/t
 
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1985:
1. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
2. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
3. Starship - Knee Deep In The Hoopla
4. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
5. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
6. Slayer - Hell Awaits
7. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
8. Weird Al Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid
9. Dio - Sacred Heart
10. Asia - Astra
 
1. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
2. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
3. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
4. The Cure - Head in the Door
5. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
6. Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory
7. Sting - The Dream of the blue turtle
8. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
9. Jesus & mary Chain - Psychocandy
10. Desendents - i don´t wanna grow up
 
1980s are a real weak spot for me but here goes. It was a pretty decent year for African music, although I prefer 1984 (all according to Discogs of course as it's really quite hard to know when a lot of it was actually released).

1. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
2. Thomas Frimpong - Aye Yi
3. REM - Fables of the Reconstruction
4. Franco - Mario
5. Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down
6. The Broken Hearts - Want One? (a mate's first band)
7. Tabu Ley - Afrisa Selection
8. Sangazuza - Izaura

I feel like I should like some of the more well-known albums from this year but I just don't know them well enough to put them down
 
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