Album of The Year - Endgame

something tells me Kate Bush won't get 54 out of 55 points I attempted to award her so I might as well come up with a proper top 10

1. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
2. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
3. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
4. Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas OST (apparently it came out in 1985, a year later than the movie)
5. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
6. Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
7. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
8. The Cure - The Head on the Door
9. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
10. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
 
1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. New Order - Low-life
3. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
4. The Replacements - Tim
5. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
6. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
7. Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
8. The Cure - The Head On The Door
9. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
10. William Onyeabor - Anything You Sow
11. The Sisters Of Mercy - First Last and Always
12. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
13. Collins, Cray, Copeland - Showdown!
14. Greg Sage - Straight Ahead
15. John Fogerty - Centerfield

HM:
Jonathan Richman - Rockin' and Romance

This was a really hard list to order. Especially the first and second groups of three. Great year. This list and especially the order would probably change on a different week. I don't know if I'll ever be comfortable with a list I make, that's why I usually don't post them in here.
 
dhodo said:
I gave Hounds of Love another listen today and appreciated it considerably more than I have in the past. Not sure I could really put it in the top ten still and I don't think it's really hurting for points in here so I'm leaving it off. Sorry, Nathan
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so long as you can appreciate the perfection of cloudbursting I’ll let you off 😉
 
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dhodo said:
I gave Hounds of Love another listen today and appreciated it considerably more than I have in the past. Not sure I could really put it in the top ten still and I don't think it's really hurting for points in here so I'm leaving it off. Sorry, Nathan
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All good my baby parrot-walrus 😘☺️

You will only appreciate the album even more, the more times you return to it! 💜💜💜
 
I absolutely love my top 5 albums of 1985 in particular! ♥️

1. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
2. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
3. The Family - The Family
4. New Order - Low-Life
5. Sadé - Promise
6. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
7. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
8. The Cure - The Head On The Floor
9. Prince - Around The World In A Day
10. Sheila E. - Romance 1600
 
Better get my list in! Apologies for the delay.

Top 10 Albums of 1985:
  1. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
  2. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
  3. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
  4. The Jesus and Mary Chain- Psychocandy
  5. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
  6. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
  7. Philip Glass - Mishima
  8. Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
  9. New Order - Low-Life
  10. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
 
Top 10 Albums of 1985
Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard in my Backyard
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The Replacements - The Shit Hits The Fans
Faith No More - We Care A Lot
Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
Descendants - I Don't Want To Grow Up
Husker Dü - Flip Your Wig
Smiths - Meat is Murder
Helios Creed - X-Rated Fairy Tales
Shriekback - Oil and Gold
 
The N+G Top 20 Albums of 1985

  1. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
  2. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
  3. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
  4. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
  5. The Cure - The Head On The Door
  6. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (tie 6)
  7. The Replacements - Tim (tie 6)
  8. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
  9. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
  10. New Order - Low-Life
  11. R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction
  12. Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (tied 12)
  13. Sade - Promise (tied 12)
  14. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
  15. Husker Du - New Day Rising
  16. Prince - Around The World In A Day
  17. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
  18. Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
  19. Whitney Houston - S/T
  20. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
 
One of the best debut albums of this decade. Airy vocals over outrageous Shoegaze riffs that flow perfectly into each other from track to track.

It kinda sucks that both albums after this seem to be almost from a different band. This album was like lighting in a bottle, they couldn’t recapture that magic again if they tried.

 
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