Best Albums of 1985

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Listed below are the best albums of 1985 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe best artists of 1985 were Kate Bush, Tom Waits, Dire Straits, The Smiths, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Tears For Fears, The Cure, The Replacements, Prefab Sprout and The Pogues.

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441.

The Return Of The Darkness And Evil

Bathory

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1985

Appears in:

13 charts

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442.

Massenhysterie

Targets

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1985

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3 charts

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443.

More Places Forever

David Thomas

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1985

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8 charts

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Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack

Various Artists

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1985

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16 charts

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445.

Mondi Lontanissimi

Franco Battiato

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1985

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6 charts

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446.

Live In Stockholm 1960
Live

Miles Davis & John Coltrane

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1985

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9 charts

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447.

Army Arrangement

Fela Kuti

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1985

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11 charts

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448.

Beware The Ides Of March

Thee Mighty Caesars

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1985

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7 charts

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449.

What If

Tommy Shaw

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1985

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3 charts

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450.

Diane

Chet Baker & Paul Bley

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1985

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7 charts

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Best Albums of 1985 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	21	2%
The Residents	4	0%
細野晴臣 [Haruomi Hosono]	4	0%
Eliahu Inbal / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra	3	0%
Aretha Franklin	3	0%
Black Flag	3	0%
Minutemen	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	390	39%
	256	26%
	43	4%
	40	4%
	32	3%
	22	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	930	93%
Yes	70	7%

Live?	Albums	%
No	976	98%
Yes	24	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	980	98%
Yes	20	2%

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