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1985 Indie Rock Album Releases
1984
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1985
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Jan 1
Hüsker Dü
New Day Rising
100
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(258)
1985
Beat Happening
Beat Happening
85
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(139)
Jul 16
Dinosaur
Dinosaur
61
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(122)
Nov 1
Camper Van Beethoven
Telephone Free Landslide Victory
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(33)
Dec
Daniel Johnston
Continued Story
60
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(20)
Nov 22
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Easy Pieces
60
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(17)
Jan 1
Half Japanese
Sing No Evil
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(13)
Oct 3
Half Man Half Biscuit
Back In The D.H.S.S
90
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(12)
Nov 18
Pulp
Little Girl (with Blue Eyes) and Other Pieces...
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(5)
Apr 5
American Music Club
The Restless Stranger
40
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(4)
Nov
Sonic Youth
Flower
92
user score
(3)
1985
Stranger than Fiction
Any Kind of Mudhen
82
user score
(2)
1985
Bushido (2)
Deliverance
62
user score
(1)
1985
The Young Fresh Fellows
Young Fresh Fellows Update (Theme)
60
user score
(1)
1985
Western Promise
My War
43
user score
(1)
1985
Western Promise
My War
40
user score
(1)
Sep
Happy Mondays
Forty Five EP
47
user score
(1)
Jan
James King & The Lonewolves
The Angels Know
74
user score
(1)
Aug 16
Shop Assistants
Shopping Parade
45
user score
(1)
Feb
The Chameleons
Nostalgia
100
user score
(1)
1985
Bushido (2)
Voices / Time and Time Again
1985
Bushido (2)
The Sands of Nakajima
Oct
Various Artists
Communicate!!!! Live at Thames Poly
1985
The Chameleons
One Flesh
Aug
The Chameleons
Singing Rule Britannia
1985
The Chesterfield Kings
Stop!
90
critic score
(1)
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