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Highest Rated Albums of 1985

Year

1985
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  - 2013
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  - 2011
  - 2010
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  - 2008
  - 2007
  - 2006
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  - 2002
  - 2001
  - 2000
  - All Time

Genre

All
- - All
  - Afrobeat
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Rock
  - Country
  - Electro
  - Electronic
  - Hard Rock
  - Hardcore Punk
  - Hip Hop
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
- - Post-Hardcore
  - Post-Punk
  - Power Pop
  - Progressive Pop
  - Psychedelic
  - Punk
  - Punk Rock
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Sophisti-Pop
  - Soul
  - Southern Rock
  - Synthpop

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

September 30, 1985

Rock

Score

100

2. The Velvet Underground - VU

February 5, 1985

Art Rock

Score

100

3. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising

January 1, 1985

Post-Hardcore

Score

100

4. The Replacements - Tim

October 1, 1985

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5. Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig

September 1, 1985

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6. Bad Company - 10 From 6

December 1, 1985

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7. Billy Joel - Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II

September 2, 1985

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8. UB40 - Baggariddim

September 2, 1985

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9. John Mellencamp - Scarecrow

August 19, 1985

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10. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction

June 10, 1985

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11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Firstborn Is Dead

June 3, 1985

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12. Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles

June 1, 1985

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13. Mantronix - Mantronix: The Album

May 4, 1985

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14. Richard Thompson - Across a Crowded Room

April 1, 1985

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15. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents

March 26, 1985

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16. Mick Jagger - She's the Boss

February 19, 1985

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17. Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock

January 21, 1985

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18. John Fogerty - Centerfield

January 15, 1985

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19. John Hiatt - Warming Up to the Ice Age

January 1, 1985

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20. Willie Nelson - Me & Paul

January 1, 1985

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21. Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

November 21, 1985

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22. Sade - Promise

November 4, 1985

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23. Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?

July 1, 1985

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24. Fat Boys - The Fat Boys Are Back

July 0, 1985

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25. Jeff Beck - Flash

July 0, 1985

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Rolling Stone awarded albums throughout 1985.

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