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Best Albums of 1984 by User Score
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1
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Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
September 1st, 1984
New Wave
,
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
91
1,016 ratings
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2
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Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
June 25th, 1984
Synth Funk
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
91
3,870 ratings
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3
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Metallica - Ride the Lightning
July 27th, 1984
Thrash Metal
USER SCORE
89
3,904 ratings
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4
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António Variações - Dar & Receber
March 1st, 1984
Synthpop
,
Art Pop
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
88
28 ratings
Amazon
5
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Sade - Diamond Life
July 16th, 1984
Sophisti-Pop
,
Smooth Soul
USER SCORE
87
1,406 ratings
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6
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David Kauffman / Eric Caboor - Songs From Suicide Bridge
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
87
297 ratings
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7
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Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in America
Modern Classical
,
Cinematic Classical
,
Big Band
USER SCORE
87
44 ratings
Amazon
8
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S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe - River's Island
March 21st, 1984
USER SCORE
87
14 ratings
Amazon
9
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Philip Glass - Akhnaten
January 1st, 1984
Post-Minimalism
,
Opera
USER SCORE
86
11 ratings
Amazon
10
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Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner - Amadeus (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Classical
,
Opera
USER SCORE
85
10 ratings
Amazon
11
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Iron Maiden - Powerslave
September 3rd, 1984
Heavy Metal
USER SCORE
85
1,086 ratings
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12
.
Diaframma - Siberia
December 5th, 1984
Post-Punk
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
85
14 ratings
Amazon
13
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Arvo Pärt - Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
September 1st, 1984
Minimalism
USER SCORE
85
203 ratings
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14
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Toshiki Kadomatsu - After 5 Clash
April 21st, 1984
City Pop
,
Synth Funk
,
Disco
USER SCORE
85
61 ratings
Amazon
15
.
Marina - Fullgás
March 0th, 1984
Sophisti-Pop
USER SCORE
85
58 ratings
Amazon
16
.
Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
July 0th, 1984
Post-Hardcore
,
Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
85
597 ratings
Amazon
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17
.
YMO - After Service
February 22nd, 1984
USER SCORE
85
11 ratings
Amazon
18
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久石譲 [Joe Hisaishi] - Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind: Towards the Faraway Land (Original Soundtrack)
USER SCORE
85
20 ratings
Amazon
19
.
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
November 1st, 1984
Ethereal Wave
,
Dream Pop
USER SCORE
84
1,348 ratings
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20
.
Miharu Koshi - Parallelisme
September 25th, 1984
Synthpop
,
Art Pop
,
Dance-Pop
USER SCORE
84
43 ratings
Amazon
21
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Dire Straits - Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
March 16th, 1984
Rock
,
Soft Rock
,
Blues Rock
USER SCORE
84
28 ratings
Amazon
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22
.
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
July 1st, 1984
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
84
592 ratings
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23
.
Steve Roach - Structures From Silence
July 15th, 1984
Space Ambient
USER SCORE
84
447 ratings
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24
.
Tats Yamashita - Big Wave
June 20th, 1984
City Pop
USER SCORE
84
59 ratings
Amazon
25
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The Replacements - Let It Be
October 2nd, 1984
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
84
766 ratings
Amazon
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