Best Rock Albums of 1985


01
Kate Bush
Hounds of Love

4.46
1437 votes
02
Tom Waits
Rain Dogs

4.44
1475 votes
03
Akerstache
Heritage (Of Love)

4.34
25 votes
04
Survivor
Burning Heart

4.29
14 votes
05
Present
Le Poison Qui Rend Fou

4.25
14 votes
06
The Pogues
Rum Sodomy & the Lash

4.19
303 votes
07
The Waterboys
This Is the Sea

4.19
194 votes
08
The Sisters of Mercy
First And Last And Always

4.18
394 votes
09
The Dukes Of Stratosphear
25 O'Clock

4.16
47 votes
10
Marillion
Misplaced Childhood

4.16
448 votes
11
The Cult
Love

4.14
554 votes
12
Allan Holdsworth
Metal Fatigue

4.13
123 votes
13
Roger Daltrey
Under a Raging Moon

4.11
18 votes
14
Dire Straits
Brothers In Arms

4.1
2004 votes
15
Einsturzende Neubauten
Halber Mensch

4.09
185 votes
16
Pentagram
Pentagram

4.08
243 votes
17
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Psychocandy

4.05
971 votes
18
Anthrax
Spreading The Disease

4.04
1424 votes
19
Dead Can Dance
Spleen and Ideal

4.04
311 votes
20
Accept
Metal Heart

4.01
333 votes
21
Dokken
Under Lock And Key

4.01
394 votes
22
New Model Army
No Rest For The Wicked

4
78 votes
23
Magnum
On A Storyteller's Night

4
186 votes
24
Gary Moore
Run For Cover

3.99
162 votes
25
The Enid
The Spell

3.96
23 votes
26
Volcano Suns
The Bright Orange Years

3.95
20 votes
27
Loudness
Thunder In The East

3.93
86 votes
28
The Fuzztones
Lysergic Emanations

3.93
14 votes
29
Robyn Hitchcock
Fegmania!

3.91
22 votes
30
Seikima-II
Seikima-II ~ Akuma ga Kitarite Heavy Metal

3.88
26 votes
31
Aburadako
1985

3.88
20 votes
32
Trouble
The Skull

3.87
121 votes
33
The Hooters
Nervous Night

3.87
30 votes
34
Naked Raygun
Throb Throb

3.85
31 votes
35
feedtime
feedtime

3.85
26 votes
36
Blitzkrieg
A Time Of Changes

3.83
86 votes
37
Black Hole
Land of Mystery

3.81
21 votes
38
Loreena McKennitt
Elemental

3.8
23 votes
39
Camper Van Beethoven
Telephone Free Landslide Victory

3.8
48 votes
40
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Soul to Soul

3.8
280 votes
41
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega

3.79
55 votes
42
Pete Townshend
White City: A Novel

3.78
23 votes
43
Bathory
The Return of the Darkness and Evil

3.78
679 votes
44
Butthole Surfers
Cream Corn From the Socket of Davis

3.78
50 votes
45
Run-D.M.C.
King Of Rock

3.77
302 votes
46
Sonic Youth
Death Valley '69

3.77
31 votes
47
Slauter Xstroyes
Winter Kill

3.76
19 votes
48
Robert Wyatt
Old Rottenhat

3.76
42 votes
49
IQ
The Wake

3.76
122 votes
50
John Fogerty
Centerfield

3.75
52 votes
51
Pussy Galore
Feel Good About Your Body EP

3.75
16 votes
52
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur

3.73
430 votes
53
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
The Firstborn Is Dead

3.73
322 votes
54
Ry Cooder
Paris, Texas OST

3.71
56 votes
55
Helios Creed
X-Rated Fairy Tales

3.71
14 votes
56
Nico
Camera Obscura

3.71
59 votes
57
Grim Reaper
Fear No Evil

3.71
56 votes
58
Ratt
Invasion Of Your Privacy

3.69
442 votes
59
Rush
Power Windows

3.69
2910 votes
60
The Legendary Pink Dots
Asylum

3.68
22 votes
61
Running Wild
Branded And Exiled

3.68
97 votes
62
Hijokaidan
King of Noise

3.67
16 votes
63
Chris Isaak
Silvertone

3.67
18 votes
64
W.A.S.P.
The Last Command

3.65
239 votes
65
John Mellencamp
Scarecrow

3.64
114 votes
66
Weird Al Yankovic
Dare To Be Stupid

3.64
109 votes
67
The Gerogerigegege
The Gerogerigegege

3.63
15 votes
68
Killdozer
Snakeboy

3.63
19 votes
69
Phil Collins
No Jacket Required

3.58
207 votes
70
Sonic Youth
Bad Moon Rising

3.58
625 votes
71
Pendragon (UK)
The Jewel

3.56
25 votes
72
Corrosion of Conformity
Animosity

3.55
129 votes
73
White Zombie
Gods on Voodoo Moon

3.55
30 votes
74
King Kobra
Ready to Strike

3.53
30 votes
75
Heart
Heart

3.5
154 votes
76
Demon
British Standard Approved

3.5
32 votes
77
Anthrax
Armed And Dangerous

3.49
122 votes
78
Warlock
Hellbound

3.49
35 votes
79
Saga (CAN)
Behaviour

3.48
40 votes
80
U2
Wide Awake in America

3.46
69 votes
81
Joe Walsh
The Confessor

3.46
36 votes
82
Chris Rea
Shamrock Diaries

3.44
18 votes
83
Hoodoo Gurus
Mars Needs Guitars!

3.43
14 votes
84
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Southern Accents

3.42
210 votes
85
Night Ranger
7 Wishes

3.42
36 votes
86
The Power Station
The Power Station

3.39
19 votes
87
Kilslug
Answer the Call

3.39
18 votes
88
Hawkwind
The Chronicle of the Black Sword

3.38
117 votes
89
ZZ Top
Afterburner

3.38
453 votes
90
Peter Gabriel
Birdy OST

3.38
56 votes
91
Green River
Come On Down

3.36
37 votes
92
Supertramp
Brother Where You Bound

3.36
57 votes
93
Clannad
Macalla

3.35
20 votes
94
Slade
Rogues Gallery

3.35
46 votes
95
David Lee Roth
Crazy From The Heat

3.33
78 votes
96
The Adicts
Smart Alex

3.33
30 votes
97
Mike and the Mechanics
Mike + The Mechanics

3.31
13 votes
98
Tangerine Dream
Legend - OST

3.3
28 votes
99
Mick Jagger
She's the Boss

3.29
17 votes
100
No Trend
A Dozen Dead Roses

3.25
14 votes
101
Swans
Greed

3.25
485 votes
102
Johnny Winter
Serious Business

3.24
14 votes
103
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Freaky Styley

3.23
859 votes
104
Van Morrison
A Sense of Wonder

3.2
20 votes
105
Todd Rundgren
A Cappella

3.18
28 votes
106
Kix
Midnite Dynamite

3.18
40 votes
107
Screaming Trees
Other Worlds

3.17
24 votes
108
Electric Sun
Beyond The Astral Skies

3.17
18 votes
109
Ozric Tentacles
Tantric Obstacles

3.16
66 votes
110
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

3.13
66 votes
111
Icon
Night Of The Crime

3.11
36 votes
112
Y&T
Down For The Count

3.07
15 votes
113
Alcatrazz
Disturbing the Peace

3.06
27 votes
114
Al Di Meola
Cielo e Terra

3.03
15 votes
115
Pat Benatar
Seven the Hard Way

3.02
22 votes



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