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
Litfiba
Desaparecido

4.23
22 votes
07
The Pogues
Rum Sodomy & the Lash

4.19
303 votes
08
The Waterboys
This Is the Sea

4.19
194 votes
09
The Sisters of Mercy
First And Last And Always

4.18
394 votes
10
The Dukes Of Stratosphear
25 O'Clock

4.16
47 votes
11
Marillion
Misplaced Childhood

4.16
448 votes
12
The Cult
Love

4.14
554 votes
13
Allan Holdsworth
Metal Fatigue

4.13
123 votes
14
Roger Daltrey
Under a Raging Moon

4.11
18 votes
15
Dire Straits
Brothers In Arms

4.1
2004 votes
16
Einsturzende Neubauten
Halber Mensch

4.09
185 votes
17
Pentagram
Pentagram

4.08
243 votes
18
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Psychocandy

4.05
971 votes
19
Dead Can Dance
Spleen and Ideal

4.04
311 votes
20
Anthrax
Spreading The Disease

4.04
1420 votes
21
Accept
Metal Heart

4.01
333 votes
22
Dokken
Under Lock And Key

4.01
394 votes
23
New Model Army
No Rest For The Wicked

4
78 votes
24
Magnum
On A Storyteller's Night

4
186 votes
25
Gary Moore
Run For Cover

3.99
162 votes
26
The Enid
The Spell

3.96
23 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
Trouble
The Skull

3.87
121 votes
32
The Hooters
Nervous Night

3.87
30 votes
33
Naked Raygun
Throb Throb

3.85
31 votes
34
feedtime
feedtime

3.85
26 votes
35
Blitzkrieg
A Time Of Changes

3.83
86 votes
36
Black Hole
Land of Mystery

3.81
21 votes
37
Loreena McKennitt
Elemental

3.8
23 votes
38
Camper Van Beethoven
Telephone Free Landslide Victory

3.8
48 votes
39
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Soul to Soul

3.8
280 votes
40
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega

3.79
55 votes
41
Pete Townshend
White City: A Novel

3.78
23 votes
42
Bathory
The Return of the Darkness and Evil

3.78
679 votes
43
Butthole Surfers
Cream Corn From the Socket of Davis

3.78
50 votes
44
Run-D.M.C.
King Of Rock

3.77
302 votes
45
Sonic Youth
Death Valley '69

3.77
31 votes
46
Slauter Xstroyes
Winter Kill

3.76
19 votes
47
Robert Wyatt
Old Rottenhat

3.76
42 votes
48
IQ
The Wake

3.76
122 votes
49
John Fogerty
Centerfield

3.75
52 votes
50
Pussy Galore
Feel Good About Your Body EP

3.75
16 votes
51
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur

3.73
430 votes
52
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
The Firstborn Is Dead

3.73
322 votes
53
Ry Cooder
Paris, Texas OST

3.71
56 votes
54
Helios Creed
X-Rated Fairy Tales

3.71
14 votes
55
Nico
Camera Obscura

3.71
59 votes
56
Grim Reaper
Fear No Evil

3.71
56 votes
57
Ratt
Invasion Of Your Privacy

3.69
442 votes
58
Rush
Power Windows

3.69
2910 votes
59
The Legendary Pink Dots
Asylum

3.68
22 votes
60
Running Wild
Branded And Exiled

3.68
97 votes
61
Chris Isaak
Silvertone

3.67
18 votes
62
W.A.S.P.
The Last Command

3.65
239 votes
63
John Mellencamp
Scarecrow

3.64
171 votes
64
Weird Al Yankovic
Dare To Be Stupid

3.64
109 votes
65
The Gerogerigegege
The Gerogerigegege

3.63
15 votes
66
Killdozer
Snakeboy

3.63
19 votes
67
Hijokaidan
King of Noise

3.63
17 votes
68
Phil Collins
No Jacket Required

3.58
207 votes
69
Sonic Youth
Bad Moon Rising

3.58
625 votes
70
Pendragon (UK)
The Jewel

3.56
25 votes
71
Corrosion of Conformity
Animosity

3.55
129 votes
72
White Zombie
Gods on Voodoo Moon

3.55
30 votes
73
King Kobra
Ready to Strike

3.53
30 votes
74
Heart
Heart

3.5
154 votes
75
Demon
British Standard Approved

3.5
16 votes
76
Gravestone
Back to Attack

3.5
16 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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