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Best Albums of 1985
1Jesus & Mary ChainPsychocandy1. Just Like Honey 2. Living End 3. Taste the Floor 4. Hardest Walk 5. Cut Dead 6. In a Hole 7. Taste of Cindy 8. Some Candy Talking 9. Never Understand 10. Inside Me 11. Sowing Seeds 12. My Little Underground 13. You Trip Me Up 14. Something's Wrong 15. It's So Hard
2Tom WaitsRain Dogs1. Singapore 2. Clap Hands 3. Cemetery Polka 4. Jockey Full of Bourbon 5. Tango Till They're Sore 6. Big Black Mariah 7. Diamonds & Gold 8. Hang Down Your Head 9. Time 10. Rain Dogs 11. Midtown 12. 9th & Hennepin 13. Gun Street Girl 14. Union Square 15. Blind Love 16. Walking Spanish 17. Downtown Train 18. Bride of Rain Dog 19. Anywhere I Lay My Head
3New OrderLow Life1. Sooner than you think 2. Sub culture 3. Face up 4. Love vigilantes 5. Elegie 6. Perfect kiss 7. This time of night 8. Sunrise
4The PoguesRum Sodomy and the Lash1. The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn 2. Old Main Drag 3. The Wild Cats of Kilkenny 4. I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day 5. Pair of Brown Eyes 6. Sally Maclennane 7. Pistol for Paddy Garcia 8. Dirty Old Town 9. Jesse James 10. Navigator 11. Billy's Bones 12. Gentleman Soldier 13. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
5The SmithsMeat is Murder1. Headmaster ritual 2. Barbarism begins at home 3. Rusholme ruffians 4. I want the one I can't have 5. What she said 6. Nowhere fast 7. That joke isn't funny anymore 8. Well I wonder 9. Meat is murder
6PrinceAround the World in a Day1. Around the World in a Day 2. Paisley Park 3. Condition of the Heart 4. Raspberry Beret 5. Tamborine 6. America 7. Pop Life 8. Ladder 9. Temptation
7The MekonsFear and Whiskey1. Chivalry 2. Trouble Down South 3. Hard to Be Human Again 4. Darkness and Doubt 5. Psycho Cupid (Danceband on the Edge of Time) 6. Flitcraft 7. Country 8. Abernant 1984/1985 9. Lost Dance 10. Lost Highway
8The FallThis Nation's Saving Grace1. Mansion 2. Bombast 3. Barmy 4. What You Need 5. Spoilt Victorian Child 6. L.A. 7. Gut of the Quantifier 8. My New House 9. Paint Work 10. I Am Damo Suzuki 11. To NK Roachment: Yarbles
9Nick CaveThe Firstborn is Dead1. Tupelo 2. Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Tree 3. Train Long-Suffering 4. Black Crow King 5. Knockin' On Joe 6. Wanted Man 7. Blind Lemon Jefferson 8. Six Strings That Drew Blood
10Del AmitriDel Amitri1. Heard Through a Wall 2. Hammering Heart 3. Former Owner 4. Sitcks and Stones, Girl 5. Deceive Yourself (In Ignorant Heaven) 6. I Was Here 7. Crows in the Wheatfield 8. Keepers 9. Cease Fire 10. Breaking Bread
11Kate BushHounds of Love1. Running up that hill 2. Hounds of love 3. Big sky 4. Mother stands for comfort 5. Cloudbusting 6. And dream of sheep 7. Under ice 8. Waking the witch 9. Watching you without me 10. Jig of life 11. Hello Earth 12. Morning fog
12REMFables of the Reconstruction1. Feeling Gravitys Pull 2. Maps and Legends 3. Driver 8 4. Life and How to Live It 5. Old Man Kensey 6. Can't Get There from Here 7. Green Grow the Rushes 8. Kohoutek 9. Auctioneer (Another Engine) 10. Good Advices 11. Wendell Gee 12. Crazy 13. Burning Hell 14. Bandwagon
13FeltIgnite the Seven Cannons1. My Darkest Light Will Shine 2. The day the rain came down 3. Scarlet servants 4. I don't know which way to turn 5. Primitive painters 6. Textile ranch 7. Black ship in the harbour 8. Elegance 9. Serpent shade 10. Caspian see 11. Southern state tapestry
14Dexy's Midnight RunnersDon't Stand Me Down1. An Occasional flicker 2. This is what she's like 3. Knowledge of beauty 4. One of those things 5. Reminisce (part 2) 6. I love you (Listen to this) 7. Waltz
15Hüsker DüNew Day Rising1. New Day Rising 2. Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill 3. I Apologize 4. Folklore 5. If I Told You 6. Celebrated Summer 7. Perfect Example 8. Terms of Psychic Warfare 9. 59 Times the Pain 10. Powerline 11. Books About Ufo's 12. I Don't Know What You're Talking About 13. How to Skin a Cat 14. Whatcha Drinkin' 15. Plans I Make
16The WaterboysThis is the Sea1. Don't Bang The Drum 2. Whole Of The Moon 3. Spirit 4. Pan Within 5. Medicine Bow 6. Old England 7. Be My Enemy 8. Trumpets 9. This Is The Sea
17Giant SandValley of Rain1. Down on town 2. Love's no answer 3. Black venetian blind 4. Curse of a thousand flames 5. Artists 6. Man of want 7. Valley of rain 8. Tumble and tear 9. October anywhere 10. Barrio 11. Death dying and channel 5 12. Torture of love
18The Farmer's BoysWith These Hands1. In the Country 2. I Built the World 3. Sport for All 4. Art Gallery 5. Something from Nothing 6. Phew Wow! 7. All of a Sudden 8. Heartache 9. Walkabout 10. Whatever Is He Like?
19It's ImmaterialLife's Hard and then You Die1. Happy talk 2. Driving away from home (Jim's tune) 3. Rope 4. Better idea 5. Space 6. Sweet life 7. Festival time 8. Ed's funky diner 9. Hang on sleepy town 10. Lullaby
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