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
1423 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
The Fuzztones
Lysergic Emanations

3.93
14 votes
27
Robyn Hitchcock
Fegmania!

3.91
22 votes
28
Seikima-II
Seikima-II ~ Akuma ga Kitarite Heavy Metal

3.88
26 votes
29
Aburadako
1985

3.88
20 votes
30
Trouble
The Skull

3.87
121 votes
31
The Hooters
Nervous Night

3.87
30 votes
32
Naked Raygun
Throb Throb

3.85
31 votes
33
feedtime
feedtime

3.85
26 votes
34
Blitzkrieg
A Time Of Changes

3.83
86 votes
35
Black Hole
Land of Mystery

3.81
21 votes
36
Loreena McKennitt
Elemental

3.8
23 votes
37
Camper Van Beethoven
Telephone Free Landslide Victory

3.8
48 votes
38
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Soul to Soul

3.8
280 votes
39
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega

3.79
55 votes
40
Pete Townshend
White City: A Novel

3.78
23 votes
41
Bathory
The Return of the Darkness and Evil

3.78
679 votes
42
Butthole Surfers
Cream Corn From the Socket of Davis

3.78
50 votes
43
Run-D.M.C.
King Of Rock

3.77
302 votes
44
Sonic Youth
Death Valley '69

3.77
31 votes
45
Slauter Xstroyes
Winter Kill

3.76
19 votes
46
Robert Wyatt
Old Rottenhat

3.76
42 votes
47
IQ
The Wake

3.76
61 votes
48
John Fogerty
Centerfield

3.75
52 votes
49
Pussy Galore
Feel Good About Your Body EP

3.75
16 votes
50
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur

3.73
430 votes
51
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
The Firstborn Is Dead

3.73
322 votes
52
Ry Cooder
Paris, Texas OST

3.71
56 votes
53
Helios Creed
X-Rated Fairy Tales

3.71
14 votes
54
Nico
Camera Obscura

3.71
59 votes
55
Grim Reaper
Fear No Evil

3.71
56 votes
56
Ratt
Invasion Of Your Privacy

3.69
442 votes
57
Rush
Power Windows

3.69
2910 votes
58
The Legendary Pink Dots
Asylum

3.68
22 votes
59
Running Wild
Branded And Exiled

3.68
97 votes
60
Chris Isaak
Silvertone

3.67
18 votes
61
W.A.S.P.
The Last Command

3.65
239 votes
62
John Mellencamp
Scarecrow

3.64
171 votes
63
Weird Al Yankovic
Dare To Be Stupid

3.64
109 votes
64
The Gerogerigegege
The Gerogerigegege

3.63
15 votes
65
Killdozer
Snakeboy

3.63
19 votes
66
Hijokaidan
King of Noise

3.63
17 votes
67
Phil Collins
No Jacket Required

3.58
207 votes
68
Sonic Youth
Bad Moon Rising

3.58
625 votes
69
Pendragon (UK)
The Jewel

3.56
25 votes
70
Corrosion of Conformity
Animosity

3.55
129 votes
71
White Zombie
Gods on Voodoo Moon

3.55
30 votes
72
King Kobra
Ready to Strike

3.53
30 votes
73
Heart
Heart

3.5
154 votes
74
Demon
British Standard Approved

3.5
16 votes
75
Anthrax
Armed And Dangerous

3.49
122 votes
76
Warlock
Hellbound

3.49
35 votes
77
Saga (CAN)
Behaviour

3.48
40 votes
78
U2
Wide Awake in America

3.46
69 votes
79
Joe Walsh
The Confessor

3.46
36 votes
80
Chris Rea
Shamrock Diaries

3.44
18 votes
81
Hoodoo Gurus
Mars Needs Guitars!

3.43
14 votes
82
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Southern Accents

3.42
210 votes
83
Night Ranger
7 Wishes

3.42
36 votes
84
The Power Station
The Power Station

3.39
19 votes
85
Kilslug
Answer the Call

3.39
18 votes
86
Hawkwind
The Chronicle of the Black Sword

3.38
117 votes
87
ZZ Top
Afterburner

3.38
453 votes
88
Peter Gabriel
Birdy OST

3.38
56 votes
89
Green River
Come On Down

3.36
37 votes
90
Supertramp
Brother Where You Bound

3.36
57 votes
91
Clannad
Macalla

3.35
20 votes
92
Slade
Rogues Gallery

3.35
46 votes
93
David Lee Roth
Crazy From The Heat

3.33
78 votes
94
The Adicts
Smart Alex

3.33
30 votes
95
Mike and the Mechanics
Mike + The Mechanics

3.31
13 votes
96
Tangerine Dream
Legend - OST

3.3
28 votes
97
Mick Jagger
She's the Boss

3.29
17 votes
98
No Trend
A Dozen Dead Roses

3.25
14 votes
99
Swans
Greed

3.25
485 votes
100
Johnny Winter
Serious Business

3.24
14 votes
101
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Freaky Styley

3.23
859 votes
102
Van Morrison
A Sense of Wonder

3.2
20 votes
103
Todd Rundgren
A Cappella

3.18
28 votes
104
Kix
Midnite Dynamite

3.18
40 votes
105
Screaming Trees
Other Worlds

3.17
24 votes
106
Electric Sun
Beyond The Astral Skies

3.17
18 votes
107
Ozric Tentacles
Tantric Obstacles

3.16
66 votes
108
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

3.13
66 votes
109
Icon
Night Of The Crime

3.11
36 votes
110
Y&T
Down For The Count

3.07
15 votes
111
Alcatrazz
Disturbing the Peace

3.06
27 votes
112
Al Di Meola
Cielo e Terra

3.03
15 votes
113
Pat Benatar
Seven the Hard Way

3.02
22 votes



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