1985 - best albums

[Glen]

My shortlist for 1985 - freakin great year imo. So many great albums....I have starred 5 which I think are complete classics and I have listened to a million times.....in particular Gregg Rolie's debut solo which is a massive fav of mine, but there are so many others which could be in a top 10.

 

1. AC/DC Fly On The Wall
2. Alaska – The Pack
3. Asia Astra
4. Jimmy Barnes Jimmy Barnes
5. Pat Benatar Seven the Hard Way
6. Michael Bolton Everybody's Crazy *
7. Bon Jovi 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit
8. Chastain Mystery of Illusion
9. Coney Hatch Friction
10. Dio Sacred Heart
11. Dokken Under Lock and Key
12. Fate Fate
13. Fortune Fortune
14. Robin George Dangerous Music
15. Heart Heart
16. Honeymoon Suite The Big Prize *
17. Hurricane Take What You Want
18. Icon Night of the Crime
19. Journey Dream After Dream
20. KISS Asylum
21. King Kobra Ready to Strike
22. Kix Midnite Dynamite
23. Magnum On a Storyteller's Night *
24. Marillion Misplaced Childhood *
25. Eric Martin Eric Martin
26. Motley Crue Theatre Of Pain
27. Mr. Mister Welcome to The Real World
28. Night Ranger 7 Wishes
29. Aldo Nova Twitch
30. Orphan Salute
31. Ratt Invasion of Your Privacy
32. Refugee Affairs in Babylon
33. Gregg Rolie Gregg Rolie *
34. David Lee Roth Crazy From The Heat
35. Rough Cutt Rough Cutt
36. Tommy Shaw What If
37. Shooting Star Silent Scream
38. Shy Brave The Storm
39. Sinner Touch Of Sin
40. Rick Springfield Tao
41. Stage Dolls Soldier's Gun
42. Streets Crimes in Mind
43. Stryper Soldiers Under Command
44. Tangier Tangier
45. Terraplane Black And White
46. Trade Wind Trade Wind
47. Treat Scratch and Bite
48. Joe Lynn Turner Rescue You
49. Universe Universe
50. Y and T Down For The Count

 

 

 

 

[Geoff]

Same as other years - what I have rated so far:

 

1. Bon Jovi - 7800 Fahrenheit - 91

2. Black N' Blue - Without Love - 78

3. Fiona - Fiona - 76

4. Autograph - That's The Stuff - 75

5. Fortune - Fortune - 74

6. Michael Furlong - Use It Or Lose It - 74

7. Fierce Heart - Fierce Heart - 73

8. E.G. Daily - Wild Child - 71

9. Dare Force - Makin' Our Own Rules - 69

10. Aerosmith - Done With Mirrors - 66

11. 220 Volt - Mind Over Muscle - 52

[Glen]

Good to see some love for 7800F - one of the most underrated albums ever imo (even BJ himself dismisses it for some unknown reason?!). Contains some of BJs best songs :-)

[Geoff]

Good to see some love for 7800F - one of the most underrated albums ever imo (even BJ himself dismisses it for some unknown reason?!). Contains some of BJs best songs :-)

 

Yeah, the rating as it happened at the time shocked me a bit... but it's a damn good disc and rated extremely high in their discography. The album does not miss a beat. Much better complete album than the "classic" 'Slippery when wet.'

[Gibbo]

My own '1985' list ...

 

Iron Maiden: Live After Death

Marillion: Misplaced Childhood

Magnum: On A Storyteller’s Night

Heart: Heart

Rush: Power Windows

Megadeth: Killing Is My Business …

W.A.S.P.: The Last Command

The Cult: Love

Mr. Mister: Welcome to The Real World

Icon: Night Of The Crime

Anthrax: Spreading The Disease

Keel: The Right To Rock

Shooting Star: Silent Scream

Overkill: Feel The Fire

Orphan: Salute

Pat Benatar: Seven The Hard Way

Night Ranger: 7 Wishes

Ratt: Invasion of Your Privacy

Warrior: Fighting For The Earth

Artillery: Fear Of Tomorrow

[PeterS]

I didn't think anybody else had ever heard Alaska, The pack. Fantastic album.

[zacharyamelie]

Too be honest I can't really think of a personal classic release from that year.

[Glen]

I didn't think anybody else had ever heard Alaska, The pack. Fantastic album.

 

Yep great album

[Glen]

Too be honest I can't really think of a personal classic release from that year.

Surprising. I thought youd love the Bolton album at the very least??

[PeterS]

So things not really taken off yet. Geez, I was 15.

These are the outstanding albums for me.

AC/DC: Fly On The Wall

Alaska: The Pack

Alcatrazz: Disturbing the Peace

Cheap Trick: Standing on the Edge

Fastway: Waiting for the Roar

Icon: Night of the Crime

Mama's Boys: Power and Passion

Ratt: Invasion of Your Privacy

Smashed Gladys: Smashed Gladys

TKO: Below The Belt

John Waite: Mask of Smiles

White Lion: Fight To Survive

ZZ Top: Afterburner

Kix : Midnight Dynamite

[KarpetRydOFunk]

My lists are beginning to get shorter. This one is a toss up between White Lion's Fight to Survive and KIX's Midnite Dynamite. I would have thought it was KIX, but the new remaster of Fight to Survive from Rock Candy breathed new life into the album, and I felt like I heard it for the first time. And it is amazing!

 

White Lion - Fight to Survive

Lionheart - Hot Tonight

Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy

KIX - Midnite Dynamite

Treat - Scratch and Bite

Savatage - Power of the Night

Black 'N Blue - Without Love

[PeterS]

Oh, forgot about the lionheart. Also brilliant

[Glen]

I dont think ive heard that

[Jez]

What a year..one of the best in our genre of music without doubt

 

 

Michael Bolton - Everybody's Crazy

Honeymoon Suite - The Big Prize

Saga - Behaviour

Aldo Nova - Twitch

Orphan - Salute

Heart - S/T

Night Ranger - Seven Wishes

Russ Ballard - The Fire Still Burns

Coney Hatch - Friction

Streets - Crimes In Mind

Van Zant - S/T

Magnum - On A Storytellers Night

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

Mr. Mister - Welcome To The Real World

Loverboy - Lovin' Every Minute Of It

The Powerstation - S/T

Gary Moore - Run For Cover

Vow Wow - Cyclone

Alcatrazz - Disturbing The Peace

HYTS - Looking From The Outside

Pendragon - The Jewel

 

Cheap Trick - Standing On The Edge

Y&T - Down For The Count

The Innocent - Livin' In The Street

John Miles Band - Transition

Slade - Rogues Gallery

Asia - Astra

Tobruk -Wild On The Run

Prophet - S/T

Fiona - S/T

Michael Furlong - Use It Or Lose It

Bon Jovi - 7800 Fahrernheit

[Dead Planet]

Accept - Metal Heart

Dokken - Under Lock and Key

Headpins - Head Over Heels

Heart - S/T

Helix - Long Way To Heaven

Icon - Night of the Crime

Loverboy - Lovin Every Minute of It

Phenomena - S/T

Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy

Paul Sabu - Heartbreak

Tobruk - Wild on the Run

[Gibbo]

Aerosmith: Done With Mirrors

Anthrax: Spreading The Disease

Pat Benatar: Seven The Hard Way

The Cult: Love

Dokken: Under Lock And Key

Hawkwind: Chronicle Of The Black Sword

Heart: Heart

Icon: Night Of The Crime

Iron Maiden: Live After Death

Keel: The Right To Rock

Magnum: On A Storyteller's Night

Marillion: Misplaced Childhood

Megadeth: Killing Is My Business ...

John Mellencamp: Scarecrow

Gary Moore: Run For Cover

Mr. Mister: Welcome To The Real World

Night Ranger: 7 Wishes

Orphan: Salute

The Outfield: Play Deep

Overkill: Feel The Fire

Ratt: Invasion Of Your Privacy

Rush: Power Windows

Saxon: Innocence Is No Excuse

Shooting Star: Silent Scream

Sisters Of Mercy: First And Last And Always

Slayer: Hell Awaits

Tobruk: Wild On The Run

Tytan: Rough Justice

W.A.S.P.: The Last Command

Y&T: Down For The Count

[kourosofsteel3]

What an year, ah Gawd!

 

Accept-Metal Heart

ADX-Execution

Aldo Nova –Twich

Agent Steel- Skeptics Apocalypse

Blue Öyster Cult – Club Ninja

Bon Jovi - 7800 Fahrenheit

Chastain –Mystery of Illusion

Dokken- Under Lock and Key

Emerald –Down Town

Fate-S/t

Fates Warning-The Spectre Within

Fortune-S/t

Hawk-S/t

Hurricane-Take What you want

Icon-Night of the Crime

Joe Lynn Turner-Rescue You

King Kobra- Ready to Strike

Liege Lord-Freedom’s Rise

Lizzy Borden-Love you to Pieces

Mad Max- Stormchild

Magnum- On a Storyteller's Night

Manilla Road-Open the Gates

Midnight Darkness-Holding the Night

Mox Nix-S/t

Pentagram-S/t

Prophet-S/t

Savatage-Power of the Night

Savage Grace-Master of Disguise

Stormwitch-Tales of Terror

Stryper-Soldiers Under Command

Tony Macalpine- Edge of Insanity

Tröjan-Chasing the Storm

Vicious Rumors-Soldiers of the Night

Virgin Steele- Noble Savage

Voodoo Child-Adrenaline

Warrior- Fighting for the Earth

Watchtower -Energetic Disassembly

White Lion- Fight to Survive

Yngwie- Marching Out

Worth Mentioning

Abattoir-Vicious Attack

Angel Witch- Screamin' n' Bleedin'

Blaspheme-Desir De Vampyre

Gary Moore- Run For Cover

Joshua- Surrender

Keel-The Right to Rock

Kix- Midnight Dynamite

Nightmare-Power of the Universe

Q5- When the Mirror Cracks

Ratt- Invasion of Your Privacy

Sinner-Touch of Sin

Surgin- When Midnight Comes

Tobruk-Wild on the Run

Treat- Scratch and Bite

Twisted Sister- Come Out and Play

Tytan- Rough Justice

Van Zant-S/t

[Chisel Chin]

My Top 10 best of 1985 (in alphabetical order)

 

Not a very exciting year in my opinion, so I'm splitting this list into two sections.

 

These first five are the ones that I would definitely consider as favourites.

 

Jimmy Barnes - Jimmy Barnes

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

New Model Army - No Rest For The Wicked

Rush - Power Windows

W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

 

The next five are more what I would consider "fillers" just to make this this into a Top 10 list. They're decent enough (I'd maybe rate them around 7/10), but not really ones I pull off the shelf to listen to in preference to something else.

 

Bon Jovi - 7800° Fahrenheit

Magnum - On A Storyteller's Night

Savatage - Power Of The Night

Warrior - Fighting For The Earth

Y & T - Down For The Count

 

Not sure why I listed this second half, maybe because I've seen them mentioned more favourably elsewhere on this forum. Aside from the Warrior disc, I think the others are a bit too weak for my tastes compared to the rest of each bands' catalogue.

[crazynights]

I started listen hard rock and aor around 85 -86, my first album was Heart sefl titled ( i played that record around 80 /90 times). What a shame that Nancy and Ann didn't like taht kind of sound.

 

1- Heart -Heart

2-Y&T-down for the count

3-Dokken- under lock and key

4-Bon jovi -7800 degree fh

5-Kiss -asylum

6-Ratt- invasion of your privacy

7-Nightranger-7 wishes

8-King kobra-ready to strike

9-Mr. mister- welcome to the real world

10-Surgin-when midnight comes

11-Asia -astra

12-Motley crue- theatre of pain

13-Black n' blue-without love

14-Pat Benatar- 7 the hard way

15-Twisted sister-come out and play

16-Wasp-the last comand

17-Alarm- strenght

18-Treat-scratch and bite

19-Fate (ruined by the bad production)

20Michael Bolton-everybody 's crazy

21-Y&T-open fire

22-Icon-Night of the crime

23-Joe lynn turner- rescue you

24-Keel- the right...

25-Hurricane- take what

26-Icon - night of the crime

27-Stryper- soldier under command

28-Malmsteen-marching out

29-White lion- fight to survive

30-Rick sringfield- tao

31-Rough cutt

32-Tangier

33-Autograph- that's the stuff

34-Hawk

35-Gary moore- run for cover

36-Fortune

37-Magnum- on a storyteller night

38-Aerosmith done with mirrors

 

Too many great titles in the middle 80s, very difficult to choose. 90s are so much easier to list.

[Fat Freddy]

Dokken - Under Lock & Key

Helloween - EP

Keel - The Right to Rock

Kix - Midnite Dynamite

Loudness - Thunder in the East

Anthrax - Armed & Dangerous

Exodus - Bonded By Blood

Raven - Stay Hard

Savatage - Power of the Night

S.O.D. - Speak English or Die!

Carnivore - S/T

Trouble - The Skull

Stryper - Soldiers Under Command

Overkill - Feel the Fire