Poll: Top 20 Albums/Singles of 1985

Latest poll I voted on were the top 20 albums/singles of 1985.  Of all the albums I'm kicking myself for missing, the Indestructible Beat of Soweto is at the top.  Probably missed it since it was a compilation and I didn't vote for greatest hits albums.  Would have been my #3 album of the year. Having to only list 20 albums was brutal, but also hard when it came to singles. So many great albums/singles I had to cut. Oh well, next time.  

1985 Albums/Singles Poll

1.  John Mellencamp - Scarecrow

2.  Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club

3.  Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell In Love
4.  Lone Justice - s/t
5.  Willie Nelson - Me & Paul
6.  Don Henley - Building the Perfect Beast
7.  Mekons - Fear & Whiskey
8.  Rosanne Cash - Rhythm and Romance
9.  Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
10.  Talking Heads - Little Creatures
11.  Replacements - Tim. 
12.  Blasters - Hard Line
13.  Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair

14.  Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen   
15.  Jesus and the Mary Chain - Psychocandy
16.  Pogues - Rum Sodomy and the Lash
17.  Rene & Angela - Street Called Desire
18.  Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
19.  Prince - Around the World In A Day  
20.  REM -  Fables of the Reconstruction

1.  Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 2.  Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 3.  Prince - Raspberry Beret 4.  Don Henley - Boys of Summer 5.  Commodores - Nightshift 6.  Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants 7.  Madonna - Into the Groove 8.  Lone Justice - Ways To Be Wicked 9.  Wham - Everything She Wants 10.  Smiths - How Soon Is Now 11. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 12. Debarge - Rhythm of the NIght 13. Loose Ends - Hangin’ On A String 14. Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City 15. Bryan Adams - Heaven 16. Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine 17. Kool & The Gang - Fresh 18. Talking Heads - And She Was 19. Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away  20. USA for Africa - We Are The World