Acclaimed Music - The Top Albums from 1984

The Top Albums from 1984
Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	49	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain		Listen
2	142	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.		Listen
3	173	The Smiths	The Smiths		Listen
4	201	Hüsker Dü	Zen Arcade		Listen
5	207	The Replacements	Let It Be		Listen
6	258	Minutemen	Double Nickels on the Dime		Listen
7	417	U2	The Unforgettable Fire		Listen
8	446	Lloyd Cole and The Commotions	Rattlesnakes		Listen
9	507	Echo and the Bunnymen	Ocean Rain		Listen
10	560	R.E.M.	Reckoning		Listen
11	568	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense		Listen
12	611	Run-D.M.C.	Run-D.M.C.		Listen
13	615	Tina Turner	Private Dancer		Listen
14	630	The Smiths	Hatful of Hollow		Listen
15	727	Cocteau Twins	Treasure
16	772	Los Lobos	How Will the Wolf Survive?		Listen
17	795	Van Halen	1984		Listen
18	880	Madonna	Like a Virgin		Listen
19	888	Ruben Bladés	Buscando América		Listen
20	970	Pretenders	Learning to Crawl		Listen
21	986	Youssou N'Dour	Immigres		Listen
22	993	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasure Dome		Listen
23	1032	Metallica	Ride the Lightning		Listen
24	1036	David Sylvian	Brilliant Trees
25	1137	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	From Her to Eternity		Listen
26	1165	The Dream Syndicate	Medicine Show
27	1299	The Blue Nile	A Walk Across the Rooftops		Listen
28	1416	Sade	Diamond Life		Listen
29	1630	This Mortal Coil	It'll End in Tears
30	1649	Bobby Womack	The Poet II		Listen
31	1653	The Special A.K.A.	In the Studio		Listen
32	1674	Minor Threat	Minor Threat
33	1891	Hoodoo Gurus	Stoneage Romeos		Listen
34	2006	Billy Bragg	Brewing Up with Billy Bragg		Listen
35	2043	Bronski Beat	The Age of Consent
36	2075	Lou Reed	New Sensations
37	2089	The Cars	Heartbeat City		Listen
38	2108	Scott Walker	Climate of the Hunter		Listen
39	2121	Everything But the Girl	Eden		Listen
40	2123	Don Henley	Building the Perfect Beast		Listen
41	2153	The Style Council	Café Bleu		Listen
42	2177	Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel	Hole
43	2183	The Fall	The Wonderful and Frightening World of…The Fall
44	2186	Robyn Hitchcock	I Often Dream of Trains		Listen
45	2287	Bryan Adams	Reckless		Listen
46	2463	The Gun Club	The Las Vegas Story
47	2575	The Bangles	All Over the Place		Listen
48	2634	Laurie Anderson	Mister Heartbreak		Listen
49	2665	Fabrizio De André	Creuza de ma
50	2888	Julian Cope	Fried		Listen
51	2961	Manuel Göttsching	E2-E4
Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Ry Cooder	Paris, Texas		Listen
		Teena Marie	Starchild
		Depeche Mode	Some Great Reward
		The Waterboys	A Pagan Place		Listen
		Violent Femmes	Hallowed Ground		Listen
		Joe Jackson	Body and Soul		Listen
		Carmel	Drum Is Everything
		Christy Moore	Ride On