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	146	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.		Listen
3	196	The Smiths	The Smiths		Listen
4	203	Hüsker Dü	Zen Arcade		Listen
5	230	The Replacements	Let It Be		Listen
6	284	Minutemen	Double Nickels on the Dime		Listen
7	445	U2	The Unforgettable Fire		Listen
8	457	Echo and the Bunnymen	Ocean Rain		Listen
9	470	Lloyd Cole and The Commotions	Rattlesnakes		Listen
10	556	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense		Listen
11	571	The Smiths	Hatful of Hollow		Listen
12	614	R.E.M.	Reckoning		Listen
13	632	Madonna	Like a Virgin		Listen
14	651	Run-D.M.C.	Run-D.M.C.		Listen
15	658	Tina Turner	Private Dancer		Listen
16	734	Cocteau Twins	Treasure
17	745	Van Halen	1984		Listen
18	752	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasuredome		Listen
19	785	Youssou N'Dour	Immigres / Bitim Rew		Listen
20	860	Los Lobos	How Will the Wolf Survive?		Listen
21	1048	Rubén Blades	Buscando América		Listen
22	1054	Pretenders	Learning to Crawl		Listen
23	1090	David Sylvian	Brilliant Trees
24	1121	Meat Puppets	Meat Puppets II		Listen
25	1135	Metallica	Ride the Lightning		Listen
26	1174	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	From Her to Eternity		Listen
27	1261	The Dream Syndicate	Medicine Show
28	1427	This Mortal Coil	It'll End in Tears
29	1568	Sade	Diamond Life		Listen
30	1618	The Special A.K.A.	In the Studio		Listen
31	1712	Bronski Beat	The Age of Consent
32	1798	Bobby Womack	The Poet II		Listen
33	1882	Fabrizio De André	Creuza de mä
34	2027	Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel	Hole
35	2047	Scott Walker	Climate of Hunter		Listen
36	2055	Bryan Adams	Reckless		Listen
37	2082	Everything But the Girl	Eden		Listen
38	2095	The Cars	Heartbeat City		Listen
39	2148	Billy Bragg	Brewing Up with Billy Bragg		Listen
40	2180	Hoodoo Gurus	Stoneage Romeos		Listen
41	2245	The Fall	The Wonderful and Frightening World of…The Fall
42	2270	The Gun Club	The Las Vegas Story
43	2284	Téléphone	Un autre monde		Listen
44	2344	Gabinete Caligari	Cuatro rosas
45	2350	Violent Femmes	Hallowed Ground		Listen
46	2434	Alaska y Dinarama	Deseo carnal
47	2464	Lou Reed	New Sensations
48	2510	Don Henley	Building the Perfect Beast		Listen
49	2540	Julian Cope	Fried		Listen
50	2558	Robyn Hitchcock	I Often Dream of Trains		Listen
51	2644	The Style Council	Café Bleu		Listen
52	2678	The Bangles	All Over the Place		Listen
53	2781	Radio Futura	La ley del desierto, La ley del mar
54	2861	Laurie Anderson	Mister Heartbreak		Listen
55	2868	Arvo Pärt	Tabula Rasa		Listen
56	2893	Butthole Surfers	Psychic…Powerless…Another Man's Sac		Listen
57	2949	Simple Minds	Sparkle in the Rain		Listen
Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		The Waterboys	A Pagan Place		Listen
		Manuel Göttsching	E2-E4
		Scorpions	Love at First Sting		Listen
		The Pogues	Red Roses for Me		Listen
		Iron Maiden	Powerslave		Listen
		Stevie Ray Vaughan	Couldn't Stand the Weather		Listen
		Joe Jackson	Body and Soul		Listen
		Teena Marie	Starchild		Listen
		Carmel	The Drum Is Everything
		Depeche Mode	Some Great Reward		Listen
		Steve Roach	Structures from Silence		Listen
		Christy Moore	Ride On
		Budd, Harold and Brian Eno	The Pearl		Listen