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	148	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.		Listen
3	179	The Smiths	The Smiths		Listen
4	206	Hüsker Dü	Zen Arcade		Listen
5	220	The Replacements	Let It Be		Listen
6	273	Minutemen	Double Nickels on the Dime		Listen
7	425	U2	The Unforgettable Fire		Listen
8	451	Lloyd Cole and The Commotions	Rattlesnakes		Listen
9	526	Echo and the Bunnymen	Ocean Rain		Listen
10	555	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense		Listen
11	587	R.E.M.	Reckoning		Listen
12	596	The Smiths	Hatful of Hollow		Listen
13	647	Tina Turner	Private Dancer		Listen
14	651	Run-D.M.C.	Run-D.M.C.		Listen
15	702	Cocteau Twins	Treasure
16	775	Van Halen	1984		Listen
17	780	Los Lobos	How Will the Wolf Survive?		Listen
18	865	Ruben Bladés	Buscando América		Listen
19	905	Madonna	Like a Virgin		Listen
20	934	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasure Dome		Listen
21	962	Youssou N'Dour	Immigres		Listen
22	979	Pretenders	Learning to Crawl		Listen
23	1009	Metallica	Ride the Lightning		Listen
24	1020	David Sylvian	Brilliant Trees
25	1100	The Dream Syndicate	Medicine Show
26	1151	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	From Her to Eternity		Listen
27	1324	The Blue Nile	A Walk Across the Rooftops		Listen
28	1445	This Mortal Coil	It'll End in Tears
29	1489	Sade	Diamond Life		Listen
30	1637	Bobby Womack	The Poet II		Listen
31	1641	The Special A.K.A.	In the Studio		Listen
32	1766	Minor Threat	Minor Threat		Listen
33	1949	Hoodoo Gurus	Stoneage Romeos		Listen
34	1989	The Cars	Heartbeat City		Listen
35	2010	Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel	Hole
36	2040	Bronski Beat	The Age of Consent
37	2086	Billy Bragg	Brewing Up with Billy Bragg		Listen
38	2116	Bryan Adams	Reckless		Listen
39	2127	Scott Walker	Climate of the Hunter		Listen
40	2142	Lou Reed	New Sensations
41	2157	Robyn Hitchcock	I Often Dream of Trains		Listen
42	2170	Don Henley	Building the Perfect Beast		Listen
43	2199	Everything But the Girl	Eden		Listen
44	2215	The Style Council	Café Bleu		Listen
45	2227	The Fall	The Wonderful and Frightening World of…The Fall
46	2371	The Gun Club	The Las Vegas Story
47	2663	The Bangles	All Over the Place		Listen
48	2678	Laurie Anderson	Mister Heartbreak		Listen
49	2684	Julian Cope	Fried		Listen
50	2750	Fabrizio De André	Creuza de ma
51	2829	Ry Cooder	Paris, Texas		Listen
52	2920	The Waterboys	A Pagan Place		Listen
53	2994	Manuel Göttsching	E2-E4
54	2999	Arvo Pärt	Tabula Rasa		Listen
Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Teena Marie	Starchild		Listen
		Violent Femmes	Hallowed Ground		Listen
		Depeche Mode	Some Great Reward		Listen
		Joe Jackson	Body and Soul		Listen
		Carmel	Drum Is Everything
		Christy Moore	Ride On