100 Greatest Albums of 1984

  1. Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution
  2. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
  3. Like A Virgin - Madonna
  4. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
  5. 1984 - Van Halen
  6. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
  7. Let It Be - The Replacements
  8. The Smiths - The Smiths
  9. Ride The Lightning - Metallica
10. Private Dancer - Tina Turner
11. Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü
12. Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen
13. Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
14. How Will The Wolf Survive - Los Lobos
15. Reckoning - R.E.M.
16. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
17. Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen
18. Learning To Crawl - The Pretenders
19. Reckless - Bryan Adams
20. Make It Big - Wham!
21. Heartbeat City - The Cars
22. Chicago 17 - Chicago
23. Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
24. Footloose - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
25. Suddenly - Billy Ocean
26. Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise - Art Of Noise
27. Diamond Life - Sade
28. Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
29. Ice Cream Castle - The Time
30. Love At First Sting - Scorpions
31. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
32. Big Bam Boom - Daryl Hall & John Oates
33. Powerslave - Iron Maiden
34. Beverly Hills Cop - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
35. Emergency - Kool & The Gang
36. Out Of The Cellar - Ratt
37. The Age Of Consent - Bronski Beat
38. Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister
39. Let The Music Play - Shannon
40. New Edition - New Edition
41. Swept Away - Diana Ross
42. Agent Provocateur - Foreigner
43. Don't Break The Oath - Mercyful Fate
44. The Fat Boys - The Fat Boys
45. A Private Heaven - Sheena Easton
46. The Last In Line - Dio
47. Escape - Whodini
48. Street Talk - Steve Perry
49. Defenders Of The Faith - Judas Priest
50. Three Of A Perfect Pair - King Crimson
51. Vital Signs - Survivor
52. Grace Under Pressure - Rush
53. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
54. A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile
55. Tooth And Nail - Dokken
56. Slide It In - Whitesnake
57. Wheels Are Turnin' - REO Speedwagon
58. Sparkle In The Rain - Simple Minds
59. Valotte - Julian Lennon
60. ...All The Rage - General Public
61. Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets
62. Ego Trip - Kurtis Blow
63. The Allnighter - Glenn Frey
64. The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
65. All Over The Place - The Bangles
66. Couldn't Stand The Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan
67. Into The Gap - Thompson Twins
68. Treasure - The Cocteau Twins
69. Fistful Of Metal - Anthrax
70. The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Red Hot Chili Peppers
71. I Often Dream Of Trains - Robyn Hitchcock
72. Meeting In The Ladies Room - Klymaxx
73. Some Great Reward - Depeche Mode
74. Breaking Hearts - Elton John
75. Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
76. Self Control - Laura Branigan
77. Human's Lib - Howard Jones
78. Various Positions - Leonard Cohen
79. Camouflage - Rod Stewart
80. Body And Soul - Joe Jackson
81. Warrior - Scandal Featuring Patty Smyth
82. The Woman In Red - Stevie Wonder
83. The Swing - INXS
84. Tonight - David Bowie
85. Victory - The Jacksons
86. It'll End In Tears - This Mortal Coil
87. The Big Express - XTC
88. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
89. Word Of Mouth - The Kinks
90. Ammonia Avenue - Alan Parsons Project
91. VOA - Sammy Hagar
92. Tour De Force - .38 Special
93. Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
94. Alf - Alison Moyet
95. Starchild - Teena Marie
96. Planetary Invasion - Midnight Star
97. Hard To Hold - Rick Springfield
98. New Sensations - Lou Reed
99. W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
100. Tropico - Pat Benatar