It's 1985...

[Rich]

...assuming you're a} alive and b} old enough, what tape are you putting in your Walkman or car stereo?

 

For me, it's a C90 with Level 42's eponymous 1st album on one side and their 'Pursuit of Accidents' on the other. 

[Linus27]

This is easy, it would 99% be Madonna 'Like and Virgin' and Madonna 'Madonna'.

[bartelby]

Ooh, that's a tough choice.
 

Probably a home done compilation tape with, amongst others:

Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Dead Kennedys, The Damned, Minor Threat, Iron Maiden, Dio, WASP, The Cramps, The Meteors... 

[police squad]

Loving the Alien by David Bowie

[Beedster]

The The: Soul Mining

 

[Jackroadkill]

To use the C90 get-out clause - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on one side and A Night At The Opera on the other.

[NikNik]

'85? This was one of them.

 

 

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[Paolo85]

Well, nothing would prevent me from putting in the same stuff from the 50s that I listen to on Spotify. Knowing me there's a chance I would not listen to 1985 stuff untill 10 years later when it's easier to tell what was meant to leave a mark.

But who knows... there was proper good stuff back then. So maybe I would be different. If I bumped into it, Virgin Steele's Noble Savage from 1985 would get a lot of listening. And so would Megadeth and Slayer's debut albums.

[Doctor J]

Projecting coolness onto my young self, it would be Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion and Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly

 

In reality, it was Now That's What I Call Music 6 and Hits! The Album 3

 

 

[Newfoundfreedom]

Two years too early for me. I could tell you exactly what I was listening to in 1987. But in 1985 I was only 10 and didn't have either a Walkman or any interest in music. 

[chris_b]

I was probably listening to albums and tapes from the likes of Bobby Bland, The Blues Brothers, Robert Cray, Stevie Wonder, BB King, Albert Collins, Tina Turner, Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, Eric Clapton, Tower of Power.

[cetera]

Easy.... after September 1985 it was KISS 'Animalize' on one side and Kiss 'Asylum' on the other. Or Van Halen '1984' on one side with Iron Maiden's 'Powerslave' on the other....

Edited September 8, 2023 by cetera

[Reggaebass]

I was well into Gregory isaacs Night Nurse then and was working in central London , walkman was on every single day , I had the one with the bass slider on the front, I literally wore a few cassettes out then 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

No Jacket Required by Phil Collins

The Dream of The Blue Turtles by Sting

[Paul S]

Tears for Fears 'Songs From The Big Chair' and Dire Straits 'Brothers in Arms' for me.

[BigRedX]

I couldn't afford a car or even a Walkman in 1985. 

 

If I had it would have been Doot-Doot by Freur (which even though it came out in 1983 had yet to be bettered by anyone IMO) or A Secret Wish by Propaganda.

Edited September 8, 2023 by BigRedX

[pineweasel]

Husker Du - Flip Your Wig and Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche ‘85

[davepb24]

mostly acquired out of my student grant in 1985:

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

Misplaced Childhood - Marillion

Low-Life - New Order

Love - The Cult

 

[franzbassist]

First year at uni.  Took my 1.1 Fiesta down with me, upgraded the radio, added speakers on the parcel shelf in the back, and had a shoe box full of tapes to dip into as the mood took me.  Good times!

 

These are the albums I remember playing the most:

 

U2 "Unforgettable Fire"

Level 42 "World Machine"

Stevie Ray Vaughan "Couldn't Stand the Weather"

Kate Bush "Hounds of Love"

Killing Joke "Night Time"

Judie Tzuke "Ritmo"

Icehouse "Primitive Man"

 

Plus plenty of older Purple, Rainbow and Whitesnake.

 

 

 

 

  

Edited September 8, 2023 by franzbassist

[Beedster]

23 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

I couldn't afford a car or even a Walkman in 1985. 

 

If I had it would have been Doot-Doot by Freur (which even though it came out in 1983 had yet to be bettered by anyone IMO) or A Secret Wish by Propaganda.

 

Ah, I'd forgotten A Secret Wish, I loved the album and loved the remixes even more (In which Duel became Jewelled). Seew,s so dated now but vert powerfully produced 👍 

[Beedster]

1 minute ago, franzbassist said:

First year at uni.  Took my 1.1 Fiesta down with me, upgraded the radio and added speakers on the parcel shelf in the back, and had a shoe box full of tapes to dip into as the mood took me.  Good times!

 

These are the albums I remember playing the most:

 

U2 "Unforgettable Fire"

Level 42 "World Machine"

Stevie Ray Vaughan "Couldn't Stand the Weather"

Kate Bush "Hounds of Love"

Killing Joke "Night Time"

Judie Tzuke "Ritmo"

Icehouse "Primitive Man"

 

Plus plenty of older Purple, Rainbow and Whitesnake.

 

 

 

 

  

 

Ah yes, Unforgettable Fire was on mine also 👍

[Dad3353]

Schubert's Ninth...

 

 

[Beedster]

2 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

Schubert's Ninth...

 

 

 

Ha Ha, nice one, I saw that @Dad3353 had responded and thought 'This ain't gonna be Jason & Kylie  

[Leonard Smalls]

Chilli Peppers "Freakey Styley" on one side, with the excellent "GoGo - the Sound of Washington DC" compilation on the other.

 

 

[rushbo]

My tastes expanded in '85 when I started to work at Virgin Records in Birmingham. I went from a rocker who liked a bit of pop/indie to the smart alec music nerd that I am today. In heavy rotation at Rushbo Towers at various points in 1985 would have been:

Ratt: Invasion of Your Privacy

Prince: Around the World in a Day

REM: Fables of the Reconstruction

Suzanne Vega: S/T

Big Audio Dynamite: This is BAD