It's 1985...

[Bassassin]

Big Country - The Crossing, Steeltown

Marillion - Fugazi, Misplaced Childhood

U2 - Unforgettable Fire

Level 42 - A Physical Presence

Rush - Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, Grace Under Pressure - bügger it, everything!

Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love

Skids - Days In Europa, The Absolute Game

 

I don't think music was better back then - but the good stuff was so much easier to find. Odd, that.

Edited September 8, 2023 by Bassassin
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[Bassassin]

2 minutes ago, rushbo said:

Big Audio Dynamite: This is BAD

 

Dunno how I forgot that - loved that album!

[Old Man Riva]

A few already mentioned (Sting, Propaganda, Kate Bush and U2), but definitely these:

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls

Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85

Sly and Robbie - Language Barrier

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm 

 

1985 was a good year…

[Old Man Riva]

2 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

 

Dunno how I forgot that - loved that album!

Ditto. Inexplicably left off my list!

[rushbo]

7 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

 

Dunno how I forgot that - loved that album!

I still play it often - although it's littered with things that nail it to 1985 ("s-s-s-s-s-s Sony!"), it still sounds really fresh and exciting and there's not a duff track on it.

[BigRedX]

I just had a look at my iTunes library andI have very few albums from 1985 and of those only the Propaganda one was bought at the time. The others were all purchased within the last 20 years. For me the mid-80s (like the mid-70s) was a low point in music. I only bought a handful of contemporary albums between 1985 and 1988. Post-punk and synth pop were on their way out, and I've have to wait for Acid House for there to be new music that I really liked.

[BigRedX]

To the OP, why 1985? 

[Old Man Riva]

2 minutes ago, rushbo said:

I still play it often - although it's littered with things that nail it to 1985 ("s-s-s-s-s-s Sony!"), it still sounds really fresh and exciting and there's not a duff track on it.

I actually think it’s aged really well. I always credit BAD with introducing the everyday wearing of oversize baseball caps to the UK yoof!

 

That and white 501s…

[JapanAxe]

In no particular order:

Albert Lee: Albert Lee

U2: The Unforgettable Fire

Television: Marquee Moon

Lionel Richie: Can’t Slow Down

Roxy Music: Avalon

The Dixie Dregs: Dregs of the Earth 

Oscar Peterson: We Get Requests

[casapete]

Probably ‘Born in the USA’ by Bruce Springsteen ( a 1984 release but big in 85 too), and also

Whitney Houston’s amazing debut album.

[Maude]

36 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

Schubert's Ninth...

 

 

 

33 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 

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

 

No, their cover version didn’t come out until '87. 

[JellyKnees]

18 minutes ago, Old Man Riva said:

A few already mentioned (Sting, Propaganda, Kate Bush and U2), but definitely these:

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls

Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85

Sly and Robbie - Language Barrier

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm 

 

1985 was a good year…

 

I was gonna say Language Barrier. I would probably also have Little Creatures by Talking Heads. Have to say though, I thought it was a lean time after the splendour of the early 80s post punk new wave period.

[Maude]

Being a penniless 11/12 year old in '85 it would probably be my favourite songs recorded from the Sunday evening Top 40 show, interspersed with annoying bits a Richard Skinner as I tried, and failed, to press stop at the very last second before he talked over the ending. 

 

 

[rushbo]

My favourite album which was released in '85 is "Crashing Dream" by Rain Parade. I didn't hear it until '86 when I started my desperate scramble through all the "Paisley Underground" stuff coming out of the US.

[Russ]

I was 13. That meant a bit of an eclectic selection - Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Iron Maiden, a compilation tape of Commodore 64 game music, and whatever "Now" tapes were around back then... 

[Mykesbass]

By pure luck, my, still to this day, all time most listened to album was released in 1985. The hugely underrated Working Week, 'Working Nights'.

[nilorius]

Maybe - Qeen's 80th greatest hits.

[Rich]

1 hour ago, franzbassist said:

Judie Tzuke "Ritmo"

  

Oh good choice sir.

[Rich]

39 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

To the OP, why 1985? 

1. It's as good a year as any.
2. It was halfway through my personal favourite decade.
3. I was 20 that year. 

[Heathy]

In 1985 I was mostly listening to Iron Maiden. I had Saxon’s Crusader album on cassette, and the first two Marillion albums, but that was about it.

[Beedster]

2 minutes ago, Rich said:

1. It's as good a year as any.
2. It was halfway through my personal favourite decade.
3. I was 20 that year. 

 

I dread to think what you might have started though, there are members here that are prone to a little thread proliferation after all......

It's 1986....

It's 1987....

It's 1988....

 

 

[oldslapper]

Side a) Johanna Lumley telling me what a naughty boy I had been

Side b) Johanna Lumley telling me I was still a naughty boy.

 

Well the music was crap, so…. 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

15 minutes ago, Heathy said:

In 1985 I was mostly listening to Iron Maiden. I had Saxon’s Crusader album on cassette, and the first two Marillion albums, but that was about it.

Was Live After Death ‘85? I can’t remember. If so, that would have been on heavy rotation.

[FirstBass]

I would've been "treated" to "No Jacket Required" at great volume and at great speed during any journey in Father's Escort XR3i

 

Miss you dad x

 

 

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Great year ! Especially for metal . 
Anthrax/ Stormtroopers of Death/ slayer/ Metallica/ venom / motorhead / Mercyful Fate/ Wasp 😬/ Hawkwind / Scorpions/ Deep purple / Blackfoot/ZZ Top / Nuclear assault / Jean michel jarre / Alice cooper / Klaus Schulze / Tangerine dream ( especially the Poland album at the time ) .got back into maiden realising my mistake .Rush 

 

Maxell c90 chrome 

Edited September 8, 2023 by RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE