Top 25 LPs of 1984

Top 25 LPs of 1984

For our Growing Up 80s podcast & series we thought “Hey, why not go back and do the annual list that officially started in 2010 & go back to a time when there was no internet & give our fave records from our fave decade the same treatment. Enjoy!

Punk Rock

4) Butthole Surfers

3) The Minutemen/Double Nickels On The Dime

2) Nick Cave/From Her To Eternity

1) Black Flag

Hip-Hop

3) Whodini/Escape

2) The Fat Boys/S/T

1) Run-DMC/S/T

 

Heavy Metal

10) Yngwie Malmsteen/Rising Force

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17) Whitesnake/Slide It In

16) Fates Warning

15) Voivod

14) Mercyful Fate

13) Spinal Tap/This Is Spinal Tap

12) W.A.S.P/

11) Queensryche/The Warning

10) Anthrax/Fistful Of Metal

9) Dokken/Tooth & Nail

8) KISS/Animalize

7) Iron Maiden/Powerslave

6) Scorpions/Love At First Sting

5) Judas Priest/Defenders Of The Faith

4) Quiet Riot/Condition Critical

3) Twister Sister/Stay Hungry

2) RATT/Out Of The Cellar

1) Metallica/Ride The Lightning

 

 

25) Rockwell/Somebody’s Watching Me

24) Frankie Goes To Hollywood

23) Kool & The Gang/Emergency

22) Bananarama/S/T

21) New Edition/S/T

20) Wham!

 

19) Bryan Adams

 

18) Weird Al Yankovic/In 3-D

 

17 Bruce Springsteen/Born In The USA

 

16) The Pretenders/Learning To Crawl

15) The Cult

14) Red Hot Chili Peppers/S/T

13) Wang Chung/Points On The Curve

 

12) Tina Turner/Private Dancer

 

11) Depeche Mode/Some Great Reward

 

10) The Smiths/S/T

 

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8) Queen/The Works

7) Footloose Soundtrack

 

6) Violent Femmes/Hallowed Ground

 

5) Rush/Grace Under Pressure

 

 

4) The Go-Gos/Talk Show

3) Madonna/Like A Virgin

2) Prince/Purple Rain OST

 

1) Van Halen/1984