Time to take on 1985. The year musicians felt they had to help the world. We had USA For Africa, Live Aid, and Farm Aid. Bands that disbanded and were apparently not into helping the world include: Men At Work, Chic, Orange Juice, The Sugarhill Gang and The Police. I knew Sting didn't really care! 1985 is also the year of the death of the creator of one of my favorite soundtracks, The Harry Lime Theme in The Third Man, Anton Karas. Interestingly, the immortal Orson Welles (playing Harry Lime) also died in 1985. Anyway, I digress, vote away!

Please submit at least 5 songs and/or albums, preferably but not necessarily with ranking, lists without ranking will get an average score of 10 points per song/album. The deadline is midnight on the 30th of June. For the scoring, rules and other details check here.

Please have a look at the 1985 album and song lists before voting, as albums and songs listed under 1985 at Acclaimed Music will only be counted in the forum poll if they are included in this month's ballots.

Albums

01 The Jesus And Mary Chain ´Psychocandy´
02 Kate Bush ´Hounds Of Love´
03 Propaganda ´A Secret Wish´
04 The Cure ´The Head On The Door´
05 Tom Waits ´Rain Dogs´
06 The Smiths ´Meat Is Murder´
07 Sting ´The Dream Of The Blue Turtles´
08 Talking Heads ´Little Creatures´
09 Prefab Sprout ´Steve McQueen´
10 Dire Straits ´Brothers In Arms´
11 Chris Isaak ´Silvertone´
12 Simple Minds ´Once Upon A Time´
13 New Order ´Low-Life´
14 Prince & The Revolution ´Around The World In A Day´
15 R.E.M. ´Fables Of The Reconstruction´
16 Clannad ´Macalla´
17 Simply Red ´Picture Book´
18 Luther Vandross ´The Night I Fell In Love´
19 The Pogues ´Rum, Sodomy And The Lash´
20 Alexander O´Neal ´Alexander O´Neal´
21 Bryan Ferry ´Girls And Boys´
22 Suzanne Vega ´Suzanne Vega´
23 Sade ´Promise´
24 Latin Quarter ´Modern Times´
25 Yello ´Stella´
26 Eurythmics ´Be Yourself Tonight´
27 Mekons ´Fear And Whiskey´
28 Everything But The Girl ´Love Not Money´
29 The Fall ´This Nation´s Saving Grace´
30 Big Audio Dynamite ´This Is Big Audio Dynamite´

Songs :

01 Pet Shop Boys ´West End Girls´
02 Propaganda ´Duel´
03 Grace Jones ´Slave To The Rhythm´
04 Godley & Creme ´Cry´
05 Kate Bush ´Running Up That Hill´
06 Madonna ´Into The Groove´
07 Les Rita Mitsouko ´Marcia Baila´
08 Alison Moyet ´That Ole´ Devil Called Love´
09 The Jesus And Mary Chain ´Never Understand´
10 Fine Young Cannibals ´Johnny Come Home´
11 Simple Minds ´Don´t You (Forget About Me)´
12 The Cure ´Close To Me´
13 The Dream Academy ´Life In A Northern Town´
14 Bryan Ferry ´Slave To Love´
15 Talking Heads ´Road To Nowhere´
16 INXS ´What You Need´
17 UB 40 & Chrissie Hynde ´I Got You Babe´
18 Sting ´Russians´
19 Etienne Daho ´Tombé Pour La France´
20 Don Henley ´The Boys Of Summer´
21 Prince & The Revolution ´Raspberry Beret´
22 A-Ha ´Take On Me´
23 Echo & The Bunnymen ´Bring On The Dancing Horses´
24 The Cult ´She Sells Sanctuary´
25 Eurythmics ´There Must Be An Angel´
26 Bronski Beat & Marc Almond ´I Feel Love´
27 The Commodores ´Nightshift´
28 David Bowie & Mick Jagger ´Dancing In The Street´
29 Loose Ends ´Hanging On A String´
30 Suzanne Vega ´Marlene On The Wall´

If you're wondering how someone who's immortal can die.. I have no idea!

To die is the only way to become immortal !

Wise words my well-named friend.

((A))

01. Rain Dogs. Tom Waits
02. 25 O’Clock . The Dukes Of Stratosphear
03. Old Rottenhat. Robert Wyatt
04. I Have No Feelings. Annette Peacock
05. New Beginnings. Pink Industry
06. Nail. Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel
07. This Nation’s Saving Grace. The Fall
08. Psychocandy. The Jesus And Mary Chain
09. Robespierre’s Velvet Basement. Jacobites
10. Don’t Stand Me Down. Dexys Midnight Runners
11. A Cappella. Todd Rundgren
12. Around The World In A Day. Prince And The Revolution
13. The Firstborn Is Dead. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
14. The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion. Nurse With Wound
15. Back In The D.H.S.S.. Half Man Half Biscuit
16. There Are Eight Million Stories…. The June Brides
17. Here Comes Everybody. The Wake
18. Rambler. Bill Frisell
19. Bad News From The Underworld. Kim Fowley
20. Prayer For The Halcyon Fear. Tiny Lights

((S))

01. Cruiser’s Creek. The Fall
02. Another Day In The Sun. The Moffs
03. The Whole Of The Moon. The Waterboys
04. 25 O’Clock. The Dukes Of Stratosphear
05. There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart). Eurythmics
06. I’m Alright With You. The Pastels
07. You Trip Me Up. The Jesus And Mary Chain
08. Jockey Full Of Bourbon. Tom Waits
09. Tantalized. The Church
10. So Young. The Stone Roses
11. Take Them Skindheads Bowling. Camper Van Beethoven
12. Holiday. The Jazz Butcher
13. Little Girl (With Blue Eyes). Pulp
14. Birthday Girl. Microdisney
15. Wallflower. The Monochrome Set
16. Who’s Zoomin’ Who. Aretha Franklin
17. The Power Of Love. Huey Lewis And The News
18. Enthusiastic. David Thomas & The Pedestrians
19. Trouble Come This Morning. Crime & The City Solution
20. Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?. The Cramps

Albums

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. The Replacements - Tim
3. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
4. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good
5. The Cure - The Head on the Door
6. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
7. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85
8. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
9. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
10. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
11. Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
12. A-Ha - Hunting High and Low
13. Husker Du - New Day Rising
14. Simply Red - Picture Book
15. Richard Lloyd - Field of Fire
16. Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
17. The Waterboys - This is the Sea
18. Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down
19. Joe Higgs - Triumph
20. Mantronix - The Album

Songs

1. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
2. The Cure - Push
3. Prefab Sprout - Bonny
4. The Replacements - Left of the Dial
5. The Art of Noise - Moments in Love
6. The Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
7. Tom Waits - Time
8. Scritti Politti - The Word Girl
9. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
10. Simply Red - Come To My Aid
11. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
12. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
13. Madonna - Into the Groove
14. A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
15. Bryan Ferry - Don't Stop the Dance
16. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
17. Husker Du - Games
18. Husker Du - I Apologize
19. Mekons - Chivalry
20. Marc Almond - The Flesh is Willing

Movies

1. Shoah (Lanzmann)
2. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (Burton)
3. After Hours (Scorsese)
4. The Goonies (Donner)
5. The Breakfast Club (Hughes)
6. Ran (Kurosawa)
7. Vagabond (Varda)
8. When Father Was Away on Business (Kusturica)
9. Return to Oz (Murch)
10. Re-Animator (Gordon)

Good start for Tom Waits !
Good news.
I'll try to vote sooner this month

Albums:

1. Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
2. Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
3. Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising
4. Smiths - Meat Is Murder
4. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
5. Waterboys – This Is The Sea


Songs:

1. Smiths – That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
2. Jesus & Mary Chain – Taste The Floor
3. Jesus & Mary Chain – In A Hole
4. Jesus & Mary Chain – Inside Me
5. Prince – Raspberry Beret
6. Jan Hammer – Miami Vice Theme
7. Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
8. Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising
9. Rah Band – Clouds Across The Moon
10. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
11. Nick Cave – Tupelo
12. Triffids – Bright Lights Big City
13. The Clash – This Is England
14. Shop Assistants – Safety Net
15. Tom Waits – Downtown Train
16. Replacemets – Swingin’ Party
17. Ry Cooder – Dark Was The Night
18. Prefab Sprout – Horsin’ Around
19. Hüsker Dü – Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
20. Prefab Sprout – Johnny Johnny
21. Cocteau Twins – Pink Orange Red
22. Hüsker Dü – Divide And Conquer
23. Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon
24. Prefab Sprout – Faron Young
25. Dexys Midninght Runners – I Love You (Listen To This)
26. Tom Waits – Jockey Full Of Bourbon
27. Hüsker Dü – Terms Of Psychic Welfare
28. David Bowie & Pat Metheny – This Is Not America
29. Prefab Sprout - Appetite
30. Hüsker Dü – Find Me
31. Art Of Noise – Moments In Love
32. Cocteau Twins – Pale Clouded White
33. Meat Puppets – Up On The Sun
34. Pogues – Sally McLennane
35. Depeche Mode – Shake The Disease
36. Fishbone – Party At Ground Zero
37. Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine
38. Eurythmics – Would I Lie To You?
39. Talking Heads – Television Man
40. Dire Straits – Walk Of Life :)

Is 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' counted for 1985 or 1986?

Nothing on my last top 100 list, but three might make my top 100 now. (When I say ~150, that means it's about my 50th favorite that did not make my last top 100)

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (~109)
2. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (~142)
3. New Order - Low Life (~143)
4. The Fall - Nation's Saving Grace (~171)
5. The Cure - Head On The Door (~205)
6. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (~210)
7. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (~227)
8. Husker Du - Flip Your Wig (~230)

Stop giving out points here. Only my top eight get points from me.

9. Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good
10. REM - The Reconstruction Fables

I'll need more time on the songs, mostly because other than the ones from Dire Straits and Tom Waits I can't remember any song names.

Can I use all my votes to take away votes from Rain Dogs? Just kidding.

What's the deal with Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good anyway? They're both listed as the same album. All I know is, Steve McQueen was way more expensive than Two Wheels Good.

Only if I can take points away from Joshua Tree in it's year. ;)

STEVE McQUEEN was the British title. It was changed to TWO WHEELS GOOD for the U.S. because, apparently, the actor's estate objected (I have no idea why, as McAloon clearly named the album after McQueen as a tribute).

"I've got six things on my mind/You're no longer one of them", from "Desire As", is one of the greatest lines ever. Just thought I'd mention that.

Stephan, I'm sure you're aware of this, but don't forget to combine all the votes for STEVE McQUEEN and TWO WHEELS GOOD, as they are identical.

Midaso: 1985

Is The Boy With The Thorn In His Side from 1985 the exact same version as the track on 1986 The Queen is Dead?

1985: Great year for singles pretty awful for albums.

Songs:

1. Depeche Mode- Shake the Disease
2. Replacements- Bastards of Young
3. Talking Heads- And She Was
4. Scritti Politti- Perfect Way
5. The Cure- Six Different Ways
6. Replacements- Waitress in the Sky
7. Slick Rick + Doug E. Fresh- La-Di-Da-Di
8. Pet Shop Boys- Opportunities (Lets Make Lots of Money)
9. Leonard Cohen- Hallelujah
10. John Fogerty- Centerfield
11. Smiths- The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
12. Dire Straits- Walk of Life
13. Hoodoo Gurus- Bittersweet
14. REM- Driver 8
15. Scritti Politti- The Word Girl
16. Prince- Raspberry Beret
17. Madonna- Into the Groove
18. Bob Dylan- Emotionally Yours
19. Replacements- Here Comes a Regular
20. Husker Du- The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill

Albums:

1. Replacements- Tim
3. Scritti Politti- Cupid and Pysche 85
2. Husker Du- New Day Rising
4. Larry Coryell and Emily Remler- Together
5. The Cure- The Head on the Door

1. Depeche Mode- Shake the Disease

Now that came as a pleasant surprise! Have you voted for DM before, John?

DM is really hit and miss for me but Shake the Disease is an amazing song and very underrated. Although, I should have voted for People are People in 1984.

Is The Boy With The Thorn In His Side from 1985 the exact same version as the track on 1986 The Queen is Dead?

According to wikipedia it's not, but the song is listed as 1985 on the website. And I think it'd be very hard to know whether a critic was voting for the original or the album version. I'm not a Smiths expert, so if any of the people who spend all their time looking for deleted Smiths singles, original—not re-released underlined could tell us which one they're most likely referring to..

I think a vote for "The Boy With the Thorn..." should be a vote for "The Boy With the Thorn..." and that's that. Trying to separate votes for the single version vs. the album version seems kind of pointless (cf. the discussion of "Brimful of Asha" in another thread). Wouldn't that be kind of like voting for "This Charming Man" in the '84 poll and specifying that you mean the version on HATFUL OF HOLLOW?

Tough year for me, almost as bad as 1987 (where I have listened to presently only 2 albums). But a few gems.

1. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
2. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
3. Prince - Raspberry Beret
4. Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
5. Dire Straights - So Far Away
6. Tom Waits - Singapore
7. R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here
8. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
9. Dire Straights - Walk of Life
10. Talking Heads - Stay Up Late
11. a-ha - Take On Me
12. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
13. Tom Waits - Downtown Train
14. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
15. R.E.M. - Life and How to Live It
16. Frank Zappa - Alien Orifice
17. Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
18. R.E.M. - Feeling Gravity's Pull
19. Talking Heads - And She Was
20. R.E.M. - Driver 8

No votes yet for Rum, Sodomy & the Lash, the only album I truly love in 1985 ? Guess I will have to vote this time, I thought I would wait 89 to start voting for albums !

I'll vote for it but please vote too
I like that album, especially its last song

I was surprised how many songs I still liked from this year, but it wasn't much good for albums. Some of the established great artists of the '80s had disappointing albums in '85 (The Smiths, R.E.M., Prince to a degree). Still, there's always good stuff to find...

Albums:

01. Sam Cooke | Live at The Harlem Square Club, 1963
02. Tom Waits | Rain Dogs
03. Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
04. Prefab Sprout | Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good
05. The Fall | This Nation's Saving Grace
06. Hüsker Dü | New Day Rising
07. The Dukes of Stratosphear | 25 O'Clock
08. The Replacements | Tim
09. The Jesus and Mary Chain | Psychocandy
10. The Pogues | Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
11. Abdullah Ibrahim | Water from an Ancient Well
12. The Cure | The Head on the Door
13. New Order | Low-Life
14. Hüsker Dü | Flip Your Wig
15. Scritti Politti | Cupid & Psyche 85
16. Prince and The Revolution | Around the World in a Day
17. Butthole Surfers | Psychic…Powerless…Another Man's Sac
18. Youssou N'Dour | Nelson Mandela
19. Meat Puppets | Up on the Sun
20. Sonic Youth | Bad Moon Rising

Songs (some real guilty pleasures in here):

01. Tom Waits | Time
02. The Replacements | Here Comes a Regular
03. Prefab Sprout | Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)
04. Prince and The Revolution | She's Always In My Hair
05. The Fall | Paint Work
06. Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
07. Hüsker Dü | Terms of Psychic Warfare
08. Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me)
09. New Order | Love Vigilantes
10. The Cure | In Between Days
11. The Jesus and Mary Chain | Just Like Honey
12. Level 42 | Something About You
13. R.E.M. | Driver 8
14. Prince and The Revolution | Raspberry Beret
15. The Waterboys | The Whole of the Moon
16. Madonna | Into the Groove
17. Camper Van Beethoven | Take The Skinheads Bowling
18. Kate Bush | Hounds of Love
19. Felt w/Liz Fraser | Primitive Painters
20. Scritti Politti | Perfect Way
21. Sonic Youth & Lydia Lunch | Death Valley '69
22. The Fall | I Am Damo Suzuki
23. The Pogues | A Pair of Brown Eyes
24. Leonard Cohen | Hallelujah
25. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Tupelo
26. Tom Waits | Clap Hands
27. The Replacements | Bastards of Young
28. Hüsker Dü | Makes No Sense at All
29. Pet Shop Boys | West End Girls
30. A-ha | Take on Me
31. The Cure | Close to Me
32. Einsturzende Neubauten | Yu-Gung
33. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew | The Show
34. The Fall | Cruiser's Creek
35. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Don't Come Around Here No More
36. The Dukes of Stratosphear | Bike Ride to the Moon
37. Talking Heads | Road to Nowhere
38. Sting | Fortress Around Your Heart
39. Madonna | Crazy for You
40. Huey Lewis and The News | The Power of Love
41. Run-D.M.C. | King of Rock
42. Abdullah Ibrahim | Mandela
43. Marillion | Kayleigh
44. The Smiths | Asleep
45. New Order | The Perfect Kiss
46. Dinosaur Jr Does It Float
47. The Dream Academy | Life in a Northern Town
48. Fishbone | Party at Ground Zero
49. The Mekons | Hard To Be Human Again
50. Dire Straits | The Man's Too Strong
51. Tom Waits | Anywhere I Lay My Head
52. Kate Bush | Cloudbusting
53. INXS | What You Need
54. Eurythmics | Would I Lie to You
55. Hüsker Dü | I Apologize
56. Red Hot Chili Peppers | Behind The Sun
57. Tears for Fears | Everybody Wants to Rule the World
58. LL Cool J | I Can't Live Without My Radio
59. 'Til Tuesday | Voices Carry
60. Siouxsie & The Banshees | Cities In Dust
61. Pete Townshend | Give Blood
62. Rush | Marathon
63. The Ramones | Bonzo Goes to Bitburg
64. Oingo Boingo | Dead Man's Party
65. Godley & Creme | Cry
66. Tom Waits | Downtown Train
67. Prince and The Revolution | Pop Life
68. Kirsty MacColl | He's on The Beach
69. Katrina and The Waves | Walking on Sunshine
70. Heart | These Dreams

I agree sonofsam. I only could find five albums that I could put on the list and I was reaching with #5 to make my list eligible. '85 was definitely a singles year.

Albums

1 New Day Rising - Hϋsker Dϋ
2 Tim - Replacements
3 Fables Of The Reconstruction - REM
4 Up On The Sun - Meat Puppets
5 This Nation's Saving Grace - Fall
6 Flip Your Wig - Hϋsker Dϋ
7 Mars Needs Guitars! - Hoodoo Gurus
8 Nail - Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
9 Cinéma Vérité - Dramarama
10 Exploring the Axis - Thin White Rope
11 Wonder Wonderful Wonderland - Plasticland
12 Throb Throb - Naked Raygun
13 Prayer For The Halcyon Fear - Tiny Lights
14 Psychocandy - Jesus and Mary Chain
15 Head On The Door - Cure, The
16 Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
17 Fear And Whiskey - Mekons
18 This Is Big Audio Dynamite - Big Audio Dynamite
19 Telephone Free Landslide Victory - Camper Van Beethoven
20 Feedtime - Feedtime
21 Bad Moon Rising - Sonic Youth
22 Town & Country - Rave-Ups, The
23 State Of Our Union - Long Ryders
24 I Don't Want to Grow Up - Descendents, The
25 The Clock Comes Down the Stairs - Microdisney
26 Meat Is Murder - Smiths, The
27 Rum Sodomy & The Lash - Pogues
28 Beat Happening - Beat Happening
29 Lysergic Emanations - Fuzztones, The
30 Asylum - Legendary Pink Dots
31 Spleen and Ideal - Dead Can Dance
32 The Firstborn Is Dead - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
33 White Noise - Gary Numan
34 Monkey's Breath - Meteors
35 Gotta Let This Hen Out! - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
36 Lone Justice - Lone Justice
37 Love American Style - Honeymoon Killers
38 Around the World in a Day - Prince
39 City Slab Horror - Severed Heads
40 Dinosaur - Dinosaur Jr.

Singles

1 Anything Anything - Dramarama
2 Makes No Sense At All - Hϋsker Dϋ
3 Driver 8 - REM
4 Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
5 E=mc² - Big Audio Dynamite
6 Two Rivers - Meat Puppets
7 Hold My Life - Replacements, The
8 Love Is All Around - Hϋsker Dϋ
9 In Between Days - Cure, The
10 The Whole Of The Moon - Waterboys
11 Books About UFO's - Hϋsker Dϋ
12 Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill - Hϋsker Dϋ
13 Can’t Get There From Here - REM
14 Listening To The Higsons - Robyn Hitchcock
15 My Wife And My Dead Wife - Robyn Hitchcock
16 Looking For Lewis and Clark - Long Ryders
17 Life And How To Live It - REM
18 Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus
19 Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
20 Up On The Sun - Meat Puppets
21 Cities In Dust - Siouxsie And The Banshees
22 Cruiser's Creek - Fall, The
23 Bastards of Young - Replacements, The
24 Just Like Honey - Jesus and Mary Chain
25 Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy
26 Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo and The Bunnymen
27 Divide and Conquer - Hϋsker Dϋ
28 Death Valley '69 - Sonic Youth
29 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side - Smiths, The
30 Positively Lost Me - Rave-Ups
31 Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
32 Auctioneer (Another Engine) - REM
33 And She Was - Talking Heads
34 Raspberry Beret - Prince
35 I Apologize - Hϋsker Dϋ
36 Like Wow -- Wipeout - Hoodoo Gurus
37 Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone
38 The Bottom Line - Big Audio Dynamite
39 Call Out The Dogs - Gary Numan
40 She Sells Sanctuary - Cult, The
41 Left Of the Dial - Replacements, The
42 She - Hoodoo Gurus
43 Scenario - Dramarama
44 Birthday Girl - Microdisney
45 Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
46 Waitress In The Sky - Replacements, The
47 All Down - Feedtime
48 Little Mascara - Replacements, The
49 Repulsion - Dinosaur Jr
50 Poison Pen - Hoodoo Gurus
51 Ages Of You - REM
52 Out Of Control - Lime Spiders
53 Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? - Cramps
54 Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
55 Spirit of '76 - Alarm, The
56 Everyday is Halloween - Ministry
57 Does It Float - Dinosaur Jr
58 Downtown Train - Tom Waits
59 Moving To Florida - Butthole Surfers
60 Ball Of Confusion - Love and Rockets
61 4WD - Severed Heads
62 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore - Smiths, The
63 She Pays The Rent - Nomads
64 Catholic School Girls Rule - Red Hot Chili Peppers
65 Flowers Through The Air - Tiny Lights
66 I Only Wrote This Song for You - Johnny Thunders
67 Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
68 Take On Me - A-Ha
69 Tupelo - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
70 Primitive Painters - Felt

Albums:

1. New Day Rising - Husker Du
2. Tim - The Replacements
3. Up On the Sun - Meat Puppets
4. Flip Your Wig - Husker Du
5. Psychic, Powerless... - Butthole Surfers
6. Psycho Candy - Jesus & Mary Chain
7. Low Life - New Order
8. Big Lizard In My Backyard - The Dead Milkmen
9. Fables of the Reconstruction - R.E.M.
10. Freaky Styley - Red Hot Chili Peppers
11. Telephone Free Landslide Victory - Camper Van Beethoven
12. Bad Moon Rising - Sonic Youth
13. 3 Way Tie to Last - Minutemen
14. S/T - Dinosaur Jr.


Songs:

1. Left of the Dial - The Replacements
2. Makes No Sense At All - Husker Du
3. Bitchin' Camaro - The Dead Milkmen
4. Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
5. I Apologize - Husker Du
6. Here Comes A Regular - The Replacements
7. Swimming Ground - Meat Puppets
8. Never Understand - Jesus & Mary Chain
9. The Girl Who Lived on Heaven Hill - Husker Du
10. Lady Sniff - Butthole Surfers
11. Just Like Honey - Jesus & Mary Chain
12. Bastards of Young - The Replacements
13. Life and How To Live It - R.E.M.
14. Divide & Conquer - Husker Du
15. Away - Meat Puppets
16. Love Vigilantes - New Order
17. The Perfect Kiss - New Order
18. Repulsion - Dinosaur Jr.
19. Death Valley '69 - Sonic Youth
20. Hot Pink - Meat Puppets

Hey Stammer, I just checked your post above mine and our lists are pretty similar - my top 4 albums are in your top 6 and we have the same songs in the # 2 and 4 slots.

In other words, I got chocolate in your peanut butter - my bad.

Songs:

1. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
2. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV
3. Tears For Fears - Shout
4. Tom Waits - Singapore
5. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

Albums:

1. Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
2. A-ha - Hunting High and Low
3. Steven Wright - I Have A Pony
4. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club
5. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

Guilty Pleasures (not to be counted):

1. Heart - These Dreams
2. Starship - We Built This City
3. Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
4. Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number
5. Level 42 - Something About You

Great minds I guess, Beef Supreme. I actually would put the Butthole Surfers album in my 3rd spot but I had it on my last years list before I saw it was bubbling under in 1985 on AM. Seems to be another one of those controversial release dates.

Not the greatest year for albums if you're looking for top-heavy. But there were a lot of very good albums that fell just short of greatness. A high vote for the Pogues, which should make some earlier posters happy, but why has the best album of the year been ignored? Is it not cool to admit liking great heartland music?

1. John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
2. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
3. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
4. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
5. Husker Du - New Day Rising
6. The Replacements - Tim
7. Minutemen - 3-Way Tie (For Last)
8. Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
9. LL Cool J - Radio
10. John Fogerty - Centerfield
11. Talking Heads - Small Creatures
12. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
13. Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?
14. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
15. Dire Straights - Brothers in Arms
16. Prefab Sprout - Two Steve McQueens Good

I'm too lazy to go through these albums a lot of which I just recently bought and figure out which songs I specifically like the best and what their titles are.

So just take this for my song list:
1. Tom Waits - Downtown Train
2. Tom Waits - Blind Love
3. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
4. REM - Driver 8

Albums:

1) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2) Alain Bashung - Live Tour 85
3) Killing Joke - Night Time
4) R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
5) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
6) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
7) The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
8) The Cure - The Head on the Door
9) New Order - Low-Life
10) The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
11) Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals
12) The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
13) Tuxedomoon - Holy Wars
14) Talking Heads - Little Creatures
15) The Velvet Underground - VU
16) The Waterboys - This Is the Sea
17) Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
18) Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day
19) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Firstborn Is Dead
20) Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles

Songs:

1) Killing Joke – Europe
2) Tuxedomoon - In a Manner of Speaking
3) R.E.M. - Fall on Me
4) Prince and The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
5) And Also the Trees - There Was A Man Of Double Deed
6) Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
7) Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
8) Killing Joke – Love Like Blood
9) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
10) The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
11) Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
12) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
13) Tom Waits - Downtown Train
14) The Smiths - The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
15) The Cure – In Between Days
16) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
17) New Order - Love Vigilantes
18) Love and Rockets – Ball of Confusion
19) New Order - The Perfect Kiss
20) The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

Too late to make the voting but here's what I came up with...

SONGS
#1) Glenn Frey-The Heat is On
#2) Dire Straits-Money for Nothing
#3) Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart-Trains Up in the Sky
#4) Katrina and the Waves-Walking on Sunshine
#5) Tears for Fears-Everybody Wants to Rule the World
#6) Tom Petty-Don't Come Around Here No More
#7) John Cougar Mellencamp-Small Town
#8) Randy Stonehill-Gods of Men
#9) Prince-Raspberry Beret
#10) DeGarmo and Key-Destined to Win
#11) The Beach Boys-She Believes in Love Again
#12) Farrell and Farrell-People in a Box
#13) Simple Minds-(Don't You) Forget About Me
#14) Tears for Fears-Head Over Heels
#15) A-ha-Take on Me
#16) Paul Young-Everytime You Go Away
#17) Mr. Mister-Broken Wings
#18) Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart-He is Strong
#19) Commodores-Nightshift
#20) Huey Lewis and the News-Power of Love
#21) Steve Camp-Asleep in the Light
#22) INXS-What You Need
#23) Pet Shop Boys-West End Girls
#24) Russ Taff-Not Gonna Bow
#25) Ronnie Milsap-She Keeps the Home Fires Burning
#26) Amy Grant-Find a Way
#27) Prodigal-Incommunicado
#28) Rez-Love Comes Down
#29) Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart-The Warrior
#30) Foreigner-I Want to Know What Love is

ALBUMS
10) Sam Cooke-Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
9) Randy Stonehill-Love Beyond Reason
8) Dukes of Stratosphear-25 O'Clock
7) Tears for Fears-Songs from the Big Chair
6) Rez-Between Heaven 'n' Hell
5) John Cougar Mellencamp-Scarecrow
4) INXS-Kick
3) Farrell and Farrell-Jump to Conclusions
2) Amy Grant-Unguarded
1) Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart-Sheep in Wolves' Clothing

I decided to post my votes earlier now so that (maybe) I can influence some other people with my choices.

1985 : Tom Waits and The Pogues rule. The bums have taken over... (John's idea of music heaven )

Albums

1.Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (#15 overall)
2. The Pogues - Run, Sodomy And The Lash (#240)
3. John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
4. The Cure - The Head On The Door
5. Prince - Around the World In A Day
6. Lone Justice - Lone Justice
7. The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
8. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963
9. LL Cool J - Radio
10. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
11. Sting - The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
12. The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock
13. Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat
14. Dan Fogelberg - High Country Snows
15. Jason & The Scorchers - Lost And Found
16. Green On Red - Gas Food Lodging
17. Renaud - Mistral Gagnant
18. John Fogerty - Centerfield
19. New Order - Low Life
20. Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (From The Underground)

I've listened to the Jesus & Mary Chain album. I guess the sound engineer was drunk or something because nobody realized the amps were fucked up


Songs

The bums still


1. Tom Waits - Time
2. The Pogues - The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda
3. Tom Waits - Jockey Full Of Bourbon
4. Tom Waits - Tango Till They're Sore
5. Robert Wyatt - Alliance
6. Renaud - Mistral Gagnant
7. The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
8. Johnny Hallyday - Quelque chose de Tennessee
9. The Cure - In-Between Days
10. John Cougar Mellencamp - Small Town
11. Lone Justice - Don't Toss Us Away
12. Dire Straits - Walk Of Life
13. Prince - Raspberry Beret
14. Barrington Levy - Here I Come
15. LL Cool J - I Can't Live Without My Radio
16. The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
17. John Fogerty - Big Train (from Memphis)
18. New Order - Love Vigilantes
19. Commodores - Nightshift
20. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

OH, and I've listened to the Smiths too
I love Marr's guitar work, so inventive but as soon as Bigmouth opens it, man, I have to run away...
Sorry but I really can't stand his voice.
Marrs makes these lovely intros and then it looks like him and Morrissey are recording two different records and then mix the tracks. Weird. Sorry for the Smiths fans, especially Midaso, but God knows I tried but I just can't.

Here is the FRench song of the month, by Renaud a sort of modern (and less talented) Brassens mixed with folk-rock. This song is very beautiful. It's about his daughter and I love it especially now that I have my own daughter. A very very romantic song, nothing to do with the Fall or the Meat Puppets but good anyway.

No Paul Weller fans? I quite like 'Our Favourite Shop' actually,moreso than Cafe Bleu...

Too late to make the voting but here's what I came up with...

You aren't too late, the deadline is July 31st, I forgot to edit that part (again).

Oops, wrong R.E.M. song. My fixed lists are :

Albums:

1) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2) Alain Bashung - Live Tour 85
3) Killing Joke - Night Time
4) R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
5) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
6) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
7) The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
8) The Cure - The Head on the Door
9) New Order - Low-Life
10) The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
11) Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals
12) The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
13) Tuxedomoon - Holy Wars
14) Talking Heads - Little Creatures
15) The Velvet Underground - VU
16) The Waterboys - This Is the Sea
17) Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
18) Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day
19) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Firstborn Is Dead
20) Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles

Songs:

1) Killing Joke – Europe
2) Tuxedomoon - In a Manner of Speaking
3) R.E.M. - Maps and Legends
4) Prince and The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
5) And Also the Trees - There Was A Man Of Double Deed
6) Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
7) Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
8) Killing Joke – Love Like Blood
9) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
10) The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
11) Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
12) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
13) Tom Waits - Downtown Train
14) The Smiths - The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
15) The Cure – In Between Days
16) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
17) New Order - Love Vigilantes
18) Love and Rockets – Ball of Confusion
19) New Order - The Perfect Kiss
20) The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
3. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
4. New Order - Low-Life
5. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
6. Bob Dylan - Empire Burlesque
7. Run DMC - King Of Rock
8. Nick Cave - The First Born Is Dead
9. Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down
10. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy

1) Pogues – Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
2) Runrig – Heartland
3) The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
4) Green on Red – Gas Food Lodging
5) Beat Farmers – Tales of the New West
6) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Pack up the Plantation
7) Nick Cave – The Firstborn is Dead
8) Lone Justice – Lone Justice
9) John Cale – Artificial Intelligence
10) The Men They Couldn’t Hang – Night of A Thousand Candles
11) Thin white Rope – Exploring the Axis
12) Hoodoogurus – Mars Needs Guitars
13) Giant Sand – Valley of Rain
14) Bob Dylan – Empire Burlesque

I know it's far out, but I haven't had access to a copy of Waits' Rain Dogs for many a year. I tried to find one for this month's poll, but I've been way busy with other stuff (and now I'm off on on vacation with as little internet access as possible).

Wish you all a pleasant summer.9vwr

STEFAN: Boys of Summer is a 1984 track and unfortunately didn't make it last month (#11).

ALBUMS:

1. PREFAB SPROUT “Steve McQueen” (#20 in my all-time list)
2. THE CURE “The Head on the Door” (#54)
3. TOM WAITS “Rain Dogs” (#74)
4. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND “VU”
5. RADIO FUTURA “De un país en llamas”
6. THE POGUES “Rum Sodomy & the Lash”
7. VARIOUS ARTISTS “Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill” *
8. THE WATERBOYS “This Is the Sea”
9. THE COLOURFIELD “Virgins and Philistines”
10. NEW ORDER “Low-Life”
11. THE SMITHS “Meat Is Murder”
12. THE STYLE COUNCIL “Our Favourite Shop”
13. TALKING HEADS “Little Creatures”
14. PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION “Around the World in a Day”
15. KATE BUSH “Hounds of Love”
16. SCRITTI POLITTI “Cupid & Psyche 85”
17. SAM COOKE “Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963”
18. DIRE STRAITS “Brothers in Arms”
19. THE CHURCH “Heyday”
20. DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS “Don’t Stand Me Down”
21. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN “Psychocandy”
22. THE CULT “Love”
23. WORKING WEEK “Working Nights”
24. ORQUESTA ANDALUSÍ DE TÁNGER Y JUAN PEÑA LEBRIJANO “Encuentros”
25. TUXEDOMOON “Holy Wars”


SONGS:

1. PREFAB SPROUT “Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)” (#72 in my all-time list)
2. RADIO FUTURA “Han caído los dos” ( #118 )
3. THE CURE “In Between Days” ( #138 )
4. MADONNA “Into the Groove” ( #169)
5. TOM WAITS “Jockey Full of Bourbon” ( #177)
6. THE CHURCH “Already Yesterday” ( #188 )
7. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND “Stephanie Says”
8. THE POGUES “The Band Played Waltzing Matilda”
9. TOM WAITS “Time”
10. THE WATERBOYS “The Whole of the Moon”
11. NEW ORDER “Subculture (12” Version)”
12. THE CURE “Push”
13. PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION “Rapsberry Beret”
14. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL “When All’s Well”
15. STING “Moon Over Bourbon Street”
16. THE COLOURFIELD “Castles in the Air”
17. GOLPES BAJOS “Desconocido”
18. TALKING HEADS “Road to Nowhere”
19. THE CULT “She Sells Sanctuary”
20. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN “Just Like Honey”
21. PREFAB SPROUT “Faron Young”
22. THE SMITHS “Nowhere Fast”
23. THE POGUES “A Pair of Brown Eyes”
24. THE WATERBOYS “The Pan Within”
25. DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS “I Love You (Listen to This)”
26. TOM WAITS “Rain Dogs”
27. RADIO FUTURA “El tonto Simón”
28. EURYTHMICS “There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)”
29. PET SHOP BOYS “West End Girls”
30. DAVID BOWIE / PAT METHENY GROUP “This Is Not America”
31. NEW ORDER “Love Vigilantes”
32. THE CURE “Close to Me”
33. THE COLOURFIELD “Thinking of You”
34. THE STYLE COUNCIL “Walls Come Tumbling Down!”
35. PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION “Pop Life”
36. DIRE STRAITS “Brothers in Arms”
37. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND “Temptation Inside Your Heart”
38. TOM WAITS “Downtown Train”
39. THE SMITHS “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”
40. THE CURE “Sinking”
41. SIOUXIE & THE BANSHEES “Cities in Dust”
42. DISSIDENTEN “Fata Morgana”
43. LEONARD COHEN “Hallelujah”
44. KATE BUSH “Cloudbusting”
45. PREFAB SPROUT “Appetite”
46. PROPAGANDA “Duel”
47. TALKING HEADS “And She Was”
48. GREEN ON RED “Sixteen Ways”
49. TOM WAITS “Hang Down Your Head”
50. THE POGUES “I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day”

FAVOURITE COMPILATION: VARIOUS “Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974: Vol 5, 1962-1966”

* I didn’t consider the Kurt Weill tribute album a compilation given the fact that producer Hall Willmer assembled an all-star cast, arranged and recorded all the songs purposely for the project.

Radio Futura (Future Radio) was, no doubt, the best Spanish rock band ever. Commanded by the philosopher Santiago Auserón, they played a pivotal part of the “Movida” sound with their first album, “Música moderna” (“Modern Music”, 1980), a hedonist and colourful work that suffered of an erroneous management promotion, selling them as teenage stars. After a long period with problems with the record company they reinvented themselves as an art-rock band with a cold-funk sound Talking Heads-style, releasing in 1984 their most acclaimed album, the conceptual “La ley del desierto / La ley del mar” (“The Law of the Desert / The Law of the Sea”), although my favourite one is their third album, “De un país en llamas” (“From a Country in Flames”, 1985). In these albums they began to introduce some Caribbean influences that increased its height in posterior albums as the great “La canción de Juan Perro” (“The Song of Juan Dog”, 1987) and “Veneno en la piel” (“Poison on the Skin”, 1990).
My favourite song of Radio Futura is not one of the most popular and well regarded ones, “Han caído los dos” (“They’ve Both Fallen Down”), despite being released as third single from the 1985 album. A song dealing (probably) with drug addiction, or maybe this is the meaning that I always wanted to find. It reminds me of two friends that had “both fallen down” into heroin addiction. He died long ago and she’s still “chasing a blinding light along the timeline”


HAN CAÍDO LOS DOS
Composers: Santiago Auserón / Luis Auserón
Performer: RADIO FUTURA
First release: 1985 (“De un país en llamas” album)
Length: 4’07”


Han caído los dos.

Han caído los dos cual soldados fulminados al suelo
y ahora están atrapados los dos en la misma prisión,
vigilados por el ojo incansable del deseo voraz,
sometidos a una insoportable tensión de silencio.

Han caído los dos bajo el punto de vista exclusivo,
iniciando una guerra en que nadie pudo vencer jamás.
Ella sabe lo que el hombre espera sin haberlo aprendido
y él encuentra sentido al enigma que no le dejaba existir.

Antes eran dos barcos sin rumbo, hoy son dos marionetas que van
persiguiendo una luz cegadora por la línea del tiempo.
Han caído los dos en la boca de un dios tenebroso
que sonríe mostrando sus dientes de acero.


Han caído los dos cual soldados fulminados al suelo
y ahora están atrapados los dos en la misma prisión,
vigilados por el ojo incansable del deseo voraz,
sometidos a una insoportable tensión de silencio.

Han caído los dos bajo el punto de vista exclusivo,
iniciando una guerra en que nadie pudo vencer jamás.
Ella sabe lo que el hombre espera sin haberlo aprendido
y él encuentra sentido al enigma que no le dejaba existir.

Antes eran dos barcos sin rumbo, hoy son dos marionetas que van
persiguiendo una luz cegadora por la línea del tiempo.
Han caído los dos en la boca de un dios tenebroso
que sonríe mostrando sus dientes de acero.


Ella sabe lo que el hombre espera sin haberlo aprendido
y él encuentra sentido al enigma que no le dejaba existir.


THEY’VE BOTH FALLEN DOWN


They’ve both fallen down.

They’ve both fallen down like soldiers struck down to the floor
and now they’ve both trapped down in the same prison,
watched by the tireless eye of the fierce desire,
submitted to an unbearable tension of silence.

They’ve both fallen down under an exclusive point of view,
beginning a war that nobody could never win.
She knows what the man is waiting for without having learned it
and he found the meaning of the enigma that kept him from existing.

They were two ships adrift before, now they are two puppets
chasing a blinding light along the timeline.
They’ve both fallen down in the mouth of a sinister God
that smiles showing his steel claws.


They’ve both fallen down like soldiers struck down to the floor
and now they’ve both trapped down in the same prison,
watched by the tireless eye of the fierce desire,
submitted to an unbearable tension of silence.

They’ve both fallen down under an exclusive point of view,
beginning a war that nobody could never win.
She knows what the man is waiting for without having learned it
and he found the meaning of the enigma that kept him from existing.

They were two ships adrift before, now they are two puppets
chasing a blinding light along the timeline.
They’ve both fallen down in the mouth of a sinister God
that smiles showing his steel claws.


She knows what the main is waiting for without having learned it
and he found the meaning of the enigma that kept him from existing.


A bad quality video of the song:

Michel: Fall On Me is a 1986 track.

Michel: Fall On Me is a 1986 track.

I have corrected my lists in a later post

Ah yes, my bad.

Albums:

1 - Jason & The Scorchers - Lost & Found
2 - The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
3 - The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
4 - Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
5 - Talking Heads - Little Creatures
6 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
7 - R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction
8 - Sting - Dream Of The Blue Turtles
9 - Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals
10 - The Cure - Head On The Door
11 - The Replacements - Tim
12 - Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas
13 - New Order - Low Life
14 - The Cult - Love
15 - Dead Can Dance - Spleen And Ideal
16 - Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
17 - The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
18 - Propaganda - A Secret Wish
19 - Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
20 - The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy

Songs:

1 - The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
2 - Talking Heads - Television Man
3 - Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
4 - The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
5 - Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
6 - Prefab Sprout - Faron Young
7 - The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
8 - The Cure - In Between Days
9 - 2 Belgen - Lena
10 - The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
11 - Jason & The Scorchers - Broken Whiskey Glass
12 - R.E.M. - Driver 8
13 - The Replacements - Waitress In The Sky
14 - The Fall - Cruiser's Creek
15 - The Replacements - Here Comes A Regular
16 - Hoodoo Gurus - Bittersweet
17 - Tom Waits - Jockey Full Of Bourbon
18 - New Order - Love Vigilantes
19 - Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69
20 - Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC^2

Songs

1.The Cure – In between Days
2.A-ha - Take on Me
3.Art of Noise - Moments in Love
4.Kate Bush - Running up That Hill
5.The Cure - Close to Me
6.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tupelo
7.Suzanne Vega - Marlene on the Wall
8.Prince - Rasberry Beret
9.Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
10.Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget about Me)
11.Cocteau Twins - Pink Orange Red
12.The Cure – Push
13.Tom Waits - Time
14.Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me up
15.Sonic Youth & Lydia Lunch - Death Valley '69
16.Cocteau Twins - Plain Tiger
17.Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
18.Madonna - Crazy for You
19.Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
20.Cocteau Twins - Melonella

ALBUMS
1. Husker Du, NEW DAY RISING
2. The Replacements, TIM
3. Tom Waits, RAIN DOGS
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain, PSYCHOCANDY
5. Husker Du, FLIP YOUR WIG
6. John Cougar Mellencamp, SCARECROW
7. The Pogues, RUM, SODOMY AND THE LASH
8. The Velvet Underground, VU
9. Talking Heads, LITTLE CREATURES
10. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, FEGMANIA!

SONGS
1. Pet Shop Boys, “West End Girls”
2. Husker Du, “Makes No Sense at All”
3. The Replacements, “Bastards of Young”
4. Husker Du, “Celebrated Summer”
5. The Pogues, “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda”
6. The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Never Understand”
7. John Cougar Mellencamp, “Rain on the Scarecrow”
8. Tears for Fears, “Shout”
9. Talking Heads, “Road to Nowhere”
10. Tom Waits, “Cemetery Polka”

Stephan, I just realized that "Shout" is listed on the site as a 1984 song. If it isn't eligible for this month's list, please replace it on my song list with "Raspberry Beret" by Prince and the Revolution.

Ah, I hadn't seen that. Thanks.

Le Pétomane: Could you give me a new #5 song? (Shout is ineligible as it turns out)

I'll follow suit and replace "Shout" with a bit of Prince's "Raspberry".

(Why is "Shout" listed as 1984? Because of its single release?)

Guh! That breaks my heart.

Raspbarry at #3 or #5?

And yes, it's because of the single's release date.

Sorry, "Raspberry" at #3. Thanks.

It's odd that an album from 1985 would be eligible (duh), but a song from a 1985 album isn't.

Well, the rules are that we follow the release dates on AM (even if they're erroneous), and AM uses the date of first release (whether that's as a single or on an album).

Andre: Ry Cooder's Paris, Texas is listed as 1984 on AM. Wikipedia says 1985, amazon 1984 and AMG 1989.. so I have no clue which is right.

Thanks for clarifying, Stephan, but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

If that's the case, then a single released in late '79 (and later released on an album in '80) wouldn't be eligible for the entire '80s poll, correct? Same goes for '69/'70, '89/'90. I understand the idea of sticking to AM rules, and I'm not even sure if this rule would actually affect the outcome of any of these decade polls, but still, it seems to me that the rules should be "bent" to allow for this. Just in case, y'know?

Then you can vote for it in the 70's poll next year.

The real reason for following the AM release year is because it's a quick reference list anyone can look at without having to debate. It's going to be wrong some of the time, but so's any other individual source.

Albums

1)Jesus&Mary Chain-Psychocandy
2)Replacements-Tim
3)Tears For Fears-Songs From The Big Chair
4)The Smiths-Meat Is Murder
5)New Order-Low-Life
6)Style Council-Our Favourite Shop
7)Tom Waits-Rain Dogs
8)Husker Du-New Day Rising
9)A-ha-Hunting High And Low
10)The Pogues-Rum,Sodomy&The Lash

Songs

1)Tears For Fears-Everybody Wants To Rule The World
2)Tom Waits-Downtown Train
3)The Smiths-They Boy With The Thorn In His Side
4)Felt-Primitive Painters
5)Replacements-Here Comes A Regular
6)New Order-Perfect Kiss
7)Jesus&Mary Chain-Just Like Honey
8)The Cure-In Between Days
9)Prefab Sprout-Goodbye Lucille #1(Johnny Johnny)
10)Madonna-Into The Groove
11)Replacements-Bastards Of Young
12)Tears For Fears-Head Over Heels
13)Foreigner-I Want To Know What Love Is
14)New Order-Love Vigilantes
15)The Smiths-That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
16)A-Ha-Take On Me
17)Madonna-Crazy For You
18)The Smiths-Well I Wonder
19)Ramones-Bonzo Goes To Bitburg
20)The Fall-Cruiser's Creek

Andre: Ry Cooder's Paris, Texas is listed as 1984 on AM. Wikipedia says 1985, amazon 1984 and AMG 1989.. so I have no clue which is right.

No problem, Stephan, then I just shift all albums in lower positions one up and add another pretty good album at #20:

Albums:

1 - Jason & The Scorchers - Lost & Found
2 - The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
3 - The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
4 - Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
5 - Talking Heads - Little Creatures
6 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
7 - R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction
8 - Sting - Dream Of The Blue Turtles
9 - Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals
10 - The Cure - Head On The Door
11 - The Replacements - Tim
12 - New Order - Low Life
13 - The Cult - Love
14 - Dead Can Dance - Spleen And Ideal
15 - Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
16 - The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
17 - Propaganda - A Secret Wish
18 - Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
19 - The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
20 - Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising

ALBUMS

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
3. Dire Straights - Brothers in Arms
4. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
5. Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

Albums:

1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (#64 of all time)
2. New Order - Low-Life (#69 of all time)
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain (#89 of all time)
4. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
5. The Replacements - Tim
6. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

A lot more good albums from this year, but these are the only 6 I think I know well enough to vote for. Too bad I'm a latecomer to Husker Du.

Songs:
1. Tom Waits - Downtown Train (#4 of all time)
2. New Order - Love Vigilantes (#37 of all time)
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (#97 of all time)
4. Tom Waits - Jockey Full of Burbon (#101 of all time)
5. New Order - The Perfect Kiss (#131 of all time when I first submitted the list...but this one has grown on me even more since then)
6. New Order - Face Up (#111 of all time)
7. Tom Waits - Singapore
8. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Some Candy Talking
9. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Something's Wrong
10. A-Ha - Take On Me
11. Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease
12. The Smiths - The Boy With a Thorn in His Side
13. The Clash - This is England
14. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
15. Dire Straits - Walk of Life
16. Echo & the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
17. The Smiths - Shakespear's Sister
18. Dire Straits - So Far Away
19. Madonna - Into the Groove
20. Simple Minds - (Don't You) Forget About Me

Albums

1. MARILLION: Misplaced Childhood
2. TALKING HEADS: Little Creatures
3. LEONARD COHEN: Various Positions
4. THE BEACH BOYS: The Beach Boys
5. DIRE STRAITS: Brothers in Arms
6. WIM MERTENS: Maximizing The Audience
7. MICHAEL NYMAN: A Zed and Two Noughts
8. TOM WAITS: Rain Dogs
9. PRINCE: Around the World in a Day
10. NEIL YOUNG: Old Ways
11. STING: The Dream of the Blue Turtles
12. R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction
13. PAOLO CONTE: Concerti
14. SAM COOKE: Live at The Harlem Square Club 1963
15. CHRIS ISAAK: Silvertone
16. THE CURE: The Head on the Door
17. THE FARMER'S BOYS: With These Hands
18. PROPAGANDA: A Secret Wish
19. THE NURDS: Another World
20. MICRODISNEY:The Clock Comes Down the Stairs

21. THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: Stop
22. PREFAB SPROUT: Steve McQueen
23. RICHARD THOMPSON: Across a Crowded Room
24. ORCHESTRAL MANOUVRES IN THE DARK: Crush
25. PETE TOWNSHEND: White City: A Novel
26. SISTER SLEDGE: When the Boys Meet the Girls
27. BIFF BANG POW: Pass the Paintbrush Honey
28. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: VU
29. DAVID BYRNE: Music for The Knee Plays
30. MILES DAVIES: You Are Under Arrest


Songs

1. THE BEACH BOYS: Getcha Back
2. TOM WAITS: Downtown Train
3. PRINCE: Raspberry Beret
4. MARILLION: Kayleigh
5. TALKING HEADS: Road to Nowhere
6. THE BEACH BOYS: Passing Friend
7. THE BEACH BOYS: It’s Getting Late
8. WM MERTENS: Maximizing the Audience
9. LEONARD COHEN: If It Be Your Will
10. TALKING HEADS: And She Was
11. PROPAGANDA: Duel
12. THE CURE: In Between Days
13. DIRE STRAITS: So Far Away
14. WIM MERTENS: Lir
15. LEONARD COHEN: The Captain
16. LEONARD COHEN: Dance Me to the End of Love
17. PRINCE: Paisley Park
18. MARILLION: Heart of Lothian
19. R.E.M.: Driver 8
20. STING: Fortress Around Your Heart


Spanish Albums

1. ILEGALES: Todos están muertos
2. JAVIER BERGIA: Recoletos
3. RADIO FUTURA: De un país en llamas
4. EL ÚLTIMO DE LA FILA: Cuando la pobreza entra por la puerta, el amor salta por la ventana
5. LOQUILLO Y LOS TROGLODITAS: La mafia del baile
6. ESCLARECIDOS: Esclarecidos 2
7. MOCEDADES: 15 años de música
8. DANZA INVISIBLE: Maratón
9. GLUTAMATO YE-YE: Guapamente
10. MALEVAJE: Tangos


Films

1. PALE RIDER, Clint Eastwood
2. BRAZIL, Terry Gilliam
3. RUNAWAY TRAIN, Andrei Konchalovsky
4. LA VAQUILLA (THE LITTLE BULL) Luis García Berlanga
5. BACK TO THE FUTURE, Robert Zemeckis
6. YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, Barry Levinson
7. MY LIFE AS A DOG, Lasse Hallström
8. WITNESS, Peter Weir
9. AFTER HOURS, Martin Scorsesse
10. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, Woody Allen
11. FLESH AND BLOOD, Paul Verhoeven
12. TROUBLE IN MIND, Alan Rudolph


Compilation

ARETHA FRANKLIN: 30 Greatest Hits

ALBUMS

1. Prefab Sprout-Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good
2. The Jesus and Mary Chain-Psychocandy
3. Tom Waits- Rain Dogs
4. Kate Bush- Hounds of Love
5. Husker Du- New Day Rising
6. The Cure- The Head on the Door
7. R.E.M.- Fables of the Reconstruction
8. The Velvet Underground- VU
9. Dire Straights- Brothers in Arms
10. The Pogues- Rum Sodomy & The Lash
11. New Order- Low-Life
12. The Replacements- Tim
13. Meat Puppets- Up on the Sun
14. Sam Cooke- Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963
15. The Fall- This Nation’s Saving Grace
16. LL Cool J -Radio
17. The Talking Heads- Little Creatures
18. The Smiths- Meat is Murder
19. John Cougar Melloncamp- Scarecrow
20. John Fogerty- Centerfield

Here's to hoping for a high Prefab Sprout rank!

Still ashamed to vote for years on which I don't know much music, but I want to help my favourites !

Albums :

1 - The Pogues -Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
2 - New Order - Low Life
3 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
4 - The Cure - The Head on the Door
5 - Marillion - Misplaced Childhoods

Songs :

1 - The Cure - Close to Me
2 - Renaud - Mistral Gagnant
3 - The Pogues - Sally McLennane
4 - Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baila
5 - The Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes
6 - New Order - Elegia
7 - The Cure - Inbetween Days
8 - Sting - Russian
9 - Beastie Boys - She's on it
10 - A-ha - The sun always shines on TV

Normally I find three or four albums that I haven't heard before that make my top 20 (usually at the lower half of the list though, nostalgia is hard to beat). However, this month I haven't found any albums better than my top 20 below!

Albums
1. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
2. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
3. The Cure - The Head on the Door
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
5. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
6. The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
7. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
8. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
9. Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls
10. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
11. A-ha - Hunting High and Low
12. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
13. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
14. Prince - Around the World in a Day
15. Sade - Promise
16. Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
17. Simply Red - Picture Book
18. Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
19. Ulf Lundell - Den vassa eggen
20. Chris Isaak - Silvertone

Songs
1. Madonna - Into the Groove
2. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
3. Simply Red - Holding Back the Years
4. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
5. Prefab Sprout - Desire As
6. Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease
7. The Cure - Close to Me
8. Depeche Mode - Fly on the Windscreen
9. Bryan Ferry - Don't Stop the Dance
10. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste the Floor
11. A-ha - Take on Me
12. Tom Waits - Clap Hands
13. Scotch - Disco Band
14. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
15. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
16. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
17. Barrington Levy - Here I Come
18. Art of Noise - Moments in Love
19. The Cure - Sinking
20. Sting - Moon over Bourbon Street

1. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
2. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
3. The Cure - The Head on the Door
4. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
5. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love

1. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
2. The Cure - In Between Days
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
4. The Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
5. The Fall - Cruiser’s Creek
6. Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
7. The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
8. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
9. Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
10. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
11. Talking Heads- And She Was
12. The Stone Roses - So Young
13. Madonna - Into The Groove
14. Leonard Cohen- Hallelujah
15. Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses
16. A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
17. REM- Driver 8
18. Huey Lewis And The News - The Power Of Love
19. The Cure - Close To Me
20. Bryan Ferry - Don't Stop the Dance

Isn't it kind of weird including a live recording from 1963 in a 'best of 1985' list? It seems to be the kind of thing that's in the rules but not the spirit of the poll.

I think a decades old live recording is kind of like a reissue. Kind of like how I'd feel weird voting for Smile for 2004.

About 12 hours left until the end of the month and it's turning out to be another very exciting race. In the songs poll there's up to 15 songs within close distance of each other and the albums poll is quite close too.

Vote, vote, vote!

I hate last-minute voters!

Albums:

1. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
2. Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
3. Scritti Politti – Cupid And Psyche ’85
4. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Psychocandy
5. Exodus – Bonded By Blood
6. Prince – Around The World In A Day
7. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
8. The Cure – The Head On The Door
9. S.O.D. – Speak English Or Die
10. Tenor Saw – Fever
11. The Replacements – Tim
12. Husker Du – New Day Rising
13. LL Cool J – Radio
14. Meat Puppets – Up On The Sun
15. R.E.M. – Fables Of The Reconstruction
16. Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion
17. Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair
18. Run DMC – Kings Of Rock
19. The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
20. Barrington Levy – Here I Come


Songs:

1. Tom Waits – Downtown Train
2. Prince – Raspberry Beret
3. Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
4. Prefab Sprout – Faron Young
5. Scritti Politti – Perfect Way
6. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
7. Prefab Sprout – Appetite
8. Barrington Levy – Under Me Sensi
9. Tenor Saw – Ring The Alarm
10. Prince – Paisley Park
11. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
12. The Cure – A Night Like This
13. Wayne Smith – Under Me Sleng Teng
14. The Cure – Close To Me
15. Scritti Politti – The Word Girl
16. Exodus – A Lession In Violence
17. LL Cool J – Rock The Bells
18. Barington Levy – Here I Come
19. Schooly D – P.S.K. (What Does That Mean?)
20. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Taste Of Cindy

So do I Andre, they tend to just throw off my favorites.

If I'd gotten more chance to listen to Joe Henderson's State of the Tenor, it might be higher. But then again, it might not. Wish I'd gotten to track down John Fogarty's Centerfield. I've never been a fan of the title song, but I tend to love his music. I don't know that 1985 had any truly great album, but it had a lot of very good ones. Here's my list--which would probably be different if I'd made it yesterday, and likely would be different if I were to make it tomorrow:

1) R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
2) Velvet Underground - VU
3) The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
4) Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (from the Underground)
5) The Replacements - Tim
6) Talking Head - Little Creatures
7) Husker Du- Flip Your Wig
8) Husker Du - New Day Rising
10) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
11) Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
12) Keith Jarrett - Standards Live
13) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
14) Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
15) Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
16) Areth Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who
17) Joe Henderson - The State of the Tenor

Oops, just noticed I had no number 9.

We'll try it again--and I'll add one at the end:

1) R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
2) Velvet Underground - VU
3) The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
4) Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (from the Underground)
5) The Replacements - Tim
6) Talking Head - Little Creatures
7) Husker Du- Flip Your Wig
8) Husker Du - New Day Rising
9) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
10) Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
11) Keith Jarrett - Standards Live
12) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
13) Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
14) Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
15) Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who
16) Joe Henderson - The State of the Tenor
17) The Smiths - Meat is Murder

1 Hounds of Love Kate Bush
2 Psychocandy The Jesus and Mary Chain
3 This Nation's Saving Grace The Fall
4 Meat Is Murder The Smiths
5 Don't Stand Me Down Dexy's Midnight Runners
6 Back In The D.H.S.S.. Half Man Half Biscuit
7 New Day Rising Hüsker Dü
8 Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout
9 Songs from the Big Chair Tears for Fears
10 Rain Dogs Tom Waits
11 Low-Life New Order
12 The Head on the Door The Cure
13 This Is the Sea The Waterboys
14 Rum, Sodomy & the Lash The Pogues
15 Fables of Reconstruction R.E.M.
16 Old Rotten Hat Robert Wyatt
17 Cupid & Psyche 85 Scritti Politti
18 Around the World in a Day Prince and The Revolution
19 Little Creatures Talking Heads
20 Night of a thousand candles: Men They Couldn’t Hang


Songs hopefully on the way...

1 Just Like Honey The Jesus and Mary Chain
2 The Perfect Kiss New Order
3 Rusholme Ruffians The Smiths
4 Cruiser's Creek The Fall
5 Raspberry Beret Prince and The Revolution
6 Well I Wonder The Smiths
7 Primitive Painters Felt
8 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys
9 Into the Groove Madonna
10 Rubber Ring The Smiths
11 Asleep The Smiths
12 Cloudbursting Kate Bush
13 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush
14 Inbetween Days The Cure
15 Hounds of Love Kate Bush
16 Voices Carry ‘Til Tuesday
17 Feeling Gravity's Pull R.E.M.
18 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears
19 The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys
20 Never Understand The Jesus and Mary Chain
21 Dirty Old Town The Pogues
22 Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
23 Moments in Love Art of Noise
24 Oscillate Wildly The Smiths
25 Downtown Train Tom Waits
26 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen
27 Nowhere Fast The Smiths
28 Take on Me A-ha
29 Time Flies By (When You're The Driver Of A Train) Half Man Half Biscuit
30 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) Pet Shop Boys
31 Johnny Come Home Fine Young Cannibals
32 The Boy with the Thorn in His Side The Smiths
33 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult
34 I Can't Live Without My Radio LL Cool J
35 Close to Me The Cure
36 Sowing Seeds The Jesus and Mary Chain
37 I Apologize Hüsker Dü
38 Driver 8 R.E.M.
39 Time Tom Waits
40 Love Vigilantes New Order
41 King of Rock Run-D.M.C.
42 This Is England The Clash
43 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
44 You Trip Me Up The Jesus and Mary Chain
45 Sealclubbing Half Man Half Biscuit
46 There Must Be an Angel Eurythmics
47 Appetite Prefab Sprout
48 A Pair of Brown Eyes The Pogues
49 Makes No Sense at All Hüsker Dü
50 Road to Nowhere Talking Heads

Albums:

1. The Cure- The Head on a Door
2. Eurythmics- Be Yourself Tonight
3. Prince- Around the World in a Day
4. Jesus and Mary Chain- Psychocandy
5. New Order- Low Life
6. Kate Bush- Hounds of Love
7. The Smiths- Meat Is Murder
8. A-Ha- Hunting High and Low
9. Tom Waits- Rain Dogs
10. Bryan Ferry- Boys and Girls

Songs to come.

Songs

Q: Where do young Melons go during summer?
A: John Cougar Mellencamp

1. Prince – Rasberry Beret
2. The Replacements – Bastards of the Young
3. New Order – Love Vigilantes
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
5. John Cougar Mellencamp – Small Town
6. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
7. John Cougar Mellencamp – Lonely Old Night
8. LL Cool J – I Can’t Live Without My Radio
9. John Fogerty – Centerfield
10. The Pogues – The Sickbed of Cuchulainn
11. Talking Heads – And She Was
12. Dire Straights – Money for Nothing
13. Aretha Franklin – Freeway of Love
14. Tom Waits – Downtown Train
15. The Minutemen – Courage
16. Husker Du – I Apologize
17. The Pogues – A Pair of Brown Eyes
18. AUAA – Sun City
19. The Smiths – That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
20. Katrina and the Waves – Walking on Sunshine

Q: Who's a moron because he can't spell Raspberry?
A: Me

While I'm at it, here's another music joke.

Q: What has nine arms and sucks?
A: Def Leppard

I'll give you 4-5 more hours for the songs Moonbeam, but that's about as far as I can stretch it.

1. Eurythmics- "Adrian"
2. Prince- "Neon Telephone"
3. Prince- "Hello"
4. The Cure- "Kyoto Song"
5. Madonna- "Gambler"
6. The Cure- "A Night Like This"
7. Kate Bush- "Cloudbusting"
8. Prince- "America"
9. Prince- "She's Always in My Hair"
10. Prince- "Old Friends 4 Sale"
11. The Cure- "Sinking"
12. Prince- "4 the Tears in Your Eyes"
13. Prince- "Raspberry Beret"
14. Eurythmics- "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"
15. Ready for the World- "Oh Sheila"
16. Madonna- "Into the Groove"
17. The Cure- "In Between Days"
18. A-Ha- "Take on Me"
19. Mary Jane Girls- "In My House"
20. Jesus and Mary Chain- "Just Like Honey"

Not a single one of my favorite songs made it into the top 10, even though some (again) came close. Still, I think it's a fairly solid top 10. The albums that made it to the next round are more my style, even though I (like nicolas) still don't see the appeal of the JAMC. Anyway, without further ado:

Albums
1) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2) The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
3) The Cure - The Head On My Door
4) The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy And Lash
5) Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
6) Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good
7) The Replacements - Tim
Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
9) The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
10) New Order - Low-Life

Songs
1) Prince - Raspberry Beret
2) Tom Waits - Downtown Train
3) The Cure - Inbetween Days
4) The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
5) Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
6) Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
7) The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Madonna - Into The Groove
9) Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
10) Tom Waits - Time

For the complete list, check

Great work, Stephan! And I'm quite pleased with these results.

One correction: Moonbeam's 12 album-points went to Bryan Ferry and not Camper Van Beethoven.

Another error: My points for Prefab Sprout's "Desire As" are missing (there's a zero line for the song at the end of the sheet).

PS. Harold, I thought you would vote for this marvellous piece too?

I wonder how those little mistakes keep sneaking in. Edited.

Very happy that Tom Waits beat JMC

"The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", really that's not even in the five top Smiths songs from '85.

Scritti Politti didn't even come close. Boo.

Hahaha - that's a shocker! Raspberry Beret at #1!!! Sure it's a good song,but hardly a classic or anything - I didn't see that coming at all,didn't think it would even be in the running...

Yeah, it was surprising to me too. The rest never even came close.

Stephan, not that it makes any difference for the end result, but you forgot to add the 1 point for my resubmitted album spot 20, i.e. Hüsker Dü's New Day Rising ...

You never know, this might influence somebody heavenly, when we're up for voting the 100 of the 80's ...

I'm more songs/singles-oriented than albums (a tendency which has been exacerbated by the MP3 revolution ) so my songs were more likely to find help from others.

I didn't vote for ANY of the overall top 10 albums though. In my defense, I haven't HEARD more than 2 of them yet. (Kate Bush and the Smiths)

Glad to see my New Order boys make the list, though I'd have loved to see "Love Vigilantes" on the singles list. All you New Order fans need to dig out Technique so we can get them on the '89 list as well (and really, that was their most consistent album).

Agreed Slush - I'll probably have it #2 or #3 for '89