This poll compiles ballots from 238 critics, each of whom divided 100 points among 10 1985 LPs. Maximum points per album: 30. Minimum: 5. Points determined placements, with total mentions (indicated in parentheses) used to break ties.
*Includes 1984 votes: Sade 51 (5) (as an import); Henly 51 (5).
Singles 1. Artists United Against Apartheid: "Sun City" (Manhattan) 101 2. Aretha Franklin: "Freeway of Love" (Arista) 59 3. John Fogerty: "The Old Man Down the Road"/"Big Train (From Memphis)" (Warner Bros.) 51 * 4. Hüsker Dü: "Makes No Sense at All"/"Love Is All Around" (SST) 44 5. Ramones: "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" (Beggars Banquet import) 43 ** 6. Don Henley: "The Boys of Summer"/"A Month of Sundays" (Geffen) 7. Eurythmics: "Would I Lie to You?" (RCA Victor) 35 8. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force: "I Wonder If I Take You Home" (Columbia) 35 9. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: "The Show"/"La-Di-Da-Di" (Reality) 34 10. Kate Bush: "Running Up That Hill" (EMI America) 32 11. Madonna: "Into the Groove" (Sire) 29 12. Dire Straits: "Money for Nothing" (Warner Bros.) 28 13. John Fogerty: "Rock & Roll Girls"/"Centerfield" (Warner Bros.) 23 Katrina and the Waves: "Walking on Sunshine" (Capitol) 23 Paul Young: "Every Time You Go Away" (Capitol) 23 16. Talking Heads: "And She Was" (Sire) 22 17. Rockin' Sidney: "My Toot Toot" (Maison de Soul) 21 The Smiths: "How Soon Is Now?" (Rough Trade import) 21 * USA for Africa: "We Are the World" (Columbia) 21 20. Prince & the Revolution: "Raspberry Beret" (Paisley Park) 20 R.E.M.: "Can't Get There From Here" (I.R.S.) 20 22. Run-D.M.C.: "King of Rock" (Profile) 19 23. The Commodores: "Nightshift" (Motown) 18 John Cougar Mellencamp: "Small Town" (MCA) 17 25. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: "Don't Come Around Here No More" (MCA) 17 Sade: "Smooth Operator" (Portrait) 17 Tears for Fears: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Mercury) 17*Includes 1984 votes: Fogerty 32; Henley 12; Smiths 9.
**Includes EP votes: 3.
Note: Henley vote omitted in print. What is it? Numbers 7 and 8 look like they should be combined, since they have the same vote total, but were ranked separately in print.
EPs 1. Alex Chilton: Feudalist Tarts (Big Time) 32 2. Minutemen: Project: Mersh (SST) 28 3. Fishbone: Fishbone (Columbia) 24 4. UB40: Little Baggariddim (A&M) 20 U2: Wide Awake In America (Island) 20 6. Big Black: Racer-X (Homestead) 16 7. Dwight Yoakam: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (Oak) 15 8. Butthole Surfers: Cream Corn From the Sockets of Davis (Touch & Go) 12 Lifeboat: Lifeboat (Dolphin) 12 10. Full Time Men: Full Time Men (Coyote) 10 Roky Erickson: Clear Night for Love (New Rose import) 10*An EP by acclamation, although because its six cuts run over 25 minutes, it falls outside our definition. Also received six album votes, not included here.
Videos 1. Artists United Against Apartheid: "Sun City" (Jonathan Demme/Godley & Creme) 68 2. Dire Straits: "Money for Nothing" (Steve Barron) 32 3. Talking Heads: "The Road to Nowhere" (David Byrne/Steve Johnson) 31 4. A-Ha: "Take on Me" (Steve Barron) 29 5. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: "Don't Come Around Here No More" (Jeff Stein) 24 6. Don Henley: "The Boys of Summer" (Jean Baptiste Mondino) 21 7. Talking Heads: "And She Was" (Jim Blashfield) 20 8. David Lee Roth: "Just a Gigolo" (Peter Angelis/David Lee Roth) 16 9. Godley & Creme: "Cry" (Godley & Creme) 15 10. Eurythmics: "Would I Lie to You?" (Mary Lambert) 14Village Voice, Feb. 18, 1986
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