Your Top 10 of... 1985

I was 12 and was starting to look beyond the charts...Janice Long had taken over the evening show on Radio 1 from David Jensen and I found her more listenable. My parents were beginning to despair of this pop music carry-on especially The Cure and The Smiths who were considered unlistenable and a bad influence respectively. :D

The Art Of Noise they found utterly bewildering.
 
Oh bollocks - Propaganda's 'Duel' is 1985 and that's a masterpiece. As is 'P Machinery'. Arse. Might have to rejig and do a 20 cos I keep thinking of great records from 85.
 
Duel is stunning.

I had a double pack 7" and a 12". The versions on the 12" were literally about 30 seconds longer but it came with a bonus Dr Mabuse 12". That paper round money was well spent that summer.
 
I just did some digging and there are a few corkers missing, but not many that would trouble my Ten.

This would:




And so would this:

 
And controversial but I probably prefer "Pop Life" to "Raspberry Beret"...
 
off the top of my head, in no order:

slave to the rhythm - grace jones
slave to love - bryan ferry
running up that hill - kate
aimatines skies apo apostasi (bloody shadows from afar) - lena platonos
never as good as the first time - sade
don't break my heart - ub40
don't cry tonight - savage
if you should ever be lonely - val young
dare me - pointer sisters
again - do piano
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party all the time - eddie murphy
you spin me round - dead or alive
brothers in arms - dire straits
i'm on fire - bruce springsteen
how will i know - whitney
 
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I'm not sure I could ever accept UB40 as the answer to any reasonable question.

Grace Jones is an EXCELLENT POINT however.
 
I'm not sure I could ever accept UB40 as the answer to any reasonable question.

can't say i care for them much beyond don't break my heart and (i can't help) falling in love with you, but i really, really love those two.

(also that look in your eyes)
 
can't say i care for them much beyond don't break my heart and (i can't help) falling in love with you, but i really, really love those two.

(also that look in your eyes)
Oh yes the easily forgotten mid 90s solo career of Ali Campbell.

File under Suggs.
 
God I detest UB40's version of Can't Help Falling In Love
 

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