SOUNDS ALL TIME TOP 100 ALBUMS
Published Sometime in 1985



1. The Clash – The Clash
2. The Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks
3. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground And Nico
4. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
5. Patti Smith – Horses
6. The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
7. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
8. Television – Marquee Moon
9. The Doors – The Doors
10. T Rex – Electric Warrior
11. Joy Division – Closer
12. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
13. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
14. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
15. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
16. David Bowie – Heroes
17. Talking Heads – Remain In Light
18. Iggy And The Stooges – Raw Power
19. Love – Forever Changes
20. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
21. Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
22. Japan – Tin Drum
23. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
24. Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
25. David Bowie – Station To Station
26. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
27. David Bowie – Young Americans
28. Suicide – Suicide
29. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
30. Echo And The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
31. Bruce Springsteen – Darkness On The Edge Of Town
32. Ian Dury And The Blockheads – New Boots And Panties
33. The Ramones – The Ramones
34. Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Scream
35. David Bowie – Low
36. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs
37. Lou Reed – Transformer
38. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
39. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
40. The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
41. The Stooges – The Stooges
42. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street
43. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
44. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Psychocandy
45. Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde
46. Gang Of Four – Entertainment
47. Iggy Pop – The Idiot
48. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
49. The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
50. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
51. Can – Tago Mago
52. Alice Cooper – Love It To Death
53. The Clash – Give ‘Em Enough Rope
54. The Clash – London Calling
55. Alice Cooper – Killer
56. Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
57. Prince – 1999
58. ZZ Top – Eliminator
59. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
60. New York Dolls – Too Much, Too Soon
61. The Rolling Stones – Aftermath
62. Dream Syndicate – Medicine Show
63. Lou Reed – Berlin
64. Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
65. The Smiths – The Smiths
66. Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
67. Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Armed Forces
68. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold as Love
69. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
70. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
71. The Byrds – Younger Than Yesterday
72. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The First Born Is Dead
73. Cream – Disraeli Gears
74. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
75. Radio Birdman – Radios Appear
76. The Slits – Cut
77. Bob Marley – Live At The Lyceum
78. Bob Marley – Natty Dread
79. The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
80. Otis Redding – Otis Blue
81. The Human League – Dare
82. The Jam – Setting Sons
83. Magazine – Real Life
84. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
85. The Doors – Strange Days
86. The Jam – All Mod Cons
87. Public Image Ltd – Metal Box
88. The Mothers Of Invention – We’re Only In It For The Money
89. Generation X – Generation X
90. Elton John – Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
91. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
92. Brian Eno/David Byrne – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
93. Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
94. The Only Ones – Even Serpents Shine
95. Bruce Springsteen – The River
96. Alan Vega – Saturn Strip
97. Buffalo Springfield – Again
98. Holger Czukay – Movies
99. Pink Floyd – Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
100. AC/DC – Highway To Hell

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SOUNDS ALL TIME TOP 100 SINGLES
Published Sometime in 1985

1. The Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK
2. David Bowie – Heroes
3. The Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
4. Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
5. The Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
6. The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
7. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
8. Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers – Road Runner
9. Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Watching The Detectives
10. Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
11. James Brown – Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
12. Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
13. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
14. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
15. Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
16. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile
17. The Specials – Ghost Town
18. The Patti Smith Group – Because The Night
19. Judy Clay And William Bell – Private Number
20. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
21. Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
22. The Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
23. Echo And The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
24. Joy Division – Transmission
25. Ike And Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High
26. The Police – Every Breath You Take
27. The Byrds – Eight Miles High
28. Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
29. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles – Tracks Of My Tears
30. The Rolling Stones – Jumping Jack Flash
31. Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
32. Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
33. Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
34. Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us
35. The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
36. The Clash – Complete Control
37. Marvin Gaye – (Sexual) Healing
38. The Fall – Cruiser’s Creek
39. T Rex – Get It On
40. Diana Ross – Remember Me
41. David Bowie – Space Oddity
42. Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer
43. The Velvet Underground – Waiting For The Man
44. Public Image Limited – Public Image
45. The Clash – White Riot
46. T Rex – Telegram Sam
47. Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side
48. The Temptations – Ball Of Confusion
49. Love – Alone Again Or
50. Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
51. Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
52. The Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
53. The Doors – Riders On The Storm
54. Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
55. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
56. Art Of Noise – Close (To The Edit)
57. The Beatles – Help!
58. The Dammed – New Rose
59. The Jackson Five – I’ll Be There
60. Percy Sledge – When A Man Loves A Woman
61. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
62. The Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
63. The Doors – Hello I Love You
64. Pink Floyd – See Emily Play
65. The Cure – In Between Days
66. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown
67. Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Sex And Drugs And Rock ‘N’ Roll
68. Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods (EP)
69. The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good And Evil
70. David Bowie – Golden Years
71. Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower
72. Love – Seven And Seven Is
73. The Jam – Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
74. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
75. The Patti Smith Group – Gloria/My Generation
76. Suicide – Dream Baby Dream
77. The Supremes – Baby Love
78. The Doors – Light My Fire
79. The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
80. The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
81. Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
82. Richard Hell And The Voidoids – Blank Generation
83. The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet
84. Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel
85. The Sex Pistols – My Way
86. The Buzzcocks – Spiral Scratch (EP)
87. Japan – Visions Of China
88. Prince – 1999
89. Scritti Politti – Woodbeez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
90. The Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action
91. Generation X – Your Generation
92. The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
93. The Mekons – Where Were You
94. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
95. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together?
96. The Kinks – You Really Got Me
97. Sister Sledge – Lost In Music
98. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
99. The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go
100. Husker Du – Makes No Sense At All