My Top 15 Albums of 1984

[@weirddebbiem1619]

Great video! Grace Under Pressure was an album that grew on me over time. The album ended up being #8 on my list for this deep dive.

[@johnw706]

There's a lot of great albums on your list . Here's mine , starting with my favourite : The Cars. : Heartbeat City. (. my favourite track is It's Not the Night ) The Pretenders : Learning to Crawl Bruce Cockburn : Stealing Fire Rush : Grace Under Pressure Tina Turner : Private Dancer Los Lobos : How Will the Wolf Survive ? Prince : Purple Rain Stevie Ray Vaughan : Couldn't Stand the Weather Bruce Springsteen : Born in the USA Van Halen : 1984 Psychedelic Furs : Mirror Moves U2 : The Unforgettable Fire Howard Jones : Humans Lib King Crimson : Three of a Perfect Pair Sade : Diamond Life Cheers !!!

[@stuartfishman1044]

Appreciated your having the following albums on your list for '84: Husker Du: Zen Arcade Minutemen: Double Nickels On The Dime Replacements: Let It Be Prince: Purple Rain All of them are essentials to me, and both Husker Du and the Minutemen are among my favorite bands of all time. I got into Metallica much later, with Master Of Puppets and Ride The Lightning being the only albums of theirs that really matter to me. I was also really fond of Will The Wolf Survive, by Los Lobos. Suffice to say, my top ten plays out differently from yours. But still, I love looking at lists (and making them). Thanks for sharing.

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

Lots in common! I agree that 1984-5 was a bit a of a lull compared to 1980-83, but I can still list over 100 great albums. 1. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade 2. Metallica - Ride The Lightning 3. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain 4. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime 5. Rush - Grace Under Pressure 6. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 7. King Sunny Adé and His African Beats - Aura 8. The Replacements - Let It Be 9. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow 10. R.E.M. - Reckoning 11. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes 12. Prince - Purple Rain 13. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire XTC - The Big Express Dio - The Last In Line The Sound - Shock Of Daylight EP The Gun Club - The Las Vegas Story Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II The Jazz Butcher - A Scandal In Bohemia Julian Cope - Fried The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops The Raincoats - Moving The Fall - The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall Naked Raygun - Throb Throb Tom Verlaine - Cover Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hyaena And Also The Trees - And Also The Trees Cocteau Twins - Treasure The Moodists - Thirsty’s Calling The Dream Syndicate - Medicine Show

[@zooom99m]

What's truly incredible is that Zen Arcade and Double Nickels came out within 24 hours from one another, Puppets II came out just month and a half before those two - all on the same label. That sort of timeless quality burst will never be repeated.

[@WolvesInferno]

Excellent video Vanessa! My favorite albums of 1984 are: 1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 2. Bryan Adams - Reckless 3. Dio - The Last in Line 4. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith 5. Metallica - Ride The Lightning 6. Berlin - Love Life - (This one never gets mentioned. It's a great Berlin album if you love really great synth rock with a lot of rocking guitar riffs) 7. Scorpions - Love at First Sting 8. Whitesnake - Slide it in 9. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath 10. Van Halen - 1984 11. Rush - Grace Under Pressure 12. Bathory - Bathoryy (1984) 13. Lee Aaron - Metal Queen - (this one also never gets mentioned. It's a fantastic power metal/synth metal album with Lee's great vocals) 14. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales 15. Saxon - Innocence is No Excuse Funny enough being a metal head I also really enjoyed Private Dancer by Tina Turner.

[@LetItVee]

I actually own Metal Queen on vinyl! Love the title track but it's also an awesome album.

[@vinylrecordplayer]

Enjoyed the hell outta this one. Well done. 😁 I would have added Depeche Mode's Some Great Reward as well, but that's a fun list.

[@drdavid1963]

A great year - one of the best for em. Along with 89, best of the 80s. 15. Reckoning R.E.M. (4) 14. Knife AZTEC CAMERA (4) 13. Icicle Works ICICLE WORKS (4) 12. The Unforgettable Fire U2 (4.5) 11. Everybody is Fantastic MICRODISNEY (4.5) 10.Swoon PREFAB SPROUT (4.5) 9. Ocean Rain ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (4.5) 8 Mirror Moves PSYCHEDELIC FURS (4.5) 7. Rattlesnakes LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (4.5) 6. A Walk Across The Rooftops THE BLUE NILE (4.5) 5 The Smiths THE SMITHS (4.5) 4. Treasure COCTEAU TWINS (5) 3. Fried JULIAN COPE (5) 2. Sparkle in The Rain SIMPLE MINDS (5) 1. Hatful of Hollow THE SMITHS (5)

[@onsenkuma1979]

Some nice choices here. My personal favourite LP from 1984 was David Sylvian's 'Brilliant Trees'.

[@musicartanimallover2242]

Great list and insight and passion towars the music!🎶🎵💜

[@musicartanimallover2242]

I was quite pregnant that year so my memory of specific albums I was listening to are vague. 💞🤗

[@loriwalton9805]

A few of my favourite albums of that year were Private Dancer by Tina Turner, Reckless by Bryan Adams, Madonna's Like a Virgin, and Born in the USA!!!

[@kevinbrown1893]

Another great year for music: 1. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith 2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 3. Queensryche - The Warning 4. Dio - The Last In Line 5. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 6. Rush - Grace Under Pressure 7. Scorpions - Love at First Sting 8. Van Halen - 1984 9. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath 10. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 11. Metal Church - Metal Church 12. Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - Rising Force 13. Dokken - Tooth and Nail 14. Ratt - Out of the Cellar 15. Armored Saint - March of the Saint 16. David Gilmour - About Face 17. Whitesnake - Slide It In 18. Saxon - Crusader 19. Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead 20. Fates Warning - Night on Brocken 21. Savatage - The Dungeons are Calling 22. Spinal Tap - This is Spinal Tap 23. Anthrax - Fistful of Metal 24. Omen - Battle Cry 25. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair

[@oldguysmusicstuff2896]

I never realized that I never had many albums from 1984 and most of what I did have I got rid of.

[@bengalgangster]

maybe vanessa hmm borrowed them lol

[@LetItVee]

@@bengalgangsterHahah no, he wouldn't be my go-to place for 80s stuff!

[@frankies9465]

My top 3 are. 1) last in line -dio. 2) defenders of the faith.- Priest. 3) slide it in - whitesnake .

[@jasonshort1437]

I love Double Nickels. History Lesson makes me cry like a baby haha.

[@LetItVee]

Agreed, I always get a little misty eyed when I hear it.

[@wallbangerreactions]

Awesome video Vanessa. My list is 30 albums and in chronological order of release date. We share a fair amount including the SST albums. I've been lucky enough to see Husker Du and Meat Puppets in the 80's. You asked for potential misses. You're obviously familiar with the Van Halen, R.E.M., U2 ,SRV etc. Thinking about what your taste is and what you might like, I can suggest these from my list: David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees; The d.b.'s - Like This; Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive?; The Cramps - Bad Music for Bad People; Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes. If you're feeling a little more adventurous, I really love Marillion's "Fugazi." That's not an immediate one. And for anthologies, Einsturzende Neubauten's "Strategies Against Architecture" is my favorite industrial album of all time. As for your list, I should revisit The Blue Nile. I like that album, but it didn't make my list. Take care.

[@LetItVee]

It would have been so cool to see Husker Du and Meat Puppets, I'm definitely jealous about that! I did hear some of the albums you suggested - "Love is For Lovers" by The dB's made my top songs list. My biggest miss though is likely that David Sylvian album. I had it on my list to check out but I never got to it and that is probably a mistake. I know many other people spoke of it highly as well so I will need to get to it. Thanks for watching!

[@billyidol2115]

Of course obviously everybody has their own personal perspective. I would have taken out a couple of those and put in U2, The Unforgettable Fire. Was a GREAT album. The singles Pride in the name of Love, the Unforgettable Fire, and of course U2's legendary concert ballad 'Bad'. Then of course you have the Epic Van Halen album 1984. LOL. Sammy Hagar went nuts on that album. I would have also thrown in Powerslave by Iron Maiden.

[@LetItVee]

Powerslave and 1984 are my #16 and #18 respectively so they just missed. U2 is close too, I think it is one of their best albums with some great songs.

[@ThePhysicalillusion]

We have 15 in common for our top 25 (7 matches in the top 15) which probably is an indication of how not very deep the year was. 😂 And yeah, most of my list also consists of albums I’ve known for a long time, a few as far back as 1995 or 1996. Only 5 additions to my top 25 during the dive (Charly Garcia, Roger Hodgson, David Kauffman/Eric Caboor, Danny Elfman and Ultravox). Full top 25 list: 1. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain 2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 3. R.E.M. - Reckoning 4. Van Halen - 1984 5. The Replacements - Let It Be 6. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense 7. XTC - The Big Express 8. Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain 9. Husker Du - Zen Arcade 10. The Smiths - The Smiths 11. Cocteau Twins - Treasure 12. Charly Garcia - Piano Bar 13. Roger Hodgson - In the Eye of the Storm 14. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. 15. David Kauffman & Eric Caboor - Songs From Suicide Bridge 16. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime 17. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire 18. Danny Elfman - So-Lo 19. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains 20. Ultravox - Lament 21. The Cars - Heartbeat City 22. The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl 23. Julian Cope - Fried 24. Rush - Grace Under Pressure 25. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II

[@billyidol2115]

You had to know Iron Maiden released one of their best albums ever in 1984? Powerslave? 💪💪💪

[@bengalgangster]

several matches with you, good to see the meat puppets on your list, i have yet to hear, the blue nile album somehow

[@LetItVee]

I'm curious to see what you'd think!

[@christianewen3227]

Hey, Vee! My name is Christian and I have my own channel called The Vinyl Sanctuary. I have just discovered you - and this superb video - and I am subscribing to you using my ‘Christian Ewen’ account. I really enjoyed your presentation, your knowledge and your superb picks! Best wishes from the UK, Christian

[@LetItVee]

Hi Christian! Thank you for the kind words and subscribing! I'll be checking out your channel as well. Cheers!

[@179rich]

🥳🥳🥳

[@frankpentangeli7945]

I'm more of a 70s guy, but 1984 wasn't too bad in my view. Here is a list of some of my favourites from 1984: Thomas Dolby: The Flat Earth The Fixx: Phantoms Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward XTC: The Big Express REM: Reckoning Elvis Costello: Goodbye Cruel World The Psychedelic Furs: Mirror Moves Eurythmics: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) Sade: Diamond Life The Smiths: Hatful of Hollow Simple Minds: Sparkle in the Rain The Human League: Hysteria Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense The Pretenders: Learning to Crawl Men Without Hats: Folk of the 80s (Part III) U2: The Unforgettable Fire This Mortal Coil: It'll End in Tears Bruce Cockburn: Stealing Fire The Stranglers: Aural Sculpture The Box: The Box Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers Stevie Ray Vaughan: Couldn't Stand the Weather

[@robharrison8139]

Why does no one in the TLM community have REM's Reckoning in their top 25? Such a great album

[@ThePhysicalillusion]

I do!

[@LetItVee]

Yeah it did make lots of lists and would land just outside of mine

[@eburek]

My top 5 is not in your list. 5. XTC - The Big Express, 4. Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth, 3. This Mortal Coil - It'll end in tears, 2. Prefab Sprout - Swoon, 1. Cardiacs - The Seaside.

[@frankiegreer6258]

1984 personally not just in music 🎵 but the year I fell in love and get married the following year but during the meantime we rocked on REM, Prince, Genesis, Peter Gabriel and the list went on.😊 Very enjoyable video 😊.