CASH BOX MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1985
No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 LIKE A VIRGIN-MADONNA-FEBRUARY 2436 2 NO JACKET REQUIRED-PHIL COLLINS-March 2416 3 BROTHERS IN ARMS-DIRE STRAITS-September 2346 4 SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR-TEARS FOR FEAR-July 2062 5 RECKLESS-BRYAN ADAMS-August 1634 6 DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES-STING-September 1486 7 SCARECROW-John Cougar Mellencamp-November 1480 8 MAKE IT BIG-WHAM!-March 1472 9 MIAMI VICE-Soundtrack-November 1280 10 AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY-Prince-June 1082 11 Afterburner-ZZ Top-December 1010 12 Chicago 17-January 976 13 Beverly Hills Cop-Soundtrack-May 970 14 Centerfield-John Fogerty-March 964 15 Agent Provocateur-Foreigner-February 774 16 In A Square Circle-Stevie Wonder-November 754 17 Power Station 33 1/3-July 658 18 Diamond Life-Sade-June 640 19 We Are The World-USA For Africa-May 578 20 Greatest Hits Volume I & II-Billy Joel-September 532 21 Invasion Of Your Privacy-Ratt-August 518 22 Theatre Of Pain-Motley Crue-August 516 23 Valotte-Julian Lennon-March 502 24 Building The Perfect Beast-Don Henley-March 488 25 Arena-Duran Duran-January 464 26 Little Creatures-Talking Heads-August 352 27 Be Yourself Tonight-Eurythmics-July 324 28 Wheels Are Turning-REO Speedwagon-March 314 29 The Firm-The Firm-April 312 30 Power Windows-Rush-December 308 31 The Night I Fell In Love-Luther Vandross-June 294 32 Hunting High And Low-A-Ha-October 274 33 She's The Boss-Mick Jagger-April 260 34 Vision Quest-Soundtrack-May 200 35 Southern Accents-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-May 196 36 Dream Into Action-Howard Jones-July 194 37 Tropico-Pat Benatar-January 184 38 World Wide Live-Scorpions-September 182 39 Lovin' Every Minute Of It-Loverboy-November 162 40 Chinese Wall-Philip Bailey-February 112 41 Sacred Heart-Dio-October 106 42 Crazy From The Heat-David Lee Roth-March 106 43 New Edition-New Edition-February 106 44 Voices Carry-`Til Tuesday-July 68 45 Ready For The World-Ready For The World-November 34