AUSTRALIA'S (AMR:BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1984
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month-Peak Position 1 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-FEBRUARY-1 3248 2 CAN'T SLOW DOWN-LIONEL RICHIE-June-1 2210 3 THE SWING-INXS-April-1 1332 4 UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY-U2-February-2 1152 5 RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET-MIDNIGHT OIL-November-1 1110 6 1100 BEL AIR PLACE-JULIO IGLESIAS-October-2 1074 7 RODNEY RUDE LIVE-RODNEY RUDE-August-1 942 8 CHOOSE 1985-Various Artists-December-1 776 9 DIAMOND LIFE-Sade-December-6 746 10 PURPLE RAIN SOUNDTRACK-Prince & Revolution-August-1 724 11 Footloose Soundtrack-Various Artists-June-2 700 12 Breaking Hearts-Elton John-July-1 700 13 Touch-Eurythmics-February-4 690 14 Legend-Bob Marley & Wailers-June-2 686 15 H'ts Huge '84-Various Artists-September-1 662 16 Thru The Roof '83-Various Artists-January-1 662 17 Live From Earth-Pat Benatar-February-2 648 18 Eliminator-ZZ Top-October-2 632 19 H'its Hot 84/85-Various Artists-December-2 608 20 Throbbin' '84-Various Artists-May-1 554 21 The Unforgettable Fire-U2-November-1 544 22 Crawl File-Australian Crawl-December-2 534 23 Alchemy-Dire Straits-March-3 518 24 Twenty Greatest Hits-Kenny Rogers-February-2 492 25 Phalanx-Australian Crawl-January-4 470 26 1984 Shakin'-Various Artists-March-1 448 27 Into The Gap-Thompson Twins-May-4 434 28 Bodyswerve-Jimmy Barnes-October-1 432 29 Twentieth Century-Cold Chisel-April-1 412 30 Madonna-Madonna-August-10 410 31 1984:The Beat-Various Artists-June-2 410 32 This Island-Eurogliders-July-4 408 33 The Modern Bop-Mondo Rock-April-5 374 34 1984 ...The Music-Various Artists-September-2 360 35 I Will Love You All My Life-Foster & Allen-May-4 336 36 Track Record-Joan Armatrading-January-4 334 37 The Woman In Red Soundtrack-Stevie Wonder-November-4 322 38 Sweet And Sour-TV Soundtrack-August-4 288 39 Tonight-David Bowie-October-4 266 40 Body And The Beat-Dragon-July-5 262 41 Waking Up With The House On Fire-Culture Club-November-2 252 42 Rewind-The Rolling Stones-July-3 250 43 Milk & Honey-John & Yoko Ono Lennon-February-4 244 44 Elvis Blue-Elvis Presley-March-6 232 45 1984-Van Halen-March-11 222 46 The American Classics-Various Artists-July-3 202 47 Ghostbusters-Soundtrack-December-11 196 48 Julio Iglesias In Concert-Julio Iglesias-January-5 194 49 Breakdance-Various Artists-July-4 192 50 Memories-Richard Clayderman-December-12 186 51 No Parlez-Paul Young-April-12 180 52 Breakdance-Soundtrack-July-6 178 53 Sidewalk-Icehouse-July-8 148 54 Rock 'n' Soul-Daryl Hall & John Oates-January-12 144 55 Raiders Of The Pop Charts-Various Artists-January-13 144 56 20 Golden Greats-The Shadows-February-6 140 57 Sizzling 70's-Various Artists-November-8 130 58 Give My Regards To Broad Street-Paul McCartney-November-10 122 59 Arena-Duran Duran-November-8 122 60 Victory-Jacksons-August-9 120 61 Autumnal Park-Pseudo Echo-June-11 114 62 Dance Rap '84-Various Artists-June-13 104 63 Composer Series-Various Artists-July-12 76 64 Kissing To Be Clever-Culture Club-July-12 72 65 Emotion-Barbra Streisand-November-13 72 66 The Very Best Of Kim Wilde-Kim Wilde-October-13 70 67 The Big Ones-Meat Loaf-September-14 68 68 Feelings-Various Artists-May-9 44 69 Street Beat '84-Various Artists-August-12 38 70 The Age Of Consent-Bronski Beat-November-12 38 71 Masterpieces-Sky-August-13 36 72 Conflicting Emotions-Split Enz-March-13 36 73 Are You Old Enough-Dragon-February-14 34