THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z) (Website) CHART'S TOP ALBUMS FOR 1984
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 AN INNOCENT MAN-BILLY JOEL-AUGUST 2 BORN IN THE U.S.A.-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-November 3 UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY-U2-February 4 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-April 5 HEARTBEAT CITY-THE CARS-December 6 ELIMINATOR-ZZ TOP-December 7 REBEL YELL-BILLY IDOL-April 8 COLOUR BY NUMBERS-Culture Club-January 9 LEGEND-Bob Marley & Wailers-August 10 SPEAKING IN TONGUES-Talking Heads-February 11 Can't Slow Down-Lionel Richie-May 12 Into The Gap-Thompson Twins-May 13 Footloose Soundtrack-Various Artists-July 14 Prayers Be Answered-Dance Exponents-July 15 Diamond Life-Sade-December 16 No Parlez-Paul Young-May 17 Touch-Eurythmics-January 18 Seven And The Ragged Tiger-Duran Duran-January 19 Too Low For Zero-Elton John-March 20 Purple Rain Soundtrack-Prince & Revolution-August 21 The Swing-Inxs-May 22 1100 Bel Air Place-Julio Iglesias-October 23 Billy Idol-Billy Idol-January 24 Alchemy-Dire Straits-April 25 Genesis-Genesis-June 26 Love Life-Berlin-July 27 Private Dancer-Tina Turner-September 28 War-U2-February 29 Cafe Bleu-The Style Council-August 30 Maggie-Foster & Allen-March 31 Pleasure Victims-Berlin-July 32 Couldn't Stand The Weather Stevie Ray Vaughan-November 33 She's So Unusual-Cyndi Lauper-October 34 The Unforgettable Fire-U2-November 35 1984-Van Halen-April 36 Sparkle In The Rain-Simple Minds-February 37 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1-Midnight Oil-February 38 Eyes That See In The Dark-Kenny Rogers-March 39 Mirror Moves-Psychedelic Furs-June 40 Sidewalk-Icehouse-July 41 Swear It's True-Mockers-May 42 Conflicting Emotions-Split Enz-January 43 Synchronicity-The Police-March 44 Sports-Huey Lewis & The News-July 45 The Works-Queen-April 46 Breaking Hearts-Elton John-August 47 Rock 'N Soul:Part 1:Greatest Hits-Daryl Hall & John Oates-February 48 The Woman In Red Soundtrack-Stevie Wonder-November 49 Body And Soul-Joe Jackson-July 50 The Crossing-Big Country-February