CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S (MAGAZINE'S CHART) TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 1985*
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No. Album-Artist-Label-Peak Month 1 BORN IN THE USA-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-COLUMBIA-JANUARY 2 LIKE A VIRGIN-MADONNA-SIRE-February 3 NO JACKET REQUIRED-PHIL COLLINS-ATLANTIC-March 4 SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR-TEARS FOR FEAR-Mercury-July 5 MAKE IT BIG-WHAM!-Columbia-March 6 RECKLESS-BRYAN ADAMS-A&M 7 BROTHERS IN ARMS-DIRE STRAITS-Warner Brothers-Septmber 8 AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY-Prince-Paisley Park-June 9 PRIVATE DANCER-Tina Turner-Capitol-January 10 CENTERFIELD-John Fogerty-Warner Brothers-March 11 Beverly Hills Cop-Soundtrack-MCA-June 12 The Dream Of The Blue Turtles-Sting-A&M-September 13 Whitney Houston-Whitney Houston-Arista-December 14 Agent Provocateur-Foreigner-Atlantic-February 15 17-Chicago-Full Moon-January 16 Diamond Life-Sade-Portrait-June 17 Scarecrow-John Cougar Mellencamp-Riva-November 18 The Power Station-The Power Station-Capitol-July 19 Purple Rain-Prince & The Revolution-Warner Brothers-January 20 We Are The World-USA For Africa-Columbia-May 21 Heart-Heart-Capitol-December 22 Theatre Of Pain-Motley Crue-Elektra-August 23 Building The Perfect Beast-Don Henley-Geffen-March 24 Greatest Hits Volume I & II-Billy Joel-Columbia-September 25 Invasion Of Your Privacy-Ratt-Atlantic-August 26 Miami Vice-Soundtrack-MCA-November 27 In A Square Circle-Stevie Wonder-Tamla-November 28 Valotte-Julian Lennon-Atlantic-March 29 She's So Unusual-Cyndi Lauper-Portrait-January 30 Little Creatures-Talking Heads-Sire-August 31 Arena-Duran Duran-Capitol-January 32 The Firm-The Firm-Atlantic-April 33 Be Yourself Tonight-Eurythmics-RCA-July 34 Wheels Are Turning-REO Speedwagon-Epic-March 35 Big Bam Boom-Daryl Hall & John Oates-RCA-January 36 The Night I Fell In Love-Luther Vandross-Epic-June 37 Dream Into Action-Howard Jones-Elektra-June 38 Volume I-Honeydrippers-Es Paranza-January 39 Hunting High And Low-A-Ha-Warner Brothers-October 40 She's The Boss-Mick Jagger-Columbia-April 41 Southern Accents-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-MCA-May 42 Vision Quest Soundtrack-Geffen-May 43 Lovin' Every Minute Of It-Loverboy-Columbia-October 44 Crazy From The Heat-David Lee Roth-Warner Brothers-March 45 World Wide Live-Scorpions-Mercury-September 46 Can't Slow Down-Lionel Richie-Motown-January 47 Afterburner-ZZ Top-Warner Brothers-December 48 Rock Me Ronight-Freddie Jackson-Capitol-December 49 Break Out-Pointer Sisters-Planet-January 50 New Edition-New Edition-MCA-February * As published in the December 28th,1985 issue of Cash Box Magazine.