RADIO AND RECORDS (USA) MAGAZINE'S (MAGAZINE'S CHART) TOP ROCK (AOR) ALBUMS OF 1984*
Pos.-Title-Artist-Peak Month 1 HEARTBEAT CITY-CARS-ELEKTRA-MAY 2 SPORTS-HUEY LEWIS & NEWS-CHRYSALIS-June 3 BORN IN THE USA-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-COLUMBIA-June 4 1984-VAN HALEN-Warner Brothers-March 5 MIDNIGHT MADNESS-NIGHT RANGER-Camel/MCA-June 6 REBEL YELL-BILLY IDOL-Chrysalis-July 7 90125-YES-Atco-February 8 LOVE AT FIRST STING-Scorpions-Mercury/Polygram-June 9 STREET TALK-Steve Perry-Columbia-June 10 N0 BRAKES-John Waite-EMI America-September 11 Warrior-Scandal-Columbia-September 12 Learning To Crawl-Pretenders-Sire-March 13 Out Of The Cellar-Ratt-Atlantic-August 14 Uh-Huh-John Cougar Mellencamp-A&M-February 15 Tour De Force-.38 Special-A&M-January 16 Genesis-Genesis-Atlantic-January 17 Somewhere In Afrika-Manfred Mann's Earth Band-Arista-January 18 VOA-Sammy Hagar-Geffen-August 19 Nuclear Furniture-Jefferson Starship-Grunt-June 20 Grace Under Pressure-Rush-Polygram-May 21 Eddie & The Cruisers Soundtrack-John Cafferty-CBS-October 22 Footloose-Soundtrack-Columbia-May 23 Eliminator-ZZ Top-Warner Brothers-March 24 Signs Of Life-Billy Squier-Capitol-September 25 Phantoms-The Fixx-MCA-October 26 Lights Out-Peter Wolf-EMI America-August 27 Shout At The Devil-Motley Crue-Elektra-January 28 Purple Rain-Prince & The Revolution-Warner Brothers-November 29 Into The Gap-Thompson Twins-Arista-May 30 Some Tough City-Tony Carey-MCA-April 31 Vital Signs-Survivor-CBS-October 32 Jungle-Dwight Twilly-EMI America-March 33 Seven And The Ragged Tiger-Duran Duran-Capitol-June 34 About Face-David Gilmour-Columbia-March 35 Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply-Slade-CBS Associated-May 36 NO NUMBER 36 POSTED IN THE MAGAZINE!!!!! 37 Stay Hungry-Twisted Sister-Atlantic-August 38 Tonight-David Bowie-EMI America-November 39 Teachers-Soundtrack-Capitol-October 40 Against All Odds Soundtrack-Atlantic-May 41 Streets Of Fire-Soundtrack-MCA-June 42 Honeymoon Suite-Honeymoon Suite-Warner Brothers-August 43 Undercover-Rolling Stones-Rolling Stones-January 44 Breaking Hearts-Elton John-Geffen-August 45 Slide It In-Whitesnake-Geffen-July 46 The Unforgettable Fire-U2-Island-December 47 In Heat-Romantics-Nemperor-February 48 Go Insane-Lindsay Buckingham-Elektra-September 49 Camouflage-Rod Stewart-Warner Brothers-July 50 The Last In Line-Dio-Warner Brothers-August 51 Volume I-Honeydrippers-Es Paranza-December 52 Ammonia Avenue-Alan Parsons Project-Arista-March 53 Windows & Walls-Dan Fogelberg-Full Moon-February 54 The Blitz-Krokus-Arista-September 55 Man On The Line-Chris DeBurgh-A&M-July 56 In The Eye Of The Storm-Roger Hodgson-A&M-November 57 Bark At The Moon-Ozzy Osbourne-CBS/Associated-January 58 She's So Unusual-Cyndi Lauper-Portrait-June 59 First Offense-Corey Hart-EMI America-July 60 Two Of A Kind-Soundtrack-MCA-January 61 Bon Jovi-Bon Jovi-Polygram-March 62 Body & Soul-Joe Jackson-A&M-May 63 Russ Ballard-Russ Ballard-EMI America-June 64 Points On The Curve-Wang Chung-Geffen-April 65 Milk And Honey-John & Yoko Ono Lennon-Polydor-March 66 A Night In Heaven-Soundtrack-A&M-February 67 Through the Fire-Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve-Geffen-April 68 Girls With Guns-Tommy Shaw-A&M-October 69 Touch-Eurythmics-RCA-April 70 Orion The Hunter-Orion The Hunter-Portrait-May 71 Couldn't Stand The Weather-Stevie Ray Vaughan-Epic-July 72 The Works-Queen-Capitol-March 73 Defenders Of The Faith-Judas Priest-Columbia-February 74 Valotte-Julian Lennon-Atlantic-November 75 Big Bam Boom-Daryl Hall & John Oates-RCA-December 76 Reckless-Bryan Adams-A&M-November 77 Box Of Frogs-Box Of Frogs-Epic-August 78 The Revolution By Night-Blue Oyster Cult-Columbia-January 79 Righteous Anger-Van Stephenson-MCA-June 80 Metropolis-Soundtrack-Columbia-September 81 Chicago 17-Chicago-Warner Brothers-October 82 The Allnighter-Glenn Frey-MCA-August 83 Right By You-Stephen Stills-Atlantic-September 84 Instincts-Romeo Void-415-October * As published in the December 14,1984 issue of Radio And Records Magazine.