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1984

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fifty-seven albums

Adrenalin O. D. - The Wacky Hi-Jinks of... Adrenalin O.D.

Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak

The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?

Black Flag - My War

The Blue Nile - A Walk across the Rooftops

Lindsay Buckingham - Go Insane

The Cars - Heartbeat City

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity

Cherrelle - Fragile

Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead

The Cocteau Twins - Treasure

Leonard Cohen - Various Positions

Coil - Scatology

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes

Danielle Dax - Jesus Egg That Wept

Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward

Die Kreuzen - Die Kreuzen

Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

The Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World of... the Fall

Fang - Where the Wild Things Are

Flipper - Gone Fishin'

Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4

Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains

Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade

The Icicle Works [U. K. edition]

Iron Maiden - Powerslave

Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith

The Judds - Why Not Me

Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive?

Madonna - Like a Virgin

Teena Marie - Starchild

The Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath

Metal Church

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl

Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain

R. E. M. - Reckoning

The Replacements - Let It Be

Sade - Diamond Life

The Scorpions - Love at First Sting

Section 25 - From the Hip

Shockabilly - Vietnam

The Smiths

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.

The Swimming Pool Q's

David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees

Test Dept. - Beating the Retreat

This Kind of Punishment - A Beard of Bees

This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears

Toxic Reasons - Kill by Remote Control

Trouble - Psalm 9

Tina Turner - Private Dancer

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire

Van Halen - 1984 (MCMLXXXIV)

Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter


fifty-two singles and deep cuts

Bryan Adams - 'Run to You', Reckless

Bryan Adams - 'Summer of '69', Reckless

Alphaville - 'Forever Young', Forever Young

Animotion - 'Obsession', Animotion

Autograph - 'Turn Up the Radio', Sign In Please

Bananarama - 'Cruel Summer', Bananarama

The Bangles - 'Going Down to Liverpool', All over the Place

David Bowie - 'Loving the Alien', Tonight

Laura Branigan - 'Self Control', Self Control

Bronski Beat - 'Smalltown Boy', The Age of Consent

Cameo - 'She's Strange', She's Strange

Ray Charles (With Willie Nelson) - 'Seven Spanish Angels', [Ray Charles] Friendship

Phil Collins - 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)', [Various artists] Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Divine - 'You Think You're a Man', The Story So Far

Harold Faltermeyer - 'Axel F', [Various artists] Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Beverly Hills Cop

The Fastbacks - Every Day Is Saturday [E. P.]

Foreigner - 'I Want to Know What Love Is', Agent Provocateur

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - 'Two Tribes', Welcome to the Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - 'The Power of Love', Welcome to the Pleasuredome

Glenn Fry - 'The Heat Is On', [Various artists] Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Beverly Hills Cop

Gang Green - 'Sold Out'

Sammy Hagar - 'I Can't Drive 55', VOA

Daryl Hall/ John Oates - 'Out of Touch', Big Bam Boom

Billy Joel - 'Uptown Girl', An Innocent Man

Billy Joel - 'The Longest Time', An Innocent Man

Elton John - 'Sad Songs (Say So Much)', Breaking Hearts

Daniel Johnston - 'True Love Will Find You in the End', Retired Boxer

Chaka Khan - 'I Feel for You', I Feel for You

Kenny Loggins - 'Footloose', [Various artists] Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture

New Edition - 'Cool It Now', New Edition

New Order - 'Thieves like Us', Substance [1987]

Billy Ocean - 'Caribbean Queen', Suddenly

The Pet Shop Boys - 'West End Girls'; new version [1985], Please [1986]

Queen - 'Radio Ga Ga', The Works

Ratt - 'Round and Round', Out of the Cellar

Mike Reno/ Ann Wilson - 'Almost Paradise', [Various artists] Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture

Rockin' Sidney - 'My Toot Toot', My Zydeco Shoes Got the Zydeco Blues

David Lee Roth - 'California Girls', Crazy from the Heat [E. P.] [1985]

Scratch Acid [E. P.]

The Smiths - 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', Hatful of Hollow

The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now?', Hatful of Hollow

The Special A. K. A. - 'Free Nelson Mandela', In the Studio

Evelyn Thomas - 'High Energy', High Energy

Twisted Sister - 'We're Not Gonna Take It', Stay Hungry

Bonnie Tyler - 'Holding Out for a Hero', [Various artists] Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture

John Waite - 'Missing You', No Brakes

WASP - 'Animal (Fuck like a Beast)'

Wham! - 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go', Make It Big

Wham! - 'Careless Whisper', Make It Big

Deniece Williams - 'Let's Hear It for the Boy', [Various artists] Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture

Stevie Wonder - 'I Just Called to Say I Love You', Woman in Red: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Weird Al" Yankovic - 'Eat It', "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D


three archival and compilation albums

Blind Blake - Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker

Gene Pitney - Anthology 1961-1968

The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow