Our list of the Top 20 Hard Rock and Metal Albums of 1985 shows just how diverse the year was, running the gamut from proto-extreme metal to esoteric synth-rock. Glam metal extended its commercial ...

You can see a list of 1985’s biggest and most influential rock albums below. MTV was still at full power in 1985, and even holdout veteran artists realized there was no choice but to figure out ...

Many music historians mention 1984 as a seminal year in music. That might be true, but a quick perusal of the evidence reveals 1985 was pretty strong as well. For example, look back at the albums ...

It also topped the U.K. pop albums chart for five weeks in March and ... “Sussudio” topped the Hot 100 on July 6, 1985, replacing Bryan Adams’ “Heaven.” It spent one week at No. 1 ...