Album Year: 1984

Arena

Arena is a live album by Duran Duran, originally released worldwide in 1984 and reissued with two bonus tracks in 2004.

Wheels Are Turnin’

Wheels Are Turnin’ is the eleventh studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in late 1984 (see 1984 in music). It was their second best-selling album, tied with Good Trouble, reaching #7 on the Billboard 200. It features “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” which was REO’s second and longest-running #1 single. The LP version contained a cut-out … Read more

Heavy Metal Breakdown

Heavy Metal Breakdown is the debut studio album by the German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 20 October 1984 by Noise Records. The music in this album is strongly influenced by German heavy metal band Accept and its then-vocalist Udo Dirkschneider.

The Age of Consent

To say The Age of Consent is a great album of dance-oriented synth-pop music is to sell it extremely short; this is simply a great album, period. Jimmy Somerville’s soaring tenor may take some getting used to, but the songs, many of them dealing with homophobia and alienation (none more eloquently than “Smalltown Boy”), are … Read more

Sign of the Hammer

Sign of the Hammer is the fourth album by heavy metal band Manowar, released on October 15, 1984 In 2005, Sign of the Hammer was ranked number 418 in Rock Hard magazine’s book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time

The Big Express

The Big Express is the seventh studio album by the English band XTC, released in 1984. It was one of XTC’s harder-edged albums, in contrast to the pastoral Mummer and Skylarking which were released in sequence with it. Initial copies of the LP were released in a round sleeve. Working titles considered for the album … Read more

’74 Jailbreak

’74 Jailbreak is an EP by Australian rock and roll band AC/DC, comprising five hard rock/blues oriented tracks that had previously been released only in Australia. It was released in 1984 in the United States, Canada and Japan. The song “Jailbreak” was also released as a single and a video. The EP was reissued worldwide … Read more