Album Year: 1985

Mad Not Mad

Mad Not Mad is the sixth album by the British ska band Madness, released in 1985. It was their only album not to feature founder member Mike Barson, who had left the group the year before. Only a few weeks after its release, the writers of NME included this LP on their list of the … Read more

Marching Out

Marching Out is the second studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 30 September 1985 through Polydor Records. It reached #52 on that year’s Billboard 200 chart and remained charted for eight weeks.

Soul to Soul

Soul to Soul is the third studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble released on September 30, 1985 by Epic Records. Recording sessions took place between March and May 1985 at the Dallas Sound Lab in Dallas, Texas. Vaughan wrote four of Soul to Soul’s ten tracks; two songs … Read more

Christmas

Christmas is the first Christmas album by country band Alabama. The album was released on RCA Nashville in 1985. It was certified double platinum for shipment of 2 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 11, 1996. Since 1991 when SoundScan started to collate sales data, 515,300 copies have been sold … Read more

Here’s to Future Days

Here’s to Future Days is the fifth album by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was released in September 1985 and it reached no.5 in the UK, and no.20 in the US. Following on from the band’s highly successful fourth album, Into the Gap, the writing and recording of Here’s to Future Days began … Read more

You’re Under Arrest

You’re Under Arrest is a 1985 album recorded by Miles Davis that saw Miles mix pop tunes with political statements about racism, pollution and war. Among other tracks, the album features Davis’ interpretations of two contemporaneous pop songs: Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” and Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature”. During the recording sessions, bass player Darryl … Read more

Asylum

Asylum is the 13th studio album by the American rock band Kiss. It features the debut of lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, who played on KISS’ Animalize LP (Ghost guitarist for Lonely Is The Hunter), and filled in for guitarist Mark St. John (Mark Norton) for their European and American Animalize tour, and officially replaced Mark … Read more

Back to the Future: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack

Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name. It was released on July 8, 1985 by MCA Records. The album included two tracks culled from Alan Silvestri’s compositions for the film, two tracks from Huey Lewis and the News, two songs played … Read more