Year
1985 in music
60 albums released in 1985 are catalogued on Riffiter, ranked by popularity and community ratings.

The Singles 81>85
Depeche Mode

Hunting High and Low
a-ha

Fly on the Wall
AC/DC

Freaky Styley
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Meat Is Murder
The Smiths

Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

Hell Awaits
Slayer

Whitney Houston (The Deluxe Anniversary Edition)
Whitney Houston

Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Megadeth

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush

The Head on the Door
The Cure

Around the World in a Day
Prince

Little Creatures
Talking Heads

Wide Awake in America
U2

Spreading the Disease
Anthrax

Low-Life
New Order

Ağlama Bebeğim
Ahmet Kaya

Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II
Billy Joel

Asylum
KISS

In Square Circle
Stevie Wonder

Legacy of Brutality
Misfits

Done With Mirrors
Aerosmith

Ice on Fire
Elton John

Psychocandy
The Jesus and Mary Chain

Bad Moon Rising
Sonic Youth

The Pink Opaque
Cocteau Twins

7800° Fahrenheit
Bon Jovi

I Don't Want to Grow Up
Descendents

Fables of the Reconstruction
R.E.M.

Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals

Empire Burlesque
Bob Dylan

Peki Peki Anladık
MFÖ

A Decade of Steely Dan
Steely Dan

Cut the Crap
The Clash

Thursday Afternoon
Brian Eno

Beyond Appearances
Santana

In My Head
Black Flag

Shaken 'n' Stirred
Robert Plant

Loose Nut
Black Flag

How Will I Know
Whitney Houston

Sportin' Life
Weather Report

Biograph
Bob Dylan

Album
Public Image Ltd.

Aikea-Guinea
Cocteau Twins

Works
Keith Jarrett

Who's Zoomin' Who?
Aretha Franklin

Helloween
Helloween

Live After Death (2015 Remaster)
Iron Maiden

Frankenchrist
Dead Kennedys

Into the Groove
Madonna

Behind the Sun
Eric Clapton

Romantically Yours
Marvin Gaye

Salad Days
Minor Threat

Around the World in a Day (Deluxe Edition) (2025 Remaster)
Prince

Living in America
James Brown

World Wide Live
Scorpions

Theatre of Pain
Mötley Crüe

Walls of Jericho
Helloween

Spheres
Keith Jarrett

Around the World in a Day (2025 Remaster)
Prince