The top 40 on Sunday mornings, and cassette tapes. I bought my 1st tape as a little kid in 1983 and 1984. Weird Al's album In 3-D namely. And often at the Great American Music store in the Highland Village store.
But as time as gone by and looking at Albums, 1984 has some very good albums, like what I consider my favorite Pat Metheny record in First Circle and my favorite U2 album in The Unforgettable Fire.
Rush's Grace Under Pressure is an album I do enjoy a lot, but I guess I don't see it greater than most of their classic catalog (Caress of Steel-Presto). But it's a great record, thus par for their course. And given the quality of the albums from 1984, it places quite high.
And Prince, I bought Purple Rain on tape and it was such a big deal and rival to Michael Jackson and Thriller then, even though the release dates were like 18 months apart.
But I was a sports kid, so 1984 was most remembered by me for that, but as a year, compared to other years from the 80's, I'm thinking it may not compare. But then again, I suspect a lot of the mid to late 80's albums were not too different.
That also being said, I do have a soft spot for 80's pop, and I included some albums with some of those songs. Also early Metal albums, Thrash, NWOBHM, Prog and Soundtracks.
1. Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
2, Rush - Grace Under Pressure
3. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
4. Marillion - Fugazi
5. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain OST
6. "Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D
7. Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken
8. Van Halen - 1984
9. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
10. Queensryche - The Warning
11. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
12. NRG - No Reasons Given
13. Marillion - Real to Reel
14. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
15.Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
16. Duran Duran - Arena
17. Wham! - Make it Big
18. XTC - The Big Express
19. David Gilmour - About Face
Van Halen - 1984
rel January 9, 1984
Various Artists - Footloose (Original Soundtrack)
rel January 31, 1984
Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain
rel February 6, 1984
Pallas - The Sentinel
rel February 13, 1984
Queen - The Works
rel February 27, 1984
"Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D
rel February 28, 1984
David Gilmour - About Face
rel March 5, 1984
Marillion - Fugazi
rel March 12, 1984
Dire Straits - Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
rel March 16, 1984
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
rel March 27, 1984
Laura Branigan - Self Control
rel April 2, 1984
R.E.M. - Reckoning
rel April 9, 1984
Rush - Grace Under Pressure
rel April 12, 1984
Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
rel April 30, 1984
INXS - The Swing
rel April 1984
The Bangles - All Over the Place
rel May 23, 1984
Clannad - Legend [TV Soundtrack]
rel May 1984
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
rel June 4, 1984
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
rel June 25, 1984
Dio - The Last in Line
rel July 2, 1984
The Time - Ice Cream Castle
rel July 2, 1984
Sade - Diamond Life
rel July 16, 1984
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
rel July 27, 1984
Metal Church - Metal Church
rel July 1984
New Edition - New Edition
rel September 28, 1984
Survivor - Vital Signs
rel August 1984
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
rel September 3, 1984
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
rel September 7, 1984
Queensryche - The Warning
rel September 7, 1984
Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken
rel September 1984
Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
rel September 1984
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
rel October 1, 1984
Sheena Easton - A Private Heaven
rel October 2, 1984
Hall and Oates - Big Bam Boom
rel October 12, 1984
XTC - The Big Express
rel October 15, 1984
Wham! - Make it Big
rel October 23, 1984
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
rel October 29, 1984
Duran Duran - Arena
rel November 12, 1984
Madonna - Like a Virgin
rel November 12, 1984
Kool and the Gang - Emergency
rel November
Don Henley - Building the Perfect Beast
rel November 19, 1984
Marillion - Real to Reel
rel November 1984
Toto - Dune
rel December 1984
Cardiacs - The Seaside
rel 1984
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
rel 1984
Steve Morse - The Introduction
rel 1984
NRG - No Reasons Given
rel 1984
Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
rel 1984
Thinking Plague - ...A Thinking Plague
rel 1984
