FAVOURITE RECORDS OF 1985
SEE ALSO, MY FAVOURITE SINGLES OF 1985
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[01] THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
PSYCHOCANDY
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Just Like Honey" / "Never Understand" / "Taste of Cindy"
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - NEVER UNDERSTAND
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[02] TOM WAITS
RAIN DOGS
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Jockey Full of Bourbon" / "Clap Hands" / "Time"
TOM WAITS - TANGO 'TIL THEY'RE SORE (live on David Letterman)
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[03] THE FALL
THIS NATION'S SAVING GRACE
FAVOURITE SONGS: "L.A." / "Spoilt Victorian Child" / "Gut of the Quantifier"
THE FALL - L.A.
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[04] KATE BUSH
HOUNDS OF LOVE
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" / "Hounds of Love" / "Under Ice"
KATE BUSH - HOUNDS OF LOVE
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[05] HÜSKER DÜ
NEW DAY RISING
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Terms of Psychic Warfare" / "Books About UFOs" / "Celebrated Summer"
HÜSKER DÜ - TERMS OF PSYCHIC
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[06] RITES OF SPRING
RITES OF SPRING
FAVOURITE SONGS: "For Want Of" / "By Design" / "Spring"
RITES OF SPRING - FOR WANT OF (live '85)
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[07] BRIAN ENO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Thursday Afternoon" (The album is one beautiful hour long track)
BRIAN ENO - THURSDAY AFTERNOON (CLIP)
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[08] THE REPLACEMENTS
TIM
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Bastards of Young" / "Left of the Dial" / "Swingin' Party"
THE REPLACEMENTS - BASTARDS OF YOUNG
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[09] MEAT PUPPETS
UP ON THE SUN
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Hot Pink" / "Maiden's Milk" / "Up On the Sun"
MEAT PUPPETS - UP ON THE SUN (live)
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[10] THE CURE
THE HEAD ON THE DOOR
FAVOURITE SONGS: "In Between Days" / "A Night Like This" / "Close To Me" THE CURE - IN BETWEEN DAYS
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[11] MEKONS
FEAR AND WHISKEY
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Hard to Be Human Again" / "Chivalry" / "Last Dance
MEKONS - HOLE IN THE GROUND
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[12] THE SMITHS
MEAT IS MURDER
FAVOURITE SONGS: "The Headmaster Ritual" / "What She Said" / "I Want the One I Can't Have"
THE SMITHS - THE HEADMASTER RITUAL (CLICK FOR VIDEO)
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RADIOHEAD COVERS THE SMITHS 'HEADMASTER RITUAL'
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[13] DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR
25 O'CLOCK EP
FAVOURITE SONGS: "My Love Explodes" / "The Mole From the Ministry" / "Bike Ride to the Moon"
DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR - THE MOLE FROM THE MINISTRY
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[14] BEAT HAPPENING
BEAT HAPPENING
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Foggy Eyes" / "Bad Seeds" / "I Love You"
BEAT HAPPENING - FOGGY EYES
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[15] TEARS FOR FEARS
SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Head Over Heels" / "The Working Hour" / "Shout"
TEARS FOR FEARS - SHOUT
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[16] THE POGUES
RUM, SODOMY AND THE LASH
FAVOURITE SONGS: "I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day" / "Dirty Old Town" / "A Pair of Brown Eyes"
THE POGUES - DIRTY OLD TOWN
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[17] SONIC YOUTH
DEATH VALLEY '69 EP
FAVOURITE SONGS: "I Dream I Dreamed" / "Death Valley '69 (with Lydia Lunch)" / "Inhuman"
SONIC YOUTH - DEATH VALLEY '69
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[18] R.E.M.
FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Driver 8" / "Life and How to Live It" / "Maps and Legends"
R.E.M. - DRIVER 8
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[19] SCRITTI POLITTI
CUPID AND PSYCHE '85
FAVOURITE SONGS: "The Sweetest Girl" / "Wood Beez" / "Absolute"
SCRITTI POLITTI - WOOD BEEZ
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[20] NEW ORDER
LOW LIFE
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Elegia" / "The Perfect Kiss" / "Sunrise"
NEW ORDER - PERFECT KISS
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