 | War - Remastered by U2
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.73 A stunning album that is still my fave,'Two Hearts Beat As One' 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' & 'New Years Day' sang with passion and the innocence of youth. Just great!
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 | Genesis by Genesis
Buy new: £11.44 / Used from: £5.93 All my favourite bands released albums in this year making it one of my best years, 'Mama' is just an awesome single of giant proportions.
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 | Script for a Jester's Tear by Marillion
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £5.79 Epic debut, would have been even greater if they had re-recorded 'Grendel''Market Square Heroes' & '3 Boats' and released a double album instead!
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 | Frontiers by Journey
Buy new: £4.27 / Used from: £4.80 Journey were huge in the US but here they could amble down a street and not get noticed! This is in my opinion is the're best album, 'Seperate Ways''Faithfully' & 'Send Her My Love' still move me
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 | The Hurting by Tears For Fears
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.48 From my neck of the woods originally, this debut was one of the best sellers of the year thanks to 'Mad World''Change''Pale Shelter' and 'Suffer The Children'. Roland & Curt excell in voice.
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 | Let's Dance: Remastered by David Bowie
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.85 Some fans still argue to this day that this is when David sold out and went commercial. So what! This is pure magic, 'China Girl''Modern Girl' & 'Let's Dance' are all now classics in the Bowie set.
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 | The Principle of Moments: Remastered & Expanded by Robert Plant
Buy new: £4.56 / Used from: £3.90 Great to hear Robert Plant on fine form here, one year after Led Zep's last album 'Coda', 'Big Log' is a fantastic tune worthy of remembrance.
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 | Japanese Whispers by The Cure
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.15 If you wanted strange off the wall stuff then Robert Smith was always around, this has the wonderful 'The Walk''The Love Cats' and 'Let's Go To Bed'.
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 | Standing in the Light by Level 42
Buy used from: £6.98 Mark King was coming up with some credible stuff, 'The Sun Goes Down(Living It Up) is just one of those tunes you hear and immediately think of your youth.
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 | No Sense of Sin by Lotus Eaters
Buy used from: £350.00 Very shortlived which was a crying shame as they showed great promise, the 2 single releases off this 'First Picture Of You' included, are two of my favourites of the decade.
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 | A Walk Across the Rooftops by Blue Nile
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.65 Stunning debut, virtually ignored by the masses, contains some of the most haunting peices of music ever, 'Easter Parade' is as good as music can get.
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 | The Final Cut: Remastered by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £7.57 / Used from: £5.70 The last instalment of the Roger led Floyd, recorded under duress it still manages to sound excellent. 'When The Tigers Broke Free' has been added since.
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 | Can't Slow Down by Lionel Richie
Buy used from: £1.33 Such a massive seller, went all the way through '84 aswell, includes 'All Night Long''Hello''Penny Lover''Stuck On You'. Magical stuff from the life and soul of the Commodores.
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 | True by Spandau Ballet
Buy used from: £4.70 Breakthrough album, a band that met with my parents approval, "so well dressed"!, also includes 'Gold''Lifeline' and 'Communication'.
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 | No Parlez by Paul Young
Buy new: £4.83 / Used from: £3.29 Reads like a greatest hits package, Paul Young who had been around with little success suddenly was every school girl's fantasy and being screamed at wherever he went!
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 | Fantastic by Wham
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.99 This album is warmly remembered as being most played on night shift at full volume, 'A Ray Of Sunshine''Love Machine' and 'Nothing Looks The Same In The Light' make this album.
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 | Touch by Eurythmics
Buy used from: £2.94 More genius in the form of the wonderful Annie Lennox, 'Who's That Girl''Right By Your Side' & 'Here Comes The Rain Again' helped this become one of the years best.
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 | An Innocent Man by Billy Joel
Buy new: £4.39 / Used from: £3.67 First really big seller for Billy who'd been around for almost an entire decade already, includes 'Uptown Girl''Tell Her About It' & 'The Longest Time'.
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 | THE CROSSING by Big Country
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £4.01 Skids frontman Stuart Adamson debut with Big Country which includes in my opinion their best song 'Chance'. 'Fields Of Fire''In A Big Country' inc, Cant believe he's gone to the great gig in the sky.
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 | You and Me Both by Yazoo
Buy used from: £7.97 Yazoo called it a day after the're second release, a good way to go out, quality songs including the wonderful 'Nobody's Diary'. Of coarse they were both to return to more success.
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 | Seven and the Ragged Tiger by Duran Duran
Buy used from: £3.92 Duran's first No.1 album with the third time of trying, not as big selling as the previous too, includes 'Something I Should Know''The Reflex''New Moon On Monday' & 'Union Of The Snake'
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 | Construction Time Again by Depeche Mode
Buy used from: £3.49 Depeche Mode's 2nd album post Vince and a moderate success considering, has the classic song 'Everything Counts'. They were to get even better later.
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 | Future Shock by Herbie Hancock
Buy used from: £9.48 Should be purchased for the 'mega-mix' of 'Rockit' a classic dance track that lit up nightclubs everywhere, a pioneer to that futuristic sound.
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 | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics
Buy used from: £3.30 Not many artists released two quality albums in the same year but the Eurythmics did, includes the now classic title track and 'Love Is A Stranger'.
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 | Synchronicity by The Police
Buy used from: £1.49 Final album from The Police which includes the rather wonderful million seller 'Every Breath You Take' also has 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' & 'King Of Pain'
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