My favourite albums from 1984

1. 31

   Purple Rain

   Prince and the Revolution

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Let's Go Crazy
   2. Take Me With U
   3. The Beautiful Ones
   4. Computer Blue
   5. Darling Nikki
   6. When Doves Cry ●
   7. I Would Die 4 U
   8. Baby I'm a Star
   9. Purple Rain

   Genres

   • Pop rock
   • Funk pop

2. 30

   Wings of Tomorrow

   Europe

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Stormwind
   2. Scream of Anger ●
   3. Open Your Heart
   4. Treated Bad Again
   5. Aphasia
   6. Wings of Tomorrow
   7. Wasted Time
   8. Lyin' Eyes
   9. Dreamer
   10. Dance the Night Away

   Genres

   • Heavy metal

3. 29

   Saint Vitus

   Saint Vitus

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Saint Vitus
   2. White Magic / Black Magic
   3. Zombie Hunger
   4. The Psychopath ●
   5. Burial at Sea

   Genres

   • Doom metal

4. 28

   My War

   Black Flag

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. My War
   2. Can't Decide
   3. Beat My Head Against the Wall
   4. I Love You
   5. Forever Time
   6. The Swinging Man
   7. Nothing Left Inside ●
   8. Three Nights
   9. Scream

   Genres

   • Hardcore punk
   • Sludge metal
   • Post-hardcore

5. 27

   1984

   Van Halen

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. 1984
   2. Jump
   3. Panama
   4. Top Jimmy
   5. Drop Dead Legs
   6. Hot for Teacher ●
   7. I'll Wait
   8. Girl Gone Bad
   9. House of Pain

   Genres

   • Hard rock
   • Glam metal

6. 26

   Out of the Cellar

   Ratt

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Wanted Man ●
   2. You're in Trouble
   3. Round and Round
   4. In Your Direction
   5. She Wants Money
   6. Lack of Communication
   7. Back for More
   8. The Morning After
   9. I'm Insane
   10. Scene of the Crime

   Genres

   • Glam metal
   • Heavy metal

7. 25

   King of the Dead

   Cirith Ungol

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Atom Smasher
   2. Black Machine
   3. Master of the Pit
   4. King of the Dead ●
   5. Death of the Sun
   6. Finger of Scorn
   7. Toccata in Dm
   8. Cirith Ungol

   Genres

   • Heavy metal
   • Power metal

8. 24

   Psalm 9

   Trouble

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. The Tempter
   2. Assassin
   3. Victim of the Insane
   4. Revelation (Life or Death)
   5. Bastards Will Pay ●
   6. The Fall of Lucifer
   7. Endtime
   8. Psalm 9

   Genres

   • Doom metal

9. 23

   Sign of the Hammer

   Manowar

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. All Men Play on 10
   2. Animals
   3. Thor (The Powerhead) ●
   4. Sign of the Hammer
   5. The Oath
   6. Thunderpick
   7. Guyana (Cult of the Damned)

   Genres

   • Heavy metal
   • Power metal

10. 22

    Zen Arcade

    Hüsker Dü

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Something I Learned Today
    2. Broken Home, Broken Heart
    3. Never Talkng to You Again
    4. Chartered Trips
    5. Dreams Reoccurring
    6. Indecision Time
    7. Hare Kṛṣṇa
    8. Beyond the Threshold
    9. Pride
    10. I'll Never Forget You
    11. The Biggest Lie
    12. What's Going on
    13. Masochism World
    14. Standing by the Sea
    15. Somewhere
    16. One Step at a Time
    17. Punk Turns to Blue
    18. Newest Industry
    19. Monday Will Never Be the Same
    20. Whatever
    21. The Tooth Fairy and the Princess
    22. Turn on the News
    23. Reoccurring Dreams ●

    Genres

    • Hardcore punk
    • Post-hardcore

11. 21

    Hail to England

    Manowar

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Blood on My Enemies
    2. Each Dawn I Die
    3. Kill with Power
    4. Hail to England
    5. Army of the Immortals
    6. Black Arrows
    7. Bridge of Death ●

    Genres

    • Heavy metal
    • Power metal

12. 20

    Bathory

    Bathory

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Storm of Damnation
    2. Hades ●
    3. Reaper
    4. Necromansy
    5. Sacrifice
    6. In Conspiracy with Satan
    7. Armageddon
    8. Raise the Dead
    9. War
    10. Outro

    Genres

    • Black metal

13. 19

    Rising Force

    Yngwie J. Malmsteen

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Black Star ●
    2. Far Beyond the Sun
    3. Now Your Ships Are Burned
    4. Evil Eye
    5. Icarus' Dream Suite Op. 4
    6. As Above, So Below
    7. Little Savage
    8. Farewell

    Genres

    • Neoclassical metal

14. 18

    Couldn't Stand the Weather

    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Scuttle Buttin' ●
    2. Coudn't Stand the Weather
    3. The THings (That) I Used to Do
    4. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
    5. Cold SHot
    6. Tin Pan Alley
    7. Honey Bee
    8. Stang's Swang

    Genres

    • Blues
    • Blues rock

15. 17

    Three of a Perfect Pair

    King Crimson

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Three of a Perfect Pair ●
    2. Model Man
    3. Sleepless
    4. Man with an Open Heart
    5. Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds)
    6. Industry
    7. Dig Me
    8. No Warning
    9. Larks' Tongue in Aspic (Part III)

    Genres

    • Progressive rock
    • New wave

16. 16

    Reckoning

    R.E.M.

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Harborcoat
    2. 7 Chinese Bros.
    3. So. Centra Rain (I'm Sorry)
    4. Pretty Persuasion ●
    5. Time After Time (Annelise)
    6. Second Guessing
    7. Letter Never Sent
    8. Camera
    9. (Don't Go Back to) Rockville
    10. Little America

    Genres

    • Jangle pop
    • Alternative rock

17. 15

    Defenders of the Faith

    Judas Priest

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Freewheel Burning
    2. Jawbreaker ●
    3. Rock Hard Ride Free
    4. The Sentinel
    5. Love Bits
    6. Eat Me Alive
    7. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
    8. Night Comes Down
    9. Heavy Duty
    10. Defenders of the Faith

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

18. 14

    Reckless

    Bryan Adams

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. One Night Love Affair
    2. She's Only Happy When She's Dancin'
    3. Run to You ●
    4. Heaven
    5. Somebody
    6. Summer of '69
    7. Kids Wanna Rock
    8. It's Only Love
    9. Long Gone
    10. Ain't Gonna Cry

    Genres

    • Pop rock
    • roots rock

19. 13

    From Her to Eternity

    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Avalanche
    2. Cabin Fever!
    3. Well of Misery
    4. From Her to Eternity ●
    5. Saint Huck
    6. Wings off Flies
    7. A Box for Black Paul

    Genres

    • Post-punk

20. 12

    Morbid Tales

    Celtic Frost

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Into the Crypts of Rays
    2. Visions of Mortality
    3. Dethroned Emperor
    4. Morbid Tales ●
    5. Procreation (of the Wicked)
    6. Return to the Eve
    7. Danse Macabre
    8. Nocturnal Fear

    Genres

    • Thrash metal
    • Black metal

21. 11

    The Warning

    Queensrÿche

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Warning
    2. En Force
    3. Deliverance
    4. No Sanctuary
    5. N M 156
    6. Take Hold of the Flame ●
    7. Before the Storm
    8. Child of Fire
    9. Roads to Madness

    Genres

    • Heavy metal
    • Progressive metal

22. 10

    Love at First Sting

    Scorpions

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Bad Boys Running Wild
    2. Rock You Like a Hurricane
    3. I'm Leaving You
    4. Coming Home
    5. The Same Thrill
    6. Big City Nights
    7. As Soon As the Good Times Roll
    8. Crossfire
    9. Still Loving You ●

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

23. 9

    The Last in Line

    Dio

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. We Rock
    2. The Last in Line
    3. Breathless
    4. I Speed at Night
    5. One Night in the City
    6. Evil Eyes
    7. Mystery
    8. Eat Your Heart out
    9. Egypt (The Chains Are on) ●

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

24. 8

    Double Nickels on the Dime

    Minutemen

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Anxious Mo-Fo
    2. Theatre Is the Life of You
    3. Viet Nam
    4. Cohesion
    5. It's Expected I'm Gone
    6. #1 Hit Song
    7. Two Beds at the End
    8. Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?
    9. Don't Look Now
    10. Shit from an Old Notebook
    11. Nature Without Man
    12. One Reporter's Opinion
    13. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
    14. Maybe Partying Will Help
    15. Toadies
    16. Retreat
    17. The Big Foist
    18. God Bows to Math
    19. Corona
    20. The Glory of Man ●
    21. Take 5, D.
    22. My Heart and the Real World
    23. History Lesson — Part II
    24. You Need the Glory
    25. The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts
    26. Mr. Robot's Holy Order
    27. West Germany
    28. The Politics of Time
    29. Themselves
    30. Please Don't Be Gente with Me
    31. Nothing Indeed
    32. No Exchange
    33. There Ain't Shot on T.V. Tonight
    34. This Ain't No Picnic
    35. Spillage
    36. Untitled Song for Latin America
    37. Jesus and Tequila
    38. June 16th
    39. Storm in My House
    40. Martin's Story
    41. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
    42. Doctor Wu
    43. Little Man with a Gun in His Hand
    44. The World According to Nouns
    45. Love Dance

    Genres

    • Post-punk
    • Art punk
    • Post-hardcore

25. 7

    Don't Break the Oath

    Mercyful Fate

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. A Dangerous Meeting
    2. Nightmare
    3. Desecration of Souls
    4. Night of the Unborn
    5. The Oath ●
    6. Gypsy
    7. Welcome Princess of Hell
    8. To One Far Away
    9. Come to the Sabbath

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

26. 6

    W.A.S.P.

    W.A.S.P.

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)
    2. I Wanna Be Somebody
    3. L.O.V.E. Machine ●
    4. The Flame
    5. B.A.D.
    6. Schoo Daze
    7. Hellion
    8. Sleeping (in the Fire)
    9. On Your Knees
    10. Tormentor
    11. The Torture Never Stops

    Genres

    • Heavy metal
    • glam metal

27. 5

    Powerslave

    Iron Maiden

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Aces High
    2. 2 Minutes to Midnight
    3. Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
    4. Flash of the Blade
    5. The Duellists
    6. Back in the Village
    7. Powerslave ●
    8. Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

28. 4

    Perfect Strangers

    Deep Purple

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Knocking at Your Back Door
    2. Under the Gun
    3. Nobody's Home
    4. Mean Streak
    5. Perfect Strangers ●
    6. A Gypsy's Kiss
    7. Wasted Sunsets
    8. Hungry Daze

    Genres

    • Hard rock
    • heavy metal

29. 3

    Metal Church

    Metal Church

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Beyond the Black
    2. Metal Church ●
    3. Merciless Onslaught
    4. Gos of Wrath
    5. Hitman
    6. In the Blood
    7. (My Favourite) Nightmare
    8. Battalions

    Genres

    • Heavy metal
    • thrash metal

30. 2

    Ele Güne Karşı Yapayalnız

    Mazhar Fuat Özkan

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Ele Güne Karşı
    2. Deli Deli
    3. Sen ve Ben
    4. Yalnızlık Ömür Boyu
    5. Neye Niyet Neye Kısmet
    6. Ondan Şikayet Bundan Şikayet
    7. Bu Sabah Yağmur Var İstanbul'da ●
    8. Olmuyor Olamiyor
    9. Sevdim Bir Kere
    10. Bodrum
    11. Güllerin İçinden

    Genres

    • Pop rock
    • Anatolian rock

31. 1

    Ride the Lightning

    Metallica

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Fight Fire with Fire
    2. Ride the Lightning
    3. For Whom the Bell Tolls
    4. Fade to Black ●
    5. Trapped Under Ice
    6. Escape
    7. Creeping Death
    8. The Call of Ktulu

    Genres

    • Thrash metal