Editing 1985 in music (section)

==Albums released==
===January===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |10
| ''[[Silvertone (album)|Silvertone]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[New Day Rising]]'' || [[Hüsker Dü]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |15
| ''[[Centerfield (album)|Centerfield]]'' || [[John Fogerty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nightshift (album)|Nightshift]]'' || [[Commodores]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |21
| ''[[King of Rock]]'' || [[Run-DMC|Run-D.M.C.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Real Love (Dolly Parton album)|Real Love]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thunder in the East (album)|Thunder in the East]]'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] || Japan
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |24
| ''[[Finder of Lost Loves (album)|Finder of Lost Loves]]'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Maverick (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)|Maverick]]'' || [[George Thorogood and the Destroyers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |28
| ''[[Crazy from the Heat]]'' || [[David Lee Roth]] || Covers EP
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |29
| ''[[Stella (album)|Stella]]'' || [[Yello]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |?
| ''[[40-Hour Week]]'' || [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live 1973
|-
| ''[[Night Rocker]]'' || [[David Hasselhoff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Clear Moment]]'' || [[Linda Thompson (singer)|Linda Thompson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strange Animal]]'' || [[Lawrence Gowan|Gowan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tales of the New West]]'' || [[The Beat Farmers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Warming Up to the Ice Age]]'' || [[John Hiatt]] ||-
|-
|}

=== February ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[Secret Secrets]]'' || [[Joan Armatrading]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |11
| ''[[Meat Is Murder]]'' || [[The Smiths]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night Time (album)|Night Time]]'' || [[Killing Joke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Firm (album)|The Firm]]'' || [[The Firm (rock band)|The Firm]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Vision Quest (film)#Soundtrack|Vision Quest]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| ''[[Rhythm of the Night (album)|Rhythm of the Night]]'' || [[DeBarge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |15
|''[[Vulture Culture]]'' || [[Alan Parsons Project]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |18
| ''[[No Jacket Required]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |19
| ''[[The Breakfast Club (soundtrack)|The Breakfast Club]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Songs from the Big Chair]]'' || [[Tears for Fears]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''[[Disturbing the Peace (album)|Disturbing the Peace]]'' || [[Alcatrazz]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |28
| ''[[Ready to Strike]]'' || [[King Kobra]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |?
| ''[[Armed and Dangerous (EP)|Armed and Dangerous]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Beyond Appearances]]'' || [[Santana (band)|Santana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heads and Hearts]]'' || [[The Sound (band)]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Bomb (The Tubes album)|Love Bomb]]'' || [[The Tubes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[VU (album)|VU]]'' || [[The Velvet Underground]] || Outtakes compilation
|-
|}

=== March ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4
| ''[[Aikea-Guinea]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Metal Heart]]'' || [[Accept (band)|Accept]] ||-
|-
| ''[[She's the Boss]]'' || [[Mick Jagger]] ||US Release Feb. 19, 1985
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[Mars Needs Guitars!]]'' || [[Hoodoo Gurus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Night I Fell in Love (album)|The Night I Fell in Love]]'' || [[Luther Vandross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3"  align="center" |11
| ''[[Behind the Sun (Eric Clapton album)|Behind the Sun]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dream into Action]]'' || [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[First and Last and Always]]'' || [[The Sisters of Mercy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[Everybody's Crazy]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |18
| ''[[Birdy (Peter Gabriel album)|Birdy]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Up on the Sun]]'' || [[Meat Puppets]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |22
| ''[[Katrina and the Waves (album)|Katrina and the Waves]]'' || [[Katrina and the Waves]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scream for Help (album)|Scream for Help]]'' || [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |25
| ''[[The Power Station (album)|The Power Station]]'' || [[The Power Station (band)|The Power Station]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Secret of Association]]'' || [[Paul Young]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |26
| ''[[Southern Accents]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Right to Rock]]'' || [[Keel (band)|Keel]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |27
| ''{{proper name|[[7800° Fahrenheit]]}}'' || [[Bon Jovi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tao (album)|Tao]]'' || [[Rick Springfield]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |29
| ''[[Bad Moon Rising (album)|Bad Moon Rising]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rogues Gallery]]'' || [[Slade]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[Equator (Uriah Heep album)|Equator]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lost & Found (Jason & the Scorchers album)|Lost & Found]]'' || [[Jason & the Scorchers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vox Humana (Kenny Loggins album)|Vox Humana]]'' || [[Kenny Loggins]] ||-
|}

=== April ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[We Are the World (album)|We Are the World]]'' || [[USA for Africa]] and Various Artists ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |8
| ''[[Hell Awaits]]'' || [[Slayer]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |15
| ''[[As the Band Turns]]'' || [[Atlantic Starr]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Horror Epics]]'' || [[The Exploited]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Not Money]]'' || [[Everything but the Girl]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |22
| ''[[Around the World in a Day]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] [[The Revolution (band)|and the Revolution]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Backwaxed]]'' || [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[Two Hearts (Men at Work album)|Two Hearts]]'' || [[Men at Work]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Bonded by Blood]]'' || [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |29
| ''[[Be Yourself Tonight]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mr. Bad Guy]]'' || [[Freddie Mercury]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[Across a Crowded Room]]'' || [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nature of the Beast (album)|Nature of the Beast]]'' || [[Maureen Steele]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Only the Strong (Thor album)|Only the Strong]]'' || [[Thor (band)|Thor]] ||-
|-
|}

=== May ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[Suzanne Vega (album)|Suzanne Vega]]'' || [[Suzanne Vega]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |3
| ''[[Youthquake (album)|Youthquake]]'' || [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |6
| ''[[Nervous Night (album)|Nervous Night]]'' || [[The Hooters]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |13
| ''[[Brother Where You Bound]]'' || [[Supertramp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Low-Life]]'' || [[New Order (band)|New Order]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On a Storyteller's Night]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |15
| ''[[Soldiers Under Command]]'' || [[Stryper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unguarded (Amy Grant album)|Unguarded]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |17
| ''[[Brothers in Arms (album)|Brothers in Arms]]'' || [[Dire Straits]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |20
| ''[[7 Wishes (Night Ranger album)|7 Wishes]]'' || [[Night Ranger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Power of the Night]]'' || [[Savatage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shaken 'n' Stirred]]'' || [[Robert Plant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What Does Anything Mean? Basically]]'' || [[The Chameleons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wide Awake in America]]'' || [[U2]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[Glow (Rick James album)|Glow]]'' || [[Rick James]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Confessor (album)|The Confessor]]'' || [[Joe Walsh]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''[[The Return......]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |29
| ''[[Hellbound (Warlock album)|Hellbound]]'' || [[Warlock (band)|Warlock]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Fear No Evil (Grim Reaper album)|Fear No Evil]]'' || [[Grim Reaper (band)|Grim Reaper]] ||US
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |?
| ''[[Gravity (Kenny G album)|Gravity]]'' || [[Kenny G]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Le Parc (album)|Le Parc]]'' || [[Tangerine Dream]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Loose Nut]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[More Places Forever]]'' || [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music for "The Knee Plays"]]'' || [[David Byrne]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Space Ritual#Volume 2|Space Ritual]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live 1972
|-
| ''[[The Ballad of Sally Rose]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Theodore and Friends]]'' || [[The Adventures]] ||-
|-
|}

=== June ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1
| ''[[The Fat Boys Are Back]]'' || [[The Fat Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hunting High and Low]]'' || [[a-ha]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |3
| ''[[Boys and Girls (album)|Boys and Girls]]'' || [[Bryan Ferry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Firstborn Is Dead]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |6
| ''[[Long Way to Heaven]]'' || [[Helix (band)|Helix]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |8
| ''[[Our Favourite Shop]]'' || [[The Style Council]] || titled ''Internationalists'' in US
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |10
| ''[[Cupid & Psyche 85]]'' || [[Scritti Politti]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Empire Burlesque]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fables of the Reconstruction]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Little Creatures]]'' || [[Talking Heads]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Beach Boys (album)|The Beach Boys]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!]]'' || [[Megadeth]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |13
| ''[[Invasion of Your Privacy]]'' || [[Ratt]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
|''[[Boy in the Box (album)|Boy in the Box]]'' || [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World Wide Live]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |17
| ''[[Crush (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album)|Crush]]'' || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Misplaced Childhood]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Single Life]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Dream of the Blue Turtles]]'' || [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] || Solo Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |18
| ''[[Dare to Be Stupid]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |20
| ''[[Welcome to the Real World (Mr. Mister album)|Welcome to the Real World]]'' || [[Mr. Mister]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |21
| ''[[Despite Straight Lines]]'' || [[Marilyn (musician)|Marilyn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart (Heart album)|Heart]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] || First album for [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
|-
| ''[[Theatre of Pain]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |24
|''[[Open Fire (Y&T album)|Open Fire]]'' || [[Y&T]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''Call of the Wild'' || [[Lee Aaron]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |?
| ''[[Big Lizard in My Backyard]]'' || [[The Dead Milkmen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rites of Spring (album)|Rites of Spring]]'' || [[Rites of Spring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spoiled Girl]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Steve McQueen (album)|Steve McQueen]]'' || [[Prefab Sprout]] || US title: ''Two Wheels Good''
|}

=== July ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |1
| ''[[Clan of Xymox (album)|Clan of Xymox]]'' || [[Clan of Xymox]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Extractions (album)|Extractions]]'' || [[Dif Juz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fly on the Wall (AC/DC album)|Fly on the Wall]]'' || [[AC/DC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits Volume I & II]]'' || [[Billy Joel]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Return to Waterloo]]'' || [[Ray Davies]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |3
| ''[[Patti (album)|Patti]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[Back to the Future (soundtrack)|Back to the Future]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Flash (Jeff Beck album)|Flash]]'' || [[Jeff Beck]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Who's Zoomin' Who?]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Love You to Pieces]]'' || [[Lizzy Borden (band)|Lizzy Borden]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |22
| ''[[Luxury of Life]]'' || [[Five Star]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Standing on the Edge (Cheap Trick album)|Standing on the Edge]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |26
| ''[[Hybrid (Michael Brook album)|Hybrid]]'' || [[Michael Brook]] with [[Brian Eno]] and [[Daniel Lanois]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mask of Smiles]]'' || [[John Waite]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |29
| ''[[Profiles (Nick Mason and Rick Fenn album)|Profiles]]'' || [[Nick Mason]] and [[Rick Fenn]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |?
| ''[[Ain't Love Grand!]]'' || [[X (American band)|X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Contact (Pointer Sisters album)|Contact]]'' || [[Pointer Sisters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hold Me (Laura Branigan album)|Hold Me]]'' || [[Laura Branigan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Concert (1985 America album)|In Concert]]'' || [[America (band)|America]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Phantasmagoria (The Damned album)|Phantasmagoria]]'' || [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Salad Days (EP)|Salad Days]]'' || [[Minor Threat]] || EP
|-
| ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''The Fire Still Burns'' || [[Russ Ballard]] ||-
|}

=== August ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |5
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 5'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Rum Sodomy & the Lash]]'' || [[The Pogues]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force]]'' || [[Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Midnite Dynamite]]'' || [[Kix (band)|Kix]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Old Ways]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Sacred Heart (Dio album)|Sacred Heart]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] ||-
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center" |16
| ''[[Freaky Styley]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Am the Night (album)|I Am the Night]]'' || [[Pantera]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |19
| ''[[Marching Out]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scarecrow (John Mellencamp album)|Scarecrow]]'' || [[John Cougar Mellencamp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Family (The Family album)|The Family]]'' || [[The Family (band)|The Family]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''[[Romance 1600]]'' || [[Sheila E.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[The Head on the Door]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |?
| ''[[Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti]]'' || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lovin' Every Minute of It]]'' || [[Loverboy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Lookin' Back]]'' || [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Primitive Love]]'' || [[Miami Sound Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Screamin' 'n' Bleedin']]'' || [[Angel Witch]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Rose of England (album)|The Rose of England]]'' || [[Nick Lowe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World Service (Spear of Destiny album)|World Service]]'' || [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]] ||-
|-
|}

=== September ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
| ''[[Innocence Is No Excuse]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Run for Cover (Gary Moore album)|Run for Cover]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[Living in the Background (album)|Living in the Background]]'' || [[Baltimora]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |9
| ''[[A Cappella (Todd Rundgren album)|A Cappella]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis album)|You're Under Arrest]]'' || [[Miles Davis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Knee Deep in the Hoopla]]'' || [[Starship (band)|Starship]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |13
| ''[[In Square Circle]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |16
| ''[[Alabama Christmas]]'' || [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Asylum (Kiss album)|Asylum]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hounds of Love]]'' || [[Kate Bush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fury (album)|The Fury]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is the Sea]]'' || [[The Waterboys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |17
| ''[[Here's to Future Days]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ready for the World (Ready for the World album)|Ready for the World]]'' || [[Ready for the World]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |20
| ''[[Ignite the Seven Cannons]]'' || [[Felt (band)|Felt]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |23
| ''[[In Mysterious Ways]]'' || [[John Foxx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wishing Chair (album)|The Wishing Chair]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Nation's Saving Grace]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |24
| ''[[Eaten Alive (album)|Eaten Alive]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |30
| ''[[Crazy Peoples Right to Speak]]'' || [[Kajagoogoo|Kaja]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mad Not Mad]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rain Dogs]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul to Soul (album)|Soul to Soul]]'' || [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (soundtrack)|To Live and Die in L.A.]]'' || [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |?
| ''Alibi'' || [[Adrian Vandenberg|Vandenberg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Stand Me Down]]'' || [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flip Your Wig]]'' || [[Hüsker Dü]] ||-
|-
| ''[[How Could It Be]]'' || [[Eddie Murphy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Process of Weeding Out]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Under a Raging Moon (album)|Under a Raging Moon]]'' || [[Roger Daltrey]] ||-
|}

=== October ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |4
| ''[[How to Be a ... Zillionaire!]]'' || [[ABC (band)|ABC]] ||-
|-
| ''Giants'' EP || [[The Bolshoi]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |7
| ''[[The Gift (Midge Ure album)|The Gift]]'' || [[Midge Ure]] || solo debut
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |11
| ''[[Believe You Me]]'' || [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Picture Book (Simply Red album)|Picture Book]]'' || [[Simply Red]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Power Windows (album)|Power Windows]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Canada
|- 
| ''[[Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven]]'' || [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |14
| ''[[Falco 3]]'' || [[Falco (musician)|Falco]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Listen Like Thieves]]'' || [[INXS]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live After Death]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (album)|The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord]]'' || [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Jets (album)|The Jets]]'' || [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Singles 81→85]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |15
| ''[[Blue (Double album)|Blue]]'' || [[Double (band)|Double]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feel the Fire (Overkill album)|Feel the Fire]]'' || [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Seven Churches (album)|Seven Churches]]'' || [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |17
| ''The Blasting Concept Vol. 2'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |18
| ''[[Love (The Cult album)|Love]]'' || [[The Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World Machine]]'' || [[Level 42]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[Mike + The Mechanics (1985 album)|Mike + The Mechanics]]'' || [[Mike and the Mechanics|Mike + the Mechanics]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Once Upon a Time (Simple Minds album)|Once Upon a Time]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[Twitch (Aldo Nova album)|Twitch]]'' || [[Aldo Nova]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |24
| ''[[Don't Stop Rappin']]'' || [[Too Short]] || LP, Debut
|-
| ''[[Krush Groove]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |25
| ''[[Greatest Hits (The Cars album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[The Cars]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Sun City (album)|Sun City]]'' || [[Artists United Against Apartheid]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Last Command (album)|The Last Command]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |28
| ''[[Afterburner (ZZ Top album)|Afterburner]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dead Man's Party (album)|Dead Man's Party]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slave to the Rhythm (album)|Slave to the Rhythm]]'' || [[Grace Jones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Spreading the Disease]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" align="center" |?
| ''[[America (Kurtis Blow album)|America]]'' || [[Kurtis Blow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] || UK; EP
|-
| ''[[Dog Eat Dog (Joni Mitchell album)|Dog Eat Dog]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Endless Pain]]'' || [[Kreator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eye Dance]]'' || [[Boney M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Frankenchrist]]'' || [[Dead Kennedys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[High Priority]]'' || [[Cherrelle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In My Head (album)|In My Head]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jane Wiedlin (album)|Jane Wiedlin]]'' || [[Jane Wiedlin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Me and the Boys (album)|Me and the Boys]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Movin' (Jennifer Rush album)|Movin']]'' || [[Jennifer Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Original Masters]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || UK; Compilation
|-
| ''[[Soul Kiss]]'' || [[Olivia Newton-John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[That's Why I'm Here]]'' || [[James Taylor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Spectre Within]]'' || [[Fates Warning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is Big Audio Dynamite]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tim (The Replacements album)|Tim]]'' || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Mega Therion (album)|To Mega Therion]]'' || [[Celtic Frost]] ||-
|-
|}

=== November ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center" |4
| ''[[Cut the Crap]]'' || [[The Clash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Delirious Nomad]]'' || [[Armored Saint]] ||-
|-
|- ''[[Done with Mirrors]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Down for the Count]]'' || [[Y&T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hawkwind Anthology]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Ice on Fire]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Misdemeanor (UFO album)|Misdemeanor]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Promise (Sade album)|Promise]]'' || [[Sade Adu|Sade]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Riptide (album)|Riptide]]'' || [[Robert Palmer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Singles Collection (Spandau Ballet album)|The Singles Collection]]'' || [[Spandau Ballet]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Broadway Album]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |7
| ''[[9012Live: The Solos]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || US/Live
|-
| ''[[Biograph (album)|Biograph]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Box Set
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |8
| ''[[All for Love (New Edition album)|All for Love]]'' || [[New Edition]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |11
| ''[[Bitter Sweet (King album)|Bitter Sweet]]'' || [[King (new wave band)|King]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Catching Up with Depeche Mode]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] || US; Compilation
|-
| ''[[Songs to Learn & Sing]]'' || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Chronicle of the Black Sword]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White City: A Novel]]'' || [[Pete Townshend]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Play Deep]]'' || [[The Outfield]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |13
| ''[[Seven the Hard Way]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Folksinger (album)|Folksinger]]'' || [[Phranc]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[Tiny Dynamine]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |18
| ''[[3 Ships]]'' || [[Jon Anderson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crackers: The Christmas Party Album]]'' || [[Slade]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Psychocandy]]'' || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Radio (LL Cool J album)|Radio]]'' || [[LL Cool J]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock a Little]]'' || [[Stevie Nicks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So Red the Rose]]'' || [[Arcadia (band)|Arcadia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Starpeace]]'' || [[Yoko Ono]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Walls of Jericho (album)|Walls of Jericho]]'' || [[Helloween]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |22
| ''[[Come Out and Play (Twisted Sister album)|Come Out and Play]]'' || [[Twisted Sister]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Easy Pieces]]'' || [[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |25
| ''[[Astra (album)|Astra]]'' || [[Asia (band)|Asia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Friends (Dionne Warwick album)|Friends]]'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 6'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |26
| ''[[Pack Up the Plantation: Live!]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Species Deceases]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |29
| ''[[Echoes in a Shallow Bay]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] || EP
|-
|  rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[We Care a Lot]]'' || [[Faith No More]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |?
| ''[[Carnivore (Carnivore album)|Carnivore]]'' || [[Carnivore (band)|Carnivore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Double Trouble Live]]'' || [[Molly Hatchet]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Heyday (The Church album)|Heyday]]'' || [[The Church (band)|The Church]] ||-
|-
| ''Night of the Crime'' || [[Icon (band)|Icon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raging Violence]]'' || [[Hirax]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Stereotomy]]'' || [[The Alan Parsons Project]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Dream Academy (album)|The Dream Academy]]'' || [[The Dream Academy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wrestling Album]]'' || [[World Wrestling Federation]] || Soundtrack
|- 
| ''[[Who's Missing (album)|Who's Missing]]'' || [[The Who]] || Compilation
|-
|}

=== December ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |9
| ''[[Club Ninja]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fine Young Cannibals (album)|Fine Young Cannibals]]'' || [[Fine Young Cannibals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Long Play]]'' || [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Fight to Survive]]'' || [[White Lion]] || Debut/Japan
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |31
| ''[[A Classic Case]]'' || [[London Symphony Orchestra]] || music of [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |?
| ''[[10 from 6]]'' || [[Bad Company]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[3-Way Tie (For Last)]]'' || [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] ||-
|-
| ''Friends'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Geek!]]'' || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Island Life]]'' || [[Grace Jones]] || Compilation
|}

===Release date unknown===
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*''[[...Undone]]'' – [[The Lucy Show]]
*''[[2WO]]'' – [[Strange Advance]]
*''[[7 Day Weekend (album)|7 Day Weekend]]'' – [[The Comsat Angels]]
*''[[A View to a Kill (soundtrack)|A View to a Kill: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' – John Barry
*''Alan Merrill'' – [[Alan Merrill]]
*''[[Alternating Currents (album)|Alternating Currents]]'' – [[Spyro Gyra]]
*''[[Ancient Artifacts]]'' – [[D.I. (band)|D.I.]]
*''[[Another Place (Hiroshima album)|Another Place]]'' – [[Hiroshima]]
*''[[Another World (The Roches album)|Another World]]'' – [[The Roches]]
*''[[Back in the DHSS]]'' – [[Half Man Half Biscuit]]
*''[[Baggariddim]]'' – [[UB40]]
*''[[Beat Happening (album)|Beat Happening]]'' – [[Beat Happening]]
*''[[Beat the System (album)|Beat the System]]'' – [[Petra]]
*''[[Begegnungen II]]'' – [[Brian Eno|Eno]] [[Dieter Moebius|Moebius]] [[Roedelius]] [[Conny Plank|Plank]]
*''[[Behaviour (Saga album)|Behaviour]]'' – [[Saga (band)|Saga]]
*''The Best of Elvy Sukaeish'' – [[Elvy Sukaesih]]
*''[[Better_Off_Dead_(film)#Soundtrack|Better Off Dead: Original A&M Soundcrack]]'' – Various Artists
*''[[Between Heaven 'n Hell]]'' – [[Resurrection Band]]
*''[[The Big Prize]]'' – [[Honeymoon Suite]]
*''[[Bites (album)|Bites]]'' – [[Skinny Puppy]]
*''Bo Diddley & Co. – Live'' – [[Bo Diddley]]
*''[[Branded and Exiled]]'' – [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]]
*''[[Change No Change]]'' – [[Elliot Easton]]
*''Christmas Time'' – [[Chris Stamey]]
*''[[Cock Robin (album)|Cock Robin]]'' – [[Cock Robin (band)|Cock Robin]]
*''[[Color of Success]]'' – [[Morris Day]]
*''Commander Sozo and the Charge of the Light Brigade'' – [[DeGarmo and Key]]
*''[[Company of Justice]]'' – [[Play Dead (band)|Play Dead]]
*''[[Copacabana: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album]]'' – [[Barry Manilow]]
*''[[Cuori agitati]]'' – [[Eros Ramazzotti]]
*''[[A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse]]'' – [[Giorno Poetry Systems]]
*''[[Dinosaur (Dinosaur Jr. album)|Dinosaur]]'' – [[Dinosaur Jr.]]
*''[[Do You (album)|Do You]]'' – [[Sheena Easton]]
*''Downtown'' – [[Marshall Crenshaw]]
*''[[Dream Come True (A Flock of Seagulls album)|Dream Come True]]'' – [[A Flock of Seagulls]]
*''[[Every Turn of the World]]'' – [[Christopher Cross]]
*''[[False Accusations]]'' – [[The Robert Cray Band]]
*''[[Fear and Whiskey]]'' – [[Mekons]]
*''[[Feargal Sharkey (album)|Feargal Sharkey]]'' – [[Feargal Sharkey]] (solo debut)
*''[[Flame (Real Life album)|Flame]]'' – [[Real Life (band)|Real Life]]
*''[[Flaunt the Imperfection]]'' – [[China Crisis]]
*''[[For the Working Class Man]]'' – [[Jimmy Barnes]]
*''Forever Running'' – [[B-Movie (band)|B-Movie]]
*''Futile Combat'' – [[Skeletal Family]]
*''[[Go West (Go West album)|Go West]]'' – [[Go West (band)|Go West]]
*''[[The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' – Various Artists
*''Have Yourself Committed'' – [[Bryan Duncan]]
*''[[The Heart of the Matter (Kenny Rogers album)|The Heart of the Matter]]'' – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*''Hero'' – [[Clarence Clemons]]
*''[[The History Mix Volume 1]]'' – [[Godley & Creme]]
*''[[Hotline (White Heart album)|Hotline]]'' – [[White Heart]]
*''[[I Don't Want to Grow Up]]'' – [[Descendents]]
*''Immigrant'' – [[Gene Loves Jezebel]]
*''In the House'' – [[Images in Vogue]]
*''[[Into the Fire Live]]'' – [[Play Dead (band)|Play Dead]]
*''[[Just Like Real Life]]'' – [[Prodigal (band)|Prodigal]]
*''Kingdom in the Streets'' – [[Dion DiMucci]]
*''Life'' – [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]
*''Little Baggariddim EP''  – [[UB40]]
*''[[Live in Carré]]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
*''[[Looking at You (album)|Looking at You]]'' – [[Chaz Jankel]]
*''[[Love Beyond Reason]]'' – [[Randy Stonehill]]
*''[[Love Hurts (Elaine Paige album)|Love Hurts]]'' – [[Elaine Paige]]
*''Machine Age Voodoo'' – [[SPK (band)|SPK]]
*''[[Manilow (album)|Manilow]]'' – [[Barry Manilow]]
*''[[Mayhem (Toyah album)|Mayhem]]'' – [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]] (compilation)
*''[[Mental Notes (Bad Manners album)|Mental Notes]]'' – [[Bad Manners]]
*''[[Minx (Toyah album)|Minx]]'' – [[Toyah Willcox]] (solo debut)
*''[[Mistral gagnant]]'' – [[Renaud]]
*''[[Mud Will Be Flung Tonight]]'' – [[Bette Midler]]
*''[[Mystery (RAH Band album)|Mystery]]'' – [[RAH Band]]
*''[[No Muss...No Fuss]]'' – [[Donnie Iris]]
*''[[Now – The Christmas Album]]'' – Various Artists
*''Off the Board'' – [[Ludichrist]]
*''[[Oil & Gold]]'' – [[Shriekback]]
*''Old Flame'' – [[Juice Newton]]
*''[[Old Land]]'' – [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]] & [[Brian Eno]]
*''[[On the Fritz]]'' – [[Steve Taylor]]
*''[[One for the Road (April Wine album)|One for the Road]]'' – [[April Wine]]
*''[[Only Four You]]'' – [[Mary Jane Girls]]
*''[[Our Garden Needs Its Flowers]]'' – Jess Sah Bi and [[Peter One]]
*''[[Partners, Brothers and Friends (album)|Partners, Brothers and Friends]]'' – [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
*''[[Promesas]]'' – [[José José]]
*''[[Rescue You]]'' – [[Joe Lynn Turner]]
*''[[Resistance (Burning Spear album)|Resistance]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
*''[[Rhythm Romance]]'' – [[The Romantics]]
*''[[Romance (David Cassidy album)|Romance]]'' – [[David Cassidy]]
*''Say You Love Me'' – [[Jennifer Holliday]]
*''[[A Secret Wish]]'' – [[Propaganda (band)|Propaganda]]
*''[[A Sense of Wonder]]'' – [[Van Morrison]]
*''[[Shamrock Diaries]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
*''[[Skin Dive]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
*''So Many Rivers'' – [[Bobby Womack]]
*''[[Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends]]'' – [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
*''[[Some People (Belouis Some album)|Some People]]'' – [[Belouis Some]]
*''[[Stages (Triumph album)|Stages]]'' – [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]]
*''[[Stay Hard]]'' – [[Raven (band)|Raven]]
*''[[Steady Nerves]]'' – [[Graham Parker]] and The Shot
*''Syirin Farthat'' – [[Elvy Sukaesih]]
*''[[Talk about the Weather]]'' – [[Red Lorry Yellow Lorry]]
*''[[Telephone Free Landslide Victory]]'' – [[Camper Van Beethoven]]
*''[[Through a Window]]'' – [[Patrick Sky]]
*''[[Thursday Afternoon]]'' – [[Brian Eno]]
*''[[The UB40 File]]'' – [[UB40]]
*''[[Under Lock and Key]]'' – [[Dokken]]
*''U.T.F.O.'' – [[UTFO]]
*''[[Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland]]'' – [[Vassar Clements]], [[John Hartford]], [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]]
*''[[Voices Carry (album)|Voices Carry]]'' – [['til Tuesday]]
*''[[What a Life! (album)|What a Life!]]'' – [[Divinyls]]
*''[[Whatever Happened to Jugula?]]'' – [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]
*''Without Love'' – [[Black N' Blue]]
*''[[Wonderful (Circle Jerks album)|Wonderful]]'' – [[Circle Jerks]]
*''Zaman'' – [[Ebiet G. Ade]]
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