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Sounds, a now defunkd weekly UK publication which was the market leader for a while in the early mid ‘80s. Once again THANKYOU to Gordon Stephen   &  Dominique Durand  for compiling and supplying these lists.



SOUNDS ALL TIME TOP 100 ALBUMS
Published Sometime in 1985

The Clash

1. The Clash - The Clash
2. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
3. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico
4. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
5. Patti Smith - Horses
6. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
7. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
8. Television - Marquee Moon
9. The Doors - The Doors
10. T Rex - Electric Warrior
11. Joy Division - Closer
12. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
13. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
14. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
15. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
16. David Bowie - Heroes
17. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
18. Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power
19. Love - Forever Changes
20. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
21. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
22. Japan - Tin Drum
23. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
24. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
25. David Bowie - Station To Station
26. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
27. David Bowie - Young Americans
28. Suicide - Suicide
29. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
30. Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
31. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
32. Ian Dury And The Blockheads - New Boots And Panties
33. The Ramones - The Ramones
34. Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Scream
35. David Bowie - Low
36. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
37. Lou Reed - Transformer
38. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
39. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
40. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
41. The Stooges - The Stooges
42. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
43. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
44. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
45. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
46. Gang Of Four - Entertainment
47. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
48. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
49. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
50. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
51. Can - Tago Mago
52. Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
53. The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope
54. The Clash - London Calling
55. Alice Cooper - Killer
56. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
57. Prince - 1999
58. ZZ Top - Eliminator
59. Alice Cooper - School's Out
60. New York Dolls - Too Much, Too Soon
61. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
62. Dream Syndicate - Medicine Show
63. Lou Reed - Berlin
64. Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
65. The Smiths - The Smiths
66. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
67. Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Armed Forces
68. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
69. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
70. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
71. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
72. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The First Born Is Dead
73. Cream - Disraeli Gears
74. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
75. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
76. The Slits - Cut
77. Bob Marley - Live At The Lyceum
78. Bob Marley - Natty Dread
79. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
80. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
81. The Human League - Dare
82. The Jam - Setting Sons
83. Magazine - Real Life
84. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
85. The Doors - Strange Days
86. The Jam - All Mod Cons
87. Public Image Ltd - Metal Box
88. The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
89. Generation X - Generation X
90. Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
91. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
92. Brian Eno/David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
93. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
94. The Only Ones - Even Serpents Shine
95. Bruce Springsteen - The River
96. Alan Vega - Saturn Strip
97. Buffalo Springfield - Again
98. Holger Czukay - Movies
99. Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
100. AC/DC - Highway To Hell

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SOUNDS ALL TIME TOP 100 SINGLES

Published Sometime in 1985

1. The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
2. David Bowie - Heroes
3. The Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
4. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
5. The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
6. The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
7. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
8. Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Road Runner
9. Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Watching The Detectives
10. Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
11. James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
12. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
13. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
14. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
15. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
16. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile
17. The Specials - Ghost Town
18. The Patti Smith Group - Because The Night
19. Judy Clay And William Bell - Private Number
20. Alice Cooper - School's Out
21. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
22. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
23. Echo And The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
24. Joy Division - Transmission
25. Ike And Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
26. The Police - Every Breath You Take
27. The Byrds - Eight Miles High
28. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
29. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears
30. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
31. Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
32. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
33. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
34. Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
35. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
36. The Clash - Complete Control
37. Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing
38. The Fall - Cruiser's Creek
39. T Rex - Get It On
40. Diana Ross - Remember Me
41. David Bowie - Space Oddity
42. Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
43. The Velvet Underground - Waiting For The Man
44. Public Image Limited - Public Image
45. The Clash - White Riot
46. T Rex - Telegram Sam
47. Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
48. The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion
49. Love - Alone Again Or
50. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
51. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
52. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
53. The Doors - Riders On The Storm
54. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
55. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze
56. Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)
57. The Beatles - Help!
58. The Dammed - New Rose
59. The Jackson Five - I'll Be There
60. Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
61. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
62. The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
63. The Doors - Hello I Love You
64. Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
65. The Cure - In Between Days
66. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
67. Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Sex And Drugs And Rock 'N' Roll
68. Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods (EP)
69. The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil
70. David Bowie - Golden Years
71. Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
72. Love - Seven And Seven Is
73. The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
74. David Bowie - Let's Dance
75. The Patti Smith Group - Gloria/My Generation
76. Suicide - Dream Baby Dream
77. The Supremes - Baby Love
78. The Doors - Light My Fire
79. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
80. The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
81. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
82. Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation
83. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
84. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
85. The Sex Pistols - My Way
86. The Buzzcocks - Spiral Scratch (EP)
87. Japan - Visions Of China
88. Prince - 1999
89. Scritti Politti - Woodbeez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
90. The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
91. Generation X - Your Generation
92. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
93. The Mekons - Where Were You
94. The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
95. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together?
96. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
97. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
98. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
99. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
100. Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All