CASH BOX MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1985

No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month
 1 LIKE A VIRGIN-MADONNA-FEBRUARY                                                                                                  2436
 2 NO JACKET REQUIRED-PHIL COLLINS-March                                                          2416
 3 BROTHERS IN ARMS-DIRE STRAITS-September                                                        2346
 4 SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR-TEARS FOR FEAR-July                                                   2062
 5 RECKLESS-BRYAN ADAMS-August                                                                    1634
 6 DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES-STING-September                                                      1486
 7 SCARECROW-John Cougar Mellencamp-November                                                      1480
 8 MAKE IT BIG-WHAM!-March                                                                        1472
 9 MIAMI VICE-Soundtrack-November                                                                 1280
10 AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY-Prince-June                                                          1082
11 Afterburner-ZZ Top-December                                                                    1010
12 Chicago 17-January                                                                              976
13 Beverly Hills Cop-Soundtrack-May                                                                970
14 Centerfield-John Fogerty-March                                                                  964
15 Agent Provocateur-Foreigner-February                                                            774
16 In A Square Circle-Stevie Wonder-November                                                       754
17 Power Station 33 1/3-July                                                                       658
18 Diamond Life-Sade-June                                                                          640
19 We Are The World-USA For Africa-May                                                             578
20 Greatest Hits Volume I & II-Billy Joel-September                                                532
21 Invasion Of Your Privacy-Ratt-August                                                            518
22 Theatre Of Pain-Motley Crue-August                                                              516
23 Valotte-Julian Lennon-March                                                                     502
24 Building The Perfect Beast-Don Henley-March                                                     488
25 Arena-Duran Duran-January                                                                       464
26 Little Creatures-Talking Heads-August                                                           352
27 Be Yourself Tonight-Eurythmics-July                                                             324
28 Wheels Are Turning-REO Speedwagon-March                                                         314
29 The Firm-The Firm-April                                                                         312
30 Power Windows-Rush-December                                                                     308
31 The Night I Fell In Love-Luther Vandross-June                                                   294
32 Hunting High And Low-A-Ha-October                                                               274
33 She's The Boss-Mick Jagger-April                                                                260
34 Vision Quest-Soundtrack-May                                                                     200
35 Southern Accents-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-May                                                  196
36 Dream Into Action-Howard Jones-July                                                             194
37 Tropico-Pat Benatar-January                                                                     184
38 World Wide Live-Scorpions-September                                                             182
39 Lovin' Every Minute Of It-Loverboy-November                                                     162
40 Chinese Wall-Philip Bailey-February                                                             112
41 Sacred Heart-Dio-October                                                                        106
42 Crazy From The Heat-David Lee Roth-March                                                        106
43 New Edition-New Edition-February                                                                106
44 Voices Carry-`Til Tuesday-July                                                                   68
45 Ready For The World-Ready For The World-November                                                 34