UNITED KINGDOM'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1984

No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month
  1 CAN'T SLOW DOWN-LIONEL RICHIE-APRIL                                                                                2858
  2 AN INNOCENT MAH-BILLY JOEL-June                                                                  2056
  3 DIAMOND LIFE-SADE-October                                                                        1650
  4 THE WORKS-QUEEN-May                                                                              1492
  5 PRIVATE DANCER-TINA TURNER-September                                                             1376
  6 LEGEND-BOB MARLEY & WAILERS-July                                                                 1204
  7 HUMAN'S LIB-HOWARD JONES-March                                                                    992
  8 INTO THE GAP-Thompson Twins-February                                                              958
  9 MAKE IT BIG-Wham!-November                                                                        944
 10 WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME-Frankie Goes To Hollywood-November                                    864
 11 Touch Eurythmics-February                                                                         856
 12 Now That's What I Call Music Volume 3-Various Artists-September                                   804
 13 Now That's What I Call Music II-Various Artists-April                                             796
 14 The Collection-Ultravox-November                                                                  780
 15 Parade-Spandau Ballet-July                                                                        734
 16 The Hits Album/The Hits Tape:32 Original Hits-Various Artists-December                            670
 17 Human Racing-Nik Kershaw-July                                                                     662
 18 The Unforgettable Fire-U2-October                                                                 612
 19 The Age Of Consent-Bronski Beat-October                                                           576
 20 Breaking Hearts-Elton John-June                                                                   474
 21 Dire Straits Live:Alchemy-March                                                                   464
 22 Now That's What I Call Music Volume IV-Various Artists-December                                   444
 23 Arena-Duran Duran-November                                                                        390
 24 Breakdance-Original Soundtrack-June                                                               370
 25 Breakout-The Pointer Sisters-August                                                               366
 26 Give My Regards To Broad Street-Paul McCartney-October                                            364
 27 Woman In Red:Original Soundtrack-Stevie Wonder And Dionne Warwick-September                       354
 28 Greatest Hits:Shakin' Stevens-Shakin' Stevens-December                                            346
 29 Footloose-Original Soundtrack-May                                                                 344
 30 Yesterday Once More-The Carpenters-December                                                       344
 31 Sparkle In The Rain-Simple Minds-February                                                         332
 32 The Smiths-The Smiths-February                                                                    322
 33 Sometimes When We Touch-Various Artists-February                                                  276
 34 Party Party-Black Lace-December                                                                   248
 35 American Heartbeat-Various Artists-June                                                           238
 36 The Riddle-Nik Kershaw-November                                                                   234
 37 Cafe Bleu-The Style Council-March                                                                 230
 38 The Very Best Of Motown Love Songs-Various Artists-February                                       230
 39 Then Came Rock N' Roll-Various Artists-June                                                       228
 40 Tonight-David Bowie-October                                                                       218
 41 And I Love You So-Howard Keel-April                                                               188
 42 Hungry For Hits-Various Artists-May                                                               184
 43 Portrait-Diana Ross-January                                                                       168
 44 Steeltown-Big Country-October                                                                     164
 45 All By Myself-Various Artists-October                                                             164
 46 Powerslave-Iron Maiden-September                                                                  158
 47 Hysteria-The Human League-May                                                                     148
 48 Geffery Morgan-UB40-October                                                                       144
 49 Milk And Honey:A Heart Play-John Lennon And Yoko Ono-January                                      144
 50 Hits,Hits,Hits-Various Artists-October                                                            140
 51 Victory-The Jacksons-July                                                                         136
 52 We Are Family-Sister Sledge-September                                                             134
 53 Ocean Rain-Echo & The Bunnymen-May                                                                134
 54 Keep Moving-Madness-February                                                                      134
 55 Phil Fearon And Galaxy-Phil Fearon And Galaxy-August                                              130
 56 Mange Tout-Blancmange-May                                                                         126
 57 Bad Attitude-Meat Loaf-November                                                                   124
 58 Miss Randy Crawford:Greatest Hits-Miss Randy Crawford-October                                     116
 59 Don't Stop Dancing-Various Artists-May                                                            116
 60 Learning To Crawl-The Pretenders-January                                                          114
 61 The Art Garfunkel Album-Art Garfunkel-December                                                    112
 62 Lost Boys-The Flying Pickets-May                                                                  112
 63 Waking Up With The House On Fire-Culture Club-October                                             106
 64 Some Great Reward-Depeche Mode-September                                                           98
 65 Fugazi-Marillion-March                                                                             98
 66 Perfect Strangers-Deep Purple-November                                                             96
 67 The Last In Line-Dio-July                                                                          96
 68 Brilliant Trees-David Sylvian-July                                                                 94
 69 Grace Under Pressure-Rush-April                                                                    94
 70 Lament-Ultravox-April                                                                              90
 71 Hatful Of Hollow-The Smiths-November                                                               88
 72 Farewell My Summer Love-Michael Jackson-June                                                       88
 73 Camoflage-Rod Stewart-June                                                                         88
 74 Primitive-Neil Diamond-July                                                                        86
 75 Real To Reel-Marillion-November                                                                    84
 76 Goodbye Cruel World-Elvis Costello And The Attractions-July                                        80
 77 Junk Culture-Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark-May                                                 78
 78 Man On The Line-Chris De Burgh-May                                                                 76
 79 Twelve Golden Bars Volume 1 And Volume 2-Status Quo-December                                       74
 80 Cinema-Elaine Paige-November                                                                       72
 81 Greatest Hits:Marvin Gaye-Marvin Gaye-April                                                        72
 82 Declaration-The Alarm-February                                                                     50
 83 Slide It In-Whitesnake-February                                                                    44
 84 Green Velvet-Various Artists-December                                                              42
 85 The Top-The Cure-May                                                                               42
 86 Animalize-Kiss-September                                                                           40
 87 How Men Are-Heaven 17-September                                                                    38
 88 This Last Night In Sodom-Soft Cell-March                                                           38
 89 Victims Of The Future-Gary Moore-February                                                          38
 90 Rattlesnakes-Lloyd Cole And The Commotions-October                                                 36
 91 The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking-Roger Waters-May                                                 36
 92 Aural Sculpture-The Stranglers-November                                                            34
 93 True Colours-Level 42-October                                                                      34
 94 Knife-Aztec Camera-September                                                                       34
 95 No Remorse-Motorhead-September                                                                     34
 96 1100 Bel Air Place-Julio Iglesias-September                                                        34
 97 Eden-Everything But The Girl-June                                                                  34
 98 Body And Soul-Joe Jackson-April                                                                    34
 99 The Flat Earth-Thomas Dolby-February                                                               34
100 You Broke My Heart In 17 Places-Tracey Ullman-January                                              34