NME - Jaarlijst 1985
| 1 | Tom Waits | Rain dogs | 1985 |
| 2 | Jesus and Mary chain | Psychocandy | 1985 |
| 3 | Velvet underground | VU | 1985 |
| 4 | Prefab sprout | Steve McQueen | 1985 |
| 5 | Madness | Mad not mad | 1985 |
| 6 | Fall | This nation's saving grace | 1985 |
| 7 | Sam Cooke | Live at the Harlem square club, 1963 | 1963 |
| 8 | Bobby Womack | So many rivers | 1985 |
| 9 | Hüsker dü | New day rising | 1985 |
| 10 | Kate Bush | Hounds of love | 1985 |
| 11 | Smiths | Meat is murder | 1985 |
| 12 | John Fogerty | Centerfield | 1985 |
| 13 | Dexy's midnight runners | Don't stand me down | 1985 |
| 14 | Wynton Marsalis | Black codes | 1985 |
| 15 | Shirley Brown | Intimate storm | 1984 |
| 16 | Meat puppets | Up on the sun | 1985 |
| 17 | Sonic youth | Bad moon rising | 1985 |
| 18 | Pogues | Rum, sodomy & the lash | 1985 |
| 19 | Mathilde Santing | Water under the bridge | 1984 |
| 20 | Style council | Our favourite shop | 1985 |
| 21 | Robert Wyatt | Old rotten hat | 1985 |
| 22 | New order | Low-life | 1985 |
| 23 | Al Green | Going away | 1985 |
| 24 | Los Lobos | How will the wolf survive? | 1984 |
| 25 | June brides | There are eight million stories | 1985 |
| 26 | Isley Jasper Isley | Caravan of love | 1985 |
| 27 | Talking heads | Little creatures | 1985 |
| 28 | Propaganda | A secret wish | 1985 |
| 29 | Scraping foetus off the wheel | Nail | 1985 |
| 30 | R.E.M. | Fables of the reconstruction/Reconstruction of the fables | 1985 |
| 31 | Cameo | Single life | 1985 |
| 32 | Run DMC | Kings of rock | 1985 |
| 33 | Hüsker dü | Flip your wing | 1985 |
| 34 | Womack and Womack | Radio M.U.S.C. man | 1985 |
| 35 | Suzanne Vega | Suzanne Vega | 1985 |
| 36 | Marvin Gaye | Dream of a lifetime | 1985 |
| 37 | Rubén Blades | Escenas | 1985 |
| 38 | Jason and the Scorchers | Lost and found | 1985 |
| 39 | Ronald Shannon Jackson | Decode yourself | 1985 |
| 40 | Einstürzende Neubauten | 1/2 Mensch | 1985 |
| 41 | Bryan Ferry | Boys and girls | 1985 |
| 42 | Miles Davis | You're under arrest | 1985 |
| 43 | Apartments | The evening visits | 1985 |
| 44 | Agnus Bernelle | Father's lying dead upon the ironing board | 1985 |
| 45 | Miles Davis & John Coltrane | Live in Stockholm | 1960 |
| 46 | Test dept./South Wales striking miners choir | Shoulder to shoulder | 1985 |
| 47 | Jonathan Richman and the Modern lovers | Rockin' and romance | 1985 |
| 48 | Ijahman Levi | Lily of my valley | 1985 |
| 49 | Microdisney | The clock comes down the stairs | 1985 |
| 50 | Nick Cave and the Bad seeds | The firstborn is dead | 1985 |
| 43 | Apartments | The evening visits | 1985 |
| 44 | Agnus Bernelle | Father's lying dead upon the ironing board | 1985 |
| 37 | Rubén Blades | Escenas | 1985 |
| 15 | Shirley Brown | Intimate storm | 1984 |
| 10 | Kate Bush | Hounds of love | 1985 |
| 31 | Cameo | Single life | 1985 |
| 50 | Nick Cave and the Bad seeds | The firstborn is dead | 1985 |
| 7 | Sam Cooke | Live at the Harlem square club, 1963 | 1963 |
| 45 | Miles Davis & John Coltrane | Live in Stockholm | 1960 |
| 42 | Miles Davis | You're under arrest | 1985 |
| 13 | Dexy's midnight runners | Don't stand me down | 1985 |
| 40 | Einstürzende Neubauten | 1/2 Mensch | 1985 |
| 6 | Fall | This nation's saving grace | 1985 |
| 41 | Bryan Ferry | Boys and girls | 1985 |
| 12 | John Fogerty | Centerfield | 1985 |
| 36 | Marvin Gaye | Dream of a lifetime | 1985 |
| 23 | Al Green | Going away | 1985 |
| 33 | Hüsker dü | Flip your wing | 1985 |
| 9 | Hüsker dü | New day rising | 1985 |
| 26 | Isley Jasper Isley | Caravan of love | 1985 |
| 38 | Jason and the Scorchers | Lost and found | 1985 |
| 2 | Jesus and Mary chain | Psychocandy | 1985 |
| 25 | June brides | There are eight million stories | 1985 |
| 48 | Ijahman Levi | Lily of my valley | 1985 |
| 24 | Los Lobos | How will the wolf survive? | 1984 |
| 5 | Madness | Mad not mad | 1985 |
| 14 | Wynton Marsalis | Black codes | 1985 |
| 16 | Meat puppets | Up on the sun | 1985 |
| 49 | Microdisney | The clock comes down the stairs | 1985 |
| 22 | New order | Low-life | 1985 |
| 18 | Pogues | Rum, sodomy & the lash | 1985 |
| 4 | Prefab sprout | Steve McQueen | 1985 |
| 28 | Propaganda | A secret wish | 1985 |
| 30 | R.E.M. | Fables of the reconstruction/Reconstruction of the fables | 1985 |
| 47 | Jonathan Richman and the Modern lovers | Rockin' and romance | 1985 |
| 32 | Run DMC | Kings of rock | 1985 |
| 19 | Mathilde Santing | Water under the bridge | 1984 |
| 29 | Scraping foetus off the wheel | Nail | 1985 |
| 39 | Ronald Shannon Jackson | Decode yourself | 1985 |
| 11 | Smiths | Meat is murder | 1985 |
| 17 | Sonic youth | Bad moon rising | 1985 |
| 20 | Style council | Our favourite shop | 1985 |
| 27 | Talking heads | Little creatures | 1985 |
| 46 | Test dept./South Wales striking miners choir | Shoulder to shoulder | 1985 |
| 35 | Suzanne Vega | Suzanne Vega | 1985 |
| 3 | Velvet underground | VU | 1985 |
| 1 | Tom Waits | Rain dogs | 1985 |
| 34 | Womack and Womack | Radio M.U.S.C. man | 1985 |
| 8 | Bobby Womack | So many rivers | 1985 |
| 21 | Robert Wyatt | Old rotten hat | 1985 |
(woensdag 1 juni 2022)