Barry Martin
@musiccountdownguy.bsky.social
Music & Football obsessed ! Regular host of Music Countdowns !
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in with this Countdown & any of the others I organised over the years!
Your participation and input always made them enjoyable and a regular learning curve & for that I'll always be grateful!
Thanks for the memories 😊
#1985AlbumsTop20
Your participation and input always made them enjoyable and a regular learning curve & for that I'll always be grateful!
Thanks for the memories 😊
#1985AlbumsTop20
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in with this Countdown & any of the others I organised over the years!
Your participation and input always made them enjoyable and a regular learning curve & for that I'll always be grateful!
Thanks for the memories 😊
#1985AlbumsTop20
Your participation and input always made them enjoyable and a regular learning curve & for that I'll always be grateful!
Thanks for the memories 😊
#1985AlbumsTop20
Number 1 🏆
#1985AlbumsTop20
Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Arguably the band's best album! Although TQID gives it a good run for its money 🔥
Barbarism Begins At Home 🏆
Well I Wonder
Nowhere Fast
The Headmaster Ritual
#1985AlbumsTop20
Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Arguably the band's best album! Although TQID gives it a good run for its money 🔥
Barbarism Begins At Home 🏆
Well I Wonder
Nowhere Fast
The Headmaster Ritual
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Number 1 🏆
#1985AlbumsTop20
Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Arguably the band's best album! Although TQID gives it a good run for its money 🔥
Barbarism Begins At Home 🏆
Well I Wonder
Nowhere Fast
The Headmaster Ritual
#1985AlbumsTop20
Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Arguably the band's best album! Although TQID gives it a good run for its money 🔥
Barbarism Begins At Home 🏆
Well I Wonder
Nowhere Fast
The Headmaster Ritual
Number 2
#1985AlbumsTop20
The brilliant debut album was a hard act to follow but they did it in style! This album brought them Super Stardom 🔥
Head Over Heels 🏆
Shout
The Working Hour
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
#1985AlbumsTop20
The brilliant debut album was a hard act to follow but they did it in style! This album brought them Super Stardom 🔥
Head Over Heels 🏆
Shout
The Working Hour
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Number 2
#1985AlbumsTop20
The brilliant debut album was a hard act to follow but they did it in style! This album brought them Super Stardom 🔥
Head Over Heels 🏆
Shout
The Working Hour
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
#1985AlbumsTop20
The brilliant debut album was a hard act to follow but they did it in style! This album brought them Super Stardom 🔥
Head Over Heels 🏆
Shout
The Working Hour
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Number 4
#1985AlbumsTop20
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
This album brings back a lot of nostalgia! Family car journeys weren't complete without this album being played! Brilliant album 🔥
Your Latest Trick 🏆
So Far Away
Money For Nothing
Brothers In Arms
#1985AlbumsTop20
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
This album brings back a lot of nostalgia! Family car journeys weren't complete without this album being played! Brilliant album 🔥
Your Latest Trick 🏆
So Far Away
Money For Nothing
Brothers In Arms
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Number 4
#1985AlbumsTop20
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
This album brings back a lot of nostalgia! Family car journeys weren't complete without this album being played! Brilliant album 🔥
Your Latest Trick 🏆
So Far Away
Money For Nothing
Brothers In Arms
#1985AlbumsTop20
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
This album brings back a lot of nostalgia! Family car journeys weren't complete without this album being played! Brilliant album 🔥
Your Latest Trick 🏆
So Far Away
Money For Nothing
Brothers In Arms
Number 5
#1985AlbumsTop20
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
Her most accessible album up to this point and also her best imo 🔥
Cloudbusting 🏆
Running Up That Hill
Hounds of Love
And Dream Of Sheep
#1985AlbumsTop20
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
Her most accessible album up to this point and also her best imo 🔥
Cloudbusting 🏆
Running Up That Hill
Hounds of Love
And Dream Of Sheep
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Number 5
#1985AlbumsTop20
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
Her most accessible album up to this point and also her best imo 🔥
Cloudbusting 🏆
Running Up That Hill
Hounds of Love
And Dream Of Sheep
#1985AlbumsTop20
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
Her most accessible album up to this point and also her best imo 🔥
Cloudbusting 🏆
Running Up That Hill
Hounds of Love
And Dream Of Sheep
Number 6
#1985AlbumsTop20
Little Creatures - Talking Heads
Definitely the most Pop album TH had made to this point! Some brilliant moments 🔥
Road To Nowhere 🏆
And She Was
The Lady Don't Mind
Creatures of Love
#1985AlbumsTop20
Little Creatures - Talking Heads
Definitely the most Pop album TH had made to this point! Some brilliant moments 🔥
Road To Nowhere 🏆
And She Was
The Lady Don't Mind
Creatures of Love
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Number 6
#1985AlbumsTop20
Little Creatures - Talking Heads
Definitely the most Pop album TH had made to this point! Some brilliant moments 🔥
Road To Nowhere 🏆
And She Was
The Lady Don't Mind
Creatures of Love
#1985AlbumsTop20
Little Creatures - Talking Heads
Definitely the most Pop album TH had made to this point! Some brilliant moments 🔥
Road To Nowhere 🏆
And She Was
The Lady Don't Mind
Creatures of Love
Number 7
#1985AlbumsTop20
Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
The best album PS ever made imo !
When Love Breaks Down 🏆
Bonny
Faron Young
Johnny Johnny
#1985AlbumsTop20
Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
The best album PS ever made imo !
When Love Breaks Down 🏆
Bonny
Faron Young
Johnny Johnny
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Number 7
#1985AlbumsTop20
Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
The best album PS ever made imo !
When Love Breaks Down 🏆
Bonny
Faron Young
Johnny Johnny
#1985AlbumsTop20
Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
The best album PS ever made imo !
When Love Breaks Down 🏆
Bonny
Faron Young
Johnny Johnny
Number 8
#1985AlbumsTop20
Once Upon A Time - Simple Minds
The final installment in the prime era of Simple Minds imo ! Stretching all the way back to 1979! That's impressive
Sanctify Yourself 🏆
All The Things She Said
Oh Jungleland
Ghost Dancing
#1985AlbumsTop20
Once Upon A Time - Simple Minds
The final installment in the prime era of Simple Minds imo ! Stretching all the way back to 1979! That's impressive
Sanctify Yourself 🏆
All The Things She Said
Oh Jungleland
Ghost Dancing
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Number 8
#1985AlbumsTop20
Once Upon A Time - Simple Minds
The final installment in the prime era of Simple Minds imo ! Stretching all the way back to 1979! That's impressive
Sanctify Yourself 🏆
All The Things She Said
Oh Jungleland
Ghost Dancing
#1985AlbumsTop20
Once Upon A Time - Simple Minds
The final installment in the prime era of Simple Minds imo ! Stretching all the way back to 1979! That's impressive
Sanctify Yourself 🏆
All The Things She Said
Oh Jungleland
Ghost Dancing
Number 9
#1985AlbumsTop20
Our Favourite Shop - The Style Council
PW never missed an opportunity to have a go at Thatcher & the Tories! Which should always be commended
Walls Come Tumbling Down 🏆
The Lodgers
Come To Milton Keynes
Man Of Great Promise
#1985AlbumsTop20
Our Favourite Shop - The Style Council
PW never missed an opportunity to have a go at Thatcher & the Tories! Which should always be commended
Walls Come Tumbling Down 🏆
The Lodgers
Come To Milton Keynes
Man Of Great Promise
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Number 9
#1985AlbumsTop20
Our Favourite Shop - The Style Council
PW never missed an opportunity to have a go at Thatcher & the Tories! Which should always be commended
Walls Come Tumbling Down 🏆
The Lodgers
Come To Milton Keynes
Man Of Great Promise
#1985AlbumsTop20
Our Favourite Shop - The Style Council
PW never missed an opportunity to have a go at Thatcher & the Tories! Which should always be commended
Walls Come Tumbling Down 🏆
The Lodgers
Come To Milton Keynes
Man Of Great Promise
Number 10
#1985AlbumsTop20
Low-Life - New Order
Kicking off the Top 10 with New Orders 3rd album! Another brilliant piece of Dance/Synth Pop from the Manc legends
The Perfect Kiss 🏆
Sub-Culture
Elegia
Love Vigilantes
#1985AlbumsTop20
Low-Life - New Order
Kicking off the Top 10 with New Orders 3rd album! Another brilliant piece of Dance/Synth Pop from the Manc legends
The Perfect Kiss 🏆
Sub-Culture
Elegia
Love Vigilantes
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Number 10
#1985AlbumsTop20
Low-Life - New Order
Kicking off the Top 10 with New Orders 3rd album! Another brilliant piece of Dance/Synth Pop from the Manc legends
The Perfect Kiss 🏆
Sub-Culture
Elegia
Love Vigilantes
#1985AlbumsTop20
Low-Life - New Order
Kicking off the Top 10 with New Orders 3rd album! Another brilliant piece of Dance/Synth Pop from the Manc legends
The Perfect Kiss 🏆
Sub-Culture
Elegia
Love Vigilantes
Number 11
#1985AlbumsTop20
Around The World In A Day - Prince
Fans were expecting Purple Rain mark 2 but Prince had other ideas! A much more experimental album with some great highlights 🔥
Raspberry Beret 🏆
Paisley Park
Pop Life
America
#1985AlbumsTop20
Around The World In A Day - Prince
Fans were expecting Purple Rain mark 2 but Prince had other ideas! A much more experimental album with some great highlights 🔥
Raspberry Beret 🏆
Paisley Park
Pop Life
America
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Number 11
#1985AlbumsTop20
Around The World In A Day - Prince
Fans were expecting Purple Rain mark 2 but Prince had other ideas! A much more experimental album with some great highlights 🔥
Raspberry Beret 🏆
Paisley Park
Pop Life
America
#1985AlbumsTop20
Around The World In A Day - Prince
Fans were expecting Purple Rain mark 2 but Prince had other ideas! A much more experimental album with some great highlights 🔥
Raspberry Beret 🏆
Paisley Park
Pop Life
America
Number 12
#1985AlbunsTop20
Flaunt The Imperfection - China Crisis
The band brought in Walter Becker from Steely Dan on production to give a more polished sound & it had the desired effect
Black Man Ray 🏆
King In A Catholic Style
The Highest High
You Did Cut Me
#1985AlbunsTop20
Flaunt The Imperfection - China Crisis
The band brought in Walter Becker from Steely Dan on production to give a more polished sound & it had the desired effect
Black Man Ray 🏆
King In A Catholic Style
The Highest High
You Did Cut Me
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Number 12
#1985AlbunsTop20
Flaunt The Imperfection - China Crisis
The band brought in Walter Becker from Steely Dan on production to give a more polished sound & it had the desired effect
Black Man Ray 🏆
King In A Catholic Style
The Highest High
You Did Cut Me
#1985AlbunsTop20
Flaunt The Imperfection - China Crisis
The band brought in Walter Becker from Steely Dan on production to give a more polished sound & it had the desired effect
Black Man Ray 🏆
King In A Catholic Style
The Highest High
You Did Cut Me
Number 13
#1985AlbumsTop20
Picture Book - Simply Red
A great debut album from Mick Hucknall and Co ! An introduction to a great Blue eyed soul voice
Holding Back The Years 🏆
Money's Too Tight To Mention
Come To My Aid
Look At You Now
#1985AlbumsTop20
Picture Book - Simply Red
A great debut album from Mick Hucknall and Co ! An introduction to a great Blue eyed soul voice
Holding Back The Years 🏆
Money's Too Tight To Mention
Come To My Aid
Look At You Now
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Number 13
#1985AlbumsTop20
Picture Book - Simply Red
A great debut album from Mick Hucknall and Co ! An introduction to a great Blue eyed soul voice
Holding Back The Years 🏆
Money's Too Tight To Mention
Come To My Aid
Look At You Now
#1985AlbumsTop20
Picture Book - Simply Red
A great debut album from Mick Hucknall and Co ! An introduction to a great Blue eyed soul voice
Holding Back The Years 🏆
Money's Too Tight To Mention
Come To My Aid
Look At You Now
Number 14
#1985AlbumsTop20
Boys & Girls - Bryan Ferry
After the demise of Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry continued his solo career in the same style as Roxy's final album Avalon! His best solo album imo
Slave To Love 🏆
Don't Stop The Dance
Windswept
Valentine
#1985AlbumsTop20
Boys & Girls - Bryan Ferry
After the demise of Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry continued his solo career in the same style as Roxy's final album Avalon! His best solo album imo
Slave To Love 🏆
Don't Stop The Dance
Windswept
Valentine
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Number 14
#1985AlbumsTop20
Boys & Girls - Bryan Ferry
After the demise of Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry continued his solo career in the same style as Roxy's final album Avalon! His best solo album imo
Slave To Love 🏆
Don't Stop The Dance
Windswept
Valentine
#1985AlbumsTop20
Boys & Girls - Bryan Ferry
After the demise of Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry continued his solo career in the same style as Roxy's final album Avalon! His best solo album imo
Slave To Love 🏆
Don't Stop The Dance
Windswept
Valentine
Number 15
#1985AlbumsTop20
Psychocandy - JATMC
Next up is the great debut album from cheery rockers JATMC 😂! Clearly influenced by The Velvet Underground! Great album
Just Like Honey 🏆
Some Candy Talking
Sowing Seeds
The Hardest Walk
#1985AlbumsTop20
Psychocandy - JATMC
Next up is the great debut album from cheery rockers JATMC 😂! Clearly influenced by The Velvet Underground! Great album
Just Like Honey 🏆
Some Candy Talking
Sowing Seeds
The Hardest Walk
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Number 15
#1985AlbumsTop20
Psychocandy - JATMC
Next up is the great debut album from cheery rockers JATMC 😂! Clearly influenced by The Velvet Underground! Great album
Just Like Honey 🏆
Some Candy Talking
Sowing Seeds
The Hardest Walk
#1985AlbumsTop20
Psychocandy - JATMC
Next up is the great debut album from cheery rockers JATMC 😂! Clearly influenced by The Velvet Underground! Great album
Just Like Honey 🏆
Some Candy Talking
Sowing Seeds
The Hardest Walk
Number 16
#1985AlbumsTop20
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
Arguably The Pogues at their best on this album 🔥
Sally Maclennane 🏆
The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
Dirty Old Town
#1985AlbumsTop20
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
Arguably The Pogues at their best on this album 🔥
Sally Maclennane 🏆
The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
Dirty Old Town
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Number 16
#1985AlbumsTop20
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
Arguably The Pogues at their best on this album 🔥
Sally Maclennane 🏆
The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
Dirty Old Town
#1985AlbumsTop20
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
Arguably The Pogues at their best on this album 🔥
Sally Maclennane 🏆
The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
Dirty Old Town
Number 17
#1985AlbumsTop20
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
A great comeback from Mick Jones alongside Dan Donovan and others! A brilliant use of samples throughout 🔥
E=MC2 🏆
Medicine Show
The Bottom Line
Sony
#1985AlbumsTop20
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
A great comeback from Mick Jones alongside Dan Donovan and others! A brilliant use of samples throughout 🔥
E=MC2 🏆
Medicine Show
The Bottom Line
Sony
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Number 17
#1985AlbumsTop20
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
A great comeback from Mick Jones alongside Dan Donovan and others! A brilliant use of samples throughout 🔥
E=MC2 🏆
Medicine Show
The Bottom Line
Sony
#1985AlbumsTop20
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
A great comeback from Mick Jones alongside Dan Donovan and others! A brilliant use of samples throughout 🔥
E=MC2 🏆
Medicine Show
The Bottom Line
Sony
Number 18
#1985AlbumsTop20
Fine Young Cannibals
Johnny Come Home 🏆
Suspicious Minds
Don't Ask Me To Choose
Like A Stranger
#1985AlbumsTop20
Fine Young Cannibals
Johnny Come Home 🏆
Suspicious Minds
Don't Ask Me To Choose
Like A Stranger
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Number 18
#1985AlbumsTop20
Fine Young Cannibals
Johnny Come Home 🏆
Suspicious Minds
Don't Ask Me To Choose
Like A Stranger
#1985AlbumsTop20
Fine Young Cannibals
Johnny Come Home 🏆
Suspicious Minds
Don't Ask Me To Choose
Like A Stranger
Number 19
#1985AlbumsTop20
Hunting High & Low - A-ha
A great introduction to A-ha , with their blend of catchy Synth Pop tunes!
Take On Me 🏆
Hunting High & Low
The Sun Always Shines On TV
The Blue Sky
#1985AlbumsTop20
Hunting High & Low - A-ha
A great introduction to A-ha , with their blend of catchy Synth Pop tunes!
Take On Me 🏆
Hunting High & Low
The Sun Always Shines On TV
The Blue Sky
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Number 19
#1985AlbumsTop20
Hunting High & Low - A-ha
A great introduction to A-ha , with their blend of catchy Synth Pop tunes!
Take On Me 🏆
Hunting High & Low
The Sun Always Shines On TV
The Blue Sky
#1985AlbumsTop20
Hunting High & Low - A-ha
A great introduction to A-ha , with their blend of catchy Synth Pop tunes!
Take On Me 🏆
Hunting High & Low
The Sun Always Shines On TV
The Blue Sky
Number 20
#1985AlbumsTop20
Night Time - Killing Joke
Worthy of being placed for Love Like Blood alone! But the rest of the album is great too !
Love Like Blood 🏆
Eighties
Kings & Queens
Darkness Before Dawn
#1985AlbumsTop20
Night Time - Killing Joke
Worthy of being placed for Love Like Blood alone! But the rest of the album is great too !
Love Like Blood 🏆
Eighties
Kings & Queens
Darkness Before Dawn
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Number 20
#1985AlbumsTop20
Night Time - Killing Joke
Worthy of being placed for Love Like Blood alone! But the rest of the album is great too !
Love Like Blood 🏆
Eighties
Kings & Queens
Darkness Before Dawn
#1985AlbumsTop20
Night Time - Killing Joke
Worthy of being placed for Love Like Blood alone! But the rest of the album is great too !
Love Like Blood 🏆
Eighties
Kings & Queens
Darkness Before Dawn
We ready to go one last time? 🙌🙌
So my last Countdown will be celebrating the brilliant albums of 1985 !
It's a fantastic year of music to bow out on ! Hopefully as many of you legends as possible can join in?
Starting Monday 17th November
#1985AlbumsTop20
Retweet & Share 🙌🙌
It's a fantastic year of music to bow out on ! Hopefully as many of you legends as possible can join in?
Starting Monday 17th November
#1985AlbumsTop20
Retweet & Share 🙌🙌
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We ready to go one last time? 🙌🙌
So my last Countdown will be celebrating the brilliant albums of 1985 !
It's a fantastic year of music to bow out on ! Hopefully as many of you legends as possible can join in?
Starting Monday 17th November
#1985AlbumsTop20
Retweet & Share 🙌🙌
It's a fantastic year of music to bow out on ! Hopefully as many of you legends as possible can join in?
Starting Monday 17th November
#1985AlbumsTop20
Retweet & Share 🙌🙌
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So my last Countdown will be celebrating the brilliant albums of 1985 !
It's a fantastic year of music to bow out on ! Hopefully as many of you legends as possible can join in?
Starting Monday 17th November
#1985AlbumsTop20
Retweet & Share 🙌🙌
It's a fantastic year of music to bow out on ! Hopefully as many of you legends as possible can join in?
Starting Monday 17th November
#1985AlbumsTop20
Retweet & Share 🙌🙌
Thanks to everyone who joined in with my penultimate Countdown!
Details of my last Countdown to follow later today!
#2000SongsTop20
Details of my last Countdown to follow later today!
#2000SongsTop20
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Thanks to everyone who joined in with my penultimate Countdown!
Details of my last Countdown to follow later today!
#2000SongsTop20
Details of my last Countdown to follow later today!
#2000SongsTop20
Number 1 🏆
#2000SongsTop20
One of the best tunes from the Chillies! Brilliant lyrics taking aim at everyone 🔥
Californication (2014 Remaster) by Red Hot Chili Peppers on Amazon Music
music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B07VV...
#2000SongsTop20
One of the best tunes from the Chillies! Brilliant lyrics taking aim at everyone 🔥
Californication (2014 Remaster) by Red Hot Chili Peppers on Amazon Music
music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B07VV...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Number 1 🏆
#2000SongsTop20
One of the best tunes from the Chillies! Brilliant lyrics taking aim at everyone 🔥
Californication (2014 Remaster) by Red Hot Chili Peppers on Amazon Music
music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B07VV...
#2000SongsTop20
One of the best tunes from the Chillies! Brilliant lyrics taking aim at everyone 🔥
Californication (2014 Remaster) by Red Hot Chili Peppers on Amazon Music
music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B07VV...