Van Halen – 1984 (American heavy metal/hard rock) Prince – Purple Rain (American pop/rock/r and b, soundtrack to the film of the same name) Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II (American cowpunk) Metallica – Ride The Lightning (American heavy metal) Weird Al Yankovic – In 3D (American comedy music) Spinal Tap – This Is Spinal Tap (American comedy rock/ heavy metal, soundtrack to the mockumentary of the same name) Neil – Neil’s Heavy Concept Album (English comedy rock/psychedelic rock, performed by actor Nigel Planer in-character as Neil, his character from comedy series The Young Ones) The Cure – The Top (English post-punk/gothic rock) Skinny Puppy – Remission (Canadian electro-industrial, 12 inch EP later expanded to album length in 1985) Cocteau Twins – Treasure (Scottish dream pop) Dead Can Dance – Dead Can Dance (Australian post-punk/gothic rock, debut album) Ray Lynch – Deep Breakfast (American electronic music/new age) The Fall – The Wonderful And Frighteni