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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Thanks for the nice words James ! It's been a pleasure hosting them over the years, and people like yourself who regularly joined in made them what they were! So for that I'll be eternally grateful 😊

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Number 7 #1985AlbumsTop20 Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout The best album PS ever made imo ! When Love Breaks Down 🏆 Bonny Faron Young Johnny Johnny

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Number 18 #1985AlbumsTop20 Fine Young Cannibals Johnny Come Home 🏆 Suspicious Minds Don't Ask Me To Choose Like A Stranger

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

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

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

We ready to go one last time? 🙌🙌

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Yeah it's a great year for albums! Really tough to get the list down to only 20 ! 😅

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Glad to see you are joining in James ! Thanks for all the support over the years, it really is appreciated

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Thanks for all your effort over the years! It's much appreciated

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

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 🙌🙌

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Thanks to everyone who joined in with my penultimate Countdown! Details of my last Countdown to follow later today! #2000SongsTop20

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

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...

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Thanks for regularly joining in Eric ! Yeah I like to leave the Album challenges as open as possible with as much choice as possible.

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Their best tune in my opinion 🔥

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I've interacted with so many great people over the years and learned so much about music artists I hadn't previously been into ! So let's go out with a bang for the last Countdown, it's going to be an 80's Album Countdown. Will let you know the year asap #2000SongsTop20

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Hey folks! A bit of sad news for some & maybe good news for others 😂! But the next Countdown will be my last as a host for the foreseeable future ! It's been a great run for the last 5 years but I'm now struggling to give it the adequate time it deserves due to work and family life.

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Barry Martin @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Number 18 #2000SongsTop20 Gravel Pit [Explicit] by Wu-Tang Clan feat. RZA, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & U-God on Amazon Music music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B006J...

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