Cool list.  Not to nitpick, but I think the Pretenders came out in '83.

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From: "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com>
> Here's my top 40 of 1984:
>
> 1) The Replacements, Let It Be
> 2) The dBs, Like This
> 3) The Pretenders, Learning to Crawl
> 4) The Smiths, s/t
> 5) XTC, The Big Express
> 6) Prince, Purple Rain
> 7) Los Lobos, How Will the Wolf Survive?
> 8) The Dream Syndicate, Medicine Show
> 9) The Del Fuegos, The Longest Day
> 10) Greg Kihn Band, Kihntagious
> 11) The Bluebells, Sister
> 12) Hoodoo Gurus, Stoneage Romeos
> 13) Guadalcanal Diary, Walking In the Shadow of the Big Man
> 14) REM, Reckoning
> 15) Husker Du, Zen Arcade
> 16) The Bangles, All Over the Place
> 17) The Psychedelic Furs, Mirror Moves
> 18) Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, Rattlesnakes
> 19) Dwight Twilley, Jungle
> 20) The Long Ryders, Native Sons
> 21) Rank & File, Long Gone Dead
> 22) Let's Active, Cypress
> 23) Joe Jackson, Body & Soul
> 24) The Del Lords, Frontier Days
> 25) Van Halen, 1984
> 26) Katrina & the Waves, 2
> 27) The Alarm, Declaration
> 28) The Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime
> 29) Nick Lowe, Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit
> 30) Echo & the Bunnymen, Ocean Rain
> 31) U2, The Unforgettable Fire
> 32) The Effigies, Forever Grounded
> 33) The Young Fresh Fellows, Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest
> 34) Madness, Keep Moving
> 35) Shoes, Silhouette
> 36) Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
> 37) The Style Council, My Ever-Changing Moods
> 38) The Cars, Heartbeat City
> 39) INXS, The Swing
> 40) Bananarama, s/t
>
>
> Gregory Sager
> whose jeans and Cheap Trick t-shirt didn't cut quite the sartorial swath
in
> 1984 of Prince, Cyndi Lauper, or Culture Club
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