UK Rock/Metal Charts (1980s and early '90s)

[Metalweb]

31 Aug 85

01(01) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits [03]
02(02) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [05]
03(03) Wide Awake In America - U2 [11]
04(04) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [04]
05(re) The Unforgettable Fire - U2 [12]
06(06) Vital Idol - Billy Idol [22]
07(05) Misplaced Childhood - Marillion [28]
08(re) Heartbreak City - The Cars [27]
09(re) U2 - Live Under A Blood Red Sky [14]
10(15) Eliminator - ZZ Top [24]
11(14) Greatest Hits - Queen [18]
12(19) Invasion Of Your Privacy - Ratt
13(13) Reckless - Bryan Adams [23]
14(08) Fly On The Wall - AC/DC [85]
15(07) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen [65]
16(re) War - U2 [34]
17(16) Theatre Of Pain - Motley Crue
18(11) The River - Bruce Springsteen [47]
19(09) Darkness On The Edge - Bruce Springsteen [75]
20(17) Alchemy - Dire Straits [33]
21(23) Flip - Nils Lofgren
22(21) Making Movies - Dire Straits
23(18) The Allnighter - Glen Frey
24(12) World Wide Live - Scorpions
25(26) Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
26(30) Very Best Of - Chris De Burgh
27(28) Script For A Jester's Tear - Marillion
28(29) Best Of - The Eagles
29(36) Real To Reel - Marillion
30(20) The Wild The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen
31(38) 7800 Fahrenheit - Bon Jovi
32(32) Shamrock Diaries - Chris De Burgh
33(31) Fugazi - Marillion
34(10) Open Fire - Y&T
35(24) Greetings From Asbury Park - Bruce Springsteen
36(35) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
37(39) Empire Burlesque - Bob Dylan
38(41) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
39(re) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
40(34) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner
41(33) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton
42(47) 7 Wishes - Night Ranger
43(50) Tropico - Pat Benatar
44 (-) Music From The Motion Picture Alamo Bay - Ry Cooder
45(22) Rock Ain't Dead - Heavy Pettin'
46(re) The Getaway - Chris De Burgh
47(44) The Wake - IQ
48 (-) Lone Justice - Lone Justice
49(re) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [80]
50(48) 1984 - Van Halen

[Metalweb]

17 Aug 85

01(02) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits [03]
02(01) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [04]
03(05) Wide Awake In America - U2 [28]
04(08) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [08]
05(03) Misplaced Childhood - Marillion [22]
06(16) Vital Idol - Billy Idol [25]
07(06) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen [51]
08(04) Fly On The Wall - AC/DC [72]
09(12) Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen [70]
10(10) Open Fire - Y&T
11(13) The River - Bruce Springsteen [38]
12(11) World Wide Live - Scorpions [99]
13(20) Reckless - Bryan Adams [31]
14(39) Queen's Greatest Hits - Queen
15(15) Eliminator - ZZ top [24]
16(07) Theatre Of Pain - Motley Crue
17(22) Alchemy - Dire Straits
18(19) The Allnighter - Glen Frey
19(09) Invasion Of Your Privacy - Ratt
20(18) The Wild The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen [91]
21(29) Making Movies - Dire Straits
22(17) Rock Ain't Dead - Heavy Pettin'
23(14) Flip - Nils Lofgren
24(25) Greetings From Asbury Park - Bruce Springsteen [100]
25 (-) Disturbing The Peace - Alcatrazz
26(27) Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
27 (-) Hellbound - Warlock
28(32) Script For A Jesters Tear - Marillion
29(26) Best Of - Eagles [68]
30(35) Very Best Of - Chris De Burgh
31(24) Fugazi - Marillion
32(28) Shamrock Diaries - Chris Rea [88]
33(41) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton
34(37) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner
35(40) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [77]
36(31) Real To Reel - Marillion
37(23) Phenomena - Various
38(30) 7800 Fahrenheit - Bon Jovi
39(33) Empire Burlesque - Bob Dylan
40(43) The Cat Is Out - Judie Tzuke
41(38) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
42(50) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
43(36) The Anthology - Deep Purple
44(re) The Wake - IQ
45(re) Brother Where You Bound - Supertramp
46(21) Kerrang Kompilation - Various
47(34) 7 Wishes - Night Ranger
48(re) 1984 - Van Halen
49(re) We Reserve The Right - Madam X
50(44) Tropico - Pat Benatar

[Metalweb]

3 Aug 85

01(01) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [02]
02(06) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits [01]
03(02) Misplaced Childhood - Marillion [16]
04(04) Fly On The Wall - AC/DC [33]
05 (-) Wide Awake In America - U2 [75]
06(09) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen [42]
07(03) Theatre Of Pain - Motley Crue
08(11) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [07]
09(05) Invasion Of Your Privacy - Ratt
10 (-) Open Fire - Y&T
11(07) World Wide Live - Scorpions [83]
12(14) Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen [49]
13(12) The River - Bruce Springsteen [26]
14(10) Flip - Nils Lofgren
15(24) Eliminator - ZZ top [57]
16(29) Vital Idol - Billy Idol [53]
17(08) Rock Ain't Dead - Heavy Pettin'
18(21) The Wild The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen [83]
19(re) The Allnighter - Glenn Frey
20(23) Reckless - Bryan Adams [52]
21(13) Kerrang! Kompilation - Various
22(re) Alchemy - Dire Straits
23(15) Phenomena - Various
24(re) Fugazi - Marillion
25 (-) Greetings From Asbury Park - Bruce Springsteen [79]
26(25) Best Of - Eagles [65]
27 (-) Love Over Gold - Dire Straits [69]
28 (-) Shamrock Diaries - Chris Rea
29 (-) Making Movies - Dire Straits
30(18) 7800 Farenheit - Bon Jovi
31(28) Real To Reel - Marillion [86]
32(re) Script For A Jesters Tear - Marillion
33 (-) Empire Burlesque - Bob Dylan
34(17) 7 Wishes - Night Ranger
35 (-) Very Best Of - Chris De Burgh [94]
36(20) The Anthology - Deep Purple
37(36) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner
38(41) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
39(re) Greatest Hits - Queen
40(re) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [97]
41 (-) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton
42(30) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
43 (-) The Cat Is Out - Judie Tzuke
44(35) Tropico - Pat Benatar
45(47) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
46(39) Iron maiden - Iron Maiden
47(37) Shaken N Stirred - Robert Plant
48(50) Killers - Iron Maiden
49(42) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
50(re) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley

[mjgm84]

Finally get some lowdown entries!

ITV Chart Show Rock Chart (28th April 1990)

and hello to grunge! Kerrang! not up to speed on the debut of Soundgarden with Hands All Over (billed incorrectly as Sound Garden). [Nirvana and Mudhoney had both previously appeared on The Chart Show's Indie Chart]

Hi, I have spent many hours searching in the British Library for Nirvana chart information in old publications that are not online. Do you know if there is any footage online for Nirvana's appearance on The Chart Show's Indie Chart ? And was this for the Sliver single or Blew EP ? Thanks.

Edit: no worries I found it for Sliver on Youtube. Interesting that it's peak is number 5 which is different to the Melody Maker, Music Week and NME indie chart peaks for this song. Although none of those mags were using the MRIB chart for their indie charts at that point, if that is what ITV's Chart Show was using ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSR0-X6nwpA

[Metalweb]

20 July 85

01(02) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [01]
02(01) Misplaced Childhood - Marillion [08]
03 (-) Theatre Of Pain - Motley Crue [48]
04 (-) Fly On The Wall - AC/DC [10]
05 (-) Invasion Of Your Privacy - Ratt [77]
06(04) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits [03]
07(03) World Wide Live - Scorpions [42]
08 (-) Rock Ain't Dead - Heavy Pettin' [87]
09 (-) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen [17]
10 (-) Flip - Nils Lofgren
11(06) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [15]
12 (-) The River - Bruce Springsteen [12]
13 (-) Kerrang! Kompilation - Various
14 (-) Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen [24]
15 (-) Phenomena - Various
16(14) On A Storytellers Night - Magnum
17(07) Seven Wishes - Night Ranger
18(10) 7800 Fahrenheit - Bon Jovi
19 (-) The Wreck-Age - Tygers Of Pan Tang
20(12) The Anthology - Deep Purple
21 (-) The Wild The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen [39]
22 (-) Heartbreak - Sabu
23(09) Reckless - Bryan Adams [43]
24(16) Eliminator - ZZ Top [51]
25(13) Best Of - Eagles [38]
26 (-) From Hell To The Unknown - Venom
27(05) The Wake - IQ
28(17) Real To Reel - Marillion
29(15) Vital Idol - Billy Idol
30(11) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
31(27) Fiona - Fiona
32(08) The Good The Bad The Waysted - Waysted
33(21) Beyond The Mist - Robin Trower
34(40) Brave The Storm - Shy
35(20) Tropico - Pat Benatar [100]
36(19) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [91]
37(18) Shaken n Stirred - Robert Plant
38(32) Go For Your Life - Mountain
39(28) Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
40 (-) Striktly For Konnoisseurs - Various
41(31) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
42 (-) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
43(43) Rising Force - Yngwie Malmsteen
44(23) Brother Where You Bound - Supertramp
45(22) Restless - Randy California
46(39) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
47(33) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
48(45) Bonded By Blood - Exodus
49(50) The Right To Rock - Keel
50(37) Killers - Iron Maiden

[Metalweb]

6 July 85

01 (-) Misplaced Childhood - Marillion [02]
02(02) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [01]
03 (-) World Wide Live - Scorpions [18]
04(01) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits [05]
05(44) The Wake - IQ
06(03) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [15]
07 (-) Seven Wishes - Night Ranger
08 (-) The Good The Bad The Waysted - Waysted
09(06) Reckless - Bryan Adams [45]
10(04) 7800 Fahrenheit - Bon Jovi
11(19) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple [67]
12 (-) The Anthology - Deep Purple [50]
13(09) Best Of - The Eagles [30]
14(07) On A Storytellers Night - Magnum [92]
15(08) Vital Idol - Billy Idol
16(10) Eliminator - ZZ Top [55]
17(13) Real To Reel - Marillion [79]
18(05) Shaken n Stirred - Robert Plant
19(16) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [76]
20(12) Tropico - Pat Benatar
21 (-) Beyond The Mist - Robin Trower
22 (-) Restless - Randy California
23(11) Brother Where You Bound - Supertramp
24 (-) Crimes In Mind - Streets
25(23) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [72]
26(15) Killing Is My Business - Megadeth
27 (-) Fiona - Fiona
28(27) Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
29(29) Power & Passion - Mama's Boys
30(21) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
31(20) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
32 (-) Go For Your Life - Mountain
33(37) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
34 (-) Akimbo Alogo - Kim Mitchell
35 (-) Raw To The Bone - Wishbone Ash
36(17) Tao - Rick Springfield
37(28) Killers - Iron Maiden
38(34) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton
39(26) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [81]
40(14) Brave The Storm - Shy
41 (-) Power From Hell - Onslaught
42(42) Friction - Coney Hatch
43(48) Rising Force - Yngwie Malmsteen
44(50) Possessed - Venom
45(25) Bonded By Blood - Exodus
46 (-) Blackout - Scorpions
47(18) Hell Awaits - Slayer
48(24) Centerfield - John Fogerty
49(35) Maverick - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
50(22) The Right To Rock - Keel

[Metalweb]

22 Jun 85

01(01) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits [03]
02(06) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [02]
03(02) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [10]
04(05) 7800 Farenheit - Bon Jovi
05(04) Shaken 'n' Stirred - Robert Plant [80]
06(09) Reckless - Bryan Adams [27]
07(03) On A Storyteller's Night - Magnum [74]
08 (-) Vital Idol - Billy Idol [91]
09(07) Best Of - The Eagles [14]
10(12) Eliminator - ZZ Top [53]
11(08) Brother Where You Bound - Supertramp [64]
12(18) Tropico - Pat Benatar [87]
13(23) Real To Reel - Marillion [84]
14(10) Brave The Storm - Shy
15(16) Killing Is My Business - Megadeth
16(13) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [93]
17(11) Tao - Rick Springfield
18(22) Hell Awaits - Slayer
19(35) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
20(14) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
21(24) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
22(19) The Right To Rock - Keel
23(25) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [58]
24(17) Centerfield - John Fogerty
25(27) Bonded By Blood - Exodus
26(39) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
27 (-) Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
28 (-) Killers - Iron Maiden
29(15) Power And Passion - Mama's Boys
30(28) Welcome To The Metal Zone - Various
31(45) Long Live The Loud - Exciter
32(34) The Firm - The Firm
33(38) We Reserve The Right - Madam X
34(21) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton [100]
35 (-) Maverick - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
36(33) Think Hard - John McCoy
37(32) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
38(26) Wheels Are Turnin' - REO Speedwagon
39(36) Metal Heart - Accept
40(42) Rough Cutt - Rough Cutt
41 (-) The Confessor - Joe Walsh
42(37) Friction - Coney Hatch
43 (-) Ride The Lightning - Metallica
44 (-) The Wake - IQ
45(40) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
46 (-) Theatre - Here & Now
47(29) Dangerous Music - Robin George
48 (-) Rising Force - Yngwie Malmsteen
49(20) Fear No Evil - Grim Reaper
50(31) Possessed - Venom

[Metalweb]

8 Jun 85

01 (-) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits [03]
02(01) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [08]
03(46) On A Storyteller's Night - Magnum [45]
04 (-) Shaken 'n' Stirred - Robert Plant [26]
05(02) 7800 Fahrenheit - Bon Jovi [59]
06(03) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [09]
07(04) Best Of - The Eagles [14]
08 (-) Brother Where You Bound - Supertramp [30]
09(05) Reckless - Bryan Adams [23]
10 (-) Brave The Storm - Shy
11 (-) Tao - Rick Springfield [84]
12(08) Eliminator - ZZ Top [43]
13(10) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [72]
14(07) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
15(09) Power & Passion - Mama's Boys
16 (-) Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good - Megadeth
17(11) Centerfield - John Fogerty
18(06) Tropico - Pat Benatar [90]
19(12) The Right To Rock - Keel
20 (-) Fear No Evil - Grim Reaper
21(19) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton [83]
22(20) Hell Awaits - Slayer
23(29) Real To Reel - Marillion
24(16) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
25(13) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [57]
26(15) Wheels Are Turnin' - REO Speedwagon
27(41) Bonded By Blood - Exodus
28(32) Welcome To The Metal Zone - Various
29(14) Dangerous Music - Robin George
30(22) Wild On The Run - Tobruk
31(48) Possessed - Venom
32 (-) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
33 (-) Think Hard - John McCoy
34(35) The Firm - The Firm
35 (-) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
36(21) Metal Heart - Accept
37(33) Friction - Coney Hatch
38(18) We Reserve The Right - Madam X
39(23) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
40(25) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
41 (-) First Visit - Rogue Male
42 (-) Rough Cutt - Rough Cutt
43 (-) Fand Symphonic Tone Poem - The Enid
44(17) Fighting For The Earth - Warrior
45 (-) Long Live The Loud - Exciter
46(40) Trash Queens - Wrathchild
47(24) Birdy - Music From The Film - Peter Gabriel
48 (-) Double Platinum - Kiss
49(43) Sign In Please - Autograph
50(26) Slide It In (US Remix) - Whitesnake

[Metalweb]

25 May 85

01(01) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [04]
02 (-) 7800 Fahrenheit - Bon Jovi [63]
03(02) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [13]
04 (-) Best Of - The Eagles [12]
05(03) Reckless - Bryan Adams [33]
06(05) Tropico - Pat Benatar [57]
07(04) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [87]
08(06) Eliminator - ZZ Top [37]
09(16) Power & Passion - Mama's Boys
10(09) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [66]
11(22) Centerfield - John Fogerty
12(08) The Right To Rock - Keel
13(11) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [56]
14(15) Dangerous Music - Robin George
15(19) Wheels Are Turnin' - REO Speedwagon
16(10) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
17(07) Fighting For The Earth - Warrior
18(13) We Reserve The Right - Madam X
19(21) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton [65]
20(18) Hell Awaits - Slayer
21(23) Metal Heart - Accept
22(14) Wild On The Run - Tobruk
23(25) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
24(39) Birdy - Music From The Film - Peter Gabriel
25 (-) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
26 (-) Slide It In - Whitesnake
27(27) Whatever Happened To Jugula? - Roy Harper & Jimmy Page
28(26) Behind The Lines - David Knopfler
29 (-) Real To Reel - Marillion
30(42) Twelve Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo
31 (-) 1984 - Van Halen
32 (-) Welcome To The Metal Zone - Various
33(32) Friction - Coney Hatch
34(24) Only The Strong - Thor
35(33) The Firm - The Firm
36 (-) Ride The Lightning - Metallica
37 (-) Live From Earth - Pat Benatar
38(28) Equator - Uriah Heep
39(38) Steel The Light - Q5
40(17) Trash Queens - Wrathchild
41(20) Bonded By Blood - Exodus
42(47) Scream For Help - John Paul Jones
43(46) Sign In Please - Autograph
44(45) Vulture Culture - Alan Parsons Project
45 (-) Night Air - Lloyd Langton Group
46 (-) On A Storytellers Night - Magnum [24]
47(31) Stay Hard - Raven
48(12) Possessed - Venom
49(30) The Dungeons Are Calling - Savatage
50(29) Rockstorm - Splitcrow

[Metalweb]

11 May 85

01(01) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [02]
02(02) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [07]
03(03) Reckless - Bryan Adams [23]
04(04) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [44]
05(12) Tropico - Pat Benatar [47]
06(05) Eliminator - ZZ Top [25]
07 (-) Fighting For The Earth - Warrior
08 (-) The Right To Rock - Keel
09(06) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [40]
10(10) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley [71]
11(12) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [42]
12(07) Possessed - Venom
13(17) We Reserve The Right - Madam X
14(14) Wild On The Run - Tobruk
15(27) Dangerous Music - Robin George
16(08) Power & Passion - Mama's Boys
17(36) Trash Queens - Wrathchild
18 (-) Hell Awaits - Slayer
19(39) Wheels Are Turnin' - REO Speedwagon
20(47) Bonded By Blood - Exodus
21(09) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton [38]
22(23) Centrefield - John Fogerty [88]
23(13) Metal Heart - Accept
24 (-) Only The Strong - Thor
25(16) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
26 (-) Behind The Lines - David Knopfler
27(20) Whatever Happened To Jugula? - Roy Harper & Jimmy Page
28(22) Equator - Uriah Heep
29(29) Rockstorm - Splitcrow
30(21) The Dungeons Are Calling - Savatage
31(18) Stay Hard - Raven
32(45) Friction - Coney Hatch
33(25) The Firm - The Firm
34(24) Friends & Relations Vol 3 - Hawkwind
35 (-) Speedway - Warhead
36(15) Rogues Gallery - Slade
37(46) Thank You And Goodnight - Samson
38(38) Steel The Light - Q5
39(19) Birdy: Music From The Film - Peter Gabriel
40(32) Breaking The Spell - Spellbound
41(28) Beyond Appearances - Santana
42(50) Twelve Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo
43(26) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
44(48) Crazy From The Heat - David Lee Roth
45(37) Vulture Culture - Alan Parsons Project
46 (-) Sign In Please - Autograph
47 (-) Scream For Help - John Paul Jones
48 (-) Fire In Harmony - Various
49(33) British Standard Approved - Demon
50(31) Space Ritual Vol.2 - Hawkwind

[Metalweb]

27 Apr 85

01(01) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [03]
02(02) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [05]
03(03) Reckless - Bryan Adams [12]
04 (-) Southern Accents - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [29]
05(08) Eliminator - ZZ Top [20]
06(13) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [26]
07 (-) Possessed - Venom
08(07) Power & Passion - Mama's Boys [82]
09(04) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton [36]
10(06) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley [50]
11(14) Tropico - Pat Benatar [31]
12(05) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [34]
13(11) Metal Heart - Accept
14 (-) Wild On The Run - Tobruk
15(10) Rogues Gallery - Slade
16(16) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
17(39) We Reserve The Right - Madam X
18 (-) Stay Hard - Raven
19 (-) Birdy - Music From The Film - Peter Gabriel
20(12) Whatever Happened To Jugula? - Roy Harper & Jimmy Page
21 (-) Dungeons Are Calling - Savatage
22(09) Equator - Uriah Heep
23(17) Centrefield - John Fogerty
24 (-) Friends & Relations Vol 3 - Hawkwind
25(15) The Firm - The Firm
26(38) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
27(19) Dangerous Music - Robin George
28(22) Beyond Appearances - Santana
29 (-) Rockstorm - Splitcrow
30(24) Thing-Fish - Frank Zappa
31 (-) Space Ritual Vol.2 - Hawkwind
32 (-) Breaking The Spell - Spellbound
33 (-) British Standard Approved - Demon
34 (-) Night Air - Lloyd Langton Group
35 (-) Live From Earth - Pat Benatar
36(20) Trash Queens - Wrathchild
37(29) Vulture Culture - Alan Parsons Project
38(21) Steel The Light - Q5
39 (-) Wheels Are Turnin' - REO Speedwagon
40(36) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
41(18) The Pack - Alaska
42(28) Thunder in The East - Loudness
43(30) Giuffria - Giuffria
44(47) Ride The Lightning - Metallica
45(23) Friction - Coney Hatch
46 (-) Thank You & Goodnight - Samson
47 (-) Bonded By Blood - Exodus
48(31) Crazy From The Heat - David Lee Roth
49 (-) Behind The Lines - Status Quo
50(37) Twelve Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo

[Metalweb]

13 Apr 85

01(01) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [03]
02 (-) Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen [06]
03(04) Reckless - Bryan Adams [14]
04(02) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton [19]
05(07) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [22]
06(03) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley [33]
07 (-) Power & Passion - Mama's Boys [85]
08(08) Eliminator - ZZ Top [17]
09 (-) Equator - Uriah Heep [98]
10 (-) Rogues Gallery - Slade [83]
11 (-) Metal Heart - Accept
12(06) Whatever Happened To Jugula? - Roy Harper & Jimmy Page
13(09) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [34]
14(16) Tropico - Pat Benatar [55]
15(13) The Firm - The Firm
16(15) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
17(11) Centrefield - John Fogerty
18 (-) The Pack - Alaska
19(14) Dangerous Music - Robin George
20 (-) Trash Queens - Wrathchild
21(25) Steel The Light - Q5
22(10) Beyond Appearances - Santana
23(22) Friction - Coney Hatch
24 (-) Thing-Fish - Frank Zappa
25(18) Beyond The Astral Skies - Uli Jon Roth
26 (-) Slide It In (US Remix Picture Disc) - Whitesnake
27(34) Lost & Found - Jason & The Scorchers
28(20) Thunder In The East - Loudness
29(17) Vulture Culture - Alan Parsons Project
30(21) Giuffria - Giuffria
31(12) Crazy From The Heat - David Lee Roth
32(50) Thunder Seven - Triumph
33 (-) White Sister - White Sister
34(23) Warming Up For The Ice Age - John Hiatt
35(36) Real To Reel - Marillion
36(27) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
37(39) Twelve Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo
38(32) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
39(28) We Reserve The Right - Madam X
40(26) 1984 - Van Halen
41(37) Aural Sculpture - Stranglers
42(24) Too Tough To Die - Ramones
43(40) Deguello - ZZ Top
44(31) Volume One - Honeydrippers
45(42) Bad Attitude - Meat Loaf
46(30) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
47(29) Ride The Lightning - Metallica
48(43) W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
49 (-) Silent Wings - Rick Wakeman
50 (-) Speedway - Warhead

[Metalweb]

30 Mar 85

01(01) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [01]
02 (-) Behind The Sun - Eric Clapton [09]
03(03) Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley [17]
04(02) Reckless - Bryan Adams [10]
05 (-) She's The Boss - Mick Jagger [19]
06 (-) Whatever Happened To Jugula? - Roy Harper & Jimmy Page
07(10) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [11]
08(07) Eliminator - ZZ Top [12]
09(08) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [32]
10 (-) Beyond Appearances - Santana [71]
11(11) Centrefield - John Fogerty [68]
12(05) Crazy From The Heat - David Lee Roth
13(04) The Firm - The Firm [74]
14(06) Dangerous Music - Robin George
15(17) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [80]
16(16) Tropico - Pat Benatar [63]
17(12) Vulture Culture - Alan Parsons Project
18(09) Beyond The Astral Skies - Uli Jon Roth
19 (-) Slide It In - Whitesnake
20 (-) Thunder In The East - Loudness
21(15) Giuffria - Giuffria
22 (-) Friction - Coney Hatch
23 (-) Warming Up For The Ice Age - John Hiatt
24(18) Too Tough to Die - Ramones
25 (-) Steel The Light - Q5
26(23) 1984 - Van Halen
27(30) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
28 (-) We Reserve The Right - Madam X
29 (-) Ride The Lightning - Metallica
30(35) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
31(19) Honeydrippers Vol.1 - Honeydrippers
32(20) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
33(14) The Mini Album - Sex Pistols
34(13) Lost And Found - Jason & The Scorchers
35 (-) The Margin - Peter Hammill
36(22) Real To Reel - Marillion
37(33) Aural Sculpture - Stranglers
38(24) Tejas - ZZ Top
39(25) Twelve Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo
40(31) Deguello - ZZ Top
41 (-) First Album - ZZ Top
42(28) Bad Attitude - Meat Loaf
43(39) W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
44(38) Machine Head - Deep Purple
45(42) Flashpoint - Tangerine Dream
46(36) Fireball - Deep Purple
47(37) Two Steps From The Move - Hanoi Rocks
48(27) The Deed Is Done - Molly Hatchett
49(29) Isolation - Toto
50 (-) Thunder Seven - Triumph

[Metalweb]

^

To quote the note in the magazine:

"Spotlight Publications' very own research department is now kompiling the charts in-house, in klose konsultation with the Kerrang! krew and a wide variety of record retailers. We're konfident that this new approach will make our charts better than ever before and a truly accurate reflection of the type of disks you are buying..."

[Robbie]

Spotlight Research / Publications used to compile the specialist charts which appeared in sister publication Record Mirror but RM seems to have stopped publishing these charts by this point so presumably the Rock charts were made available to Kerrang. Music Week (like Kerrang and RM, also owned by Spotlight Publications) also changed chart compiler on 16 March 1985, also from MRIB to its own research department. It would surely have been cheaper to have used the same compiler. At least the MW Heavy Metal chart doesn't include 'No Jacket Required' though most of the other albums are in there.

[Metalweb]

We've now arrived back at the point where the chart was taken over "in house" by Spotlight Publications.

Hence, no prior week positions (and several rather debatable inclusions!)


16 Mar 85

01 No Jacket Required - Phil Collins [01]
02 Reckless - Bryan Adams [11]
03 Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley [14]
04 The Firm - The Firm
05 Crazy From The Heat - David Lee Roth
06 Dangerous Music - Robin George [74]
07 Eliminator - ZZ Top [08]
08 Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [29]
09 Beyond The Astral Skies - Uli Jon Roth & Electric Sun
10 Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [04]
11 Centerfield - John Fogerty [60]
12 Vulture Culture - Alan Parsons Project
13 Lost And Found - Jason & The Scorchers
14 The Mini Album - Sex Pistols
15 Giuffria - Giuffria
16 Tropico - Pat Benatar [87]
17 Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [57]
18 Too Tough To Die - Ramones
19 Honeydrippers Vol.1 - Honeydrippers
20 Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
21 White Sister - White Sister
22 Real To Reel - Marillion
23 1984 - Van Halen
24 Tejas - ZZ Top
25 12 Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo [95]
26 Live At The Inferno - Raven
27 The Deed Is Done - Molly Hatchett
28 Bad Attitude - Meat Loaf
29 Isolation - Toto
30 Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
31 Deguello - ZZ Top
32 In Rock - Deep Purple
33 Aural Sculpture - Stranglers
34 Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin - Hawkwind
35 Powerslave - Iron Maiden
36 Fireball - Deep Purple
37 Two Steps From The Move - Hanoi Rocks
38 Machine Head - Deep Purple
39 W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
40 Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
41 Vices - Kick Axe
42 Flashpoint - Tangerine Dream
43 This Is Hawkwind Do Not Panic - Hawkwind
44 Tooth And Nail - Dokken
45 Hot Tonight - Lionheart
46 Rock Pretty - Various
47 In Your Face - TKO
48 Heart Of Steel - Reckless
49 Midnight Flight - Earthshaker
50 Red Hot & Heavy - Pretty Maids

[Blondini]

Tangerine Dream is a mistake - i noticed this in Music Week a few weeks ago. It's because it's on a label called Heavy Metal Worldwide but it's not a rock album. It's a synth soundtrack. https://www.discogs.com/release/7721...eam-Flashpoint

According to the film's Wiki page the CD release of the album was recalled as a pressing error rendered it unplayable!
More detail on the CD page here https://www.discogs.com/release/2355...eam-Flashpoint

See the 85 top 200 thread for more TD today!

[Metalweb]

2 Mar 85

01(01) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [11]
02(03) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [05]
03(06) Tropico - Pat Benatar [69]
04(02) Eliminator - ZZ Top [09]
05(09) Bad Attitude - Meat Loaf
06(07) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
07 (-) Beyond The Astral Skies - Uli Jon Roth & Electric Sun [91]
08(04) Honeydrippers Vol.1 - Honeydrippers
09(05) Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin - Hawkwind
10(21) Giuffria - Giuffria
11(18) Two Steps From The Move - Hanoi Rocks
12(08) Too Tough To Die - Ramones
13 (-) New Anatomy - Inner City Unit
14(16) 1984 - Van Halen
15(26) The Right To Rock - Keel
16(10) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
17(11) 12 Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo [84]
18(23) Hot Tonight - Lionheart
19(14) Rock Pretty - Various
20(41) Ride The Lightning - Metallica
21 (-) Flashpoint - Tangerine Dream
22(13) The Deed Is Done - Molly Hatchett
23(17) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
24(25) Reckless - Bryan Adams [07]
25 (-) Live At The Inferno - Raven
26(22) W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
27(15) Isolation - Toto
28(38) Crazy From The Heat - David Lee Roth [91]
29(19) In Your Face - TKO
30(20) Midnight Flight - Earthshaker
31(12) Real To Reel - Marillion
32(32) Dangerous Music - Robin George [65]
33(28) Silent Dance -Solstice
34(29) This Is Hawkwind Do Not Panic - Hawkwind
35(24) Tooth And Nail - Dokken
36(27) Tejas - ZZ Top
37(31) Heart Of Steel - Reckless
38 (-) Brightest Starz - Starz
39(30) Deguello - ZZ Top
40(33) Lay Down The Law - Keel
41(36) Evil's Message - Evil
42(37) White Sister - White Sister
43(39) We Want Moore - Gary Moore
44(35) First Album - ZZ Top
45(44) Thunder Seven - Triumph
46(43) Honour And Blood - Tank
47(34) The Metal Machine - Various
48(40) Pure Filth - Warfare
49(42) Shaft Of Life - Airrace
50 (-) Rough Cutt - Rough Cutt

[Ozmahoudini]

The Rock/Metal chart is from a different compiler (MRIB) and will most likely be sales from specialist / rock oriented shops.

Makes sense, was hard to believe a venom and two manowar albums would have outsold outsold a David Gilmour solo album, but in rock oriented shops sounds plausible

[Metalweb]

16 Feb 85

01(01) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [03]
02(02) Eliminator - ZZ Top [07]
03(09) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [04]
04(05) Honeydrippers Vol.1 - Honeydrippers [78]
05(12) Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin - Hawkwind
06(07) Tropico - Pat Benatar [34]
07(03) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
08(21) Too Tough To Die - Ramones
09(06) Bad Attitude - Meat Loaf [76]
10(11) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
11(04) 12 Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo [74]
12(08) Real To Reel - Marillion
13(13) The Deed Is Done - Molly Hatchett
14 (-) Rock Pretty - Various
15(14) Isolation - Toto
16(17) 1984 - Van Halen
17(16) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
18(10) Two Steps From The Move - Hanoi Rocks
19(15) In Your Face - TKO
20 (-) Midnight Flight - Earthshaker
21(19) Giuffria - Giuffria
22(23) W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
23(42) Hot Tonight - Lionheart
24(27) Tooth And Nail - Dokken
25(22) Reckless - Bryan Adams
26 (-) The Right To Rock - Keel
27(20) Tejas - ZZ Top
28(18) Silent Dance -Solstice
29(25) This Is Hawkwind Do Not Panic - Hawkwind
30(24) Deguello - ZZ Top
31(30) Heart Of Steel - Reckless
32(33) Dangerous Music - Robin George
33(45) Lay Down The Law - Keel
34(28) The Metal Machine - Various
35(26) ZZ Top's First Album - ZZ Top
36(35) Evil's Message - Evil
37(29) White Sister - White Sister
38 (-) Crazy From The Heat - David Lee Roth
39(38) We Want Moore - Gary Moore
40(34) Pure Filth - Warfare
41(re) Ride The Lightning - Metallica
42(32) Shaft Of Light - Airrace
43(39) Honour & Blood - Tank
44(41) Thunder DSeven - Triumph
45(31) Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
46(37) Standing Alone - White Wolf
47(40) The Big H - Hellenbach
48(36) Fly High Fall Far - Pendragon
49(43) Heavy Metal Records - Various
50(48) Sign Of The Hammer - Manowar

[Robbie]

You say that but the chart in the 02/02/1985 issue of Music Week is identical to the one posted above..... Of course perhaps they were different in 1984, but they seem to be the same now?

Possibly Music Week were publishing the MRIB Rock Chart at this point? I know they used to publish the MRIB Indie Chart but switched to compiling their own at some point in early 1985.

[braindeadpj]

The Rock/Metal chart is from a different compiler (MRIB) and will most likely be sales from specialist / rock oriented shops.

You say that but the chart in the 02/02/1985 issue of Music Week is identical to the one posted above..... Of course perhaps they were different in 1984, but they seem to be the same now?

[Robbie]

The Rock/Metal chart is from a different compiler (MRIB) and will most likely be sales from specialist / rock oriented shops.

[Ozmahoudini]

Best Sellers for 1984

01 Eliminator - ZZ Top
02 The Last In Line - Dio
03 1984 - Van Halen
04 Powerslave - Iron Maiden
05 Grace Under Pressiure - Rush
06 Fugazi - Marillion
07 Animalize - Kiss
08 Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
09 Slide It In - Whitesnake
10 Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
11 Victims Of The Future - Gary Moore
12 Rock Will Never Die - MSG
13 Bad Attitude - Meat Loaf
14 Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister
15 All Fired Up - Fastway
16 Defenders Of The Faith - Judas Priest
17 Two Steps From The Move - Hanoi Rocks
18 Independent Days - Hawkwind
19 We Want Moore - Gary Moore
20 Pyromania - Def Leppard
21 Ride The Lightning - Metallica
22 Love At First Sting - Scorpions
23 Real To Reel - Marillion
24 W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
25 Bark At The Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
26 Waysted - Waysted
27 Hail To England - Manowar
28 Dancin' On The Edge - Lita Ford
29 In Rock We Trust - Y&T
30 W.O.W. - Wendy O'Williams
31 No Remorse - Motorhead
32 Out Of The Cellar - Ratt
33 Balls To The Wall - Accept
34 At War With Satan - Venom
35 The Warning - Queensryche
36 Di'Anno - Di'Anno
37 Sign Of The Hammer - Manowar
38 12 Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo
39 Tropico - Pat Benatar
40 Vertical Smiles - Blackfoot
41 About Face - David Gilmour
42 Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
43 Metromania - Eloy
44 Art & Illusion - Twelfth Night
45 Rough Justice - Spider
46 Don't Get Mad Get Even - Samson
47 Steve Talk - Steve Perry
48 The Sentinel - Pallas
49 The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome - Slade
50 Unchained - Thor

Would I be right in thinking this isn't a 52 week chart? The 3rd January -29th December 1984 end of year album chart overall chart by music week has:

16. ELIMINATOR ZZ Top 85 POWERSLAVE Iron Maiden
90 FUGAZI Marillion
93 PERFECT STRANGERS Deep Purple
94 1984 Van Halen
Dio and rush must have been like 100-110 in overall chart, or possibly should have been in the top 100?

[Metalweb]

2 Feb 85

01(02) Agent Provocateur - Foreigner [01]
02(01) Eliminator - ZZ Top [07]
03(05) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
04(03) 12 Gold Bars Vol.2 - Status Quo [51]
05(06) Honeydrippers Vol.1 - Honeydrippers [80]
06(07) Bad Attitude - Meat Loaf [63]
07(12) Tropico - Pat Benatar [58]
08(04) Real To Reel - Marillion
09 (-) Hits Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf [03]
10(13) Two Steps from the Move - Hanoi Rocks
11(22) Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
12 (-) Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin - Hawkwind
13(16) The Deed Is Done - Molly Hatchett
14(08) Isolation - Toto
15(11) In Your Face - TKO
16(09) Powerslave - Iron Maiden
17(23) 1984 - Van Halen
18(19) Silent Dance - Solstice
19(10) Giuffria - Giuffria
20(14) Tejas - ZZ Top
21 (-) Too Tough To Die - Ramones [75]
22 (-) Reckless - Bryan Adams
23(20) W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
24(30) Deguello - ZZ Top
25(21) This Is Hawkwind Do Not Panic - Hawkwind
26(37) ZZ Top's First Album - ZZ Top
27(25) Tooth And Nail - Dokken
28(18) The Metal Machine - Various
29(33) White Sister - White Sister
30(24) Heart Of Steel - Reckless
31(15) Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
32(28) Shaft Of Light - Airrace
33(38) Dangerous Music - Robin George
34(17) Pure Filth - Warfare
35(39) Evil's Message - Evil
36(27) Fly High Fall Far - Pendragon
37(45) Standing Alone - White Wolf
38(29) We Want Moore - Gary Moore
39(26) Honour & Blood - Tank
40(40) The Big H - Hellenbach
41(35) Thunder Seven - Triumph
42 (re) Hot Tonight - Lionheart
43(32) Heavy Metal Records - Various
44(31) Strong Arm Metal - Saxon
45 (re) Lay Down The Law - Keel
46
47
48(43) Sign Of The Hammer - Manowar
49
50

Only 45 positions listed this issue - though chart reverts to Top 50 next issue.