The Top 50 Albums of 1984 spans the musical spectrum. The year opened up the bold new possibilities in music; our list reflects this brave new world. Click here to view photo gallery Next ...

And many of the decade’s, if not the century’s, best albums came out in 1984. Big comebacks, creative leaps and multiplatinum ...

1984 was another stellar year for music ... who also write and sing all the songs on the accompanying soundtrack) as they make music, go on tour, have creative differences, lose a series of ...

Van Halen was a band about to splinter, the differences between its lead singer and its guitarist simply too vast to bridge. Those differences actually helped to make 1984, the album the band released ...

By Jim Asker On Oct. 27, 1984, Alabama’s “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas” rose to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The classic was co-written by Murry Kellum and Dan Mitchell ...