Best Album Of 1985

[StratocasterMan]

Alright, this time I'm going to use up some of the choices right off the bat (but there are still plenty more.) 

 
Winner:
 

 
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
 
Honorable Mention:
 

 
The Replacements - Tim
 

 
The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
 
Nope:
 

 
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

 

[TexasBuck]

My winner: 
 

 
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction

 

[widmerpool]

First and Last and Always - The Sisters of Mercy
 
Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
 
Meat is Murder - The Smiths

 

[ferday]

rain dogs is a great album.  i'm going with 
 

 

[metalsonata]

Really tough call. I think I'd have to settle on Tom Waits: Rain Dogs, though Kate Bush: Hounds of Love would be a very close contender. As would Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, by The Pogues.