It’s the classic year of college rock — or perhaps more specifically, it’s the year that Minneapolis dominated the sound of America from the upper reaches of the Top 40 to the underground of college radio. The former was all about Prince, who undercut his Purple Rain train by quickly releasing the Paisley Underground-accented Around the World in a Day while others, like Ready for the World, were ripping off his 1999 synth groove.
The latter belonged to the Replacements and especially Hüsker Dü, who released the twin titans of Flip Your Wig and New Day Rising on the heels of ’84’s Zen Arcade. But it’s also the year that rap began to edge its way onto the charts and the year U.K. rock began to shake off the stylized threads of the New Romantics for murky guitars via the Smiths and Jesus and Mary Chain, modernistic rock countered by the rise of roots rock from America’s heartland and the pubs of Britain, where Dire Straits had a surprise smash hit. They all provide plenty of reasons to love 1985.
source : http://blog.allmusic.com/2011/4/1/allmusic-loves-1985/
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