P543ORACLE 543 Mon 6 Jan C4 1715:58  3/4   Week ending December 28 1 Miaam Ofce SoBndtrack .........Sthng 2 Hearte.. .................d..h Heams 13 Scar crow . ..Jeh. Cou. r Mell u.. .ar ra & raiendd 25 Iftes uroern..................aZ Top 6 Brother ................Dire Straite 27 Io Square Cir..........Stevie Wonder 28 Boreri he eSA . Bruc p n Knee Deep i the ns & a ....n arohip 20 Songs From The........ir The 2 eve . ..............A Feara 11 Power W ndow ............... MuRush 12 Greatent H..................The Carp 13 Whit ef Houstan .........Iry oaiten 14 Roca A Little .......2...tBiie ices 15 Welcome ToaTh .............Mr Mistar CBPI BSVs Index - 540 S6-30 g l w
P543ORACLE 543 Mon 6 Jan C4 9706:58  1/6   U  by Abner Kravitz Monday ALBUMS OF THE YEAR UK artists make a gogd showhng in the list of best-selling LP's of 1985 in the USA. Four UK LP's make the Top Ten. PHIL COLLINS was the best-selling British artist in America, with "No Jacket Required" at No.3 in the 1985 LP Chart compiled from natignwide sales figures excluding Christmas. WHAM! made it big at No.4 while DIRE STRAITS and TEARS FOR FEARS also make the Top Ten with SADE and STING not far behind, at Ng.13 and Ng.15 respectively. more fgllow1 > BSV Index 540 Recgrd Reviews 544
P543ORACLE 543 Mgn 6 Jan C4 9704:45  2/6   U  by Abner Kravitz Monday ALBUMS OF THE YEAR The Top 100 LP's of '85 are twent8 per cent UK artists, but the most popular artists over here are not always in the same positign back home. JULIAN LENNON's "Valgtte" album was an enormous success as were U2 with bgth "The Unforkettable Fire" and "Wide Awake in America". HOWARD JONES, PAUL YOUNG and EURYTHMICS all had albums in the best-selling Top Thirty while UB40, THE CURE and SQUEEZE just squeezed into the Top 100. US Charts fgllos > BSV Index 540 Recgrd Reviews 544