35 Years Ago - Albums of Late Summer '84

Maybe because of cooler weather and marching bands, my mind has been wandering back to my freshman year in college (more on that first semester here). Let's see which cassettes might have been playing on my Walkman as I first strolled across that campus, trying to be cool on the outside while an awkward, uncool mess of anxiety on the inside.

	Billboard (Sept. 1)	Cash Box (Sept. 1)	Rolling Stone (Aug. 30)
1	Purple Rain Prince & The Revolution	Purple Rain Prince & The Revolution	Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen
2	Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	Sports Huey Lewis & The News	Sports Huey Lewis & The News
3	Sports Huey Lewis & The News	Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	Purple Rain Prince & The Revolution
4	Private Dancer Tina Turner	Private Dancer Tina Turner	Heartbeat City The Cars
5	Heartbeat City The Cars	Victory The Jacksons	Victory The Jacksons
6	Ghostbusters Soundtrack	Heartbeat City The Cars	Rebel Yell Billy Idol
7	Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie	Ghostbusters Soundtrack	Ghostbusters Soundtrack
8	Out of the Cellar Ratt	Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie	She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper
9	Victory The Jacksons	Out of the Cellar Ratt	Out of the Cellar Ratt
10	Break Out The Pointer Sisters	Break Out The Pointer Sisters	Private Dancer Tina Turner

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. Purple Rain (28 pts)
2. Born in the U.S.A. (27 pts)
3. Sports (26 pts)
4. Heartbeat City (18 pts)
5. Private Dancer (15 pts)
6. Victory (14 pts)
7. Ghostbusters (13 pts)
8. (tie) Can't Slow Down, Out of the Cellar (7 pts)
10. Rebel Yell (5 pts)
11. She's So Unusual (3 pts)
12. Break Out (2 pts)