Ah 1985! My birth year! The highs are really high, but the rest of my list falls under the "good" category. My number 1 should come as no surprise to anyone here, even though TAC may moan about it.
1. Rush - Power Windows
2. Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
3. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
4. Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound
5. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
6. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
7. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
8. ZZ Top - Afterburner
9. Manilla Road - Open the Gates
10. The Cult - Love
11. IQ - The Wake
12. The Cure - The Head on the Door
13. a-ha - Hunting High and Low
14. Helloween - Walls of Jericho
15. Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
16. Heart - Heart
17. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
18. Loudness - Thunder in the East
19. Megadeth - Killing is My Business... and Business is Good
20. The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard in My Backyard
21. Blitzkrieg - A Time of Changes
22. The Outfield - Play Deep
23. Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time
24. Weird Al Yankovic - Dare to be Stupid
25. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Soul to Soul
26. Yngwie J Malmsteen's Rising Force - Marching Out
1985
I'm surprised Loudness isn't on your list. Or Manilla Road. Or Blitzkrieg.