Is there a list of albums that debuted in 1984?

Answer 1

Here's a pretty comprehensive (not to mention alphabetized!) list that I pulled off of Wikipedia. Included are trailblazers such as Madonna's "Like a Virgin," Run D.M.C.'s self-titled debut album, The Smiths' "The Smiths," Prince's "Purple Rain," and "Born in the USA," which the boss dropped that year. * 1984 - Van Halen * 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) - Eurythmics * About Face - David Gilmour * Agent Provocateur - Foreigner * Alf - Alison Moyet (solo debut) * All Fired Up - Fastway * All Over the Place - The Bangles * All the Rage - General Public * All Those Wasted Years - Hanoi Rocks * Animal Grace - April Wine * Animalize - Kiss * A Private Heaven Sheena Easton * Arena (live) - Duran Duran * The Art of Defense - Nona Hendryx * The Ascension - Glenn Branca * Aural Sculpture - The Stranglers * Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive * Back and Forth - Skinny Puppy * Bad Attitude - Meat Loaf * Balls to the Wall - Accept * Bananarama - Bananarama * Begegnungen - Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank * Berserker - Gary Numan * The Best of Kansas - Kansas * Beverly Hills Cop (soundtrack) - Various Artists * Bewitched - Andy Summers & Robert Fripp * Big Bam Boom - Hall & Oates * The Blitz - Krokus * Body & Soul - Joe Jackson * Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi * Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen * Box of Frogs - Box of Frogs * Breaking Curfew - Red Rider * Breaking Hearts - Elton John * Building the Perfect Beast - Don Henley * Burning Oil - Skeletal Family * Café Bleu - The Style Council * Camouflage - Rod Stewart * The Catch - Nazareth * Cats Without Claws - Donna Summer * Caught in the Act - Styx * Centipede - Rebbie Jackson * Chicago 17 - Chicago * Climate of Hunter - Scott Walker * Condition Critical - Quiet Riot * Couldn't Stand the Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble * Dali - Dalida * A Dancing Foot and a Praying Knee Don't Belong on the Same Leg - Scattered Order * Dancing on the Edge - Lita Ford * Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance * Defenders of the Faith - Judas Priest * Deia...Vu - Kevin Ayers * Desert Moon - Dennis DeYoung * Discovery - Mike Oldfield * Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen * Dream Street - Janet Jackson * Dreamtime - The Cult * The Dungeons Are Calling (EP) - Savatage * E2-E4 - Manuel Göttsching * Eden - Everything But The Girl * Eyes Of Innocence - Miami Sound Machine * Family Man - Black Flag * Fantastic Boney M. - Boney M. * First Strike - Def Leppard * First Two 7"s on a 12" - Minor Threat * Fistful of Metal - Anthrax * The Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby * Forever Young - Alphaville * Fried - Julian Cope * From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds * From the Promised Land - Play Dead * From The Promised Land (remix) - Play Dead * Give Em' The Axe EP - Lizzy Borden * Give My Regards to Broad Street - Paul McCartney * The Glamorous Life - Sheila E. * Gone Fishin' - Flipper * Grace Under Pressure - Rush * Great White (band) - Great White (band) * Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. - Dwight Yoakam (debut) * Hajimemashite (How Do You Do) - Miyuki Nakajima * Hard to Hold - Rick Springfield * Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths * Haunting the Chapel EP - Slayer * Heart Don't Lie - LaToya Jackson * Heartbeat City - The Cars * High 'N' Dry - Def Leppard (re-Release) * Hits out of Hell - Meat Loaf * The Honeydrippers: Volume One - Robert Plant * Horizen - Jade Warrior * How Will the Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos * Hyaena - Siouxsie and the Banshees * I Often Dream of Trains - Robyn Hitchcock * Icon - Icon (debut album) * In Rock We Trust - Y&T * Inside the Fire - Rita Coolidge * In the Studio - The Specials * Intellectuals Are The Shoeshine Boys Of The Ruling Elite - Killdozer * In the Long Grass - The Boomtown Rats * Into the Gap - Thompson Twins * Isolation - Toto * It's My Life - Talk Talk * Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs - Boney M. * Keep Moving - Madness * L.A. Is My Lady - Frank Sinatra * Lady of the Stars - Donovan * The Las Vegas Story - The Gun Club * The Last in Line - Dio * Lay Down the Law - Keel (debut album) * Learning to Crawl - The Pretenders * Legend: Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers - Bob Marley & the Wailers * Let It Be - The Replacements * Lights Out - Peter Wolf * Like a Virgin - Madonna * Live '84 - Black Flag * Live at the Inferno - Raven * Live Sentence - Alcatrazz * Love at First Sting - Scorpions * Make It Big - Wham! * Man on the Line - Chris de Burgh * March of the Saint - Armored Saint * Mast Nazren -Ecstatic Glances Live in London, 1984 - Ghulam Ali * Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets * Milk and Honey - John Lennon & Yoko Ono * Moving - The Raincoats * Music from Songwriter - Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson (soundtrack) * My War - Black Flag * Nave Maria - Tom Zé * 1984 - Ebiet G. Ade * No Brakes - John Waite * No Kinda Dancer - Robert Earl Keen * No Remorse - Motörhead * No Tellin' Lies - Zebra * Now That's What I Call Music II - Various Artists * Now That's What I Call Music 3 - Various Artists * Now That's What I Call Music 4 - Various Artists * Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen * Opium - KMFDM (debut album) * Optimystique - Yanni * Out of the Cellar - Ratt * Out of Step - Minor Threat * Parade - Spandau Ballet * Pagan Place - The Waterboys * Penetrator - Ted Nugent * Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple * The Plan - Tubeway Army * The Politics of Time - Minutemen * Powerslave - Iron Maiden * Private Dancer - Tina Turner * Projects in the Jungle - Pantera * The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking - Roger Waters * Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution * Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions * Read My Lips - Fee Waybill * Real Live - Bob Dylan * Reckless - Bryan Adams * Reckoning - R.E.M. * Red Sails in the Sunset - Midnight Oil * Remission - Skinny Puppy * Revolution - Menudo * Ride the Lightning - Metallica * Riders in the Sky, Live - Riders in the Sky * Rita Mitsouko - Rita Mitsouko * Run D.M.C - Run D.M.C

* Seasons - Dion DiMucci * See You In Hell - Grim Reaper * Self Control - Laura Branigan * '74 Jailbreak EP - AC/DC * She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper * Slip It In - Black Flag * The Smiths - The Smiths * Some Great Reward - Depeche Mode * Sonic Death - Sonic Youth * Soul Mining - The The * Sparkle in the Rain - Simple Minds * The Splendour of Fear - Felt * Spring Hill Fair - The Go-Betweens * Starchild - Teena Marie * Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister * Steeltown - Big Country * Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads * Straight Ahead - Amy Grant * The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories - Felt * Street Talk - Steve Perry * Suddenly - Billy Ocean * Talk Show - The Go-Go's * Team Goon - D.I. (EP) * Ten Thousand Lightyears - Boney M. * This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic (live) - Hawkwind * Three of a Perfect Pair - King Crimson * Thunder Seven - Triumph * Tocsin - Xmal Deutschland * Tonight - David Bowie * Tooth and Nail - Dokken * The Top - The Cure * Treasure - Cocteau Twins * Tropico - Pat Benatar * 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe - Barry Manilow * Two Steps From The Move - Hanoi Rocks * Under Wraps - Jethro Tull * The Unforgettable Fire - U2 * Vengeance - New Model Army * Victory - Jacksons * VOA - Sammy Hagar * Volume 1 - Reagan Youth * Waking Up with the House on Fire - Culture Club * Walkin' The Razor's Edge - Helix * Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man - Guadalcanal Diary (debut) * The Warning - Queensrÿche (first full length album release) * W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. (debut album) * "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D - "Weird Al" Yankovic * Welcome to the Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes to Hollywood * What About Me? - Kenny Rogers * Wheels Are Turnin' - REO Speedwagon * When In Rome Do As The Vandals - The Vandals * Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? - Art of Noise * Wings of Tomorrow - Europe * Wired to the Moon - Chris Rea * Without a Song - Willie Nelson * The Woman in Red - (cinematic soundtrack by Stevie Wonder) * The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall - The Fall * Work Resumed on the Tower - News from Babel * The Works - Queen * World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope * The Yellow and Black Attack EP - Stryper * Yngwie J. Malmsteen/Rising Force - Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force (debut) * Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü