“In 1984, rock artists, both established and on the rise, provided an epic soundtrack for the year that has been cherished in the decades since their release.”
I miss the good old days when we had albums with cool cover art.
PS I had/have a lot of these.
Sweet, I was 13 in 84.
Yes, me too.
Many of the covers were better than the music recorded on the record. 
I was 22. Those were the days!
From these album covers I remember 2: Bruce Springsteen and U2 
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Wow, I think the only one in my collection is mr. Springsteen…
Wasn’t much into the heavier stuff back then… 
In 1985 I was concentration in classical music only.
My “pop phase” was over in the 1970-ies. 
Nice. In my opinion album cover is very important for success.