| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1985 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY ALBUMS (As published in the December 28, 1985, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | 40 HOUR WEEK – Alabama (RCA) |
| 2 | WHY NOT ME – The Judds (RCA/Curb) |
| 3 | COUNTRY BOY – Ricky Skaggs (Epic) |
| 4 | CITY OF NEW ORLEANS – Willie Nelson (Columbia) |
| 5 | FIVE-O – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 6 | KENTUCKY HEARTS – Exile (Epic) |
| 7 | DOES FORT WORTH EVER CROSS YOUR MIND – George Strait (MCA) |
| 8 | FRIENDSHIP – Ray Charles (Columbia) |
| 9 | GREATEST HITS 2 – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA) |
| 10 | TOO GOOD TO STOP NOW – John Schneider (MCA) |
| 11 | ME AND PAUL – Willie Nelson (Columbia) |
| 12 | HEART OVER MIND – Anne Murray (Capitol) |
| 13 | ROLL ON – Alabama (RCA) |
| 14 | TREADIN’ WATER – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA) |
| 15 | SAWYER BROWN (Capitol/Curb) |
| 16 | HE THINKS HE’S RAY STEVENS – Ray Stevens (MCA) |
| 17 | MAJOR MOVES – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 18 | YOU’VE GOT A GOOD LOVE COMIN’ – Lee Greenwood (MCA) |
| 19 | STEP ON OUT – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA) |
| 20 | GREATEST HITS – George Strait (MCA) |
| 21 | MEANT FOR EACH OTHER – Barbara Mandrell & Lee Greenwood (MCA) |
| 22 | IT’S ALL IN THE GAME – Merle Haggard (Epic) |
| 23 | GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2 – Ronnie Milsap (RCA) |
| 24 | PARDNERS IN RHYME – The Statler Brothers (Mercury) |
| 25 | GREATEST HITS – Lee Greenwood (MCA) |
| 26 | PLAIN DIRT FASHION – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros.) |
| 27 | THE BALLAD OF SALLY ROSE – Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros.) |
| 28 | KERN RIVER – Merle Haggard (Epic) |
| 29 | REAL LOVE – Dolly Parton (RCA) |
| 30 | WHAT ABOUT ME? – Kenny Rogers (RCA) |
| 31 | DON’T CALL HIM A COWBOY – Conway Twitty (Warner Bros.) |
| 32 | HIGHWAYMAN – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson (Columbia) |
| 33 | EYE OF A HURRICANE – John Anderson (Epic) |
| 34 | LET IT ROLL – Mel McDaniel (Capitol) |
| 35 | RHYTHM AND ROMANCE – Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 36 | WYNONA AND NAOMI – THE JUDDS (RCA/Curb) |
| 37 | THE FIRST WORD IN MEMORY – Janie Fricke (Columbia) |
| 38 | MY KIND OF COUNTRY – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 39 | NOBODY WANTS TO BE ALONE – Crystal Gayle (Warner Bros.) |
| 40 | CENTERFIELD – John Fogerty (Warner Bros.) |
| 41 | BLUE HIGHWAY – John Conlee (MCA) |
| 42 | HOUSTON TO DENVER – Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers (Columbia) |
| 43 | TRYIN’ TO OUTRUN THE WIND – John Schneider (MCA) |
| 44 | RIGHT OR WRONG – George Strait (MCA) |
| 45 | MAN IN THE MIRROR – Jim Glaser (Noble Vision) |
| 46 | DON’T CHEAT IN OUR HOMETOWN – Ricky Skaggs (Sugar Hill/Epic) |
| 47 | DON’T MAKE IT EASY FOR ME – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA) |
| 48 | ATLANTA BLUE – The Statler Brothers (Mercury) |
| 49 | ONE MORE TRY FOR LOVE – Ronnie Milsap (RCA) |
| 50 | RIDDLES IN THE SAND – Jimmy Buffett (MCA) |