The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1985. These were the best charting albums in Australia for 1985. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".
| Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brothers in Arms | 1 | 34 (pkd #1 in 1985 & 86) | ||
| 2. | Born in the USA | 1 | 7 (pkd #1 in 1984) | ||
| 3. | Like a Virgin | 2 | |||
| 4. | No Jacket Required | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5. | Be Yourself Tonight | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6. | Songs from the Big Chair | 5 | |||
| 7. | Little Creatures | 2 | |||
| 8. | She's So Unusual | 3 | |||
| 9. | Reckless | 2 | |||
| 10. | Stop Making Sense | 9 | |||
| 11. | Fundamental | 3 | |||
| 12. | Can't Slow Down | 1 | 3 (pkd #1 in 1984) | ||
| 13. | Greatest Hits vols 1 & 2 | 2 | |||
| 14. | Mars Needs Guitars! | 5 | |||
| 15. | 'Cos Life Hurts | 3 | |||
| 16. | Shine | 9 | |||
| 17. | Out of Mind, Out of Sight | 3 | |||
| 18. | The Dream of the Blue Turtles | 1 | 3 | ||
| 19. | Dekadance | 2 | |||
| 20. | Make It Big | 1 | 2 | ||
| 21. | Red Sails in the Sunset | 1 | 4 (pkd #1 in 1984) | ||
| 22. | Listen Like Thieves | 1 | 2 | ||
| 23. | Agent Provocateur | 2 | |||
| 24. | 1985 Comes Alive | Various Artists | 1 | 4 | |
| 25. | Our Favourite Shop | 5 |
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 albums for each week.