Mason Ruffner (self titled) - CBS Records - Where has this boy been hiding? We’ve been needing him bad. A superb writer, fine guitarist, good sense of humor. Knows how to get into a song, do some fast, clean, melodic licks and get out. Songs like "Gravediggers" and Gamblin’ fever" are what the best rockabillies would want to be if they were starting out today, and when he gets to "Stranded", it sounds like Dylan has met Warren Zevon. And don’t get the idea he’s just copying old notes; these are all his own. All he’s copied is the idea that a clean, quick guitar can make some great rock ‘n’ roll. Best Albums of 1985
1. He Is The Light, by Al Green
2. Hard Line, by The Blasters
3. The Solitaires, self-titled
4. Brothers in Arms, by Dire Straits
5. Tough All Over, by John Cafferty
6. The Ballad of Sally Rose, by Emmylou Harris
7. I Ain’t Got Nothin But Time, by Hank Williams
8. The Rose of England, by Nick Lowe
9. Mason Ruffner, self-titled
10. Biograph, by Bob Dylan