Albums Of The Year
- Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Scream
- Penetration – Moving Targets
- Captain Beefheart – Shiny Beast
- Keith Hudson – Rasta Communication
- Jim Morrison – An American Prayer
- The Who – Who Are You
- Rolling Stones – Some Girls
- Burning Spear – Marcus Children
- Magazine – Real Life
- Tom Waits – Blue Valentine
- XTC – Go 2
- Ry Cooder – Jazz
- Devo – Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!
- Buzzcocks – Another Music In A Different Kitchen
- Kevin Coyne – Dynamite Daze
- Clash – Give ‘Em Enough Rope
- Public Image Ltd – First Edition
- Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous
- Kraftwerk – Man Machine
Tracks Of The Year
1
Buzzcocks
Ever Fallen In Love
Buzzcocks
Ever Fallen In Love
2Public Image Ltd
Public Image
Public Image
3Ian Dury
What A Waste
What A Waste
4Rolling Stones
Miss You
Miss You
5Elvis Costello
Radio Radio
Radio Radio
6Elvis Costello
I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea
I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea
7Siouxsie And The Banshees
Hong Kong Garden
Hong Kong Garden
8The Clash
White Man In Hammersmith Palais
White Man In Hammersmith Palais
9Magazine
Shot By Both Sides
Shot By Both Sides
10Bryan Ferry
Sign Of The Times
Sign Of The Times
- Evelyn “Champagne” King – Shame
- Ian Dury – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
- Tom Robinson Band – Rising Free
- Devo – Satisfaction
- Subway Sect – Ambition
- Talking Heads – Take Me To The River
- The Fall – It’s The New Thing
- Nick Lowe – I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
- Buzzcocks – What Do I Get
- X Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
- Wire – I Am The Fly
- Patti Smith – Because The Night
- Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods
- Gregory Isaacs – Mr. Know It All
- Allen Toussaint – Night People
- Sylvester – Mighty Real
- Thomas Leer – Private Plane
- The Mekons – Where Were You
- Captain Beefheart – Hard Workin’ Man
- Dr. Feelgood – Down At The Doctors