Albums Of The Year
8DAF
Alles Ist Gut
Alles Ist Gut
- DAF – Gold Und Liebe
- Various Artists – Mutant Disco
- The Fall – Slates
- Fela Kuti – Black President
- Public Image Ltd – Flowers Of Romance
- Earth Wind And Fire – Raise!
- Au Pairs – Playing With A Different Sex
- Bunny Wailer – Rock ‘n’ Groove
- Squeeze – East Side Story
- Elvis Costello – Almost Blue
- Smokey Robinson – Being With You
- Echo And The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
- Bow Wow Wow – See Jungle! See jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!
- Funkadelic – The Electric Spanking Of War Babies
- The Raincoats – Odyshape
- Prince Charles & The City Beat Band – Gang War
- Bunny Wailer – Sings The Wailers
- The Undertones – Positive Touch
- General Caine II – Get Down Attack
- Arthur Blythe – Blythe Spirit
- Japan – Tin Drum
- Madness – 7
- Defunkt – Defunkt
- The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
- Alan Vega – Alan Vega
- Linx – Intuition
- Tom Verlaine – Dreamtime
- Marvin Gaye – In Our Lifetime
- Aswad – New Chapter
- Throbbing Gristle – Greatest Hits
- Kool & The Gang – Something Special
- Meredith Monk – Dolmen Music
- Change – Miracles
- X – Wild Gift
- Miles Davis – The Man With The Horn
- The Ramones – Pleasant Dreams
- The Cramps – Psychedelic Jungle
- Teena Marie – It Must Be Magic
- The Comsat Angels – Sleep No More
- Roger – The Many Facets Of Roger
Tracks Of The Year
1
The Specials
Ghost Town
The Specials
Ghost Town
2Grandmaster Flash
Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel
Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel
3Coati Mundi
Me No pop I
Me No pop I
4Heaven 17
(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
5The Human League
Love Action
Love Action
6Junior Giscombe
Mama Used To Say
Mama Used To Say
7ABC
Tears Are Not Enough
Tears Are Not Enough
8Grace Jones
Pull Up To The Bumper
Pull Up To The Bumper
9Laurie Anderson
O Superman
O Superman
10Yoko Ono
Walking on Thin Ice
Walking on Thin Ice
- The Gap Band – Burn Rubber On Me
- Soft Cell – Tainted Love
- Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
- James Brown – Rapp Payback
- Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
- Earth Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove
- Defunkt – The Razor’s Edge
- Smokey Robinson – Being With You
- Thomas Leer – Four Movements
- Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
- Odyssey – Going Back To My Roots
- Linx – Intuition
- Blondie – Rapture
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Plan B
- Stevie Wonder – Happy Birthday
- Vangelis – Chariots of Fire
- DAF – Der Mussolini
- Elvis Costello – Good Year For The Roses
- J.Walter Negro And Loose Jointz – Shoot The Pump
- The Beat – Doors Of Your Heart
- The Associates – Kitchen Person
- The Jacksons – Can You Feel It
- Haircut 100 – Favourite Shirts
- Kraftwerk – Pocket Calculator
- General Saint & Clint Eastwood – Another One Bites The Dust
- Vivien Goldman – Launderette
- Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love
- Spandau Ballet – Chant No.1 (We Don’t Need This Pressure On)
- Was (Not Was) – Out Come The Freaks
- Bow Wow Wow – W.O.R.K
- Public Image Ltd – Flowers Of Romance
- New Order – Ceremony
- Pablo Gad – Beggarman Child
- Sound Of The Valleys – The Longest Day
- Scritti Politti – The ‘Sweetest Girl’
- The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
- Japan – The Art Of Parties
- Kraftwerk – Computer Love
- The Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk To Fuck
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Show Me