Albums Of The Year
- The Go-Betweens – Spring Hill Fair
- Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Goodbye Cruel World
- Madness – Keep Moving
- The Fall – Wonderful And Frightening World Of
- Style Council – Cafe Bleu
- Linton Kwesi Johnson – Making History
- Youssou N’dour – Immigres
- Tom Verlaine – Cover
- Jonathan Richman – Jonathan Sings
- Everything But The Girl – Eden
- Lloyd Cole And The Commotions – Rattlesnakes
- Holger Hiller – A Bunch Of Foulness In The Pit
- The Smiths – Hatful Of Hollow
- Orange Juice – Texas Fever
- Prefab Sprout – Swoon
- Change – Change Of Heart
- The Pogues – Red Roses For Me
- The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops
- Nick Cave – From Her To Eternity
- Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel – Hole
- Neville Brothers – Neville-Ization
- Echo And The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
- Laurie Anderson – Mister Heartbreak
- The Three Johns – Atom Drum Bop
- U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
- Holger Czukay – Der Osten Is Rot
- Cocteau Twins – Treasure
- Bronski Beat – Age Of Consent
- Aztec Camera – Knife
- Sade – Diamond Life
- David Sylvian – Brilliant Trees
- Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
- The Waterboys – A Pagan Place
- The Persuasions – No Frills
- Smokey Robinson – Essar
- Frankie Paul & Sugar Minott – Showdown Vol II
- Cecil Taylor / Max Roach – Historic Concerts
- Shannon – Let The Music Play
- Psychedelic Furs – Mirror Moves
- The Bluebells – Sisters
Tracks Of The Year
1
Womack & Womack
Love Wars
Womack & Womack
Love Wars
2Elvis Costello And The Attractions
I Wanna Be Loved
I Wanna Be Loved
3Special AKA
Free Nelson Mandela
Free Nelson Mandela
4Dennis Edwards
Don’t Look Any Further
Don’t Look Any Further
5Staple Singers
Slippery People
Slippery People
6James Ingram
Yah Mo Be There
Yah Mo Be There
7The Smiths
What Difference Does It Make
What Difference Does It Make
8Bruce Springsteen
Dancing In The Dark
Dancing In The Dark
9Prince
When Doves Cry
When Doves Cry
10Van Halen
Jump
Jump
- Chaka Khan – I Feel For You
- Malcolm X – No Sell Out / Malcolm X
- World’s Famous Supreme Team – Hey DJ
- Frankie Paul – War Is In The Dance / Pass The Tu Sheng Peng
- Smokey Robinson – And I Don’t Love You
- Bobby Womack And Patti Labelle – Love Has Finally Come At Last
- The Go-Betweens – Bachelor Kisses
- The Redskins – Keep On Keepin’ On
- Jocelyn Brown – Somebody Else’s Guy
- Chuck Brown – We Need Money
- Style Council – You’re The Best Thing
- Working Week – Venceremos (We Will Win)
- J Blackfoot – Taxi
- Malcolm McLaren – Madam Butterfly
- Scott Walker – Track Three
- Orange Juice – What Presense!?
- The Blue Nile – Tinseltown In The Rain
- Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
- Foetus Art Terrorism – Calamity Crush
- Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
- Special AKA – What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – In The Ghetto
- The Pogues – Dark Streets Of London
- Cabaret Voltaire – Sensoria
- Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time
- Hugh Masekela – Don’t Go Lose it Baby
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
- The Imposter – Peace In Our Time
- The Residents – It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World
- U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love)
- Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody
- Shock Headed Peters – I Bloodbrother Be
- The Three Johns – Do The Square Thing
- The Waterboys – The Big Music
- Echo And The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
- Madness – Michael Caine
- Manu Dibango – Abele Dance
- Friends Again – Honey At The Core
- Everything But The Girl – Each And Every One
- Chakk – Out Of The Flesh