Albums Of The Year
- The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
- John Fogerty – Centerfield
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
- Wynton Marsalis – Black Codes
- Shirley Brown – Intimate Storm
- Meat Puppets – Up To The Sun
- Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
- The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy And The Lash
- Matilde Santing – Water Under The Bridge
- The Style Council – Our Favourite Shop
- Robert Wyatt – Old Rotten Hat
- New Order – Low Life
- Al Green – Going Away
- Los Lobos – Will The Wolf Survive?
- The June Brides – There Are Eight Million Stories
- Isley, Jasper, Isley – Caravan Of Love
- Talking Heads – Little Creatures
- Propaganda – A Secret Wish
- Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel – Nail
- REM – Fables Of Reconstruction
- Cameo – Single Life
- Run DMC – Kings Of Rock
- Husker Du – Flip Your Wig
- Womack And Womack – Radio Musc Man
- Suzanne Vega – Suzanne Vega
- Marvin Gaye – Dream Of A Lifetime
- Ruben Blades – Escenas
- Jason And The Scorchers – Lost And Found
- Ronald Shannon Jackson – Decode Yourself
- Einesterzende Neubauten – Halber Mensch
- The Apartments – The Evening Visits
- Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls
- Miles Davis – You’re Under Arrest
- Agnes Bernelle – Father’s Lying Dead Upon The Ironing Board
- Miles Davis And John Coltrane – Live In Stockholm
- Test Department And The South Wales Striking Miners’ Choir – Shoulder To Shoulder
- Jonathan Richman – Rockin’ And Romance
- Ijahman Levi – Lilly Of My Valley
- Microdisney – The Clock Comes Down The Stairs
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The First Born Is Dead
Tracks Of The Year
1The Jesus And Mary Chain
Never Understand
Never Understand
2The Jesus And Mary Chain
Just like Honey
Just like Honey
3Kate Bush
Running Up That Hill
Running Up That Hill
4The Smiths
How Soon Is Now
How Soon Is Now
5Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Tupelo
Tupelo
6The Jesus And Mary Chain
You Trip Me Up
You Trip Me Up
7Madness
Yesterday’s Men
Yesterday’s Men
8Cameo
Single Life
Single Life
9The Pogues
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
10Sonic Youth & Lydia Lunch
Death Valley ’69
Death Valley ’69
- The Three Johns – Death Of The European
- Barrington Levy – Here I Come
- The Commodores – Nightshift
- Isley, Jasper, Isley – Caravan Of Love
- Maze – Back In Stride
- Fine Young Cannibals – Johnny Come Home
- Don Henley – Boys Of Summer/A Month Of Sundays
- Madonna – Into The Groove
- Donald Banks – Status Quo
- Fine Young Cannibals – Blue
- Primal Scream – All Fall Down
- EU – Sho’ Nuff Bumpin’
- Husker Du – Makes No Sense At All
- Ramones – Bonzo Goes To Bitburg
- Champion Doug Veitch – Jumping Into Love
- The Fall – Cruiser’s Creek/LA
- Troublefunk – Still Smokin’
- Robert Wyatt And The SWAMPO Singers – The Wind Of Change
- Miles Davis – Time After Time
- The loft – Up The Hill And Down The Slope
- Wayne Smith – Under Me Sleng Teng
- Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
- Teena Marie – Lovergirl
- The Winans – Let My People Go
- Run DMC – King Of Rock
- Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
- Wiseblood – Motor Slug
- Bogshed – Let Them Eat Bogshed
- Conway Brothers – Turn It Up
- Prince – Raspberry Beret
- Phyllis Nelson – Move Closer
- Los Lobos – How Will The Wolf Survive?/ Don’t Worry Baby
- The Swans – Raping A Slave
- Strafe – Set It Off
- The Triffids – Fields Of Glass
- Redds And The Boys – Movin’ And Groovin’
- The men They Couldn’t Hang – Ironmasters
- Madness – Uncle Sam
- Microdisney – Birthday Girl
- Einsturzende Neubauten – Yu Gung