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1987

Village Voice Pazz & Jop (USA)

1. Prince: Sign "O" the Times (Paisley Park)
2. Bruce Springsteen: Tunnel of Love (Columbia)
3. The Replacements: Pleased To Meet Me (Sire)
4. U2: The Joshua Tree (Island)
5. John Hiatt: Bring the Family (A&M)
6. Los Lobos: By the Light of the Moon (Slash)
7. John Cougar Mellencamp: The Lonesome Jubilee (Mercury)
8. R.E.M.: Document (I.R.S.)
9. XTC: Skylarking (Geffen)
10. Hüsker Dü: Warehouse: Songs & Stories (Warner Bros.)
11. Ornette Coleman: In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams)
12. Sonic Youth: Sister (SST)
13. Robbie Robertson: Robbie Robertson (Geffen)
14. Public Enemy: Yo! Bum Rush the Show (Def Jam)
15. Tom Waits: Frank's Wild Years (Island)
16. Marianne Faithfull: Strange Weather (Island)
17. Terence Trent D'Arby: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (Columbia)
18. Stevie Wonder: Characters (Motown)
19. Alexander O'Neal: Hearsay (Tabu)
20. The Jesus & Mary Chain: Darklands (Warner Bros.)
21. Van Morrison: Poetic Champions Compose (Mercury)
22. Pet Shop Boys: Pet Shop Boys, Actually (EMI-Manhattan)
23. Rosanne Cash: King's Record Shop (Columbia)
24. The dB's: The Sound of Music (I.R.S.)
25. Sly and Robbie: Rhythm Killers (Island)
26. Chris Isaak: Chris Isaak (Warner Bros.)
27. Eric B. & Rakim: Paid in Full (4th & B'way)
That Petrol Emotion: Babble (Polydor)
29. 10,000 Maniacs: In My Tribe (Elektra)
30. French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson: Live, Love, Larf and Loaf (Rhino)
31. Phil Alvin: Romeo's Escape (Epic)
George Michael: Faith (Columbia)
33. Sinéad O'Connor: The Lion and the Cobra (Chrysalis)
34. L.L. Cool J: Bigger and Deffer (Def Jam)
35. The Million Dollar Quartet: The Million Dollar Quartet (S import/Million Dollar import)
36. Sting: . . . Nothing Like the Sun (A&M)
37. The Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come (Sire)
38. The Smiths: "Louder Than Bombs" (Sire)
39. Tom Verlaine: Flash Light (I.R.S.)
40. Warren Zevon: Sentimental Hygiene (Virgin)



OOR (The Netherlands)

1. Prince - Sign o the times
2. John Hiatt - Bring the family
3. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of love
4. Sonic youth - Sister
5. Tom Waits - Franks wild years
6. Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
7. Triffids - Calenture
8. R.E.M. - Document no. 5
9. U2 - The Joshua tree
10. Replacements - Pleased to meet you
11. Red hot chili peppers - The uplift mofo party
12. Public enemy - Yo! Bum rush the show
13. Eric B & Rakim - Paid in full
Marianne Faithfull - Strange weather
15. Los Lobos - By the light of the moon
16. Ry Cooder - Get rhythm
Van Morrison - Poetic champions compose
18. Swans - Children of God
19. Terence Trent d'Arby - Introducing the hardline according to
20. Sinéad O'Connor - The lion and the cobra
21. Coil - Horse rotorvator
22. 10.000 Maniacs - In my tribe
23. Tav Falco's panther burns - The world we knew
24. Tröckener kecks - Eén op één miljoen
25. Jesus and Mary chain - Darklands
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - Trio
27. Smiths - Strangeways, here we come
28. Paul Carrack - One good reason
Firehose - Ragin', full-on
30. Alpha Blondy & the Wailers - Jerusalem
Christians - Christians
Chaba Fadela - Etoile du rai
33. Jill Jones - Jill Jones
Ramones - Halfway to sanity
35. Wipers - Follow blind
36. The Chills - Brave words
Salif Keita - Soro
38. Brendan Croker & the 5 o'clock shadows - Boat trips in the bay
Madame X - Madame X
Screaming blue Messiahs - Bikini red
41. Wire - The ideal copy
42. Danielle Dax - Inky bloaters
43. Butthole surfers - Locust abortion technician
LL Cool J - Bigger and deffer
John Cougar Mellencamp - The lonesome jubilee
Tom Verlaine - Flash light
47. Chris Isaak - Chris Isaak
48. Pop will eat itself - Box frenzy
49. Trouble funk - Trouble over here, trouble over there



NME (UK)

1. Yo bum rush the show - Public enemy
2. Sign 'O' the times - Prince
3. Strangeways here we come - The smiths
4. Sister - Sonic youth
5. Frank's wild years - Tom Waits
6. The Joshua tree - U2
7. Criminal mind - Scott La rock
8. Paid in full - Eric B & Rakim
9. The people who grinned themselves.. - The housemartins
10. Actually - The pet shop boys
11. In my tribe - 10,000 maniacs
12. Songs about fucking - Big black
13. This is the story - The proclaimers
14. George best - The wedding present
15. Darklands - The Jesus & Mary chain
16. Licensed to ill - Beastie boys
17. Document - REM
18. Hot, cool & vicious - Salt 'n' pepper
19. Children of god - Swans
20. Saturday night - Schoolly D
21. Hearsay - Alexander O' Neal
22. Bigger and deffer - LL cool J
23. Soro - Salif Keita
24. Babble - That petrol emotion
25. Rhythm killers - Sly & Robbie
26. Mother juno - The gun club
27. Voice of reason - The sect
28. Mainstream - Lloyd Cole & the commotions
29. Warehouse: songs and stories - Husker du
30. Locust abortion technician - Butthole surfers
31. Kool and Deadly - Just Ice
32. Paul Johnson - Paul Johnson
33. In all Languages - Ornette Coleman
34. Time boom X be devil dead - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
35. St Julian - Julian Cope
36. Up for a bit - The Pastels
37. Tacky souvenirs of pre-Revolutionary America - Culturcide
38. Ragin’ full on - Firehose
39. The poison boyfriend - Momus
40. Qareeb - Najma
41. Calenture - The Triffids
42. No more cocoons - Jello Biafra
43. Wicked women, Wicked men & wicket keepers - Blyth Power
44. An Attitude Hits - Dan
45. Good music - Joan Jett
46. Famous blue raincoat - Jennifer Warnes
47. Crooked Mile - Microdisney
48. Pleased to meet me - The Replacements
49. Box Frenzy - Pop will eat itself
50. The girl who runs the beat hotel - Biff bang pow!
51. Rooms of the Magnificent - Ed Keupper
52. Sentimental Hygiene - Warren Zevon
53. Babylon and on - Squeeze
54. Tunnel of love - Bruce Springsteen
55. Trouble over here, trouble over there - Trouble Funk
56. Foxheads stalk this land - Close lobsters
57. Tallulah - Go-Betweens
58. Heaven’s end - Loop
59. You’re living all over me - Dinosaur Jr.
60. Squirrel & G-man, etc. - Happy Mondays



Sounds (UK)

(no order)
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
American Music Club - Engine
Anthrax - Among The Living
Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
The Christians - The Christians
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Mainstream
Julian Cope - Saint Julian
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
The Cult - Electric
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
Dumptruck - For The Country
Steve Earle & The Dukes - Exit O
Echo And The Bunnymen - Echo And The Bunnymen
Einsturzende Neubauten - Five On The Open Ended Richter Scale
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself
Gaye Bykers On Acid - Drill Your Own Hole
The Gun Club - Mother Juno
Head - A Snog On The Rocks
Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Michael Jackson - Bad
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Darklands
The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu - 1987 What The F***'s Going On?
The Leather Nun - Steel Construction
LL Cool J - Bigger And Deffer
John Cougar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
Van Morrison - Poetic Champions Compose
Pet Shop Boys - Actually
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
Pop Will Eat Itself - Box Frenzy
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
The Proclaimers - This Is The Story
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
REM - Document
Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Bikini Red
The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
Sonic Youth - Sister
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
Stupids - Van Stupid
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
That Petrol Emotion - Babble
The Triffids - Calenture
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years
The Wedding Present - George Best
Yello - One Second
The Young Gods - The Young Gods



Rolling Stone (USA)

Best Album: Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen

The Rest:
The Joshua Tree - U2
Sign O' The Times - Prince
Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
Pleased To Meet Me - The Replacements
Bring The Family - John Hiatt
By The Light Of The Moon - Los Lobos
Document - R.E.M.
Franks Wild Years - Tom Waits
Babble - That Petrol Emotion



Hot Press (Ireland)

1. R.E.M. - Document
2. Prince - Sign O' The Times
3. U2 - The Joshua Tree
4. Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
5. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love



Kerrang (UK)

1. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
2. Whitesnake - 1987
3. Anthrax - Among The Living
4. Guns n'Roses - Appetite For Destruction
5. Metallica - The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-revisited
6. Marillion - Clutching At Straws
7. Def Leppard - Hysteria
8. Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
9. U2 - The Joshua Tree
10. Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls
11. Intrinsic - Intrinsic
12. Testament - The Legacy
13. John Cougar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
14. Helloween - The Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
15. Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
16. Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S
17. Rush - Hold Your Fire
18. Tigertailz - Young And Crazy
19. Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat
19. Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave



Melody Maker (UK)

1. The young gods - The young gods
2. Sign 'O' the times - Prince
3. Yo! Bum rush the show - Public enemy
4. The fat skier - Throwing muses
5. Songs about fucking - Big black
6. Darklands - Jesus and Mary chain
7. Substance - New order
8. Kiss me, kiss me, Kiss me - The cure
9. Bigger and deffer - LL Cool J
10. Locust abortion technician - The butthole surfers
11. mind the perpetual intercourse - Skinny puppy
12. Strangeways, here wo come - The smiths
13. Document - REM
14. Pleased to meet me - The replacements
15. Floodland - Sisters of mercy
16. In my tribe - 10,000 maniacs
17. Franks wild years - Tom Waits
18. Poetic champions compose - Van Morrison
19. Come on pilgrim - The pixies
20. Secrets of the beehive - David Sylvian
21. Warehouse: Songs and stories - Husker Du
22. The world of echo - Arther Russell
23. This is the story - The proclaimers
24. You're living all over me - Dinosaur
25. Happy come home - Victoria Williams
26. Heaven's end - Loop
27. Calenture - The triffids
28. Squirrel and g-man... - Happy Mondays
29. Oh! tears baby - Win
30. At my window - Townes Van Zandt



The Face (UK)

1. Prince – Sign O’ The Times
2. Eric B And Rakim – Paid In Full
3. Public Enemy – Yo Bum Rush The Show
4. The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
5. Various – Rare
6. Isley Jasper Isley – Different Drummer
7. Various NY – Philly Rap Connection
8. Madhouse – 16
9. Alexander O’Neal – Hearsay
10. Roy Orbison – In Dreams
11. Bill Lee – She’s Gotta Have It (Soundtrack)
12. LL Cool J – Bigger And Deffer
13. Various – We Got Latin Soul
14. Derek B – Bullet From A Gun
15. Heavy D And The Boys – Living Large
16. Various – Got To Get Your Own
17. Stevie Wonder – Characters
18. The Pet Shop Boys – Actually
19. Salif Keita – Soro
20. Paul Johnson – Paul Johnson
21. Yello – One Second
22. Various – Urban Clasics
23. Michael Jackson – Bad
24. Branford Marsalis – Renaissance
25. Jill Jones – Jill Jones
26. Various – A Sample Of Bluenotes
27. Tom Waits – Frank’s Wild Years
28. Salt ‘N’ Pepa – Hot Cool Viscious
29. Keni Stevens – Blue Moods
30. Wynton Marsalis – Standard Time



Spex (Germany)

1. Henry Rollins - Animal Machine
2. Age Of Chance - 1000 Years Of Trouble
3. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
4. Tav Falco - The World We Knew
5. Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands
6. Happy Mondays - Squirrel & G-Men ...
7. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
8. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
9. Sonic Youth - Sister
10. LL Cool J - Bigger And Deffer
11. Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
12. The Chills - Brave Words
13. Hüsker Dü - Warehouse Songs & Stories
14. Pop Will Eat Itself - Box Frenzy
15. Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay
16. Go-Betweens - Tallulah
17. Boogoe Down Productions - Criminal Minded
18. Salt 'n' Peppa - Hot Cool Vicious
19. Slayer - Reign In Blood
20. Tallulah Gosh - Rock Legends: Colume 69
21. UTFO - Lethal
22. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
23. Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby
24. Meat Puppets - Mirage
25. Mekons - Honky Tonkin'
26. Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
27. Big Black - Songs About Ficken
28. Nyah Fearties - A Tasty Heidfu
29. Gore - Hart Gore
30. Blyth Power - Wicked Woman, Wicked Men, Wicked Keepers
31. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
32. Anthrax - Among The Living
33. Wedding Present - George Best
34. Pussy Galore - Right Now
35. They Might Be Giants - same
36. Einstürzende Neubauten - 5 auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala
37. R.E.M. - Document
38. The Cult - Electric
39. 39 Clocks - 13 More Protest Songs
40. Neil Young - Life
41. Felt - Poem By The River
42. Gun Club - Mother Juno
43. Scientists - Human Jukebox
44. Carmaig De Forest - same
45. Metallica - The 5.98 LP
46. Dead Milkmen - Bucky Fellini
47. Brent Hosier - The Secret That Lies
48. Bodines - Played
49. Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard - Kiss Your Kidnapped Charabanc
50. Gaye Bikers On Acid - Drill Your Own Hole



HUMO (Belgium)

1) Sign of the times PRINCE
2) Bring the family JOHN HIATT
3) Strangeways here we come THE SMITHS
4) Frank's wild years TOM WAITS
5) Poetic Champions Compose VAN MORRISON
6) By the light of the moon LOS LOBOS
7) Robbie Robertson ROBBIE ROBERTSON
8) Secrets of the beehive DAVID SYLVIAN
9) Tunnel of love BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
10) Nothing like the sun STING



Best (France)

1. Prince : Sign of the times
2. Serge Gainsbourg : You're under arrest
3. Suzanne Vega : Solitude standing
4. Tom Waits : Franks wild years
5. Van Morrisson : Poetic champions compose
6. U2 : The Joshua tree
7. Bruce Springsteen : Tunnel of love
8. Willy de Ville : Miracle
9. The Jesus & Mary Chain : Darklands
10. Terence Trent D'Arby : Introducing the hard line according to...



Q (UK)

• Anthrax - Among the living
• The Beatles - Revolver
• Regina Belle - All by myself
• The Christians - same
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle
• The Cure - Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me
• Def Leppard - Hysteria
• Joe Ely - Lord of the Highway
• Eurythmics - Savage
• The fabulous thunderbirds - Portfolio
• Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the night
• John Hiatt - Bring the family
• Husker Du - Warehouse (songs and stories)
• Chris Isaak - Same
• Joe Jackson - Will power
• Michael Jackson - Bad
• Jesus and Mary chain - Darklands
• New Order - Substance
• Randy Newman - Lonely at the top
• Alexander O’Neal - Hearsay
• Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio
• Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Signs of life
• Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry - Time boom X de devil dead
• Salif Keita - Soro
• LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer
• Marillion - Clutching at straws
• Mel & Kim - F.L.M.
• Van Morrison - Poetic champions compose
• Najma - Qareeb
• Pet shop boys - Actually
• Pop will eat itself - Box frenzy
• Elvis Presley - The all time greatest hits
• Maxi Priest - Maxi
• Prince - Sign ‘o’ the times
• Chris Rea - Dancing with strangers
• REM - Document
• The Replacements - Pleased to meet me
• Robbie Robertson - Same
• Marta Sebestyen - Same
• Shirati jazz - Benga beat
• Simply red - Men and woman
• The Smiths - Strangeways here we come
• Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of love
• 10,000 Maniacs - In my tribe
• That petrol emotion - Babble
• ‘Till Tuesday - Welcome home
• Trouble Funk - Trouble over here, trouble over there
• U2 - The Joshua tree
• Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat
• Stevie Wonder - Characters



Record Mirror (UK)

1 Prince Sign'O' The Times
2= The Smiths Strangeways Here We Come
2= Public Enemy Yo! Bum Rush The Show
4= REM Document
4= Lloyd Cole and The Commotions Mainstream
6= LL Cool J Bigger and Deffer
6= Eric B & Rakim Paid In Full
6= Depeche Mode Music For The Masses
9= That Petrol Emotion Babble
9= New Order Substance
11= Sinead O'Connor The Lion and The Cobra
11= Aerosmith Permanent Vacation
11= The Chesterfields Kettle
14= Microdisney Crooked Mile
14= The Sisters Of Mercy Floodland
14= David Slyvian Secrets of The Beehive
14= Julian Cope St Julian
18= Black Wonderful Life
18= The Proclaimers This Is The Story
18= Regina Bell All By Myself



Rock de Lux (Spain)

1. PRINCE “Sign ‘O’ the Times”
2. TOM WAITS “Frank’s Wild Years”
3. TOM VERLAINE “Flash Light”
4. THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN “Darklands”
5. SONIC YOUTH “Sister”
6. TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY “Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby”
7. THE SMITHS “Strangeways, Here We Come”
8. R.E.M. “Document”
9. THAT PETROL EMOTION “Babble”
10. SUZANNE VEGA “Solitude Standing”
11. SLY & ROBBIE “Rhythm Killers”
12. CHRIS ISAAK “Chris Isaak”
13. HÜSKER DÜ “Warehouse: Songs and Stories”
14. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “Tunnel of Love”
15. VAN MORRISON “Poetic Champions Compose”
16. SWANS “Children of God”
17. PUBLIC ENEMY “Yo! Bum Rush the Show”
18. THE WEDDING PRESENT “George Best”
19. THE LOUNGE LIZARDS “No Pain for Cakes”
20. WISEBLOOD “Dirtdish”
21. ORNETTE COLEMAN “In All Languages”
22. THE HOUSEMARTINS “The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death”
23. ERIC B. & RAKIM “Paid in Full”
24. HOLGER CZUKAY “Rome Remains Rome”
25. JOHN LURIE “Down By Law”
26. JULIAN COPE “Saint Julian”
27. BIG BLACK “Songs About Fucking”
28. LYNN WHITE “That’s How Strong My Love Is”
29. ALEX CHILTON “High Priest”
30. DWIGHT YOAKAM “Hillbilly Deluxe”
31. MATHILDE SANTING “Out of This Dream”
32. DANIELLE DAX “Inky Bloaters”
33. THE GO-BETWEENS “Tallulah”
34. L.L. COOL J “Bigger and Deffer”
35. LESTER BOWIE’S BRASS FANTASY “Twilight Dreams”
36. JOHN HIATT “Bring the Family”
37. U2 “The Joshua Tree”
38. MARIANNE FAITHFULL “Strange Weather”
39. MICHAEL JACKSON “Bad”
40. ALEXANDER O’NEILL “Hearsay”
41. RENALDO AND THE LOAF “The Elbow Is Taboo”
42. CHUCK BROWN AND THE SOUL SEARCHERS “Live’87”
43. BHUNDU BOYS “True Jit”
44. NEIL YOUNG “Life”
45. 10.000 MANIACS “In My Tribe”
46. THROWING MUSES “The Fat Skier”
47. HAPPY MONDAYS “Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
48. DEXTER GORDON “The Other Side of Round Midnight”
49. ROBBIE ROBERTSON “Robbie Robertson”
50. WARREN ZEVON “Sentimental Hygiene”



Musikexpress (Germany)

(no order, I think)
Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
Jesus And Mary Chain - Darklands
Prince - Sign O' The Times
Sting - Nothing Like The Sun
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
Barry White - The Right Night And Barry White
George Michael - George Michael
Rainbirds - Rainbirds
Julian Dawson - As Real As Disneyland
Simply Red - Men And Women
Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
Terence Trent D'arby - Introducing The Hardline According To
Inxs - Kick
P.I.L. - Happy?
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
Sly & Robbie - Rhythm Killers
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Black - Wonderful Life
Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
R.E.M. - Document
Trouble Funk - Trouble Over Here
Udo Lindenberg - Feuerland
Bryan Ferry - Bête Noire
Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Einstürzende Neubauten - Fünf Auf Der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala
Hooters - One Way Home
Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
Christians - The Christians
Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo
Willy Deville - Miracle
Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs & Stories
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
Michael Jackson - Bad
Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
Dwight Yoakam - Hillbilly Deluxe
L.L. Cool J - Bigger And Deffer
Pet Shop Boys - Actually
Whitesnake - Whitesnake
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night
Rio Reiser - Blinder Passagier
T'pau - Bridge Of Spies
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
Chris Isaak - Chris Isaak
Grateful Dead - In The Dark
Neil Young - Life
Screaming Blue Messiahs - Bikini Red
David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years

Re: 1987

LA Times (USA)

1--"The Joshua Tree," U2 (Island) 83 9
2--"TunnelofLove,"BruceSpringsteen(Columbia) 82 11
3--"Bring the Family," John Hiatt (A&M) 63 10
4--"By the Light of the Moon," Los Lobos (Slash) 52 8
5--"Pleased to Meet Me," the Replacements (Sire) 49 8
6--"Sign 'O' the Times," Prince (Paisley Park) 32 5
7--"Darklands," Jesus and Mary Chain (Reprise) 30 5
(tie) "Concrete Blonde," Concrete Blonde (I.R.S.) 30 5
9--"Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me," the Cure (Elektra) 26 3
10--" ... Nothing Like the Sun," Sting (A&M) 23 3