Village Voice Pazz & Jop (USA)
1. Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (Warner Bros.)
2. Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True (Columbia)
3. Television: Marquee Moon (Elektra)
4. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (Warner Bros.)
5. Steely Dan: Aja (ABC)
6. Ramones: Rocket to Russia (Sire)
7. Talking Heads: Talking Heads: 77 (Sire)
8. Randy Newman: Little Criminals (Warner Bros.)
9. Garland Jeffreys: Ghost Writer (A&M)
10. Cheap Trick: In Color (Epic)
11. Jackson Browne: Running on Empty (Asylum)
12. Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane: Rough Mix (MCA)
13. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Dancer with Bruised Knees (Warner Bros.)
14. Al Green: The Belle Album (Hi)
15. Ornette Coleman: Dancing in Your Head (Horizon)
16. Bryan Ferry: In Your Mind (Atlantic)
17. Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (Atco)
18. The Kinks: Sleepwalker (Arista)
19. Graham Parker & the Rumour: Stick to Me (Mercury)
20. Neil Young: American Stars 'n Bars (Reprise)
21. David Bowie: Heroes (RCA)
22. The Persuasions: Chirpin' (Elektra)
23. James Taylor: JT (Columbia)
The Jam: In the City (Polydor)
25. Ramones: Ramones Leave Home (Sire)
The Beatles: The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (Capitol)
27. Linda Ronstadt: Simple Dreams (Asylum)
The Beach Boys: Love You (Brother/Reprise)
29. Mink DeVille: Mink DeVille (Capitol)
30. Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express (Capitol)
OOR (The Netherlands)
1. Elvis Costello - My aim is true
2. Sex pistols - Never mind the bollocks
3. Stranglers - IV rattus Norvegicus
4. Television - Marquee moon
5. Blondie - Blondie
6. Mink DeVille - Mink DeVille
7. Talking heads - Talking heads '77
8. Ian Dury - New boots & panties
9. Graham Parker - Stick to me
10. Randy Newman - Little criminals
11. The Steve Miller band - Book of dreams
12. Rod Stewart - Foot loose & fancy free
13. Jonathan Richman - Rock 'n' roll with Jonathan Richman
14. Frankie Miller - Full house
15. Dave Edmunds - Get it
16. David Bowie - Heroes
17. Fleetwood mac - Rumours
18. Steely dan - Aja
19. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
20. Clash - The Clash
21. Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank generation
Andy Pratt - Shiver in the night
23. Electric Light orchestra - Out of the blue
24. Eagles - Hotel California
25. Herman Brood - Street
26. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1)
27. Iggy Pop - The idiot
28. Bob Marley - Exodus
29. Alan Parsons project - I robot
30. Al Stewart - Year of the cat
31. Mallard - In a different climate
32. Peter Koelewijn - Het beste in mij is niet goed genoeg voor jou
33. Iggy Pop - Lust for life
34. Bonnie Raitt - Sweet forgiveness
35. Taj Mahal - Music fuh ya!
36. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Dancer with bruised knees
37. Rush - A farewell to kings
38. Joan Armatrading - Show some emotion
Jonathan Richman - Live
40. Damned - Damned damned damned
41. Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Stranglers - No more heroes
43. Ramones - Leave home
Bob Seger - Night moves
45. Leonard Cohen - Death of a ladies man
46. Tubes - Now
47. Kansas - Point of know return
48. Ramones - Rocket to Russia
49. Peter Frampton - I'm in you
50. Band - Islands
NME (UK)
1. Heroes - David Bowie
2. New boots & Panties - Ian Dury
3. My aim is true - Elvis Costello
4. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
5. Marquee Moon - Television
6. Exodus - Bob Marley & the Wailers
7. The Clash - The Clash
8. Lust for life - Iggy Pop
9. Leave Home - The Ramones
10. Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers
11. Rocket to Russia - The Ramones
12. Get It - Dave Edmunds
13. When two sevens clash -Culture
14. Before & after science - Brian Eno
15. In the City - The Jam
16. Little Criminals - Randy Newman
17. Talking heads '77 - Talking Heads
18. In Colour - Cheap trick
19. Blank generation - Richard Hell
20. Aja - Steely Dan
21. One World - John Martyn
22. Live! - Burnin Spear
23. Rock n' Roll with the Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
24. Spectres - Blue Oyster Cult
25. Bad reputation - Thin Lizzy
26. Pink Flag - Wire
27. Low - David Bowie
28. Blondie - Blondie
29. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
30. Hard Again - Muddy Waters
Honourable Mentions to...
Stick to me - Graham Parker & The Rumour
Out of our skulls - The Pirates
Feelin’ bitchy - Millie Jackson
Music to kill by - Afrika korps
Listen now - 801
American stars and bars - Neil young
Heavy weather - Weather report
Live at the Hollywood bowl - The Beatles
Twilley don’t mind - Dwight Twilley
Trans-Europe express - Kraftwerk
Police and thieves - Junior Murvin
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Joe Ely - Joe Ely
Greg Kihn Again - Greg Kihn
Ahh, The name Bootsy, Baby - Bootsy’s rubber band
African dub - Joe Gibbs
Sounds (UK)
1) Marquee moon: Television
2) Clash: Clash
3) Never mind the bollocks: Sex pistols
4) Talking heads 77: Talking Heads
5) Tom petty & the heartbreakers: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
6) Rattus norvegicus: Stranglers
7) New boots and panties: Ian Dury
8) Blondie: Blondie
9) My aim is true: Elvis Costello
10) Heroes: David Bowie
11) Pink flag: Wire
12) Idiot: Iggy Pop
13) Trans europe express: Kraftwerk
14) Exodus: Bob Marley & the Wailers
15) Low: David Bowie
16) The boys: Boys
17) Two sevens clash: Culture
18) Hard again: Muddy Waters
19) Get it: Dave Edmunds
20) Kiss alive II: Kiss
Rolling Stone (USA)
*Never mind the bollocks: Sex pistols
*Hotel California; Eagles
*Rumours: Fleetwood Mac
*JT: James Taylor
*My aim is true: Elvis Costello
*Hard again: Muddy Waters
Hot Press (Ireland)
1. Graham Parker - Stick To Me
2. Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion
3. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
4. Dave Edmonds - Get It
5. Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation