Village Voice Pazz & Jop (USA)
1. Elvis Costello: This Year's Model (Columbia)
2. The Rolling Stones: Some Girls (Rolling Stones)
3. Nick Lowe: Pure Pop for Power People (Columbia)
The Clash: Give 'Em Enough Rope (Epic)
5. Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings and Food (Sire)
6. Bruce Springsteen: Darkness at the Edge of Town (Columbia)
7. Ramones: Road to Ruin (Sire)
8. Neil Young: Comes a Time (Reprise)
9. The Cars: The Cars (Elektra)
10. David Johansen: David Johansen (Blue Sky)
11. Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy (Asylum)
12. Brian Eno: Before and After Science (Island)
13. Ian Dury: New Boots and Panties! (Stiff)
14. Patti Smith Group: Easter (Arista)
15. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (Warner Bros.)
16. Dave Edmunds: Tracks on Wax 4 (Swan Song)
17. The Who: Who Are You (MCA)
18. Television: Adventure (Elektra)
19. Willie Nelson: Stardust (Columbia)
20. Devo: Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! (Warner Bros.)
21. Bob Dylan: Street Legal (Columbia)
22. Cheap Trick: Heaven Tonight (Epic)
23. Van Morrison: Wavelength (Warner Bros.)
24. Lou Reed: Street Hassle (Arista)
25. Blondie: Parallel Lines (Chrysalis)
26. Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance (Blank)
27. Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove (Warner Bros.)
28. Wire: Pink Flag (Harvest)
29. Generation X: Generation X (Chrysalis)
30. Al Green: Truth 'n Time (Hi)
OOR (The Netherlands)
1. Elvis Costello - This year's model
2. Dire straits - Dire straits
3. Talking heads - More songs about buildings and food
4. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the edge of town
5. Herman Brood - Shpritsz
6. Southside Johnny & the Asbury jukes - Hearts of stone
7. Gary Rafferty - City to city
8. Pere Ubu - The modern dance
9. Dave Edmunds - Tracks on wax
10. Gruppo sportivo - Back to 78
11. Nick Lowe - Jesus of cool
12. Rolling stones - Some girls
13. Todd Rundgren - Hermit of mink hollow
14. Blondie - Parallel lines
15. Magazine - Real life
16. Robert Palmer - Double fun
17. 10 CC - Bloody tourists
18. Graham Parker - The Parkerilla
19. Captain Beefheart - Shiny beast (bat chain puller)
20. Television - Adventure
21. Ashford & Simpson - Is it still good to ya
22. Bob Dylan - Street legal
23. Bob Seger - Stranger in town
24. Kate Bush - The kick inside
25. Band - The last waltz
26. Christopher Rainbow - Looking over my shoulder
27. Neil Young - Comes a time
28. Billy Joel - 52nd street
29. David Bowie - Stage
30. Ann Peebles - The handwriting is on the wall
31. Van Morrison - Wavelength
32. Mink deVille - Return to magenta
33. Devo - Q: Are we not men? A: We are Devo!
34. Boomtown rats - A tonic for the troops
35. Who - Who are you
36. XTC - White music
37. Gino Vannelli - Brother to brother
38. Pere Ubu - Dub housing
39. Kraftwerk - The man machine
40. Ry Cooder - Jazz
41. Jackson Browne - Running on empty
42. Joe Walsh - But seriously folks
43. Millie Jackson - Get it out'cha system
John Martyn - One world
45. Joan Armatrading - To the limit
46. Boston - Don't look back
47. Smokey Robinson - Love breeze
48. Dion - Return of the wanderer
49. Jona Lewie - On the other hand there's a fist
U.K. - U.K.
NME (UK)
1. Darkness on the edge of town - Bruce Springsteen
2. All mod cons - The Jam
3. This years model - Elvis Costello
4. More songs about buildings & food - Talking Heads
5. Africa stand alone - Culture
6. Peter Gabriel (2) - Peter Gabriel
7. Street legal - Bob Dylan
8. Dub Housing - Pere Ubu
9. Germ free adolescents - X ray spex
10. David Johansen - David Johansen
11. The modern dance - Pere Ubu
12. The Scream - Siouxsie & the Banshees
13. Moving targets - Penetration
14. Shiny Beast - Captain Beefheart
15. Rasta Communication - Keith Hudson
16. An American Prayer - Jim Morrison
17. Who are you - The Who
18. Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
19. Marcus Children - Burning spear
20. Real Life - Magazine
21. Blue Valentine - Tom Waits
22. Go 2 - XTC
23. Jazz - Ry Cooder
24. We are not men... - Devo
25. Another music in a different kitchen. - The Buzzcocks
26. Dynamite Daze - Kevin Coyne
27. Give 'em enough rope - The Clash
28. First edition - Public image
29. Live & Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
30. Man Machine - Kraftwerk
also rans albums
Tonic for the troops - Boomtown rats
Power in the darkness - Tom Robinson Band
Dread Beat & Blood - Linton Kwesi Johnson
Wavelength - Van Morrison
The real kids - Same
Road to ruin - The Ramones
Hearts of stone - Southside Johnny
Some enchanted evening - Blue oyster cult
Suicide - Same
Smooth talk - Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King
Roy Hill - Same
Tell us the truth - Sham 69
Comes a time - Neil Young
Disguise in love - John Cooper Clarke
The image has cracked - ATV
Midnight express - Giorgo Moroder
Dark album - Wigwam
Fool around - Rachel Sweet
Love bites - Buzzcocks
Black & white - Stranglers
Easter - Patti Smith
Love - Twinkle Brothers
The Akron Compilation - Various Artists
Crusin - Village people
The 5th power - Lester Bowie
Rosewood - Woody Shaw
One nation under a groove - Funkadelic
V.S.O.P. - The quintet
Enhance - Billy Heart
X dreams - Annette Peacock
The best dressed chicken in town - Dr Alimantado
Sounds (UK)
1) Give ‘em enough rope: Clash
2) The scream: Siouxsie & the Banshees
3) Darkness on the edge of town: Bruce Springsteen
4) Some Girls: Rolling Stones
5) All mod cons: Jam
6) Moving targets: Penetration
7) Parallel lines: Blondie
8) This year's model: Elvis Costello
9) Easter: Patti Smith
10) More songs about buildings and food: Talking Heads
11) Chairs missing: Wire
12) Are we not men? : Devo
13) Dub housing: Pere Ubu
14) That’s life: Sham 69
15) Wavelength: Van Morrison
16) Live and dangerous: Thin Lizzy
17) Street hassle: Lou Reed
18) Another music in a different kitchen: Buzzcocks
19) Mr gone: Weather Report
20) Go 2: X T C
Rolling Stone (USA)
Some Girls: Rolling Stones
Runners-up:
Darkness onthe edge of town: Bruce Springsteen
Running on empty: Jackson Browne
This year's model: Elvis Costello Road to ruin: Ramones
Misfits: Kinks
Hot Press (Ireland)
1. Van Morrison - Wavelength
2. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
3. Gerry Rafferty - City To City
4. Bruce Sprinsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. Talking Heads - More Songs about Buidings And Food
Record Mirror (UK)
1 Jam All Mod Cons
2 Bruce springsteen Darkness On The Edge Of Town
3 Various Artists Big Wheels Of Motown
4 Blondie Parallel Lines
5 Elvis Costello This Year's Model
6 Clash Give 'em Enough Rope
7 Thin Lizzy Live And Dangerous
8= Billy Joel The Stranger
8= David Johansen David Johansen
10 Rachel Sweet Fool Around