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NME Albums 1978

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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

 

NME Singles 1978

 

1. Ever Fallen in Love - The Buzzcocks
2. Public Image - Public Image
3. What a waste - Ian Dury
4. Miss You - Rolling Stones
5. Radio Radio - Elvis Costello
6. I Don't want to go to Chelsea - Elvis Costello
7. Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie & the Banshees
8. White man in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
9. Shot Both sides - Magazine
10. Sign of the times - Bryan Ferry
11. Shame - Evelyn 'Champagne' King
12. Hit me with your rhythm stick - Ian Dury
13. Rising Free - Tom Robinson Band
14. Satisfaction - Devo
15. Ambition - Subway sect
16. Take me to the river - Talking Heads
17. It's the new thing - The Fall
18. I love the sound of breaking glass - Nick Lowe
19. What do I get - The Buzzcocks
20. Germ free adolescents - X ray spex
21. I am the fly - Wire
22. Because the night - Patti Smith
23. Damaged goods - Gang of four
24. Mr know it all - Gregory Isaacs
25. Night People - Alan Toussaint
26. Mighty Real - Sylvester
27. Private plane - Thomas Leer
28. Where were you - The Mekons
29. Hard workin man - Captain Beefheart
30. Down at the doctors - Doctor Feelgood

Also rans, singles

  • Little way different - Errol Dunkley
  • Don’t come close - The Ramones
  • Dangerous woman - Tapper Zuki
  • Love don’t live here any more - Rose Royce
  • Surrender - Cheap trick
  • Dry up your tears - The bold one/Clint Eastwood
  • Stayin’ alive - Bee Gees
  • Badlands - Bruce Springsteen
  • Tommy gun - The Clash
  • Jilted John - Jilted John
  • Human fly - The cramps
  • Natty never get weary - Culture
  • Picture this - Blondie
  • Shank block bologna - Scritti Politti
  • Which way is up - Starguard
  • Statue of liberty - XTC
  • Tomorrow night - Shoes
  • News of the world - The Jam
  • D.I.Y. - Peter Gabriel

 

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