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1980 NME Albums

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NME Albums

  1. Closer - Joy division
  2. Get happy - Elvis Costello
  3. I just can't stop it - The beat
  4. Sinsemilla - Black uhuru
  5. Movies - Holger Czukay
  6. Remain in light - Talking heads
  7. Crocodiles - Echo and the bunnymen
  8. Borderline - Ry Cooder
  9. Scary monsters - David Bowie
  10. Searching for the young soul rebels - Dexys midnight runners
  11. Sound affects - The jam
  12. The river - Bruce Springsteen
  13. Signing off - UB40
  14. The correct use of soap - Magazine
  15. Songs the lord taught us - The cramps
  16. Laughter - Ian Dury & the blockheads
  17. Night passage - Weather report
  18. Grace and danger - John Martyn
  19. Empires and dance - Simple minds
  20. Suicide - Suicide
  21. Uprising - Bob Marley & the Wailers
  22. Warm thoughts - Smoky robinson
  23. Colossal youth - Young marble giants
  24. Printemps au paris - Public image ltd.
  25. Voice of America - Cabaret Voltaire
  26. Warm leatherette - Grace Jones
  27. Die kleinen und die bosen - D.A.F.
  28. Soldier - Iggy pop
  29. Toots live - Toots and the maytals
  30. Growing up in public - Lou Reed
  31. Doc at the radar station - Captain Beefheart
  32. More Specials - The Specials
  33. Cultosaurus Erectus - Blue Oyster Cult
  34. Kilimanjaro - The teardrop explodes
  35. Blues for the fisherman - Milcho Leviev & Art Pepper
  36. Shiny beast - Captain Beefheart
  37. Nobody’s perfect
  38. Hotter than July - Stevie Wonder
  39. Snap Crackle & Bop - John Cooper Clarke
  40. Bass Culture - Linton Kwesi Johnson
  41. Organisation - Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
  42. Countrymen - The Twinkle Brothers
  43. Freedom of choice - Devo
  44. Are you glad to be in America - James blood Ulmer
  45. Diana - Diana Ross
  46. Shadows and light - Joni Mitchell
  47. Kaleidoscope - Siouxsie and the banshees
  48. Waiting for a miracle - Comsat angels
  49. Heartattack and vine - Tom Waits
  50. Changes - Etta James

Also Mentioned

  • Real people - Chic
  • Gyrate - Pylon
  • Off the coast of me - Kid Creole and the Coconuts
  • Absolutely Madness - Madness
  • Black sea - XTC
  • Travelogue - The Human league
  • Return of the durutti column - Durutti column
  • In performance - Donny Hathaway
  • Phantom tracks - Roy Loney
  • The long riders - Ry Cooder
  • Deguello - ZZ Top
  • The art of walking - Pere Ubu
  • Night in the ruts - Aerosmith
  • Jeopardy - The sound
  • Rev up - The Revillos
  • Betrayal - Jah Wobble
  • Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - Same
  • Cristina - same
  • Do animals believe in god - Pink military
  • Boy - U2
  • Peter Gabriel - (3)
  • Argybargy - Squeeze
  • Taking liberties - Elvis Costello
  • Commercial Album - The Residents

 

1980 NME Singles
  1. Love will tear us apart - Joy division
  2. Going underground - The jam
  3. Mirror in the bathroom - The beat
  4. Atmosphere - Joy division
  5. Ashes to ashes - David Bowie
  6. Your cassette pet - Bow wow wow
  7. Private life - Grace Jones
  8. Fashion - David Bowie
  9. C30 C60 C90 go - Bow wow wow
  10. Master blaster - Steve Wonder
  11. Treason - Teardrop explodes
  12. Geno - Dexys midnight runners
  13. Start! - The jam
  14. Food for thought/King - UB40
  15. New Amsterdam EP - Elvis Costello
  16. Shack up - A certain ratio
  17. Rescue - Echo and the bunnymen
  18. My way of thinking - UB40
  19. The breaks - Kurtis Blow
  20. Stand down Margaret/Best friend - The beat
  21. I can't stand up for falling down - Elvis Costello
  22. Drug train - The cramps
  23. Fiery jack - The fall
  24. Dance stance - Dexies midnight runners
  25. Johnny & Mary - Robert Palmer
  26. Hands off .. she's mine - The beat
  27. My flamingo - The subterraneans
  28. A song from under the floorboards - Magazine
  29. Independence day - Comsat angels
  30. My perfect cousin - The undertones
  31. Runaway boys - The stray cats
  32. At last I am free - Robert Wyatt
  33. Looking for clues - Robert Palmer
  34. There, there my dear - Dexys midnight runners
  35. My girl - Madness
  36. Another nail in my heart - Squeeze
  37. Flight - A certain ratio
  38. Diet/It’s obvious - The Au pairs
  39. Funkin’ for Jamaica - Tom Browne
  40. Seconds to late - Cabaret Voltaire
  41. I’m coming out - Diana Ross
  42. Hi-Fidelity - Elvis Costello
  43. Warrior charge - Aswad
  44. Love comes in spurts - Richard Hell
  45. Edward fox - Smack
  46. Don’t stand so close to me - The Police
  47. Hello I’m your heart - Bette Bright
  48. Rise and shine - Linx
  49. Happy house - Siouxsie and the banshees
  50. Dog eat dog - Adam and the ants

Also Mentioned

  • Cartrouble - Adam and the ants
  • Kings of the wild frontier - Adam and the ants
  • Baltimore - Tamlins
  • Lovely one - The Jacksons
  • Rapp Payback - James Brown
  • Three mantras - Cabaret Voltaire
  • Bankrobber/The callup - The Clash
  • Keep it up part 2 - Dexys Midnight Runners
  • Elastic man - The Fall
  • Holiday ‘80 EP - The Human League
  • There goes Concorde again - The Native Hipsters
  • Let me talk - Earth, Wind & Fire
  • Kebabtraume - D.A.F.
  • Politics - Girls at our best
  • You gave me love - Crown hights affair
  • Blue boy/ Falling and laughing - Orange Juice
  • Enola Gaye - Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
  • Radio drill time - Josef K
  • Whip it - Devo
  • Requiem - Killing joke
  • Hunter gets captured by the game - Grace Jones
  • Soul Kiss - Chris Stamey
  • Arauco - Robert Wyatt
  • Final day - Young marble giants
  • Hi-Fidelity - Elvis Costello
  • I want to be straight - Ian Dury
  • Stereotype - The Specials
  • Let’s get serious - Jermaine -Jackson
  • Cheap Sunglasses - ZZ Top
  • Talk of the town - Pretenders
  • Seven minutes to midnight - Wah! heat
  • Heyday - The sound

 

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