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- Parade - Prince & the Revolution
- Rapture - Anita Baker
- Control - Janet Jackson
- EVOL - Sonic youth
- Word up - Cameo
- Graceland - Paul Simon
- Bend sinister - The fall
- Rasin' hell - Run DMC
- The queen is dead - The smiths
- The album - Mantronix
- Nelson Mandela - Youssou N'Dour
- Life's rich pageant - REM
- Blood and chocolate - Elvis Costello
- King of America - Elvis Costello
- Your funeral...my trial - Nick cave & the bad seeds
- Schoolly D - Schoolly D
- Rough & rugged - Shinehead
- Tutu - Miles Davis
- Say what! - Trouble funk
- Liberty bell & the black diamond.. - The go-betweens
- Born Sandy Devotional - The trifids
- Talking to the taxman.. - Billy Bragg
- Candy apple grey - Husker Du
- Boat to Bolivia - Martin Stephenson & the dainties
- London 0, Hull 4 - The housemartins
- Atomizer - Big black
- Electric Cafe - Kraftwerk
- Holy money - The swans
- True stories - Talking heads
- The unacceptable face of freedom - Test department
- Gravity - James Brown
- Infected The the
- No Guru, No Method, No Teacher - Van Morrison
- I love my radio - LL Cool J
- Please - Pet Shop Boys
- Giant - The Woodentops
- Kicking against the pricks - Nick Cave and the bad seeds
- Song X - Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman
- Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc etc.. - Dwight Yoakam
- Communards - The Communards
- Album - PIL
- Force - A certain ratio
- Flaunt it - Sigue sigue sputnik
- Quirk out - Stump
- Rembrandt pussy horse - The butthole surfers
- Out on the boardwalk - Ted Hawkins
- Shop assistants - Same
- Back to the old school - Just ice
- Oben im eck - Holger Hiller
- R N B Skeletons in the closet - George Clinton
- Watch your step - Ted Hawkins
- Folksinger - Phranc
- Greed - Swans
- Avant pop - Lester Bowie
- Manic pop thrill - That petrol emotion
- Throwing muses - Throwing muses
- Contenders - Easterhouse
- Peter Case - Same
- Romantically Yours - Marvin Gaye
- Stutter - James
- Kiss - Prince
- Word up - Cameo
- Into the groove(y) - Ciccone youth
- Walk this way - Run DMC
- Bang zoom! lets go go! - The real Roxanne
- Ain't nothin' goin' on but the rent - Gwen Guthrie
- Pain - Betty Wright
- Kiss - Age of chance
- Levi stubbs tears - Billy Bragg
- Still smokin' - Trouble funk
- Almost prayed - The weather prophets
- Baby I love you so - Colourbox
- Nasty - Janet Jackson
- Who the cap fit - Shinehead
- Rise - PIL
- I want you - Elvis Costello
- Galveston Bay - Lonnie Hill
- PSK (what does it mean?) - Schoolly D
- Human - Human league
- A screw - Swans
- No conversation - View from the hill
- Sweet bird of truth - The the
- Panic - The smiths
- Sweet love - Anita Baker
- Starpower/Expressway to your skull - Sonic youth
- Some candy talking - Jesus and Mary chain
- World shut your mouth - Julian Cope
- Love can't turn around - Farley Jackmaster funk
- Ask - The smiths
- Living to late - The fall
- Safety net - Shop assistants
- Mr Pharmacist - The Fall
- Time is money (bastard) - Swans
- You can call me Al - Paul Simon
- Sho nuff bumpin - EU
- Diggin your scene - The blow monkeys
- Hard left - Gary Clail
- What have you done for me lately? - Janet Jackson
- Saturday night - Cherrelle & Alexander ONeil
- Sorry somehow - Husker Du
- Rock the bells - LL Cool J
- Wide open road - The Triffids
- Greetings - Half pint
- Im Chilln - Kurtis Blow
- Heartland - The the
- Do fries go with that shake? - George Clinton
- Lady Soul - The Temptations
- Rubberband man - Youssou NDour
- Once more - Wedding present
- Shes on it - The Beast Boys
- Poguetry in motion EP - The Pogues
- Therese - The Bodines
- Mind at the end of the tether - Tackhead
- E=MC2 - Big audio Dynamite
- Basslines - Mantronix
- Jump back(set me free) - Dhar Braxton
- Bahia girl - David Rudder
- Rumors - Timex social club
- Velocity girl - Primal scream
- Whistling in the dark - Easterhouse
New Musical Express compiled other lists this year
- Compilation Albums
- Re-Issues
- Reggae 45s
- Reggae Albums
- African Albums
- Country Albums
- Jazz

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