Q Special Edition July 2005
See Also: Best Prog Rock
1. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Genesis – Foxtrot
3. Yes – Close To The Edge
4. King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King
5. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery
6. Rush – A Farewell To Kings
7. Jethro Tull – Aqualung
8. Hawkwind – Space Ritual
9. Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
10. Radiohead – OK Computer
11. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
12. Yes – The Yes Album
13. Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
14. Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
15. Van Der Graaf Generator – The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
16. Gentle Giant – Octopus
17. Marillion – Misplaced Childhood
18. The Mars Volta – Frances The Mute
19. Caravan – The Land Of Grey & Pink
20. Soft Machine – Third
21. Tool – Lateralus
22. King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues In Aspic
23. Camel – Moonmadness
24. Focus – Moving Waves
25. Queen – A Night At The Opera
26. Pavlov’s Dog – Pampered Menial
27. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
28. Steve Hillage – L
29. The Nice – Five Bridges
30. Family – Music From A Dolls House
31. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
32. Golden Earing – Moontan
33. Argent – All Together Now
34. Hatfield And The North – Hatfield And The North
35. Gong – Flying Teapot Radio Gnome Invisible Radio Part 1
36. Amon Duul II – Dance Of The Lemmings
37. The Moody Blues – In Search Of The Lost Chord
38. Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
39. Barclay James Harvest – Once Again
40. Aphrodite’s Child – 666
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To Top Q Classic – Neil Young
Summer 2005
This List Was Presented As A ‘Fantasy’ Box Set.
Disk One – Lift Off
• Mr Soul
• Expecting To Fly
• Broken Arrow
• Here We Are In The Years
• Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
• Cinnamon Girl
• Down By The River
• Country Girl
• Ohio
• Don’t Let It Bring You Down
• Bad Fog Of Loneliness
• Don’t Be Denied
Disk Two – Coming Down
• Last Trip To Tulsa
• Through My Sails
• Borrowed Time
• Revolution Blues
• Ambulance Blues
• Pushed It Over The End
• Traces
• Star Of Bethlehem
• Cortez The Killer
• Like A Hurricane
• Stringman
• Windward Passage
Disk Three – Phoenix Rising
• Powderfinger
• Transformer Man
• Misfits
• Midwest Vacation
• Tonight’s The Nights
• Ordinary People
• Sixty To Zero
• Cocaine Eyes
• Don’t Spook The Horse
• After The Gold Rush
• Change Your Mind
• Rockin’ In The Free World
Neil Young Albums Solo And Heavily Featured On - Rated
Rated 1 to 5 * by Q
5 After The Goldrush
5 Decade
5 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
5 Harvest
5 On The Beach
5 Rust Never Sleeps
5 Tonights The Night
4 American Stars 'N Bars
4 Buffalo Springfield Again
4 Comes A Time
4 Eldorado
4 Greatest Hits
4 Neil Young
4 Ragged Glory
4 Re*Ac*Tor
4 Sleeps With Angels
4 Year Of The Horse
3 Arc/Weld
3 Déjà Vu
3 Freedom
3 Greendale
3 Harvest Moon
3 Hawks And Doves
3 Live Rust
3 Lucky Thirteen
3 Old Ways
3 Silver & Gold
3 Time Fades Away
3 Unplugged
3 Zuma
2 Dead Man
2 Life
2 Mirror Ball
2 This Notes For You
2 Trans
1 Are You Passionate?
1 Broken Arrow
1 Landing On Water
1 Long May You Run
0 Everybody's Rockin'
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To Top75 Blues Greats – The Best Blues Albums
Q Classic May 2005
Compiled By The Staff Writers Of Q & Mojo
1. Robert Johnson – King Of The Delta Blues Singers
2. Howlin’ Wolf – The Best Of…
3. Muddy Waters – The Anthology: 1947 – 1972
4. B.B. King – His Definitive Greatest Hits
5. Blind Lemon Jefferson – The Best Of
6. John Lee Hooker – The Legendary Modern Recordings
7. Otis Rush – The Essential: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956 – 1958
8. The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones
9. Albert King – King Of The Blues Guitar
10. Alvin Youngblood Hart – Territory
11. Blind Willie Johnson – Prase God I’m Satisfied
12. Little Walter, His Best Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
13. Skip James – Complete Earley Recordings
14. Jimmy Reed – Boss Man
15. Buddy Guy – The Very Best Of..
16. Lightnin’ Hopkins – The Gold Star Sessions Vol. 1
17. T-Bome Walker – Midnight Blues
18. Sonny Bow Williamson II – The Best Off..
19. Son House – The Complete 1965 Sessions
20. Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
21. Blind Blake – The Best Of Blind Blake
22. Elmore James – The Sky Is Falling
23. Guitar Slim – The Things That I Used To Do
24. Memphis Minnie – Me & My Chauffeur
25. Big Bill Bronzy – Trouble In Mind
26. Charley Patton – The Best Off..
27. Muddy Waters – At Newport 1960
28. Junior Kimbrough – Most Things Haven’t Worked Out
29. Sonny Boy Williamson – Bluebird Blues
30. Blind Willie Mctell – The Best Of..
31. Bo Diddley - His Best
32. Rl Burnside – Too Bad Jim
33. Bessie Smith – The Essential Bessie Smith
34. Zz Top – Tres Hombres
35. Jessie Mae Hemphill – Feelin’ Good
36. Lonnie Johnson – Original Guitar Wizard
37. Slim Harpo – Tip On In
38. Magic Sam – Westside Soul
39. Leroy Carr – The Best Of..
40. James Cotton – 100% Cotton
41. Taj Mahal – The Best Of..
42. Willie Dixon – Willie’s Blues
43. Johnny Winter – The Progressive Blues Experiment
44. Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early – Takes One To Know One
45. Mississippi Fred Mcdowell – I Do Not Play No Rock ‘N’ Roll
46. Bobby Bland – The Voice:Duke Recordings 1959-69
47. Freddy King – Blues Guitar Hero
48. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Greatest Hits
49. Junior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band – Hoodoo Man Blues
50. Snooks Eaglin – New Orleans Street Singer
51. John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers
52. Cannon’s Jug Stompers – The Best Of Cannon’s Jug Stompers
53. Lowell Fulson – I’ve Got The Blues (..And Then Some)
54. Albert Collins – Ice Pickin’
55. Big Maceo – Volume One (1941-1945)
56. Magic Slim – Grand Slam
57. Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy – Live Action!
58. Robert Nighthawk – Live On Maxwell Street 1964
59. Hound Dog Tayloe & The Houserockers – Hound Dog Taylor
60. Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown – Original Peacock Recordings
61. Ma Rainey – Countin’ The Blues
62. Corey Harris – Greens From The Garden
63. Bukka White – The Vintage Recordings (1930 – 1940)
64. Scrapper Blackwell – Mr Scrapper’s Blues
65. North Mississippi All Stars – Hill Country Revue
10 Best Compilations
1. Lonesome Road Blues: 15 Years In The Mississippi Delta, 1926-1941
2. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
3. Deep Blues
4. Essential Piano Blues
5. Century Of The Blues
6. New Orleans Blues (1940-1953)
7. Friends Of Charlie Patton
8. Chess: 50th Anniversary Collection
9. Knives, Bottles & Steel
10. The Real Excello R&B
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To TopQ Classic - Ozzy Osbourne The Real Story
1. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
2. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
3. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
4. Crazy Train – Ozzy
5. Iron Man – Black Sabbath
6. Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath – Black Sabbath
7. Supernaut – Black Sabbath
8. Over The Mountain – Ozzy
9. Snowblind – Black Sabbath
10. Mr Crowley – Ozzy
11. N.I.B. – Black Sabbath
12. Children Of The Grave – Black Sabbath
13. Killing Yourself To Live – Black Sabbath
14. Sabbra Cadabra – Black Sabbath
15. Never Say Die – Black Sabbath
16. Symptom Of The Universe – Black Sabbath
17. Suicide Solution – Ozzy
18. No More Tears – Ozzy
19. Flying High Again – Ozzy
20. Diary Of A Madman – Ozzy
21. Sweet Leaf – Black Sabbath
22. Bark At The Moon – Ozzy
23. You Can’t Kill Rock And Roll – Ozzy
24. Changes – Black Sabbath
25. Fairies Wear Boots – Black Sabbath
26. Shot In The Dark – Ozzy
27. I Don’t Want To Change The World – Ozzy
28. Spiral Architect – Black Sabbath
29. Mama, I’m Coming Home – Ozzy
30. St Vitus Dance – Black Sabbath
The Nearly Five
• Into The Void – Black Sabbath
• The Wizard – Black Sabbath
• Junior’s Eyes – Black Sabbath
• Miracle Man – Ozzy
• Road To Nowhere – Ozzy
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To Top Q Classic – Queen: The Inside Story
Spring 2005
As Voted By Q Readers.
1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. We Are The Champions
3. I Want To Break Free
4. Somebody To Love
5. Don’t Stop Me Now
6. The Show Must Go On
7. We Will Rock You
8. Spread Your Wings
9. Radio Ga Ga
10. Tie Your Mother Down
11. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
12. Killer Queen
13. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
14. Another One Bites The Dust
15. Innuendo
16. Fat Bottom Girls
17. Under Pressure
18. Who Wants To Live Forever
19. Bicycle Race
20. It’s A Hard Life
21. Now I’m Here
22. Brighton Rock
23. Seven Seas Of Rhye
24. The March Of The Black Queen
25. Keep Yourself Alive
26. A Kind Of Magic
27. Save Me
28. One Vision
29. Death On Two Legs
30. Hammer To Fall
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To TopQ Special Edition – The Greatest Classic Rock Albums Ever !
Oct 2004
• Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
• Alice Cooper – Killer
• AC/DC – Highway To Hell
• Black Sabbath – Paranoid
• Cheap Trick – At The Budokan
• Van Halen – Van Halen
• Free – Fire And Water
• Metallica – The Black Album
• Judas Preast – British Steel
• UFO – Strangers In The Night
• Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous
• Ted Nugent – Ted Nugent
• Def Leppard – Pyromania
• Kiss – Alive II
• Montrose – Montrose
• Deep Purple – Machine Head
• Boston – Boston
• Status Quo – Quo Live!
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
• Blue Oyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune
• Rainbow – Rainbow Rising
• Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard Of Oz
• Rush – Moving Pictures
• Motorhead – No Sleep ‘Till Hammersmith
• Meatloaf – Bat Out Of Hell
• ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
• Aerosmith – Rocks
• Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
• Guns ‘N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction
• Queen – A Night At The Opera
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To TopQ Special Edition – The Smiths & Morrissey
Summer 2004
Voted by users of The Smiths/Morrissey Website & Q Staff Writers.
1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2. How Soon Is Now
3. This Charming Man
4. Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me
5. Now My Heart Is Full
6. Every Day Is Like Sunday
7. What Difference Dose It Make
8. The Queen Is Dead
9. Stop Me If You’ve Herd This One Before
10. Suedehead
11. Girl Afraid
12. I Know It’s Over
13. Reel Around The Fountain
14. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
15. Bigmouth Strikes Again
16. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
17. Cemetery Gates
18. Hand In Glove
19. William, It Was Really Nothing
20. Jeane
21. I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday
22. Tomorrow
23. Nobody Loves Us
24. Speedway
25. Jack The Ripper
26. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
27. Seasick, And Yet Still Docked
28. Hold On To Your Friends
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To TopQ – Special Edition – Pink Floyd: The Whole Crazy Trip
Autumn 2004
As Voted By Users Of Various Pink Floyd Related Websites.
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
2. Comfortably Numb
3. Time
4. Echoes
5. Wish You Were Here
6. Sheep
7. Brain Damage
8. Speak To Me /Breathe
9. Money
10. Another Brick In The Wall (Pt 2)
11. Eclipse
12. Us And Them
13. Dogs
14. Hey You
15. See Emily Play
16. Run Like Hell
17. Have A Cigar
18. Arnold Lane
19. Pigs (3 Different Ones)
20. Set Your Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
21. Welcome To The Machine
22. Astronomy Domine
23. The Great Gig In The Sky
24. Careful With That Axe Eugene
25. Mother
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To TopMojo Special Edition – Bowie
December 2003
1. ‘Heroes’
2. Life On Mars?
3. Ashes To Ashes
4. Station To Station
5. Space Oddity
6. Sound And Vision
7. Starman
8. Five Years
9. Changes
10. Sweet Thing/Candidate
11. Ziggy Stardust
12. Let’s Dance
13. Drive-In Saturday
14. Moonage Daydream
15. The Jean Genie
16. Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide
17. Rebel Rebel
18. Quicksand
19. Boys Keep Swinging
20. Word On A Wing
21. The Man That Sold The World
22. Young Americans
23. Wild Is The Wind
24. Fame
25. Oh! You Pretty Things
26. Kooks
27. Be My Wife
28. Panic In Detroit
29. The Width Of A Circle
30. John, I’m Only Dancing
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To Top Mojo: Special Punk Issue - 77 Punk Smashers!
Spring 2005
Pre ‘77
• The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics – 1965
• The Seeds – The Seeds/A Web Of Sound – 1066
• The Velvet Underground – Peel Slowly And See – 1995
• Mc5 – The Big Bang! Best Of – 2000
• The Stooges – The Stooges – 1969
• Iggy Pop & The Stooges – Raw Power – 1973
• Patti Smith – Horses – 1975
• New York Dolls – New York Dolls – 1973
• Edde And The Hot Rods – Teenage Depression - 1976
• Radio Birdman – The Essential Radio Birdman: 1974 – 1978 – 2000
• The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers – 1976
• The Saints – All Times Through Paradise – 2004
• The Remones – The Ramones – 1976
’77 And Beyond..
• Television – Marquee Moon – 1977
• The Damned – Damned, Damned, Damned - 1977
• The Stranglers – Iv/Rattus Norvegicus – 1977
• The Clash – The Clash – 1977
• Weirdos – Weird World Vol. 1 1977 – 1981 – 2002
• The Jam – Direction Reaction Creation – 1997
• Various – 1234 Punk & New Wave 1976 – 1979 – 1999
• Wayne County & The Electric Chairs – Rock ‘N’ Roll Cleopatra – 1993
• Richard Hell And The Voioids – Blank Generation – 1977
• Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers – L.A.M.F. The Lost ’77 Mixes – 1995
• The Boys – The Boys – 1977
• Dead Boys – Young, Loud & Snotty – 1977
• Wire – Pink Flag – 1977
• Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks… - 1977
• The Ramones – Rocket To Russia – 1977
• Suicide – Suicide – 1977
• The Adverts – Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts – 1978
• Generation X – Anthology – 2003
• Vic Godard & Subway Sect – Singles Anthology – 2003
• Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance – 1978
• Slaughter And The Dogs – Do It Dog Style – 1978
• Nips ‘N’ Nipple Erectors – Bops, Babes, Booze And Bovver – 1987
• 999 – The Punk Singles 1977 – 80 – 2003
• Alternative Tv – The Image Has Cracked – 1978
• Buzzcocks – Another Music In A Different Kitchen – 1978
• The Lurkers – Fulham Fallout – 1978
• The Only Ones – Why Don’t You Kill Yourself – 2004
• Wreckless Eric – Greatest Stiffs – 2001
• Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo – 1978
• Siouxsie & The Banshees – The Scream – 1978
• Blondie – Parallel Lines – 1978
• Television Personalities – Part Time Punks: The Very Best Of – 1999
• X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents – 1978
• Public Image – First Issue – 1978
• The Fall – Live At The Witch Trials – 1979
• Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material – 1979
• Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures – 1979
• The Undertones – The Undertones – 1979
• Sham 69 – The Complete Collection – 2004
• The Slits – Cut – 1979
• Gang Of Four – Entertainment – 1979
• The Ruts – The Crack – 1979
• Germs – Germicide – 1979
• The Raincoats – The Raincoats – 1979
• The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette – 1979
• Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady – 1979
• The Clash – London Calling -1979
• The Pop Group – We Are All Prostitutes – 1998
• X – Los Angeles – 1980
• The Cramps – Songs The Lord Taught Us – 1980
• Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables – 1980
• The Au Pairs – Playing With A Different Sex – 1981
• The Descendents – Milo Goes To College – 1982
• Black Flag – The First Four Years – 1984
• Minor Threat – Complete Discography – 1988
• Husker Du – Zen Arcade – 1984
• Nirvana – Nevermind – 1991
• Lemonheads – Hate Your Friends – 1987
• Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff – 1988
• Fugazi – Repeater – 1990
• Rancid - …And Out Come The Wolves – 1995
• The Hives – Your New Favourite Band – 2001
• The Parkinsons – A Long Way To Nowhere – 2002
• The Libertines – The Libertines – 2002
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To TopThe 50 Best Rolling Stones Recordings
Mojo Special Edition Sept 2003
See Also: 50 Greatest Rolling Stone Tracks - Voted By All Star Panel
As voted by fans via Mojo website.
• Jumpin’ Jack Flash
• Honky Tonk Woman
• Sympathy For The Devil
• (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
• Brown Sugar
• Wild Horses
• Gimmie Shelter
• Tumbling Dice
• Paint It Black
• Angie
• Street Fighting Man
• Ruby Tuesday
• Let It Bleed
• Under My Thumb
• Start Me Up
• Moonlight Mile
• Get Off Of My Cloud
• Sweet Virginia
• Rocks Off
• Let’s Spend The Night Together
• Stray Cat Blues
• The Last Time
• Time Is On My Side
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want
• No Expectations
• Fool To Cry
• Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
• Beast Of Burden
• As Tears Go By
• Bitch
• Coming Down Again
• 19th Nervous Breakdown
• Mothers Little Helper
• She’s A Rainbow
• HappyLove In Vain
• Midnight Rambler
• Dead Flowers
• Monkey Man
• Waiting On A Friend
• Sway
• It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll
• We Love You
• Soul Survivor
• Miss You
• It’s All Over Now
• 2000 Light Years From Home
• Heart Of Stone
• Star Star
• Memo From Turner
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To Top Q Special Edition – Led Zeppelin
April 2003
As Voted By Users of www.led-zeppelin.com
1. Stairway To Heaven
2. Kashmir
3. Achilles Last Stand
4. Since I’ve Been Loving You
5. Ten Years Gone
6. Dazed And Confused
7. Whole Lotta Love
8. Black Dog
9. Over The Hills And Far Away
10. When The Levee Breaks
11. Rock And Roll
12. No Quarter
13. Ramble On
14. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
15. In My Time Of Dying
16. Heartbreaker
17. Tangerine
18. Going To California
19. Immigrant Song
20. The Battle Of Evermore
21. The Rain Song (Live)
22. The Song Remains The Same
23. Thank You
24. The Rover
25. In The Light
26. The Ocean
27. The Lemon Song
28. That’s The Way
29. What Is And What Should Never Be
30. Trampled Under Foot
31. Good Time Bad Times
32. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
33. Communication Breakdown
34. Dancing Days
35. How Many More Times
36. Houses Of The Holy
37. Custard Pie
38. Misty Mountain Hop
39. Gallows Pole
40. Out On The Tiles
41. Bring It On Home
42. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
43. I Can’t Quit You Baby
44. Celibration Day
45. In The Evening
46. You Shook Me
47. Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)
48. All My Love
49. Night Flight
50. Fool In The Rain
51. The Wanton Song
52. Tea For One
53. Four Sticks
54. Friends
55. Hey Hey What Can I Do
56. Sick Again
57. Hot Dog
58. Moby Dick
59. Down By The Seaside
60. D’yer Mak’er
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To TopThe Who - 20 Greatest Songs
Q Special Edition May 2004
As Voted By Q Readers.
• Won't Get Fooled Again
• My Generation
• Substitute
• Pinball Wizard
• Behind Blue Eyes
• I Can't Explain
• Baba O' Riley
• 5:15
• Pure & Easy
• I Can See For Miles
• Bargain
• The Real Me
• The Kids Are All Right
• Who Are You
• A quick One While He's Away
• Tattoo
• I'm A Boy
• Pictures Of Lilly
• See Me, Feel Me
• Love Reign O'er Me
• The next 5....
• Naked Eye
• Boris The Spider
• Dreaming From The Waist
• My Wife
• Anyway, Anyhow Anywhere
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To TopQ Special Edition – 25 Years Of 2 Tone
Summer 2004
As Voted By Q Staff.
1. Ghost Town – The Specials
2. The Prince – Madness
3. Gangsters – The Special AKA
4. Mirror In The Bathroom – The Beat
5. One Step Beyond – Madness
6. On My Radio – Selector
7. Tears Of A Clown – The Beat
8. A Message To You Rudy – The Specials Feat. Rico
9. Stand Down Margaret – The Beat
10. Celebrate The Bullet – The Selector
11. Night Boat To Cairo – Madness
12. Stereotype – The Specials
13. Too Much To Young (Live Version) – The Specials
14. Rat Race – The Specials
15. Hands Off She’s Mine – The Beat
16. Nite Club (Live Version) – The Specials
17. Food For Thought – UB40
18. Missing Words – The Selector
19. Bed And Breakfast Man – Madness
20. Let’s Do Rocksteady – The Bodysnachers
21. Lip Up Fatty – Bad Manners
22. Madness – Madness
23. Do Nothing – The Specials
24. Too Nice To Talk To – The Beat
25. Three Minute Hero – The Selector
26. Special Brew – Bad Manners
27. Little Bitch – The Specials
28. Skinhead Symphony – The Specials
29. Tom Hark – The Piranhas
30. Show Me – Dexys Midnight Runners
