NME Albums 1978
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
NME Pop Poll Results
(NME 20/01/79)
Many Thanks to Colin Hamilton For Supplying Pop Poll Results.
Best Group
1 The Clash
2 The Jam
3 Boomtown Rats
4 Genesis
5 Buzzcocks
6 The Stranglers
7 Thin Lizzy
8 The Rolling Stones
9 Yes
10 Siouxsie and the Banshees
Album
1 All Mod Cons - The Jam
2 Give Em Enough Rope - The Clash
3 Live & Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
4 The Scream - Siouxsie and the Banshees
5 This Year's Model - Elvis Costello
6 Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
7 Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks
8 A Tonic For The Troops - Boomtown Rats
9 Black & White - The Stranglers
10 Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Single
1 White Man In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
2 Public Image - Public Image Ltd
3 Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats
4 Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam
5 Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees
6 Shot By Both Sides - Magazine
7 Miss You - Rolling Stones
8 Because The Night - Patti Smith Group
9 Jilted John - Jilted John
10 Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Best New Group
1 Public Image Ltd
2 Stiff Little Fingers
3 Siouxsie and the Banshees
4 Dire Straits
5 The Cars
