Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1978


Album Of The Year :



• This Year’s Model - Elvis Costello

Single Of The Year:

• Shame - Evelyn « Champagne » King

Tabulated From Top 10 Singles & Albums Lists Supplied By Each MM Writer.




Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1979

Albums



1. Fear Of Music - Talking Heads
2. Bop Till You Drop - Ry Cooder
3. Entertainment - Gang Of Four
4. Forces Of Victory - Linton Kwesi Johnson
5. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
6. The Undertones - The Undertones
7. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
8. I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire
9. Metal Box - PIL
10. London Calling - The Clash
11. The Original Sin - Cowboys International
12. Squeezing Out Sparks - Graham Parker
13. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
14. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
15. Tom Verlaine - Tom Verlaine
16. 154 - Wire
17. Drums And Wires - XTC
18. Exposure - Robert Fripp
19. Rock On - Raydio
20. Bad Girls - Donna Summer


Single Of The Year

• Public Image Limited - Death Disco

No other singles were listsd



Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1980

Albums

1. Remain In Light - Talking Heads

• Get Happy - Elvis Costello
• Pretenders - The Pretenders
• Vienna - Ultravox
• Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexy's Midnight Runners
• Crocodiles - Echo & The Bunneymen
• Closer - Joy Division
• Scary Monsters - David Bowie
• Boy - U2
• Empires & Dance - Simple Minds
• Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam And The Ants
• Sandinista - The Clash
• Absolutely - Madness


Note: Melody Maker Only Named A No. 1 Album This Year, The Rest Were Listed In No Order. No Singles List.

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1981

Albums


1. Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17
2. Trust - Elvis Costello
3. Almost Blue - Elvis Costello
4. East Side Story - Squeeze
5. Ghost In The Machine - The Police

• Dare - Human League
• Movement - New Order
• Non Stop Erotic Cabaret - Soft Cell
• Journeys To Glory - Spandau Ballet
• My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno, David Byrne
• Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
• Stray Cats - The Stray Cats

Note: Melody Maker Only Orderd Top Five Albums This Year.

Single Of The Year :

• Ghost Town - The Specials

No Other Singles Listed.

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1982

Albums

NOTE! As Far As I Know, No Lists Appeared In MM For This Year.
BUT This List Did In The Feb 11th 1989 Issue Of MM.


• Orange Juice - You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever
• The Fun Boy Three - Fun Boy Three
• The Cure - Pornography
• Altered Images - Pinky Blue
• Roxy Music - Avalon
• ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
• The Blasters - The Blasters
• B.E.F. - Music Of Quality & Destinction
• Duran Duran - Rio
• The Associates - Sulk
• Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay
• The Birthday Party - Junkyard
• Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric’s
• Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever
• Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
• Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
• Scritti Politti - Songs To Remember
• Siouxie & The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse
• Prince - 1999
• John Cale - Music For A New Society
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1983


Albums

1. Touch - Eurythmics
2. The Crossing - Big Country
3. Soul Mining - The The
4. Rhythm Of Life - Paul Haig
5. Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This - Eurythnics
6. Duck Rock - Malcolm Mclaren
7. Murmur - REM
8. Synchronicity - The Police
9. Porcupine - Echo & The Bunnymen
10. Synchro System - King Sunny Ade

• Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order
• The Hurting - Tears For Fears
• No Parlez - Paul Young
• Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy - Billy Bragg
• Colour By Numbers - Culture Club
• Swardfishtrombones - Tom Waits
• Fantastic - Wham!

Singles:

1. Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
2. Heaven 17 - Temptation
3. Rolling Stones - Undercover Of The Night
4. Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind
5. Echo & The Bunnymen - Never Stop
6. Eurythmics - Who´S That Girl?
7. Police - Every Breath You Take
8. Malcolm Mclaren - Soweto
9. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
10. Lionel Richie - All Night Long

Many Thanks To Rolf Holle For Supplying The Singles List.

Note: Only Top Ten Melody Maker Albums Ordered.

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1984

Albums

1. Ocean Rain - Echo & The Bunneymen
2. The Smiths - The Smiths
3. In The Studio - The Special AKA
4. Cypress - Lets Active
5. Hallowed Ground - Violent Femmes
6. Steeltown - Big Country
7. The Age Of Consent - Bronski Beat
8. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
9. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen
10. Diamond Life - Sade

• Purple Rain - Prince
• Cafe Bleu - The Style Council
• Reckoning - REM
• Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
• Like A Virgin - Madonna
• From Her To Eternity - Nick Cave

Singles

1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
2. Womack & Womack - Love Wars
3. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
4. U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
5. The Special AKA - Nelson Mandela
6. ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Loving
7. Orange Juice - What Presence ?!
8. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
9. SOS Band - Just Be Good To Me
10. Human League - The Lebanon

Many Thanks To Rolf Holle For Supplying The Singles List.

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1985


Albums

1. The Head Of The Door - Cure
2. Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - Pogues
3. Cupid & Psyche ‘85 - Scritti Politti
4. A Secret Wish - Propaganda
5. Psychocandy - Jesus And Mary Chain
6. No Free Lunch - Green On Red
7. Meat Is Murder - Smiths
8. Fables Of The Reconstruction - R.E.M.
9. Stories Of Johnny - Marc Almond
10. Night Of A Thousand Candles - Men They Couldn’t Hang

Singles

1. Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo & The Bunnymen
2. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
3. Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals
4. Duel - Propaganda
5. Going Down To Liverpool - Bangles
6. In Between Days - Cure
7. Between The Wars - Billy Bragg
8. Slave To Love - Bryan Ferry
9. I Feel Love - Bronski Beat With Marc Almond
10. The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley

Thanks To Dominique Durland For Supplying This List.

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1986

Albums

1. Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys
2. Parade - Prince
3. Blood And Chocolate - Elvis Costello
4. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
5. King Of America - Elvis Costello
6. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
7. Infected - The The
8. Life's Rich Pageant - REM
9. No 10 Upping Street - BAD
10. Word Up - Cameo
11. Back To The Old School - Just Ice
12. Raising Hell - Run DMC
13. Brotherhood - New Order
14. Radio - LL Cool J
15. Victoraland - The Cocteau Twins
16. Giant - The Woodentops
17. Kicking Against The Pricks - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
18. Gods Own Medicine - The Mission
19. London 0 Hull 4 - The Housemartins
20. Whiplash Smile - Billy Idol
21. Talking To The Taxman About Poetry - Billy Bragg
22. EVOL - Sonic Youth
23. Schoolly-D - Schoolly-D
24. The Occupied Europe Tour - Laibach
25. Please - Pet Shop Boys
26. Peter Case - Peter Case
27. Beat Happening - Beat Happening
28. Music - Mantronix
29. Born Sandy Devotional - The Triffids
30. The Album - Mantronix

Singles

1. Kiss - Prince
2. Some Candy Talking EP - Jesus And Mary Chain
3. Word Up - Cameo
4. Human - The Human League
5. Rise - PIL
6. E=MC2 - BAD
7. Tokyo Storm Warning - Elvis Costello
8. Panic - The Smiths
9. Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
10. Who Snatched The Baby - The Band Of Holy Joy

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1987

Albums

1. The Young Gods - The Young Gods
2. Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
3. Yo! Bum Rush The Show - Public Enemy
4. The Fat Skier - Throwing Muses
5. Songs About Fucking - Big Black
6. Darklands - Jesus And Mary Chain
7. Substance - New Order
8. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure
9. Bigger And Deffer - LL Cool J
10. Locust Abortion Technician - The Butthole Surfers
11. Mind The Perpetual Intercourse - Skinny Puppy
12. Strangeways, Here Wo Come - The Smiths
13. Document - REM
14. Pleased To Meet Me - The Replacements
15. Floodland - Sisters Of Mercy
16. In My Tribe - 10,000 Maniacs
17. Franks Wild Years - Tom Waits
18. Poetic Champions Compose - Van Morrison
19. Come On Pilgrim - The Pixies
20. Secrets Of The Beehive - David Sylvian
21. Warehouse - Songs And Stories - Husker Du
22. The World Of Echo - Arther Russell
23. This Is The Story - The Proclaimers
24. You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur
25. Happy Come Home - Victoria Williams
26. Heaven's End - Loop
27. Calenture - The Triffids
28. Squirrel And G-Man... - Happy Mondays
29. Oh! Tears Baby - Win
30. At My Window - Townes Van Zandt

Singles

1. Birthday - The Sugercubes
2. Lollita EP - AR Kane
3. Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
4. This Corrosion - The Sisters Of Mercy
5. Catch - The Cure
6. Pump Up The Volume - M|A|R|R|S
7. If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince
8. Chains Chained EP - Throwing Muses
9. April Skies - Jesus And Mary Chain
10. Who's That Girl - Madonna
11. Forgotten Town - The Christians
12. Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
13. Alex Chilton EP - The Replacements
14. A Town Called Walker - Tom Verlaine
15. Let Happiness In - David Sylvian
16. When Your Sad/Haunted - AR Kane
17. Hope Against Hope - Band Of Susan’s
18. I'm Bad - LL Cool J
19. Happy When It Rains - Jesus And Mary Chain
20. Why Can't I Be You - The Cure

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1988

Albums

1. Surfer Rosa - The Pixies
2. Life's To Good - Sugercubes
3. Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine
4. Green - REM
5. 69 - AR Kane
6. Blue Bell Knoll - Cocteau Twins
7. Hairway To Steven - Butthole Surfers
8. All About Eve - All About Eve
9. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
10. Bug - Dinosaur Jr.
11. The House Of Love - The House Of Love
12. Lovesexy - Prince
13. Vivisectvi - Skinny Puppy
14. Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk
15. So Far So Good - Megadeath
16. The Walking - Jane Siberry
17. Tender Pray - Nick Cave
18. In The Spanish Cave - Thin White Rope
19. Live! You Goddamned Son Of A Bitch - Revolting Cocks
20. House Tornado - Throwing Muses
21. Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara
22. Shiva Burlesque - Shiva Burlesque
23. Provision - Scritti Politti
24. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
25. Here Come The Snakes - Green On Red
26. The Eight Legged Groove Machine - The Wonder Stuff
27. California - American Music Club
28. It Takes A Nation Of Millions.. - Public Enemy
29. Dusted - Live Skull
30. 16 Lovers Lane - The Go Betweens

Singles

1. The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave
2. You Made Me Realise - My Bloody Valentine
3. Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr.
4. Gigantic - Pixies
5. Destroy The Heart - The House Of Love
6. L'amourir - The Young Gods
7. Christine - The House Of Love
8. Sidewalking - Jesus And Mary Chain
9. Feed Me With Your Kiss - My Bloody Valentine
10. Martha's Harbour - All About Eve
11. Follow The Leader - Eric B & Rakim
12. Alphabet Street - Prince
13. UP Home EP - AR Kane
14. Crash - The Primitives
15. Teardrops - Womack & Womack
16. Collision EP - Loop
17. Patti - Scritti Politti
18. The Race - Yellow
19. Revolution - Spaceman
20. Headhunter - Front 242


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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1989

Albums

1. Disintegration - The Cure
2. Doolittle - The Pixies
3. The Sensual World - Kate Bush
4. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
5. Freedom - Neil Young
6. New York - Lou Reed
7. L'eau Rouge - The Young Gods
8. Hats - The Blue Nile
9. Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan
10. 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul
11. The Trinity Sessions - The Cowboys Junkies
12. Technique - New Order
13. Club Classics Vol. I - Soul II Soul
14. United Kingdom - American Music Club
15. Automatic - Jesus And Mary Chain
16. Hope And Despair - Edwin Collins
17. Hup - The Wonder Stuff
18. I - AR Kane
19. Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney
20. Spike - Elvis Costello
21. Straight Outa Compton - NWA
22. Hunkpapa - Throwing Muses
23. Playing With Fire - Spaceman 3
24. Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry
25. Scarlet And Other Stories - All About Eve
26. Bizarro - The Wedding Present
27. The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech - Ice-T
28. The Only Ones Live - The Only Ones
29. Manic, Magic, Majestic - Band Of Holy Joy
30. Pump - Aerosmith

Singles

1. Monkey Gone To Heaven - The Pixies
2. Can't Be Sure - The Sundays
3. The Sensual World - Kate Bush
4. Lullaby - The Cure
5. Keep On Movin' - Soul II Soul
6. Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.
7. She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses
8. Me Myself And I - De La Soul
9. Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith
10. Fire Woman - The Cult
11. W.F.L. - Happy Mondays
12. Back To Life - Soul II Soul
13. Eye Know - De La Soul
14. You're History - Shakespeare’s Sister
15. Downtown Lights - The Blue Nile
16. Say No Go - De La Soul
17. Blue Moon Revisited - Cowboy Junkies
18. Manchild - Neneh Cherry
19. Lazyitis - Happy Mondays
20. Omega Amigo - The Shamen