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Pazz & Jop 1981: Dean's List
Albums
- Greatest Rap Hits Vol. 2 (Sugarhill) 19
- X: Wild Gift (Slash) 15
- Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Trust (Columbia) 13
- King Sunny Adé and His African Beats: The Message (Sunny Alade import) 12
- English Beat: Wha'ppen? (Sire) 9
- David Byrne: Songs from the Broadway Production of "The Catherine Wheel" (Sire) 9
- Gang of Four: Solid Gold (Warner Bros.) 6
- Psychedelic Furs: Talk Talk Talk (Columbia) 6
- Human Switchboard: Who's Landing in My Hangar? (Faulty Products) 6
- Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime (Warner Bros.) 5
- Black Uhuru: Red (Mango)
- UB40: Present Arms (DEP International import)
- Robert Ashley: Perfect Lives (Private Parts): The Bar (Lovely)
- Black Flag: Damaged (SST)
- The "King" Kong Compilation (Mango)
- Yoko Ono: Season of Glass (Geffen)
- Funkadelic: The Electric Spanking of War Babies (Warner Bros.)
- The dB's: Stands for Decibels (Albion import)
- The Blasters: The Blasters (Slash)
- Al Green: Higher Plane (Myrrh)
- Red Crayola With Art & Language: Kangaroo? (Rough Trade)
- The Clash: Sandanista! (Epic)
- Gregory Isaacs: Best of Gregory Isaacs Volume 2 (GG)
- Sly and Robbie Present Taxi (Mango)
- Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music (ECM)
- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts: Bad Reputation (Boardwalk)
- Shoes: Tongue Twister (Elektra)
- Ramones: Pleasant Dreams (Sire)
- Let Them Eat Jellybeans! (Virus import)
- Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Editions EG)
- Elvis Presley: This Is Elvis (RCA Victor)
- Tom Tom Club (Sire)
- Slave: Show Time (Cotillion)
- Shannon Jackson & the Decoding Society: Nasty (Moers Music import)
- C81 (Rough Trade/NME import cassette)
- Teena Marie: It Must Be Magic (Gordy)
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places (ZE/Sire)
- Marvin Gaye: In Our Lifetime (Gordy)
- James Blood Ulmer: Free Lancing (Columbia)
- Lucinda: Happy Woman Blues (Folkways)
- Aretha Franklin: Love All the Hurt Away (Arista)
- Linx: Intuition (Chrysalis)
- Rolling Stones: Tattoo You (Rolling Stones)
- Z.Z. Hill: Down Home (Malaco)
- Rick James: Street Songs (Gordy)
- Sir Douglas Quintet: Border Wave (Takoma)
- Squeeze: East Side Story (A&M)
- David Johansen: Here Comes the Night (Blue Sky)
- Earth, Wind & Fire: Raise! (Columbia)
- Bohannon: Alive (Phase II)
- Prince: Controversy (Warner Bros.)
- Warren Zevon: Stand in the Fire (Asylum)
- Mofungo: End of the World (unlabeled cassette)
- Garland Jeffreys: Escape Artist (Epic)
- John Anderson: 2 (Warner Bros.)
- Johnny Copeland: Copeland Special (Rounder)
- Muddy Waters: King Bee (Blue Sky)
- Stampfel & Weber: Going Nowhere Fast (Rounder)
- Smokey Robinson: Being with You (Tamla)
- Basement 5: 1965-1980 (Antilles).
Singles
- Funky Four Plus One: "That's the Joint" (Sugarhill 12-inch)
- Taana Gardner: "Heartbeat" (West End 12-inch)
- T.S. Monk: "Bon Bon Vie" (Mirage)
- "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel"
(Sugarhill 12-inch)
- Killing Joke: "Change" (Editions E.G. import)
- Afrika Bambaata/Zulu Nation/Cosmic Force: "Zulu Nation Throw Down"
(Paul Winley 12-inch)
- Bits & Pieces: "Don't Stop the Music" (Mango 12-inch)
- Medium Medium: "Hungry, So Angry" (Cachalot 12-inch)
- Liliput: "Eisiger Wind" (Rough Trade import)
- Black Flag: "Louie Louie" (Posh Boy)
- The Treacherous Three: "The Body Rock" (Enjoy 12-inch)
- Scritti Politti: "The 'Sweetest' Girl" (Rough Trade)
- Yoko Ono: "Walking on Thin Ice"/"It Happened" (Geffen)
- Teena Marie: "Square Biz" (Gordy)
- Frankie Smith: "Double Dutch Bus" (WMOT 12-inch)
- Depeche Mode: "New Life" (Mute import 12-inch)
- Pete Shelley: "Homosapien" (Genetic import)
- Kim Carnes: "Bette Davis Eyes" (EMI)
- Trickeration: "Rap, Bounce, Rockskate"/"Western Gangster Town"
(Sounds of New York 12-inch)
- Rolling Stones: "Start Me Up" (Rolling Stones)
- Spoonie Gee: "Spoonie Is Back" (Sugarhill 12-inch)
- Chron-Gen: "Reality" (Step-Forward import)
- Brother D. & Collective Effort: "How You Gonna Make the Black
Nation Rise" (Clappers 12-inch)
- Denroy Morgan: "I'll Do Anything for You" (Becket 12-inch)
- Luther Vandross: "Never Too Much" (Epic)
EPs
- Descendents: "Fat" E.P. (New Alliance)
- Gang of Four: Another Day/Another Dollar (Warner Bros.)
- Angry Samoans: Inside My Brain (Bad Trip)
- DNA: A Taste of DNA (American Clavé)
- Propellor Product (Propellor)
- Panics: "I Wanna Kill My Mom"/"Best Band"/"Tie Me Up, Baby!" (Gulcher)
- Bebe Buell: Covers Girl (Rhino)
- The Specials: "Ghost Town"/"Why?"/"Friday Night Saturday Morning" (Chrysalis)
- Peter Dayton: Love at 1st Sight (Shoo-Bop)
- Lyres: AHS-1005 (Ace of Hearts)
Village Voice, Feb. 1, 1982
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