Pazz & Jop 1982: Dean's List

Albums

1. Ornette Coleman: Of Human Feelings (Antilles) 16
2. King Sunny Adé and His African Beats: Juju Music (Mango) 16
3. Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights (Hannibal) 14
4. George Clinton: Computer Games (Capitol) 13
5. Flipper: Album/Generic Flipper (Subterranean) 9
6. The English Beat: Special Beat Service (I.R.S.) 8
7. Marvin Gaye: Midnight Love (Columbia) 7
8. Kid Creole & the Coconuts: Wise Guy (Sire/ZE) 6
9. Donald Fagen: The Nightfly (Warner Bros.) 6
10. Lou Reed: The Blue Mask (RCA Victor) 5

11. Ian Dury & the Blockheads: Juke Box Dury (Stiff)
12. Marshall Crenshaw (Warner Bros.)
13. James Blood Ulmer: Black Rock (Columbia)
14. Professor Longhair: The Last Mardi Gras (Atlantic Deluxe)
15. Clint Eastwood & General Saint: Two Bad DJ (Greensleeves)
16. Warren Zevon: The Envoy (Asylum)
17. Prince: 1999 (Warner Bros.)
18. ABC: The Lexicon of Love (Mercury)
19. Ray Parker, Jr.: The Other Woman (Arista)
20. Itals: Brutal Out Deh (Nighthawk)
21. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five: The Message (Sugarhill)
22. Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska (Columbia)
23. James Booker: New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! (Rounder)
24. Gang of Four: Songs of the Free (Warner Bros.)
25. B-52's: Mesopotamia (Warner Bros.)
26. Chic: Tongue in Chic (Atlantic)
27. Sweet Pea Atkinson: Don't Walk Away (Island/ZE)
28. Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo: Good Clean Fun (Slash)
29. Material: One Down (Elektra)
30. Michael Jackson: Thriller (Epic)
31. The Roches: Keep on Doing (Warner Bros.)
32. Van Morrison: Beautiful Vision (Warner Bros.)
33. Orchestra Makassy: Agwaya (Virgin import)
34. Rank and File: Sundown (Slash)
35. Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society: Mandance (Antilles)
36. Tom Robinson: North by Northwest (I.R.S.)
37. CH3: Fear of Life (Posh Boy)
38. David Johansen: Live It Up (Blue Sky)
39. Sound d'Afrique II: Soukous (Mango)
40. Trouble Funk: Drop the Bomb (Sugarhill)
41. Devo: Oh No! It's Devo (Warner Bros.)
42. X: Under the Big Black Sun (Elektra)
43. Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Sire)
44. Bonnie Raitt: Green Light (Warner Bros.)
45. A Flock of Seagulls (Arista)
46. Soweto (Rough Trade import)
47. Ferron: Testimony (Philo)
48. Psychedelic Furs: Forever Now (Columbia)
49. Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Majestics: Mystic Miracle Star (Heartbeat)
50. Richard Hell and the Voidoids: Destiny Street (Red Star)
51. Jive Five Featuring Eugene Pitt: Here We Are! (Ambient Sound)
52. Ted Hawkins: Watch Your Step (Rounder)
53. Laurie Anderson: Big Science (Warner Bros.)
54. Speed Boys: That's What I Like (I Like Mike)
55. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Ice Cream for Crow (Epic)
56. Alberta Hunter: The Glory of Alberta Hunter (Columbia)
57. "D" Train (Prelude)
58. Mighty Diamonds: Indestructible (Alligator)
59. Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns: Synapse Gap (Mundo Total) (MCA)

Singles

1. Fearless Four: "Rockin' It" (Enjoy 12-inch)
2. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five: "The Message" (Sugarhill 12-inch)
3. Marvin Gaye: "Sexual Healing" (Columbia)
4. New Order: "Temptation" (Factory import 12-inch)
5. Stacy Lattisaw: "Attack of the Name Game" (Cotillion 12-inch)
6. Musical Youth: "Pass the Dutchie" (MCA)
7. Pretenders: "My City Was Gone" (Sire)
8. The Weather Girls: "It's Raining Men" (Columbia 12-inch)
9. Peech Boys: "Don't Make Me Wait" (West End 12-inch)
10. Flipper: "Get Away"/"The Old Lady Who Swallowed the Fly" (Subterranean)
11. P-Funk All Stars: "Hydraulic Pump" (Hump 12-inch)
12. Yazoo: "Situation" (Sire 12-inch)
13. Captain Sensible: "Wot" (A&M import 12-inch)
14. ABC: "The Look of Love" (Mercury)
15. Anti-Nowhere League: "So What" (XYZ import)
16. Gang of Four: "I Love a Man in Uniform" (Warner Bros.)
17. Stripsearch: "Hey Kid"/Emily XYZ: "Who Shot Sadat?" (Vinyl Repellant)
18. Cheap Trick: "If You Want My Love" (Epic)
19. Prince: "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (Warner Bros.)
20. Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo: "Shelley's Boyfriend" (Slash)
21. Joe Piscopo: "I Love Rock n' Roll (Medley)" (Columbia)
22. A Flock of Seagulls: "I Ran" (Jive)
23. Gap Band: "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (Total Experience 12-inch)
24. Treacherous Three: "Yes We Can-Can" (Sugarhill 12-inch)
25. Afrika Bambaata & the Soul Sonic Force: "Planet Rock" (Tommy Boy 12-inch)
26. Dangerous Birds: "Smile on Your Face"/"Alpha Romeo" (Propeller)
27. Eddy Grant: "California Style" (Ice import 12-inch)
28. Althea & the Donazz: "Virgin Style" (Circle import 12-inch)
29. Anne Waldman: "Uh-Oh Plutonium" (Hyacinth Girls)
30. Gary U.S. Bonds: "Out of Work" (EMI America)

EPs

1. Angry Samoans: Back from Samoa (Bad Trip)
2. The Waitresses: I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts (Polydor)
3. R.E.M.: Chronic Town (I.R.S.)
4. Oh OK: Wow Mini Album (DB)
5. Minor Threat: In My Eyes (Dischord)
6. T-Bone Burnett: Trap Door (Warner Bros.)
7. Pop-O-Pies: The White EP (415)
8. The Replacements: Stink (Twin/Tone)
9. Mofungo: "El Salvador"/"Just the Way"/"Gimme a Sarsaprailla" (Rough Trade import)
10. Steve Almaas: Beat Rodeo (Coyote)

Village Voice, Feb. 22, 1983

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