Pazz & Jop 1983: Dean's List

Albums

1. James Blood Ulmer: Odyssey (Columbia) 18
2. Lou Reed: Legendary Hearts (RCA Victor) 13
3. Pablo Moses: In the Future (Alligator) 13
4. The Blasters: Non Fiction (Slash) 9
5. Marshall Crenshaw: Field Day (Warner Bros.) 8
6. Michael Jackson: Thriller (Epic '82) 8
7. George Clinton: You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish (Capitol) 8
8. Aztec Camera: High Land, Hard Rain (Sire) 8
9. Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers: Jonathan Sings! (Sire) 8
10. DeBarge: In a Special Way (Gordy) 7

11. Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Doppelganger (Sire)
12. Pamelo Mounk'a: Propulsion! (Sonics import)
13. UB40: 1980-1983 (A&M)
14. African Music (Vertigo import)
15. The B-52's: Whammy! (Warner Bros.)
16. Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues (Sire)
17. Womack & Womack: Love Wars (Elektra)
18. Local Boys: Moments of Madness (Island)
19. Philip Glass: The Photographer (CBS)
20. Gilberto Gil: Um Banda Um (Warner Bros. import)
21. P-Funk All-Stars: Urban Dancefloor Guerillas (Uncle Jam/CBS Associated)
22. Neil Young: Trans (Reprise)
23. X: More Fun in the New World (Elektra)
24. Bunny Wailer: Hook Line and Sinker (Solomonic import)
25. King Sunny Adé and His African Beats: Synchro System (Mango)
26. Bunny Wailer: Tribute (Solomonic import)
27. Divinyls: Desperate (Chrysalis)
28. U2: Under a Blood Red Sky (Island)
29. R.E.M.: Murmur (I.R.S.)
30. Indeep: Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life (Sound of New York)
31. Ramones: Subterranean Jungle (Sire)
32. Winston Hussey: The Girl I Adore (Live & Learn)
33. Graham Parker: The Real Macaw (Arista)
34. Pylon: Chomp (DB)
35. John Anderson: All the People Are Talkin' (Warner Bros.)
36. Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight (Columbia)
37. Jon Hassell: Aka/Darbari/Java: Magic Realism (Editions EG)
38. Zulu Jive: Umbaqanga (Earthworks import)
39. Starstruck (A&M '82)
40. The Waitresses: Bruiseology (Polydor)
41. Roxy Music: Avalon (Warner Bros. '82)
42. King Sunny Ade: Bobby (SAR import)
43. Eek-a-Mouse: The Mouse and the Man (Greensleeves)
44. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Love Over and Over (Polydor)
45. UB40: Labour of Love (A&M)
46. Nile Rodgers: Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove (Mirage)
47. Miles Davis: Star People (Columbia)
48. Minutemen: What Makes a Man Start Fires? (SST)
49. Heaven 17: The Luxury Gap (Arista)
50. Charlie Haden: The Ballad of the Fallen (ECM)
51. Randy Newman: Trouble in Paradise (Warner Bros.)
52. Richard Thompson: Hand of Kindness (Hannibal)
53. Calling Rastafari (Nighthawk '82)
54. Willie Nelson and Webb Pierce: In the Jailhouse Now (Columbia '82)
55. ABC: Beauty Stab (Mercury)
56. Knotty Vision (Nighthawk)
57. Donna Summer: She Works Hard for the Money (Mercury)
58. The Kinshasa Sound (Original Music)
59. Jamaaladeen Tacuma: Show Stopper (Gramavision)
60. Black Star Liner: Reggae From Africa (Heartbeat)
61. Kurtis Blow: Party Time? (Mercury)
62. The Golden Palominos: The Golden Palominos (Celluloid/OAO)
63. Roxy Music: The High Road (Warner Bros.)
64. Swingrass '83 (Antilles)
65. Yolocamba Ita: Revolutionary Songs of El Salvador (Flying Fish)
66. King Sunny Adé and His African Beats: Ajoo (Makossa)
67. Legal Weapon: Your Weapon (Arsenal)
68. Bad Religion: Into the Future (Epitaph)
69. Eddy Grant: Live at Notting Hill (Ice import)
70. The System: Sweat (Mirage)

Singles

1. Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force: "Looking for the Perfect Beat" (Tommy Boy 12-inch)
2. Michael Jackson: "Beat It" (Epic)
3. George Clinton: "Atomic Dog" (Capitol)
4. The Crass: "Sheep Farming in the Falklands" (Crass import)
5. Run-D.M.C.: "It's Like That"/"Sucker M.C.'s" (Profile 12-inch)
6. Tribe II: "What I Like" (Celluloid 12-inch)
7. Michael Sembello: "Maniac" (Casablanca)
8. Rammelzee vs. K-Rob: "Beat Bop" (Tartown/Profile 12-inch)
9. Donna Summer: "She Works Hard for the Money" (Mercury)
10. Michael Jackson: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (Epic)
11. Imagination: "Just an Illusion" (MCA)
12. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: "Star Star"/"Everyday People" (MCA 12-inch),
13. Donna Summer: "Unconditional Love" (Mercury)
14. Big Country: "In a Big Country" (Mercury)
15. Special AKA: "Racist Friend"/"Bright Lights" (2 Tone import)
16. Shannon: "Let the Music Play" (Emergency 12-inch)
17. S.O.S. Band: "Just Be Good to Me" (Tabu 12-inch),
18. Kevin Rowland with Dexy's Midnight Runners: "Come On Eileen" (Polydor)
19. Malcolm McLaren: "Soweto" (Island import)
20. Earth, Wind & Fire: "Magnetic" (Columbia)
21. Herbie Hancock: "Rockit" (Columbia 12-inch)
22. Fun Boy Three: "Our Lips Are Sealed" (Chrysalis)
23. Disco Four: "We're at the Party" (Profile 12-inch)
24. Four Brothers: "Mokoroto" (Earthworks import)
25. Crash Crew: "On the Radio" (Sugarhill 12-inch)
26. Freeez: "I.O.U." (Streetwise 12-inch)
27. Tommy Keene: "Back to Zero Now"/"Mr. Roland" (Avenue)
28. Pieces of a Dream: "Fo-Fi-Fo" (Elektra)
29. Lyres: "I Want to Help You Ann" (Ace of Hearts)
30. Men at Work: "It's a Mistake" (Columbia)

EPs

1. Husker Du: Metal Circus (SST)
2. DFX2: Emotion (MCA)
3. Jason and the Scorchers: Fervor (Praxis)
4. Minutemen: Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat (SST)
5. The Cucumbers: The Cucumbers (Fake Doom)
6. Los Lobos: . . . And a Time To Dance (Slash)
7. Butthole Surfers: Butthole Surfers (Alternative Tentacles)
8. The Bluebells: The Bluebells (Sire)
9. Hilary: Kinetic (Backstreet)
10. Cool It Reba: Money Fall Out the Sky (Hannibal)

Videos

1. Talking Heads: "Burning Down the House"
2. Michael Jackson: "Thriller"
3. George Clinton: "Atomic Dog"
4. Weather Girls: "It's Raining Men"
5. Malcolm McLaren: "Buffalo Gals"
6. Michael Jackson: "Beat It"
7. David Bowie: "Let's Dance"
8. Hall & Oates: "One on One"
9. Bruce Springsteen: "Atlantic City"
10. ZZ Top: "TV Dinners"

Village Voice, Feb. 28, 1984

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