Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mh3bs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!eagle!mh3bs!mjm From: mjm@mh3bs.UUCP (M.J.Melchner) Newsgroups: net.records Subject: 1983 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll Message-ID: <380@mh3bs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 22:04:48 EST Article-I.D.: mh3bs.380 Posted: Thu Feb 23 22:04:48 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 06:54:31 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ Lines: 96 Here is the Village Voice 1983 PAZZ & JOP CRITICS' POLL as published in the issue dated February 28, 1984. Albums 1. Michael Jackson: "Thriller" 2. R.E.M.: "Murmur" 3. Talking Heads: "Speaking in Tongues" 4. X: "More Fun in the New World" 5. The Police: "Synchronicity" 6. U2: "War" 7. Lou Reed: "Legendary Hearts" 8. Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers: "Jonathan Sings!" 9. Richard Thompson: "Hand of Kindness" 10. Bob Dylan: "Infidel" 11. Elvis Costelo and the Attractions: "Punch the Clock" 12. Culture Club: "Colour by Numbers" 13. Randy Newman: "Trouble in Paradise" 14. George Clinton: "Computer Games" 15. Big Country: "The Crossing" 16. Jerry Lee Lewis: "The Sun Sessions" 17. Aztec Camera: "High Land, Hard Rain" 18. T-Bone Burnett: "Proof Through the Night" 19. David Bowie: "Let's Dance" 20. James Blood Ulmer: "Odyssey" 21. The Rolling Stones: "Undercover" 22. The Blasters: "Non Fiction" 23. New Order: "Power, Corruption and Lies" 24. Malcolm McLaren: "Duck" 25. Prince: "1999" 26. Violent Femmes: "Violent Femmes" 27. Was (Not Was): "Born to Laugh at Tornados" 28. Graham Parker: "The Real Macaw" 29. Marshall Crenshaw: "Field Day" 30. The Replacements: "Hootenanny" 31. Eurythmics: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" 32. Tom Waits: "Swordfishtrombones" 33. Eddy Grant: "Killer on the Rampage" 34. Trio: "Trio and Error" 35. Kid Creole and the Cocnuts: "Doppelganger" 36. The Fleshtones: "Hexbreaker" 37. Linda Ronstadt: "What's New" 38. King Sunny Ade and His African Beats: "Synchro System" 39. Nile Rodgers: "Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove" 40. Paul Simon: "Hearts and Bones" Singles 1. Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean" 2. The Police: "Every Breath You Take" 3. The Pretenders: "Back on the Chain Gang"/"My City Was Gone" 4. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force: "Looking for the Perfect Beat" Prince: "Little Red Corvette" 6. Eddy Grant: "Electric Avenue" 7. Michael Jackson: "Beat It" 8. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel: "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" 9. Run-D.M.C.: "It's Like That"/"Sucker M.C.s" 10. Talking Heads: "Burning Down the House" 11. Elvis Costello and the Attractions: "Every Day I Write the Book" 12. Big Country: "In a Big Country" 13. George Clinton: "Atomic Dog" 14. David Bowie: "Let's Dance" Lionel Ritchie: "All NIght Long" Donna Summer: "She Works Hard for the Money" 17. Eurythmics: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Herbie Hancock: "Rockit" 19. Indeep: "Last Night a D.J. Saved My LIfe" 20. Culture Club: "Church of the Posion Mind" Culture Club: "Karma Chameleon" S.O.S. Band: "Just Be Good to Me" 23. Culture Club: "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" 24. David Bowie: "Modern Love" Lyres: "I Want To Help You Ann"/"I Really Want You Right Now" EPs 1. Los Lobos: " ... And a Time to Dance" 2. Let's Active: "Afoot" 3. Jason and the Nashville Scorchers: "Fervor" 4. The Bongos: "Numbers with Wings" 5. The Bluebells: "The Bluebells" 6. The Alarm: "The Alarm" 7. Minutemen: "Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat" 8. Minor Threat: "Out of Step" 9. Bangles: "Bangles" 10. DFX2: "Emotion" Videos 1. Michael Jackson: "Beat It" 2. Herbie Hancock: "Rockit" 3. Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean" 4. Talking Heads: "Burning Down the House" 5. George Clinton: "Atomic Dog" 6. Rolling Stones: "Undercover of the Night" 7. ZZ Top: "Sharp Dressed Man" 8. Cyndi Lauper: "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" 9. Michael Jackson: "Thriller" The Kinks: "Come Dancing" Randy Newman: "I Love L.A."