1982- the year that New Wave haircuts ruled the world.  New Wave had been around at least since 1978 and was a catch-all term invented by record companies to describe a toned-down and more marketable version of Punk Rock.  Though some New Wave had little in common sonically with the aggressive Punk, all of it was inspired by it, at least stylistically if nothing else.  ’82 saw former Punk heavyweights or U.K. New Wave vets like Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Squeeze, XTC, Dexys Midnight Runners, Roxy Music, Simple Minds, Gang Of Four, The English Beat, The Clash, The Jam & Adam Ant release albums that either marked the last phase of their career or a sharp transition.  Other British groups,  like Duran Duran, the Eurythmics, ABC, Yaz & A Flock of Seagulls spawned the ‘New Romantics’ movement and dominated the charts in both the U.S. & U.K. with a fey synth-pop sound, seemingly the polar opposite of Punk.  The Culture Club was an outlier U.K. group.  Mega successful & brand new but neither Synth-pop nor New Romantic- they can best be described as New Wave blue-eyed Soul and didn’t have much in common with the above bands except for maybe Yaz courtesy of the vocal similarities between Boy George and Alison Moyet.  U.S. groups like The Motels, The Stray Cats, Romeo Void, Marshall Crenshaw, the Plimsouls, The Go-Go’s, Thomas Dolby, Wall Of Voodoo & Kid Creole & the Coconuts had varying degrees of success, some one or two hit wonders, others one to two album wonders.  But none was commercially built to last whether or not their artistry had merit.

I was ten years old at the time and listening to nothing but commercial radio so I may be biased but looking back on ’82 I find it to be a fun and exciting time filled with great radio songs.  I was still listening to mostly commercial radio 2 to 3 years later as well and those years just don’t stack up as well.  Outside of a few great albums, ’82 had a dearth of amazing albums but a plethora of great songs.  Beyond the commercial realm groups like New Order, The Cure & R.E.M.- soon to be institutions- were releasing some of their group early works like “Temptation”, “Let’s Go to Bed”, “Pornography” and the “Chronic Town” EP.  U2 mostly took the year off but did come out with the great “A Celebration/Trash, Trampoline & the Party Girl” non-album single between “October” and “Under A Blood Red Sky”.

Despite all of the softer New Wave-style groups mentioned above there were a handful of great bands continuing in the style of their Punk forebears.  X, the Descendents & Fear all put out excellent excellent L.A. hardcore releases, though X was more in the rockabilly Punk style.  D.C.’s Bad Brains released their first and best album- the self-titled “Bad Brains” and Boston’s Mission Of Burma released their one and only full length album (until the 2000’s) Vs..  Bad Brains and Burma in particularly would be hugely influential on all Grunge and Indie Rock of the late 80’s early 90’s.  Both albums were little heard at the time but would gain stature as time moved forward.

At the time black music was very segregated from white rock music- both at radio and especially at MTV who didn’t even play videos by black artists to appeal as much as possible to the middle America.  Though this would not change until ’83 two albums, “1999” by Prince and “Thriller” by Michael Jackson would be instrumental in integrating their music both at radio and MTV.  In fact Jackson would become MTV’s biggest star and “Thriller” eventually the single best selling non-greatest hits album of all time.  Before these two albums, the most prevalent music on black radio was a post funk, post disco, hybrid music by groups like Dazz Band & the Gap Band.  Rap music also had a big year.  Though there were only a few classics released then such as “Rockin’ It” by Fearless Four and “Making Cash Money” by Busy Bee two of the music’s all time game changers appeared that year as well.  The first was Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five released “The Message”- to me still one of Rap’s all time 5 greatest songs- which was the first rap song to use political lyrics and carry a specific message, hence the title.  It also didn’t hurt that the beat is one of the most recognizable and inventive in the genre.  The second was Afrika Bambaatta’s “Planet Rock” which brought a techno beat inspired by the German group Kraftwerk and created the electro sub genre of rap.  Bambaataa also released the almost as good follow up single “Jazzy Sensation” later in the year.  Though Disco had petered out a few years earlier as a commercial force, it had gone back underground, still flourishing in gay clubs and songs like “Don’t Make Me Wait” by the NYC Peech Boys and “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” were minor fringe hits setting the table for House Music and the rise of Madonna in the coming years.

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ABC- The Lexicon Of Love

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2.  Prince- Little Red Corvette

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3.  Marvin Gaye- Sexual Healing

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5.  Elvis Costello & the Attractions- Man Out of Time

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7.  Motorhead- Iron Fist

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8.  The Descendents- Suburban Home

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9.  Fear- I Love Livin’ in the City

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11.  Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five- The Message

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12.  Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force- Planet Rock

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13.  Michael Jackson- Billie Jean

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14.  The English Beat- Save It for Later

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15.  XTC- Senses Working Overtime

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16.  The Clash- Rock the Casbah

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17.  Dexys Midnight Runners- Come On Eileen

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Best of 1982 Volume 2 (3/5/02)

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3.  New Order- Temptation

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4.  Roxy Music- More Than This

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5.  R.E.M.- Gardening at Night

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6.  Elvis Costello & the Attractions- Beyond Belief

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7.  Duran Duran- Rio

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8.  Adam Ant- Goody Two Shoes

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9.  Kid Creole & the Coconuts- Stool Pigeon

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10.  Romeo Void- Never Say Never

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11.  The Stray Cats- Stray Cat Strut

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12.  Squeeze- Black Coffee in Bed

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13.  Joe Jackson- Steppin’ Out

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14.  The Clash- Straight to Hell

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15. The Gap Band- Outstanding

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16.  X- Because I Do

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17.  Mission Of Burma- Mica

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18.  The Dream Syndicate- The Days of Wine & Roses

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19.  Bruce Springsteen- Atlantic City

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Best of 1982 Volume 3 (6/18/05)

1.  The Dream Syndicate- Tell Me When It’s Over

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2.  The Plimsouls- A Million Miles Away

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3.  The Jam- Town Called Malice

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4.  Michael Jackson- Beat It

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6.  Prince- Delirious

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7.  ABC- The Look of Love (Part 1)

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8.  Duran Duran- Save a Prayer

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9.  Marshall Crenshaw- Someday, Someway

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10.  Elvis Costello & the Attractions- Almost Blue

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11.  Joe Jackson- Breaking Us in Two

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12.  Yaz- Only You

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13.  Grace Jones- My Jamaican Guy

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14.  Gang Of Four- I Love a Man in a Uniform

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15.  Mission Of Burma- The Ballad of Johnny Burma

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16.  The Descendents- Bikeage

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17.  Bad Brains- Banned in D.C.

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18.  The Fall- The Classical

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20.  R.E.M.- Wolves, Lower

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Best of 1982 Volume 4 (6/19/05)

1.  Michael Jackson- Wanna Be Startin’ Something

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2.  Busy Bee- Making Cash Money

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3.  Bow Wow Wow- I Want Candy

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4.  X- The Hungry Wolf

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5.  The Fall- Fortress/Deer Park

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6.  The Cure- The Hanging Garden

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7.  ABC- Poison Arrow

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8.  The Psychedelic Furs- Love My Way

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9.  The English Beat- I Confess

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10.  Duran Duran- The Chauffeur

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11.  Yaz- Don’t Go

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12.  Indeep- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

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13.  Donal Fagen- I.G.Y.

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14.  Roxy Music- Avalon

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15. Lou Reed- The Blue Mask

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16.  Prince- Free

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17. Elvis Costello & the Attractions- Tears Before Bedtime

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Best of 1982 Volume 5 (8/17/07)

1.  Fearless Four- Rockin’ It

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2.  Prince- D.M.S.R.

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3.  Yaz- Situation

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4.  The Simple Minds- I Promised You a Miracle

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5.  Haircut 100- Love Plus One

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6.  The Culture Club- Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

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7.  Richard & Linda Thompson- Walking On the Wire

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8.  U2- Trash, Trampoline & the Party Girl

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9.  Adam Ant- Desperate But Not Serious

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10.  The Clean- Getting Older

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11.  Mission Of Burma- Trem Two

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12.  Bad Brains- Sailin’ On

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13.  The Replacements- Kids Don’t Follow

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14.  XTC- Ball & Chain

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15.  Junior- Mama Used to Say

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16.  Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force- Jazzy Sensation (12″ Single Edit)

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17.  The Go Go’s- Vacation

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Best of 1982 Volume 6 (8/18/07)

1.  Judas Priest- The Hellion/Electric Eye

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2.  Iron Maiden- The Number of the Beast

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3.  The Fall- Jawbone & the Air Rifle

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4.  Gang Of Four- It Is Not Enough

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5.  XTC- All Of a Sudden (It’s Too Late)

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6.  Duran Duran- Hold Back the Rain

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7.  Laurie Anderson- From the Air

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8.  Devo- Peek-A-Boo!

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9.  Thomas Dolby- She Blinded Me with Science

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10.  Wall Of Voodoo- Mexican Radio

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11.  Donald Fagen- The Nightfly

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12.  The Associates- Club Country

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13.  ABC- All of My Heart

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14.  INXS- the One Thing

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15.  R.E.M.- Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)

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16.  Fleetwood Mac- Gypsy

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17.  Jackson Browne- Somebody’s Baby

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18.  Willie Nelson- Always On My Mind

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19.  Ted Hawkins- Sorry You’re Sick

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Best of 1982 Volume 7 (4/9/11)

1.  The Stray Cats- Rock This Town

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2.  Van Halen- Little Guitars

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3.  U2- A Celebration

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4.  The Associates- Party Fears Two

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5.  The Church- The Unguarded Moment

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6.  A Flock of Seagulls- I Ran (So Far Away)

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7.  Josie Cotton- Johnny Are You Queer?

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8.  The Waitresses- I Know What Boys Like

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9.  The Monroes- What Do All the People Know

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10.  INXS- Don’t Change

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11.  Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- You Got Lucky

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12.  Roxy Music- Take A Chance With Me

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13.  Duran Duran- Hungry Like the Wolf

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14.  Sparks- I Predict

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15.  Yaz- Bad Connection

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16.  ABC- Tears Are Not Enough

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17.  Elvis Costello & the Attractions- Town Cryer

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18.  Bruce Springsteen- Highway Patrolman

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19.  Iron Maiden- The Prisoner

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Best of 1982 Volume 8 (4/9/11)

1.  Men At Work- Who Can It Be Now?

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2.  The Clash- Should I Stay or Should I Go

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3.  Iron Maiden- Run to the Hills

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4.  Lou Reed- Waves of Fear

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5. Bauhaus- Third Uncle

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6.  The Cure- One Hundred Years

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7.  Flipper- Life

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8.  The Descendents- Myage

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9.  Bad Brains- Attitide

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10.  The Fall- Hip Priest

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11.  Mission Of Burma- Secrets

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12.  X- Under the Big Black Sun

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13.  The Dream Syndicate- When You Smile

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14.  Sparks- Angst in My Pants

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15.  Klein & MBO- Dirty Talk

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16. Trouble Funk- Drop the Bomb

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17.  Malcolm McLaren & the World Famous Supreme Team- Buffalo Gals

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18.  Yaz- Goodbye Seventies

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19.  Richard & Linda Thompson- Wall of Death

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1. The Fall- Just Step S’Ways
2. The Misfits- Hatebreeders
3. The Descendents- Hope
4. Cleaners From Venus- Only A Shadow
5. Steel Pulse- Chant A Psalm
6. Musical Youth- Pass The Dutchie
7. Sister Nancy- Bam Bam
8. Gregory Isaacs- Cool Down The Place
9. Michael Jackson- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
10. Prince- Let’s Pretend We’re Married
11. Vanity 6- Nasty Girl
12. Stacy Lattisaw- Attack Of The Name Game
13. Patrice Rushen- Remind Me
14. XTC- Knuckle Down
15. Berlin- The Metro
16. Donald Fagen- The Nightfly
17. Orange Juice- Consolation Prize
18. Crosby Stills & Nash- Southern Cross