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Fri Jan 29 17:42:42 1982
VOICE Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll
Here are the top results of the
Village Voice 1981 PAZZ & JOP CRITICS' POLL

ALBUMS:
1. The Clash: "Sandinista!"
2. X: "Wild Gift"
3. Elvis Costello and the Attractions: "Trust"
4. Rolling Stones: "Tattoo You"
5. Rickie Lee Jones: "Pirates"
6. Squeeze: "East Side Story"
7. Tom Verlaine: "Dreamtime"
8. Prince: "Controversy"
9. Rick James: "Street Songs"
10. Go-Go's: "Beauty and the Beat"
11. Human Switchboard: "Who's Landing in My Hangar?"
12. Kid Creole and the Coconuts: "Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places"
13. David Byrne: "Songs from the Broadway Production of 'The Catherine Wheel`"
14. Black Uhuru: "Red"
15. Psychedelic Furs: "Talk Talk Talk"
16. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: "Reactor"
17. Romeo Void: "It's a Condition"
18. U2: "Boy"
19. Neville Brothers: "Fiyo on the Bayou"
20. Was (Not Was):
21. Au Pairs: "Playing with a Different Sex"
22. Tom Tom Club:
23. The English Beat: "Wha'ppen?"
24. The Police: "Ghost in the Machine"
25. James Blood Ulmer: "Free Lancing"
26. dB's: "Stands for Decibels"
27. David Lindley: "El Rayo-X"
28. Joe Ely: "Live Shots"
29. Yoko Ono: "Season of Glass"
30. The Blasters:

SINGLES:
1. Laurie Anderson: "O Superman"/"Walk the Dog"
2. Rolling Stones: "Start Me Up"
3. Flash: "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel"
4. Kim Carnes: "Bette Davis Eyes"
   Yoko Ono: "Walking on Thin Ice"
6. Tom Tom Club: "Genius of Love"
7. Pete Shelley: "Homosapien"
   Soft Cell: "Tainted Love"/"Where Did Our Love Go?"
9. Funky Four Plus One: "That's the Joint"
10. Prince: "Controversy"
11. Grace Jones: "Pull Up to the Bumper"
12. Tana Gardner: "Heartbeat"
   Billy Idol with Gen X: "Dancing with Myself"
   Teena Marie: "Square Biz"
   Frankie Smith: "Double Dutch Bus"
16. Go-Go's: "Our Lips are Sealed"
17. Smokey Robinson: "Being with You"
18. Rick James: "Super Freak"
19. Rosanne Cash: "Seven Year Ache"
20. New Order: "Ceremony"

EPS:
1. The Specials: "Ghost Town"/"Why"/"Friday Night, Saturday Morning"
2. Romeo Void: "Never Say Never"
3. ESG: "ESG"
   Mission of Burma: "Signals, Calls and Marches"
   Pretenders: "Extended Play"
6. DNA: "A Taste of DNA"

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