mjm (02/23/83)
Here is the Village Voice 1982 PAZZ & JOP CRITICS' POLL
as published in the issue dated February 22, 1983.
ALBUMS
1. Elvis Costello and the Attractions: "Imperial Bedroom"
2. Richard & Linda Thompson: "Shoot Out the Lights"
3. Bruce Springsteen: "Nebraska"
4. King Sunny Ade and His African Beats: "Juju Music"
5. Lou Reed: "The Blue Mask"
6. Prince: "1999"
7. The English Beat: "Special Beat Service"
8. Marvin Gaye: "Midnight Love"
9. Marshall Crenshaw: "Marshall Crenshaw"
10. X: "Under the Big Black Sun"
11. Roxy Music: "Avalon"
12. Flipper: "Album/Generic Flipper"
13. Ornette Coleman: "Of Human Feelings"
14. Donald Fagen: "The Nightfly"
15. Michael Jackson: "Thriller"
16. Laurie Anderson: "Big Science"
17. Joe Jackson: "Night And Day"
18. The Clash: "Combat Rock"
19. ABC: "The Lexicon of Love"
20. Gang of Four: "Songs of the Free"
21. Richard Hell and the Voidoids: "Destiny Street"
22. Rank and File: "Sundown"
23. dB's: "Repercussion"
24. The Dream Syndicate: "Days of Wine and Roses"
25. Fleshtones: "Roman Gods"
26. The Human League: "Dare"
Kid Creole and the Coconuts: "Wise Guy"
28. Van Morrison: "Beautiful Vision"
29. George Clinton: "Computer Games"
30. XTC: "English Settlement"
31. Mission of Burma: "Vs."
32. Warren Zevon: "The Envoy"
33. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: "Ice Cream for Crow"
34. Paul McCartney: "Tug of War"
35. The Roches: "Keep on Doing"
36. Aretha Franklin: "Jump to It"
37. Fleetwood Mac: "Mirage"
38. Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society: "Mandance"
39. Joni Mitchell: "Wild Things Run Fast"
40. Ted Hawkins: "Watch Your Step"
Squeeze: "Sweets from a Stranger"
SINGLES
1. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five: "The Message"
2. Marvin Gaye: "Sexual Healing"
3. The Clash: "Rock the Casbah"
4. Prince: "1999"/"How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
5. Soft Cell: "Tainted Love"/"Where Did Our Love Go"
6. Musical Youth: "Pass the Dutchie"
7. Pretenders: "Back on the Chain Gang"/"My City Was Gone"
8. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force: "Planet Rock"
9. ABC: "The Look of Love"
Aretha Franklin: "Jump to It"
The Human League: "Don't You Want Me"
12. New Order: "Temptation"
13. Gang of Four: "I Love a Man in a Uniform"/"Producer"
14. Junior: "Mama Used To Say"
15. Toni Basil: "Mickey"
16. Peter Gabriel: "Shock the Monkey"
Gap Band: "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
18. The English Beat: "Save It for Later"
Joe Jackson: "Steppin' Out"
20. Yazoo: "Situation"/"Don't Go"
21. The Fearless Four: "Rockin' It"
Flipper: "Sex Bomb"/"Brainwash"
23. Fleetwood Mac: "Hold Me"
Go-Go's: "Vacation"
The Weather Girls: "It's Raining Men"
Stevie Wonder: "That Girl"/"Do I Do"
EPS
1. T-Bone Burnett: "Trap Door"
2. R.E.M.: "Chronic Town"
3. The Dream Syndicate: "The Dream Syndicate"
4. Meat Puppets: "Meat Puppets"
The Neats: "The Monkey's Head in the Corner of the Room"
6. The Jam: "The Gift"
7. The Brains: "Dancing Under Streetlights"
8. The Waitresses: "I Could Rule the World if I Could Only Get the Parts"
9. ESG: "ESG Says Dance to the Beat of Moody"
Gang of Four: "Another Day/Another Dollar"