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"