1984 NME Albums
1. Poet 2 - Bobby Womack
2. Born In The Usa - Bruce Springsteen
3. In The Studio - The Special Aka
4. Love Wars - Womack And Womack
5. Climate Of The Hunter - Scott Walker
6. Brewing Up With.. - Billy Bragg
7. The Reckoning - Rem
8. Purple Rain - Prince
9. The Smiths - The Smiths
10. The Magazine - Rickie Lee Jones
11. Spring Hill Fair - The Go Betweens
12. Goodbye Cruel World - Elvis Costello
13. Keep Moving - Madness
14. Wonderful & Frightening World Of.. - The Fall
15. Cafe Bleu - The Style Council
16. Making History - Linton Kwesi Johnson
17. Immigres - Youssou Ndour
18. Cover - Tom Verlane
19. Jonathan Sings - Jonathan Richman
20. Eden - Everything But The Girl
21. Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
22. A Bunch Of Foulness In The Pit - Holger Hiller
23. Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths
24. Texas Fever - Orange Juice
25. Swoon - Prefab Sprout
26. Change Of Heart - Change
27. Red Roses For Me - The Pogues
28. A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile
29. From Her To Eternity - Nick Cave
30. Hole - Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel
31. Neville-Ization - Neville Brothers
32. Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen
33. Mister Heartbreak - Laurie Anderson
34. Atom Drum Bop - The Three Johns
35. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
36. Der Orten Is Rot - Holger Czukay
37. Treasure - Cocteau Twins
38. Age Of Consent - Bronski Beat
39. Knife - Aztec Camera
40. Diamond Life - Sade
41. Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
42. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
43. A Pagan Place - The Waterboys
44. No Frills - The Persuasions
45. Essar - Smoky Robinson
46. Showdown Vol 2 - Frankie Paul & Sugar Minot
47. Historic Concerts - Cecil Taylor/Max Roach
48. Let The Music Play - Shannon
49. Mirror Moves - Psychedelic Furs
50. Sisters - The Bluebells
NME Singles 1984
1. Love Wars - Womack And Womack
2. I Wanna Be Loved - Elvis Costello
3. Free Nelson Mandella - Special Aka
4. Don't Look Any Further - Dennis Edwards
5. Slippery People - Staple Singers
6. Yah Mo Be There - James Ingram
7. What Difference Does It Make - The Smiths
8. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
9. When Doves Cry - Prince
10. Jump - Van Halen
11. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
12. No Sell Out/Malcolm X - Malcolm X
13. Hey Dj - World's Famous Supreme Team
14. War Is In The Dance - Frankie Paul
15. And I Don't Love You - Smoky Robinson
16. Love Has Finally Come At Last - Bobby Womack/Patti Labelle
17. Bachelor Kisses - The Go Betweens
18. Keep On Keeping On - The Redskins
19. Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown
20. We Need Money - Chuck Brown
21. You're The Best Thing - Style Council
22. Venceremos (We Will Win) - Working Week
23. Taxi - J Blackfoot
24. Madam Butterfly - Malcolm Mclaren
25. Track Three - Scott Walker
26. What Presence? - Orange Juice
27. Tinsel Town In The Rain - The Blue Nile
28. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cindy Lauper
29. Calamity Crush - Foetus Art Terrorism
30. Small-Town Boy - Bronski Beat
31. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend - The Special Aka
32. In The Ghetto - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
33. Dark Streets Of London - The Pogues
34. Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire
35. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
36. Don't Go Lose It Baby - Hugh Masekela
37. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
38. Peace In Our Time - The Imposter
39. It's A Man's Man's Man's World - The Residents
40. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
41. Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chuka Khan
42. I Bloodbrother Be - Shock Headed Peters
43. Do The Square Thing - The Three Johns
44. The Big Music - The Waterboys
45. The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen
46. Michael Caine - Madness
47. Abele Dance - Manu Dibango
48. Honey At The Core - Friends Again
49. Each And Every One - Everything But The Girl
50. Out Of The Flesh - Chakk
New Musical Express Compiled Other Lists This Year Including :
• Compilation Albums
• Video
• Re-Issues
• Reggae 45's
• Reggae Albums
• African Albums
• Us Black 45's
• Us Black Albums
• Country Albums
• Hardcore Albums
• Jazz & Improvised Albums
NME Pop Poll Results
(NME 23/02/85)
Many Thanks to Colin Hamilton For Supplying Pop Poll Results.
Best Group
1 The Smiths
2 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3 U2
4 Style Council
=5 Echo and the Bunnymen
=5 Cocteau Twins
7 The Fall
8 REM
9 New Order
10 Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Best Album
=1 Treasure - Cocteau Twins
=1 Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen
3 The Unforgettable Fire - U2
4 The Smiths - The Smiths
=5 Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen
=5 Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
7 Cafe Bleu - Style Council
8 Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
9 Brewing Up With... - Billy Bragg
10 In The Studio - Special AKA
Best Single
1 Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
=2 Nelson Mandela - Special AKA
=2 Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4 Pride - U2
5 Pearly Dewdrop Drops - Cocteau Twins
6 Keep On Keepin On - The Redskins
7 Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
8 What Difference Does It Make - The Smiths
9 The KIlling Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
10 You're The Best Thing - Style Council
Best New Act
1 Bronski Beat
2 Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4 The Redskins
5 Sade
