1981 Kritiker
- issued January 1982 -
Platten des Jahres
1981 critics
records of the year
Sektion 1
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Henry Badowski - Life Is A Grand
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Passage - For All And None
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Echo And The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
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The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down
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The Honeymonn Killers - Les Tueurs de la lune de miel
Sektion 2: Elektronik
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Heaven 17 - Penthouse & Pavement
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The Human League - Dare
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Riuichi Sakamoto - B-2 Unit
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Yellow Magic Orchestra - BGM
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Der Plan - Normalette Surprise
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Pyrolator - Ausland
Sektion 3: Disco & Neo-Funk
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Lizzy Mercier-Descloux - Mambo Nassau
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Was (Not) Was
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Mutant Disco
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Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places
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Linx - Intuition
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Linx - Go Ahead
Sektion 4: Dritte Welt
third world
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Gregory Issacs - More Gregory
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Creation Rebel - Psychotic Jonkanoo
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Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare - Taxi Compilation
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Gasper-Lawal - Ajomase
Sektion 5: Jazz
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Lounge Lizards
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Miles Davis
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Material
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James Blood Ulmer
Sektion 6: Avantgarde
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This Heat - Deceit
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Laughing Hands - Ledge
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Laughing Hands - Dog Photos
Singles 1981
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DAF - Tanz mit mir
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Palais Schaumburg - Kinder der Tod
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James Brown - Rapp Payback
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Prince - Sexuality
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Heaven 17 - Facist Groove Thang
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Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1
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Higsons - I Don't Want To Live With Monkeys
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Jam - Absolute Beginners
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Specials - Ghost Town
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Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going
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General Saint & Clint Eastwood - Young Love Die
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Funkapolitan - As The Time Goes By
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Coati Mundi - Me No Pop I
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Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
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Grace Jones - I've Seen That Face Before
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Vivien Goldman - Launderette
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Laurie Anderson - Oh Superman
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Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum
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The Clash - This Is Radio Clash
1983 Kritiker
This Year's Models !
- issued December 1983 -
1981 critics
Es ist nicht zu erkennen, ob dieses wirklich die Jahresbesten der SPEX Redaktion sind oder nur eine Werbung verschiedener Plattenfirmen.
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The Unknown Cases - Masimba Bele (Maxi Single)
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The Unknown Cases - Oëkikawai
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Pete Townshend - Scoop
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Die Profis - Neue Sensationen
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Killing Joke - Fire Dances
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The Who - Rarities I & II
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Ton Steine Scherben - Scherben
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Brian Eno - Apollo, Atmospheres & Soundtracks
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Roxy Music - The Atlantic Years 1973/1980
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Simon Townshend - Sweet Sound
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Dunkelziffer - Colours And Soul
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Wolf Maahn - Bisse und Küsse
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Tommi Stumpff - Mich kriegt ihr nicht (Single)
1984 Kritiker
1984 critics
Spex - Charts
- issued January 1985 -
LPs
- Gun Club - The Las Vegas Story
- Bobby Womack - The Poet II
- Womack & Womack - Love Wars
- Prince - Purple Rain
- Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History
- Special A.K.A. - In The Studio
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome
- Booker Newberry III - Love Town
- Nick Cave - From Here To Eternity
- Scott Walker - Climate Of Hunter
- Rank & File - Long Gone Dead
- Marc Almond - Vermin In Ermine
- Stranglers - Aural Sculptures
- Go-Betweens - Spring Hill Affair
- J. Blackfoot - City Slickers
- Lords Of The New Church - The Method Of Our Madness
- Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground
- Pale Fountains - Pacific Street
- Style Council - Cafe Bleu
- Holger Hiller - Ein Bündel Fäulnis in der Grube
- Julian Cope - World Shut Up Your Mouth
- Wynton Marsalis - Think Of One
- Green On Red - Gravity Talks
- Lou Reed - New Sensations
- V.A. - That's The Way I Feel Now (A Tribute To Thelonius Monk)
- Nikki Sudden - Jacobites
- Spandau Ballet - Parade
- Three Johns - Atom Drum Bop
- Billy Bragg - Brewing Up With
- L.J.Reynolds - Lovin' Man
- David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
- Tina Turner - Private Dancer
- Beat Rodeo - Stayin' Out Late
- Cabaret Voltaire - Micro Phonies
- Moodists - Thursday's Calling
- T.V. Personalities - Painted Word
- David Murray - Morning Song
- Smokey Robinson - Essar
- Jason & The Scorchers - Fervor
- Bronski Beat - Age Of Consent
- Miles Davis - Heard Around The World
- Soft Cell - This Last Night In Sodom
- Cassiber - The Beauty And The Beast
- Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
- Elvis Costello - Goodbye Cruel World
- Scrapping Foetus Off The Wheel - Hole
- Kashif - Send Me Your Love
- Barracudas - Endeavour To Persevere
- Cultur Club - Waking Up With The House On Fire
- Marc Riley & The Creepers - Cull
Singles
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
- Special A.K.A. - Nelson Mandela
- Nick Cave - In The Ghetto
- Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
- George McCrae - One Step Closer
- Style Council - Shout To The Top
- Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
- Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
- Evelyn Thomas - High Energy
- Working Week - Storm Of Light
- Mel Brooks - To Be Or Not To Be
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
- Sheila E. - Glamorous Life
- Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
- The Fall - C.R.E.E.P.
- James Ingram - Yah Mo B There
- Redskins - Keep On Keepin' On
- J. Blackfoot - Taxi
- Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
- Culture Club - War Song
- Cameo - She's Strange
- Slade - My Oh My
- Colourfield - Take
- Womack & Womack - Love Wars
- Cindy Lauper - Time After Time
- 1000 Mexicans - The Last Pop Song
- Family Five - Tagaus Tagein
- Go Between - Bachelor Kisses
- Beatitudes - Grace Of Mystery
- Nikki Sudden - Shame For The Angels
- Edwyn Collins / Paul Quinn - Pale Blue Eyes
- Uptown Horn Band - Sex With My Ex
- Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection
- Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further
- Prince - Purple Rain
- Kane Gang - Closest Thing To Heaven
- Staple Singers - Slippery People
- Cure - Caterpillar
- The Stranglers - Skin Deep
- Rock Steady Crew - Uprock
- Marc Almond - You Have
- Jazz Butcher - Roadrunner
- Captain Sensible - There Are More Snakes Than Ladders
- Orson Family - No One Waits Forever
- Edwin Starr - Love Storm
- Red Guitars - Marimba Jive
- Rose Royce - Magic Touch
- Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Forest Fire
- Revolving Paint Dreams - Flowers In The Sky
- Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
1984 POLL
- issued February 1985 -
Beste LP
best album
- Gun Club - The Las Vegas Story
- Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground
- Marc Almond & Willing Sinners - Ermin In Vermine
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity
- Style Council - Cafe Bleu
- Heaven 17 - Now Men Are
- Sade - Diamond Life
- Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
- Die Toten Hosen - Unter falscher Flagge
- John Cale - Carribean Sunset
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome
- Cocteau Twins - Treasure
- The Stranglers - Aural Sculpture
- The Special A.K.A. - In The Studio
- The Smiths - The Smiths
- Human League - Hysteria
- David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
- The Cure - The Top
- Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnake
- Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies
- Soft Cell - The Last Night In Sodom
- Laurie Anderson - Mr. Heartbreak
- 10.000 Maniacs - Secrets Of The I Ching
- The Fall - Perverted By Language
- Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
Beste Single
best single
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
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Style Council - Shout To The Top
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Nick Cave - In The Ghetto
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
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The Stranglers - Skin Deep
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Die Toten Hosen - Kriminaltango
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U2 - Pride
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The Special A.K.A. - Free Nelson Mandela
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Prince - Purple Rain
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Die Toten Hosen - Hip Hop Bommi Bop
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Power Of Love
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Malcolm McLaren - Madame Butterfly
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Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse
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Residents - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
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Prince - When Doves Cry
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Holger Hiller - Johnny, Du Lump
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Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
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Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Marc Almond - The Boy Who Came Back
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Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
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Sisters Of Mercy - Body And Soul
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The Fall - C.R.E.E.P.
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Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
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New Order - Thieves Like Us
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Scritti Politti - Absolute
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