Provisional 1978 Long List

Artist	Album
Althea & Donna	Uptown Top Ranking
Barry White	The Man
Blondie	Parallel Lines
Bob Marley	Kaya
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	Stranger in Town
Brian Eno	Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Burning Spear	Social Living
Buzzcocks	Love Bites
Cars	The Cars
Chic	C'est Chic
Dennis Brown	Visions
Dr. Alimantado	Best Dressed Chicken in Town
Elvis Costello	This Year’s Model
Haroumi Hosono & Tadanori Yokoo	Cochin Moon
Kate Bush	Lionheart
Kate Bush	The Kick Inside
Keith Hudson	Rasta Communication
Kraftwerk	Man Machine
Leroy Hutson	Closer to the Source
Leroy Smart	Jah Loves Everyone
Linton Kwesi Johnson (Poet and the Roots)	Dread Beat & Blood
Love Unlimited Orchestra	My Musical Bouquet
Magazine	Real Life
Neil Young	Comes a Time
Only Ones	The Only Ones
Popol Vuh	Nosferatu
Motors	Approved By
Ann Peebles	The Handwriting is on the Wall
U Roy	Jah Son of Africa
Warren Zevon	Excitable Boy
Wire	Chairs Missing
Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra
Tangerine Dream	Cyclone
Cloud One	Funky Disco Tracks of Cloud One
Doobie Brothers	Minute By Minute
Hawklords	25 Years Ago
Martha Reeves	We Meet Again
Clash	Give 'Em Enough Rope
Jam	All Mod Cons
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	You're Gonna Get It
Patterson Twins	Let Me Be Your Lover
Dire Straits	Dire Straits
Van Halen	Van Halen
Thelma Houston	Ready To Roll
Margie Joseph	Feeling My Way
Police	Outlandos D'Amour
Taste of Honey	A Taste of Honey
Bryan Ferry	The Bride Stripped Bare
Generation X	Generation X
Emotions	Sunbeam
Marlena Shaw	Acting Up
Magazine	Real Life
Z.Z. Hill	Let's Make a Deal
Rose Royce	Strikes Again
Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town
Funkadelic	One Nation Under a Groove
Big Star	Sister Lovers
Talking Heads	More Songs About Buldings and Food
Rolling Stones	Some Girls
Steve Reich	Music for 18 Musicians
Buzzcocks	Different Music in a Different Kitchen
Marvin Gaye	Here, My Dear
X-Ray Spex	Germfree Adolescents
Patti Smith	Easter
Tom Waits	Blue Valentine
Captain Beefheart	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
Bob Marley	Babylon by Bus
Saints	Eternally Yours
Stranglers	Black & White
Burning Spear	Social Living
Jacksons	Destiny
Neil Young	Comes a Time
Bob Dylan	Street Legal
Ultravox	Systems of Romance
Townes Van Zandt	Flyin' Shoes
Saints	Prehistoric Sounds
Prince Far I & The Arabs	Crytuff Dub Encounter Vol. 1
Queen	Jazz
Lee Scratch Perry	Return of the Super Ape
Culture	Harder Than the Rest
Lene Lovich	Stateless
Godley & Crème	L
Jane Birkin	Ex-Fan de Sixties
Dick Gaughan	Gaughan
Japan	Adolescent Sex
Abyssinians	Arise
Rachel Sweet	Fool Around
Original Soundtrack	Grease
Hot Chocolate	Every 1s a Winner
Nina Simone	Baltimore
Slave	The Concept
Japan	Obscure Alternatives
Breakwater	Breakwater
Cheryl Lynn	Cheryl Lynn
Teddy Pendergrass	Life is a Song Worth Singing
Grace Jones	Fame
Lee Dorsey	Night People
Creation Rebel	Dub from Creation
Norma Jean	Norma Jean
Black Sabbath	Never Say Die
Village People	Macho Man
Dan Hartman	Instant Replay
Allen Toussaint	Motion
Dexter Wansel	Voyager
Leo Sayer	Leo Sayer
AC/DC	If You Want Blood [Live]
Ali Farka Toure	Radio Mali
Crass	The Feeding of the 5000
David Bowie	Stage
Facts of Life	A Matter of Fact
Johnny Clarke	King In The Arena
Leroy Smart	Jah Loves Everyone
Love Unlimited Orchestra	My Musical Bouquet
Ned Doheny	Prone
Richard Pryor	Wanted
Steve Martin	A Wild & Crazy Guy
Stranglers	Live X-Cert
Syl Johnson	Uptown Shakedown
Terry Allen	Lubbock (On Everything)

1977 Long List

Here is the long list...

Artist	Album	Simple Rating
David Bowie	Low	9.8
Television	Marquee Moon	9.6
Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	9.5
Giorgio Moroder	From Here to Eternity	9.4
Dennis Wilson	Pacific Ocean Blue	9.3
Kraftwerk	Trans Europe Express	9.05
Bob Marley	Exodus	9
Donna Summer	Once Upon a Time	9
Chrome	Alien Soundtracks	8.95
Iggy Pop	The Idiot	8.91
Original Soundtrack	Saturday Night Fever	8.9
Blondie	Plastic Letters	8.9
Millie Jackson	Feelin' Bitchy	8.8
Wire	Pink Flag	8.8
Culture	Two Sevens Clash	8.8
Congos	The Heart of the Congos	8.8
Thin Lizzy	Bad Reputation	8.8
Cerrone	Supernature	8.8
Ultravox	Ha! Ha! Ha!	8.7
Ann Peebles	If This is Heaven	8.7
Abba	The Album	8.7
Richard Hell & The Voidoids	Blank Generation	8.7
Damned	Damned Damned Damned	8.7
Billy Joel	The Stranger	8.6
Townes Van Zandt	Live at the Old Quarter	8.6
Brian Eno	Before and After Science	8.6
Steely Dan	Aja	8.6
Suicide	Suicide	8.6
Junior Murvin	Police & Thieves	8.5
Lou Ragland	Understand Each Other	8.5
Saints	(I'm) Stranded	8.5
David Bowie	Heroes	8.5
Jam	In the City	8.5
Emotions	Rejoice	8.5
Bryan Ferry	In Your Mind	8.4
Talking Heads	77	8.4
Clash	The Clash	8.4
Iggy Pop	Lust For Life	8.4
Barry White	Sings For Someone You Love	8.3
Bill Withers	Menagerie	8.3
Elvis Costello	My Aim is True	8.3
Peter Gabriel	I	8.3
Slave	Slave	8.3
Burning Spear	Dry & Heavy	8.3
Earth Wind & Fire	All 'n' All	8.3
ELO	Out of the Blue	8.3
Motors	1	8.2
Willie Wright	Telling the Truth	8.2
Joan Armatrading	Show Some Emotion	8.2
Syreeta	One to One	8.2
Stranglers	IV - Rattus Norvegicus	8.2
Al Green	Belle	8.2
Ian Dury	New Boots and Panties	8.2
Leroy Hutson	Closer to the Source	8.2
Chic	Chic	8.1
Randy Crawford	Miss Randy Crawford	8.1
Tom Waits	Foreign Affairs	8.1
Peter Tosh	Equal Rights	8.1
Emmylou Harris	Luxury Liner	8.1
Pink Floyd	Animals	8.1
Slave	The Hardness of the World	8.1
Facts of Life	Sometimes	8
Motorhead	Motorhead	8
John Martyn	One World	8
Popol Vuh	Coeur de Verre	8
Sex Pistols	Never Mind the Bollocks	8
Rose Royce	In Full Bloom	8
Ann Sexton	The Beginning	8
Wee	You Can Fly on my Aeroplane	8
AC/DC	Let There Be Rock	8
Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	8
Stranglers	No More Heroes	8
Jackson Browne	Running On Empty	7.9
Leonard Cohen	Death of a Ladies Man	7.9
O.V. Wright	Into Something… Can't Shake Loose	7.9
Ultravox	Ultravox	7.9
Genesis	Wind & Wuthering	7.9
Sister Sledge	Together	7.9
Cheap Trick	Cheap Trick	7.9
Otis Clay	I Can't Take It	7.9
Real Thing	4 From 8	7.9
Minnie Riperton	Stay in Love	7.9
Muddy Waters	Hard Again	7.9
9th Creation	Reaching For the Top	7.9
Delegation	The Promise of Love	7.9
Jacksons	Goin' Places	7.9
Doobie Brothers	Livin' On The Fault Line	7.8
Donna Summer	I Remember Yesterday	7.8
Augustus Pablo	East of the River Nile	7.7
Curtis Mayfield	Short Eyes	7.6
Thelma Houston	The Devil in Me	7.6
Betty Wright	This Time For Real	7.6
Leo Sayer	Thunder in my Heart	7.5
Bob James	Heads	7.5
Dee Dee Sharp	What Color is Love?	7.5
Linda Ronstadt	Simple Dreams	7.5
Genesis	…And Then There Were Three	7.5
Willie Nelson	To Lefty From Willie	7.4
Detroit Emeralds	Feel the Need	7.3
Leroy Smart	Impressions	7.2
Lou Rawls	When You Hear Lou, You've Heard it All	7
Teddy Pendergrass	Teddy Pendergrass	7
Keith Hudson	Brand	7
Weather Report	Heavy Weather	7
Marlena Shaw	Sweet Beginnings	6.9
Eddie Hazel	Game Dames and Guitar Thangs	6.8
Lee Hazelwood	Back on the Streets Again	6.5
Odyssey	Odyssey	6.5
Grace Jones	Portfolio	6.2
Village People	Village People	6.1
John Barry	The Deep	5.8
Throbbing Gristle	Second Annual Report	5