Sounds, December 24, 1977

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Sounds 1977 albums of the year


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Yes! Only a few lines of type separate you from the most eagerly-awaited honours list in show business. In time-honoured tradition, the seers and sages/savages who comprise the Sounds staff were asked to list their ten favourite albums in order of preference. Editor Alan Lewis (no relation) was then locked in a hermetically-sealed capsule and lowered to the sea bed beneath the polar ice-cap to begin computing the results. Awarding each album 10 points for being nominated as a first choice, nine points for a second choice, and so on, and so on, and helped only by a team of Mormon schoolgirl "accountants," he came up with the following list...


  1. Marquee Moon, Television, Elektra
  2. The Clash, CBS
  3. Never Mind The Bollocks... Sex Pistols, Virgin
  4. Talking Heads 77, Talking Heads, Sire
  5. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Shelter
  6. Rattus Norvegicus, Stranglers, United Artists
  7. New Boots And Panties, Ian Dury, Stiff
  8. Blondie, Chrysalis
  9. My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello, Stiff
  10. Heroes, David Bowie, RCA
  11. Pink Flag, Wire, EMI
  12. The Idiot, Iggy Pop, RCA
  13. Trans-Europe Express; Kraftwerk, Capitol
  14. Exodus, Bob Marley And The Wailers, Island
  15. Low, David Bowie, RCA
  16. The Boys, Nems
  17. Two Sevens Clash, Culture, Joe Gibbs
  18. Hard Again, Muddy Waters, Blue Sky
  19. Get It, Dave Edmunds, Swan Song
  20. Kiss Alive II, Kiss, Casablanca



The year of the single


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The year of the single? You're not kidding. Last year, when the idea of a top twenty singles was broached, only a couple of the Sounds staff were remotely interested. Now they're so hot on the idea of seven (or twelve, this also being the year of overstatement) inches of black, purple, sky blue pink or whatever vinyl, that they've come up with a list of a hundred of the little bleeders. In times of economic strictures even us journalists who get most of our records for free have realised that singles are better value — why waste forty minutes of your precious life when you can get the fun in a three minute blast.

This list was compiled by Dave Brown from the assorted choices of all of the drunkards, drug addicts, perverts and creeps that put finger to typewriter for the rag. And, of course, there must be another two or three hundred that probably deserved to have had their picture in here too.

  1. God Save The Queen, Sex Pistols, Virgin
  2. Roadrunner, Jonathan Richman, Beserkley
  3. Motorway Song, Tom Robinson Band, EMI
  4. Oh Bondage Up Yours, X-ray Spex, Virgin
  5. Marquee Moon, Television, Elektra
  6. Pretty Vacant, Sex Pistols, Virgin
  7. White Riot, The Clash, CBS
  8. Whole Wide World, Wreckless Eric, Stiff
  9. Do Anything You Wanna Do, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Island
  10. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Ian Dury, Stiff
  11. Watching The Detectives, Elvis Costello, Stiff
  12. Solsbury Hill, Peter Gabriel, Charisma

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Tags: TelevisionMarquee MoonThe ClashThe Sex PistolsNever Mind The BollocksTalking HeadsTom Petty and The HeartbreakersStiff RecordsIan DuryBlondieMy Aim Is TrueDavid BowieLowHeroesIggy PopBob MarleyMuddy WatersDave EdmundsGod Save The QueenJonathan RichmanBeserkleyTom RobinsonWhole Wide WorldWreckless EricSex & Drugs & Rock & RollWatching The Detectives

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Sounds, December 24, 1977


My Aim Is True is No. 9 in the Sounds staff Albums Of The Year poll.


Singles Of The Year include "Less Than Zero," "Alison" and "Watching The Detectives."


Gig guide notes the upcoming Christmas shows, Dec. 22, 23 and 24 at the Nashville.

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Steppin' out


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Old four-eyes is resurrected to gig on a festive three-nighter involving mistletoe, booze, sweat and stiff stuff at London's Nashville this week. If you already have tickets you can catch him Thursday plus The Pop Group, Friday with The Boyfriends, and Christmas Eve with The Boyfriends. This one is sold out.


Photo by Paul Cox.
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Cover and page scan.
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