YEA:
Nick Lowe: Pure Pop for Now People (Columbia) 8
Nanker Phelge: Schoolboy Blues (Ruthless Rhymes import single) 8
The Best of the Spinners (Atlantic) 7
Willie Nelson: Stardust (Columbia) 7
Plastic Bertrand: “Ca Plane Pour Moi” (Sire single) 5
Television: Adventure (Elektra) 5
Brian Eno: Before and After Science (Island) 5
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John: “You’re the One That I Want” (RSO single) 5
Dion: Return of the Wanderer (Lifesong) 5
Generation X (Chrysalis) 1
Nick Lowe: Pure Pop for Now People (Columbia) 8
Nanker Phelge: Schoolboy Blues (Ruthless Rhymes import single) 8
The Best of the Spinners (Atlantic) 7
Willie Nelson: Stardust (Columbia) 7
Plastic Bertrand: “Ca Plane Pour Moi” (Sire single) 5
Television: Adventure (Elektra) 5
Brian Eno: Before and After Science (Island) 5
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John: “You’re the One That I Want” (RSO single) 5
Dion: Return of the Wanderer (Lifesong) 5
Generation X (Chrysalis) 1
NAY:
Randy Bachman: Survivor (Polydor) -4
The Skyliners (Tortoise International) -4
Wreckless Eric (Stiff import) -3
Sham 69: Tell Us the Truth (Sire) -2
Graham Parker & the Rumour: The Parkerilla (Mercury) -1
Village Voice, June 5, 1978
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