Creem Magazine Reader Polls ( , 79-80)

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1 Creem Magazine Reader Polls ( , 79-80) Creem Magazine 1973 Reader Poll Results Top Albums 1. Mott The Hoople Mott The Hoople 2. The Who Quadrophenia 3. Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 4. The Rolling Stones Goat's Head Soup 5. New York Dolls New York Dolls 6. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 7. Allman Brothers Brothers and Sisters 8. Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy 9. Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies 10. Stooges Raw Power 11. Blue Oyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation 12. David Bowie Aladdin Sane 13. Paul McCartney and Wings Band on the Run 14. Emerson, Lake and Palmer Brain Salad Surgery 15. Todd Rundgren A Wizard, A True Star 16. Yes Yessongs 17. Paul Simon There Goes Rhymin' Simon 18. David Bowie Pin-Ups 19. J. Geils Band Bloodshot

2 20. Jethro Tull A Passion Play Top Singles 1. Angie The Rolling Stones 2. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting Elton John 3. Ramblin' Man Allman Brothers 4. We're an American Band Grand Funk 5. Brother Louie Stories 6. All the Way from Memphis Mott The Hoople 7. Frankenstein Edgar Winter Group 8. Money Pink Floyd 9. Reelin' in the Years Steely Dan 10. Hello It's Me Todd Rundgren Best Re-Issue 1. Thunderclap Newman Hollywood Dream 2. Allman Brothers Beginnings 3. The Beatles Todd Rundgren Something/Anything? 5. Soundtrack American Graffiti 6. Pink Floyd A Nice Pair 7. The Beatles Spirit Best of Spirit 9. Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield 10. The Move Split Ends * Top Group: 1) Mott The Hoople / 2) The Who / 3) Allman Brothers / 4) The Rolling Stones * Top Live Group: 1) The Who / 2) Alice Cooper / 3) J. Geils Band / 4) New York Dolls * Best Male Singer: 1) David Bowie / 2) Elton John / 3) Mick Jagger * Best Female Singer: 1) Bette Midler / 2) Carly Simon / 3) Joni Mitchell * Best R&B Singer: 1) Stevie Wonder / 2) Al Green / 3) Marvin Gaye * Best R&B Group: 1) War / 2) J. Geils Band / 3) The Spinners * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Mick Ronson / 3) Richard Betts * Best Keyboard: 1) Keith Emerson / 2) Rick Wakeman / 3) Elton John * Best Bassist: 1) Paul McCartney / 2) John Entwistle / 3) Chris Squire * Best Drummer: 1) Keith Moon / 2) Billy Cobham / 3) Aynsley Dunbar * Best Horn Man: 1) Bobby Keyes / 2) Andrew Mackay / 3) Miles Davis * Misc. Instr.: 1) Magic Dick (harp) / 2) Ian Anderson (flute) / 3) Todd Rundgren (studio) * Best Producer: 1) Todd Rundgren / 2) Richard Perry / 3) Bob Ezrin * Worst Group: 1) New York Dolls / 2) Osmonds / 3) Grand Funk 4) / Slade

3 * Best Songwriter: 1) Elton John/Bernie Taupin / 2) David Bowie / 3) Pete Townshend * Best New Group: 1) New York Dolls / 2) Queen / 3) Aerosmith / 4) Lynyrd Skynyrd * Disappointment: 1) The Rolling Stones Goat's Head Soup / 2) Bowie retirement / 3) Lou Reed Berlin * Most Pathetic: 1) Richard Nixon / 2) Lou Reed / 3) New York Dolls * Drug: 1) Marijuana / 2) Alcohol / 3) Quaalude * Hero: 1) Elton John / 2) Sam Ervin / 3) Todd Rundgren * Comeback: 1) The Stooges / 2) Paul McCartney / 3) Johnny Winter * Rip-off: 1) Richard Nixon / 2) Watergate / 3) Record prices * Most Valuable Player: 1) Mick Ronson / 2) Todd Rundgren / 3) Pete Townshend * Critic: 1) Lester Bangs / 2) Robert Christgau / 3) R. Melzer * Fad: 1) Glitter / 2) The 1950s / 3) Homosexuality / 4) Watergate * Best Rock 'n' Roll Movie: 1) American Graffiti / 2) Jimi Hendrix / 3) The Harder They Come Creem Magazine 1974 Reader Poll Results Top Albums 1. The Rolling Stones It's Only Rock 'n' Roll 2. David Bowie Diamond Dogs 3. Bad Company Bad Company 4. David Bowie David Live 5. Roxy Music Stranded 6. Elton John Caribou 7. Emerson, Lake and Palmer Welcome Back My Friends 8. Lou Reed Rock 'n' Roll Animal 9. Robin Trower Bridge of Sighs 10. The Who Odds and Sods 11. Todd Rundgren Utopia

4 12. Jethro Tull War Child 13. The New York Dolls In Too Much, Too Soon 14. Bachman-Turner Overdrive Not Fragile 15. Sparks Kimono My House 16. Mott the Hoople The Hoople 17. Kiss Kiss 18. Eno Here Come the Warm Jets 19. Mott the Hoople Mott Live 20. Blue Oyster Cult Secret Treaties Top Singles 1. Can't Get Enough Bad Company 2. Rebel, Rebel David Bowie 3. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) The Rolling Stones 4. The Bitch is Back Elton John 5. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet Bachman-Turner Overdrive 6. Radar Love Golden Earring 7. Bungle in the Jungle Jethro Tull 8. Junior's Farm Paul McCartney and Wings 9. Bennie and the Jets Elton John 10. Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd Best Re-Issue 1. The Who A Quick One 2. The Beach Boys Endless Summer 3. The Move Best of the Move 4. Mott The Hoople Rock 'n' Roll Queen 5. Alice Cooper Greatest Hits 6. Elton John Greatest Hits 7. Various Artists History of British Rock, Vol. II 8. Genesis From Genesis to Revelation 9. Them Backtrackin' 10. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young So Far Album Cover of the Year 1. David Bowie Diamond Dogs 2. The Rolling Stones It's Only Rock 'n Roll 3. Jefferson Starship Dragonfly 4. J. Geils Band Nightmares 5. Yes Relayer

5 6. Roxy Music Stranded 7. Jethro Tull War Child 8. Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado 9. Grand Funk Shinin' On 10. Elton John Caribou * Top Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) The Who / 3) Roxy Music * Top Live Group: 1) Emerson, Lake and Palmer / 2) The Who / 3) David Bowie * Best Male Singer: 1) David Bowie / 2) Elton John / 3) Mick Jagger * Best Female Singer: 1) Joni Mitchell / 2) Suzi Quatro / 3) Grace Slick * Best R&B Singer: 1) Stevie Wonder / 2) Peter Wolf / 3) Al Green * Best R&B Group: 1) The J. Geils Band / 2) Rufus / 3) Gladys Knight and The Pips * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Mick Ronson / 3) Eric Clapton * Best Keyboard: 1) Keith Emerson / 2) Elton John / 3) Rick Wakeman * Best Bassist: 1) Paul McCartney / 2) John Entwistle / 3) Bill Wyman * Best Drummer: 1) Carl Palmer / 2) Keith Moon / 3) Nigel Olsson * Best Horn Man: 1) Andy Mackay / 2) Bobby Keyes / 3) Edgar Winter * Most Valuable Player: 1) Elton John / 2) Pete Townshend / 3) Nicky Hopkins * Best Producer: 1) Todd Rundgren / 2) Gus Dudgeon / 3) David Bowie * Worst Group: 1) The New York Dolls / 2) The Osmonds / 3) Bachman-Turner Overdrive * Best Songwriter: 1) Elton John-Bernie Tapin / 2) David Bowie / 3) Jagger-Richards * Best New Group: 1) Bad Company / 2) Kiss / 3) Bachman-Turner Overdrive * Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian Anderson / 2) Eno / 3) Magic Dick * Most Pathetic of the Year: 1) Richard Nixon / 2) David Bowie / 3) Elton John * Drug of the Year: 1) Marijuana / 2) Cocaine / 3) Alcohol * Hero(ine) of the Year: 1) Elton John / 2) David Bowie / 3) Judge John Sirica * Comeback of the Year: 1) Eric Clapton / 2) Bob Dylan / 3) David Bowie * Biggest Disappointment: 1) George Harrison / 2) David Bowie / 3) Jerry Ford / 4) Nixon pardon * Rip-Off of the Year: 1) Record Prices / 2) Evel Knievel / 3) David Bowie / 4) Nixon pardon * Critic of the Year: 1) Lester Bangs / 2) Robert Christgau / 3) Jaan Uhelszki * Fad of the Year: 1) Streaking / 2) Glitter / 3) Elton John * Sex Object of the Year: 1) Suzi Quatro / 2) David Bowie / 3) Elton John * Best Rock 'n' Roll Movie: 1) Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones / 2) Phantom of the Paradise / 3) Pink Floyd

6 Creem Magazine 1975 Reader Poll Results Top Albums 1. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 2. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run 3. Aerosmith Toys in the Attic 4. David Bowie Young Americans 5. Kiss Alive! 6. Elton John Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy 7. The Who By Numbers 8. Elton John Rock of the Westies 9. Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 10. Black Sabbath Sabotage 11. Rod Stewart Atlantic Crossing 12. Jefferson Starship Red Octopus 13. Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare 14. Jeff Beck Blow By Blow 15. Paul McCartney and Wings Venus and Mars 16. The Rolling Stones Made in the Shade 17. Peter Frampton Frampton 18. Ian Hunter Ian Hunter 19. The Tubes The Tubes 20. Kiss Dressed to Kill Top Singles

7 1. Fame David Bowie 2. Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 3. Miracles Jefferson Starship 4. Ballroom Blitz The Sweet 5. One of These Nights The Eagles 6. Sweet Emotion Aerosmith 7. Young Americans David Bowie 8. I'm Not in Love 10CC 9. Tush ZZ Top 10. Rock and Roll All Nite Kiss Best Re-Issue 1. The Rolling Stones Made in the Shade 2. The Rolling Stones Metamorphosis 3. Bob Dylan The Basement Tapes 4. John Lennon Shaved Fish 5. Free Best of Free 6. Yes Yesterdays 7. Elton John Empty Sky 8. Jeff Beck Jeff Beck and The Yardbirds 9. The Who The Who Sell Out/A Quick One 10. Chicago Chicago IX, Chicago's Greatest Hits * Top Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) Led Zeppelin / 3) The Who / 4) Aerosmith * Top Live Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) Kiss / 3) Led Zeppelin / 4) The Who * Best Male Singer: 1) David Bowie / 2) Mick Jagger / 3) Elton John * Best Female Singer: 1) Linda Ronstadt / 2) Grace Slick / 3) Patti Smith * Best R&B Singer: 1) Stevie Wonder / 2) David Bowie / 3) Mick Jagger * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Eric Clapton / 3) Keith Richards * Best Keyboard: 1) Elton John / 2) Keith Emerson / 3) Rick Wakeman * Best Bassist: 1) John Entwistle / 2) Bill Wyman / 3) Paul McCartney * Best Drummer: 1) Keith Moon / 2) Charlie Watts / 3) Nigel Olsson * Best Horn Man: 1) Andy Mackay / 2) Clarence Clemons / 3) Edgar Winter * Best Songwriter: 1) Elton John/Bernie Taupin / 2) David Bowie / 3) Mick Jagger/Keith Richards * Most Valuable Player: 1) Ron Wood / 2) Keith Richards / 3) Elton John * Best Producer: 1) Todd Rundgren / 2) Gus Dudgeon / 3) Jimmy Page * Best R&B Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) J. Geils Band / 3) Average White Band * Worst Group: 1) Bay City Rollers / 2) Kiss / 3) Elton John * Best New Group: 1) The Tubes / 2) Bruce Springsteen / 3) The Outlaws / 4) Patti Smith * Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian Anderson / 2) Eno / 3) Ray Cooper * Drug of the Year: 1) Marijuana / 2) Alcohol / 3) Cocaine

8 * Rip-off of the Year: 1) Concert Prices / 2) Album Prices / 3) Metal Machine Music * Comeback of the Year: 1) Neil Sedaka / 2) The Rolling Stones / 3) Bob Dylan * Hero/ine of the year: 1) Elton John / 2) Bruce Springsteen / 3) Ron Wood * Most Pathetic: 1) Elton John / 2) David Bowie / 3) President Ford * Biggest Disappointment: 1) Elton John / 2) David Bowie / 3) No Led Zeppelin Tour * Critic of the Year: 1) Lester Bangs / 2) Jaan Uhelski / 3) Robert Christgau * Fad of the Year: 1) Disco / 2) Bruce Springsteen / 3) Trying to kill the President * Album Cover of the Year: 1) Elton John Captain Fantastic / 2) Rod Stewart Atlantic Crossing / 3) Roxy Music Country Life / 4) Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here * Fashion Plate of Year: 1) Bryan Ferry / 2) Cher / 3) Elton John * Sex Object of the Year: 1) David Bowie / 2) Mick Jagger / 3) Linda Ronstadt * Best Rock and Roll Movie: 1) Tommy / 2) Stardust / 3) Lisztomania * Punk of the Year: 1) Lou Reed / 2) Steven Tyler / 3) Elton John Reader Poll Issues (Covers)

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13 Creem Magazine 1977 Reader Poll Results Top Albums 1. Fleetwood Mac Rumours 2. The Rolling Stones Love You Live 3. Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever 4. Kiss Love Gun 5. Yes Going for the One 6. Kiss Alive II 7. Heart Little Queen 8. Foghat Live 9. Emerson, Lake and Palmer Works, Vol Foreigner Foreigner 11. Rush A Farewell To Kings 12. Rod Stewart Footloose and Fancy Free 13. Lynyrd Skynyrd Street Survivors 14. Peter Frampton I'm In You 15. Steve Miller Band Book of Dreams 16. David Bowie Heroes 17. Television Marquee Moon 18. Styx The Grand Illusion 19. Queen News of the World 20. Pink Floyd Animals 21. Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane Rough Mix 22. Boston Boston 23. The Eagles Hotel California 24. Iggy Pop Lust for Life

14 25. Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band Night Moves Top Songs 1. Dreams Fleetwood Mac 2. Cat Scratch Fever Ted Nugent 3. God Save the Queen Sex Pistols 4. Barracuda Heart 5. Life in the Fast Lane The Eagles 6. Carry on Wayward Son Kansas 7. Sheena is a Punk Rocker Ramones 8. Hotel California The Eagles 9. Cold as Ice Foreigner 10. Night Moves Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band 11. Feels Like the First Time Foreigner 12. Tie Your Mother Down Queen 13. You're in My Heart Rod Stewart 14. We Are the Champions Queen 15. Christine Sixteen Kiss Album Cover of the Year 1. Kiss Love Gun 2. Fleetwood Mac Rumours 3. The Rolling Stones Love You Live 4. Steve Miller Band Book of Dreams 5. Peter Frampton I'm In You 6. Queen News of the World 7. Styx The Grand Illusion 8. Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever 9. Kansas Point of Know Return 10. Lynyrd Skynyrd Street Survivors * Top Group: 1) Led Zeppelin / 2) Fleetwood Mac / 3) Kiss * Top Live Group: 1) Led Zeppelin / 2) Kiss / 3) Aerosmith * Best New Group: 1) Foreigner / 2) The Babys / 3) Cheap Trick * Best New Wave Group/Performer: 1) Sex Pistols / 2) Ramones / 3) Iggy Pop * Worst Group: 1) Kiss / 2) Bay City Rollers / 3) Sex Pistols * Best Male Singer: 1) Robert Plant / 2) Mick Jagger / 3) Paul Stanley * Best Female Singer: 1) Linda Ronstadt / 2) Stevie Nicks / 3) Ann Wilson * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Ace Frehley / 3) Keith Richards * Best Bassist: 1) John Paul Jones / 2) Gene Simmons / 3) Paul McCartney * Best Drummer: 1) John Bonham 2) Peter Criss / 3) Carl Palmer

15 * Most Valuable Player: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Brian May / 3) Gene Simmons * Best Producer: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Eddie Kramer / 3) Todd Rundgren * Best Songwriter: 1) Page-Plant / 2) Stanley-Simmons / 3) Jagger-Richards * Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian Anderson / 2) Magic Dick / 3) Brian Eno * Biggest Disappointment: 1) Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash / 2) Led Zeppelin Tour Cut Short / 3) Rock Music Awards * Drug of the Year: 1) Marijuana / 2) Alcohol / 3) Cocaine * Hero/Heroine of the Year: 1) Robert Plant / 2) Jimmy Page / 3) Keith Richards * Rip-Off The Year: 1) Album Prices / 2) Concert Prices / 3) Kiss * Most Pathetic: 1) Shaun Cassidy / 2) Kiss / 3) Elton John / 4) Punk rock * Fad of the Year: 1) Punk rock / 2) Star Wars 3) Sex * Comeback of the Year: 1) Iggy Pop / 2) Fleetwood Mac 3) Led Zeppelin * Rock Critic of the Year: 1) Lester Bangs / 2) Robert Christgau / 3) Robert Duncan * Best Disco: 1) "Disco Sucks" (Our readers) / 2) CBGB's ('Cause it's not) / 3) Studio 54 * Rock Photographer of Year: 1) Neal Preston / 2) Bob Gruen 3) Barry Levine * Fashion Plate of Year: 1) Johnny Rotten / 2) Gene Simmons / 3) Stevie Nicks * Sex Object of Year: 1) Stevie Nicks / 2) Robert Plant / 3) Linda Ronstadt * Rock Jock of the Year: 1) Rod Stewart / 2) Robert Plant / 3) Roger Daltrey * Best Rock 'n Roll Movie: 1) Star Wars / 2) The Song Remains the Same / 3) The Grateful Dead Movie * Couple of the Year: 1) Rod Stewart and Britt Ekland / 2) Mick and Bianca Jagger / 3) Cher and Gregg Allman * Punk of the Year: 1) Johnny Rotten / 2) Iggy Pop / 3) Steven Tyler Creem Magazine 1979 Reader Poll Results ( TOP TWENTY-FIVE GROUPS

16 1. Led Zeppelin 2. Cheap Trick 3. Rolling Stones 4. Who 5. Clash 6. Cars 7. Ramones 8. Van Halen 9. Aerosmith 10. Kiss 11. Blondie 12. Kinks 13. Elvis Costello 14. Bruce Springsteen 15. Ted Nugent 16. Rockpile 17. Heart 18. Rush 19. Graham Parker & the Rumour 20. AC/DC 21. Fleetwood Mac 22. Judas Priest 23. B-52s 24. Queen 25. Styx TOP TWENTY-FIVE ALBUMS 1. In Through The Out Door (Led Zeppelin) 2. Candy-O (The Cars) 3. Dream Police (Cheap Trick) 4. Live At Budokan (Cheap Trick) 5. Rust Never Sleeps (Neil Young & Crazy Horse) 6. Squeezing Out Sparks (Graham Parker & the Rumour) 7. The Kids Are Alright (The Who) 8. Van Halen II (Van Halen) 9. Low Budget (The Kinks) 10. Get The Knack (The Knack) 11. The Clash 12. Dynasty (Kiss) 13. Fear Of Music (Talking Heads) 14. Armed Forces (Elvis Costello) 15. Labour Of Lust (Nick Lowe) 16. Highway To Hell (AC/DC) 17. B-52's 18. Breakfast In America (Supertramp) 19. Night In The Ruts (Aerosmith) 20. Look Sharp! (Joe Jackson) 21. Eat To The Beat (Blondie) 22. The Long Run (The Eagles) 23. Tusk (Fleetwood Mac) 24. Damn The Torpedoes (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)

17 25. You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (Ian Hunter) TOP FIFTEEN SINGLES 1. My Sharona (The Knack) 2. Let's Go (The Cars) 3. Cruel To Be Kind (Nick Lowe) 4. I Want You To Want Me (Cheap Trick) 5. I Don't Like Mondays (Boomtown Rats) 6. Dream Police (Cheap Trick) 7. Pop Muzik (M) 8. I Was Made For Lovin' You (Kiss) 9. Long Live Rock (The Who) 10. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (Bad Co.) 11. My My Hey Hey (Neil Young) 12. I Fought The Law (The Clash) 13. Roxanne (The Police) 14. Superman (The Kinks) 15. Rock Lobster (The B-52's) TOP TEN R&B SINGLES 1. Bad Girls (Donna Summer) 2. You Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob Dylan) 3. Sail On (Commodores) 4. Hot Stuff (Donna Summer) 5. Boom, Boom (Pat Travers) 6. After The Love Is Gone (Earth, Wind & Fire) 7. Still (Commodores) 8. Pop Muzik (M) 9. Move It On Over (George Thorogood & the Destroyers) 10. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor) BEST GUITARIST 1. Jimmy Page 2. Rick Nielsen 3. Mick Jones (Clash) 4. Edward Van Halen 5. Pete Townshend 6. Ted Nugent 7. Ace Frehley 8. Keith Richards 9. Johnny Ramone 10. Joe Perry BEST DRUMMER 1. John Bonham 2. Bun E. Carlos 3. Neil Peart 4. Peter Criss 5. Charlie Watts

18 6. Clem Burke 7. Keith Moon 8. Nicky Headon 9. David Robinson 10. Carl Palmer BEST PRODUCER 1. Jimmy Page 2. Nick Lowe 3. Roy Thomas Baker 4. Brian Eno 5. Todd Rundgren 6. Mike Chapman 7. Tom Werman 8. Glimmer Twins 9. Eddie Kramer 10. Phil Spector BEST MALE SINGER 1. Robert Plant 2. Robin Zander 3. Roger Daltrey 4. Mick Jagger 5. David Lee Roth 6. Steven Tyler 7. Elvis Costello 8. Bruce Springsteen 9. Graham Parker 10. Bob Seger BEST ROCK MOVIE 1. The Kids Are Alright 2. Rock 'n' Roll High School 3. Life Of Brian 4. Quadrophenia 5. Rust Never Sleeps 6. Apocalypse Now 7. Alien 8. Hair 9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 10. The Rose FAD OF THE YEAR 1. Roller Disco 2. Disco 3. Drugs 4. Punk/New Wave Rock 5. Anti-disco 6. The Knack

19 7. Sex 8. No Nukes 9. Mods 10. Designer jeans Creem Magazine 1980 Reader Poll Results Top Albums 1. Bruce Springsteen The River 2. AC/DC Back In Black 3. The Rolling Stones Emotional Rescue 4. The Clash London Calling 5. The Pretenders The Pretenders 6. Van Halen Women and Children First 7. Queen The Game 8. Pete Townshend Empty Glass 9. The B-52's Wild Planet 10. Pat Benatar Crimes of Passion 11. Cheap Trick All Shook Up 12. The Cars Panorama 13. Devo Freedom of Choice 14. David Bowie Scary Monsters 15. Elvis Costello Get Happy! 16. The Police Zenyatta Mondatta 17. Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell 18. The Kinks One for the Road 19. Bob Seger Against the Wind 20. Talking Heads Remain in Light 21. Rush Permanent Waves 22. Judas Priest British Steel 23. The Ramones End of the Century

20 24. Heart Bebe Le Strange 25. Public Image Ltd. Second Edition Top Singles 1. Whip It Devo 2. Another One Bites the Dust Queen 3. You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC 4. Hungry Heart Bruce Springsteen 5. She's So Cold The Rolling Stones 6. Train in Vain The Clash 7. Turning Japanese The Vapors 8. Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones 9. Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 10. Private Idaho The B-52s 11. Call Me Blondie 12. Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 13. London Calling The Clash 14. Rough Boys Pete Townshend 15. And the Cradle Will Rock Van Halen Best Re-Issues 1. The Doors Greatest Hits 2. Elvis Costello Taking Liberties 3. Cheap Trick Found All the Parts 4. The Kinks One for the Road 5. The Beatles Rarities 6. Deep Purple Deepest Purple 7. Heart Greatest Hits 8. The Shaggs Philosophy of the World 9. The Clash Blackmarket Clash 10. Aerosmith Greatest Hits LP Cover of the Year 1. The Clash London Calling 2. The Rolling Stones Emotional Rescue 3. The Cars Panorama 4. Cheap Trick All Shook Up 5. David Bowie Scary Monsters 6. Talking Heads Remain in Light 7. Elvis Costello Get Happy! 8. Van Halen Women and Children First 9. Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell 10. Pete Townshend Empty Glass

21 * Top Group: 1) The Clash / 2) Led Zeppelin / 3) The Rolling Stones * Top Live Group: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) The Who / 3) Van Halen * Best Male Singer: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) Robert Plant / 3) Robin Zander * Best Female Singer: 1) Pat Benatar / 2) Chrissie Hynde / 3) Deborah Harry * Best Guitarist: 1) Edward Van Halen / 2) Jimmy Page / 3) Pete Townshend * Best Keyboard: 1) John Paul Jones / 2) Greg Hawkes / 3) Kate Pierson * Best Bassist: 1) John Entwistle / 2) John Paul Jones / 3) Tom Petersson * Best Drummer: 1) John Bonham / 2) Bun E. Carlos / 3) Charlie Watts * Most Valuable Player: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Pete Townshend / 3) Rick Nielsen * Best Producer: 1) Nick Lowe / 2) Roy Thomas Baker / 3) Jimmy Page * Worst Group: 1) Kiss / 2) Van Halen / 3) The B-52's * Best Songwriter: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) Pete Townshend / 3) Elvis Costello * Best New Group: 1) The Pretenders / 2) Def Leppard / 3) Gang of Four * Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian Anderson / 2) Eno / 3) Magic Dick * Biggest Disappointment: 1) John Lennon's death / 2) John Bonham's death / 3) The Election * Drug of the Year: 1) Marijuana / 2) Alcohol / 3) Cocaine * Hero(ine) of the Year: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) Chrissie Hynde / 3) Pete Townshend * Rip-Off of the Year: 1) LP prices / 2) Concert prices / 3) Creem * Comeback of the Year: 1) John Lennon / 2) Bruce Springsteen / 3) AC/DC * Most Pathetic of the Year: 1) David Lee Roth 2) Kiss / 3) The Clash * Rock Critic of the Year: 1) Rick Johnson / 2) Robert Christgau / 3) Richard Riegel * Rock Photographer of the Year: 1) Lynn Goldsmith / 2) Bob Matheau / 3) Neal Preston * Fad of the Year: 1) Punk/New Wave music / 2) The Urban Cowboy look / 3) Ska * Fashion Plate of the Year: 1) Rick Nielsen / 2) Deborah Harry / 3) Chrissie Hynde * Sex Object of the Year: 1) Pat Benatar / 2) Deborah Harry / 3) David Lee Roth * Best Rock and Roll Movie: 1) Times Square / 2) Roadie / 3) Rude Boy * Best Tour of the Year: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) Van Halen / 3) AC/DC * Couple of the Year: 1) John Lennon and Yoko Ono / 2) Chris Stein and Deborah Harry / 3) Stiv Bators and Bebe Buell * Punk of the Year: 1) Iggy Pop / 2) Chrissie Hynde / 3) Joe Strummer

22 BEST OF THE 70's BEST ALBUM OF THE 70's 1. Led Zeppelin IV 2. Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen) 3. Alive (Kiss) 4. Some Girls (Rolling Stones) 5. Never Mind the Bollocks (Sex Pistols) 6. Who's Next 7. Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) 8. The Clash 9. Exile on Main Street (The Rolling Stones) 10. Live At Budokan (Cheap Trick) 11. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) 12. Raw Power (Iggy Pop) 13. Quadrophenia (Who) 14. The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin) 15. Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) BEST SONG OF THE 70's 1. Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin) 2. Rock 'n' Roll All Night (Kiss) 3. Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 4. Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen) 5. Won't Get Fooled Again (Who) 6. God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols) 7. Anarchy In The U.K. (Sex Pistols) 8. Surrender (Cheap Trick) 9. Jocko Homo (Devo) 10. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John) 11. School's Out (Alice Cooper) 12. I Want You To Want Me (Cheap Trick) 13. Kashmir (Led Zeppelin) 14. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (Rolling Stones) 15. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) BEST GROUP OF THE 70's 1. Led Zeppelin 2. Rolling Stones 3. Kiss 4. Who 5. Sex Pistols 6. Cheap Trick 7. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 8. David Bowie 9. Elvis Costello & the Attractions 10. Clash 11. Fleetwood Mac

23 12. Ramones 13. Elton John 14. Aerosmith 15. Lynyrd Skynyrd BEST THING OF THE 70's 1. Punk/New Wave music 2. Rock 'n' roll 3. Drugs 4. Sex 5. Heavy Metal 6. CREEM 7. Sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll 8. Nixon's resignation 9. Girls 10. End of the Vietnam War 11. Parties 12. Streaking 13. Living 14. Death of punk rock 15. Picture sleeves & discs 1976 photos Courtesy , 1977, 1980 Courtesy