NME Top Singles of 1982

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As per spec on BCB, something as ace as the Valentines' 'Money's Too Tight' gets next to no love. Here's the vocal version which D_F may have failed to find, (if he even knew there was one ) - featuring legend of the smooth groove Bobby Lyle on board...

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Actually, the Valentine Bros. track is too.

Good see hatzy chime in with some common sense and good taste!

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1. The Message - Grandmaster Flash
2. Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
3. Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
4. A Town Called Malice - The Jam
5. The Look Of Love - Abc
6. Money's To Tight To Mention - The Valentine Bros.
7. Only You - Yazoo
8. The Boiler - Rhoda & The Special Aka
9. There It Is - Shalamar
10. Man Out Of Time - Elvis Costello
11. Walking On Sunshine - Rockers Revenge
12. I Can Make You Feel Good - Shalamar
13. Poison Arrow - Abc
14. Don't Go - Yazoo
15. Inside Out - Odyssey
16. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa
17. Young Guns Go For It - Wham!
18. Temptation - New Order
19. Beat Surrender - The Jam
20. Straight To Hell - The Clash
21. Just An Illusion - Imagination
22. Fat Man/Moya - Southern Death Cult
23. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
24. My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone
25. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell
26. B-Movie - Gil Scott-Heron
27. House Of Fun - Madness
28. Ms Fine Brown Frame - Syl Johnson
29. Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
30. Know Your Rights - The Clash
31. Buffalo Gals - Malcolm Mclaren
32. Stool Pigeon - Kid Creole And The Coconuts
33. Slow Dive - Siouxie And The Banshees
34. Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs
35. Faithless - Scritti Politti
36. I Love Rock And Roll - Joan Jett
37. Jump To It - Aretha Franklin
38. Get Down On It - Kool And The Gang
39. Mambo Bado - Orchestra Makassy
40. Pinball Cha Cha - Yello
41. Murphy’s Law - Cheri
42. Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds
43. Head To Toe - Elvis Costello
44. Wham Rap - Wham!
45. State Of Independence - Donna Summer
46. Party Fears Two - The Associates
47. I Love A Man In Uniform - Gang Of Four
48. I Can’t Go For That - Hall And Oats
49. Torch - Soft Cell
50. I Don’t Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant

New Order's "Temptation" not in the ten best tracks of '82? Fuckwits. The legendary "Planet Rock" at 16? The oft-discussed "Party Fears Two" at 46? Southern Death Cult's Fatman 12" is a classic, too.

There is some damn good music there. Some rubbish too, but a pretty great strike-rate for me.

[Hightea]

To be fair, I think the NME did namecheck the Canterbury scene a few times when I used to read it in the early 90s. I'm not convinced anyone writing for it then particularly cared much about music, mind you, I think they tended to care more about appearing to be setting tastes and being all urbane and shit. That's why they liked the Canterbury scene, it was slightly bohemian, but also posh enough not to be tainted with the less elegant prog behemoths.

Who knows but it just seems fishy to me although its good to hear that maybe I'm bonkers.

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As per spec on BCB, something as ace as the Valentines' 'Money's Too Tight' gets next to no love. Here's the vocal version which D_F may have failed to find, (if he even knew there was one ) - featuring legend of the smooth groove Bobby Lyle on board...

Blame ginger bollocks.

[Darkness_Fish]

As per spec on BCB, something as ace as the Valentines' 'Money's Too Tight' gets next to no love. Here's the vocal version which D_F may have failed to find, (if he even knew there was one ) - featuring legend of the smooth groove Bobby Lyle on board...

That's really weird, because I actually listened to the vocal version before posting. My incompetence knows no bounds.

Obviously, neither version does anything for me.

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^^
There's a surprise!

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As per spec on BCB, something as ace as the Valentines' 'Money's Too Tight' gets next to no love. Here's the vocal version which D_F may have failed to find, (if he even knew there was one ) - featuring legend of the smooth groove Bobby Lyle on board...

Blame ginger bollocks.

The horror, the horror