40 Year Itch: NME Singles 1978

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

NME Singles 1978

Buzzcocks : Ever Fallen in Love...

I did my best to post about as many songs as I could get my hands on from this list compiled by the critics of NME. I confess to not giving enough attention to reggae this year, but I also missed a straight ahead blues number by Captain Beefheart. "Hard Workin Man" appeared on the soundtrack to Paul Schrader's Blue Collar Man, one of Bruce Springsteen's two favorite films from the 1970's. The other one is Taxi Driver, which Schrader wrote.

NME Singles 1978

1. Ever Fallen In Love - The Buzzcocks
2. Public Image - Public Image
3. What A Waste - Ian Dury
4. Miss You - Rolling Stones
5. Radio Radio - Elvis Costello

6. I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea - Elvis Costello
7. Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie + The Banshees
8. White Man In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
9. Shot Both Sides - Magazine

10. Sign Of The Times - Bryan Ferry
11. Shame - Evelyn 'Champagne' King
12. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury

13. Rising Free - Tom Robinson Band
14. Satisfaction - Devo
15. Ambition - Subway Sect
16. Take Me To The River - Talking Heads

17. It's The New Thing - The Fall
18. I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass - Nick Lowe
19. What Do I Get - The Buzzcocks
20. Germ Free Adolescents - X Ray Spex

21. I Am The Fly - Wire
22. Because The Night - Patti Smith
23. Damaged Goods - Gang Of Four

24. Mr Know It All - Gregory Isaacs
25. Night People - Alan Toussaint
26. Mighty Real - Sylvester
27. Private Plane - Thomas Leer
28. Where Were You - The Mekons

29. Hard Workin Man - Captain Beefheart
30. Down At The Doctors - Doctor Feelgood

Also Rans, Singles

Little Way Different - Errol Dunkley
Don’t Come Close - The Ramones
Dangerous Woman - Tapper Zuki
Love Don’t Live Here Any More - Rose Royce
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Dry Up Your Tears - The Bold One/Clint Eastwood