Bruce Springsteen : Point Blank
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Bruce Springsteen's The River beat out AC/DC's Back in Black to be named the top album of 1980. The list is a good reflection fo what white American music buyers were hearing on FM radio. Ask a young white dude in Nebraska his favorite R&B album and he probably would name something by The Rolling Stones. That's just the way it was in an era of segregated radio. Another point of interest is The Doors Greatest Hits album winning top reissue. There was a full blown Doors resurgence going on. So much so that one of my high school friends had his senior portrait taken next to a Jim Morrison poster. I haven't asked him if he regrets it because almost all of us regret our senior portraits in one way or another.
CREEM MAGAZINE 1980 READER POLL RESULTS
Top Albums
1. Bruce Springteen- The River
2. AC/DC- Back In Black
3. Rolling Stones- Emotional Rescue
4. Clash- London Calling
5. Pretenders
6. Van Halen- Women & Children First
7. Queen- The Game
8. Pete Townshend- Empty Glass
9. B-52's- Wild Planet
10. Pat Benatar- Crimes Of Passion
11. Cheap Trick- All Shook Up
12. Cars- Panorama
13. Devo- Freedom Of Choice
14. David Bowie- Scary Monsters
15. Elvis Costello- Get Happy!!
16. Police- Zenyatta Mondatta
17. Black Sabbath- Heaven & Hell
18. 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. Ramones- End Of The Century
24. Heart- Bebe Le Strange
25. Public Image Ltd.- Second Edition
Top Singles
1. Devo- Whip It
2. Queen- Another One Bites The Dust
3. AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long
4. Bruce Springsteen- Hungry Heart
5. Rolling Stones- She's So Cold
6. Clash- Train In Vain
7. Vapors- Turning Japanese
8. Rolling Stones- Emotional Rescue
9. David Bowie- Ashes To Ashes
10. B-52's- Private Idaho
11. Blondie- Call Me
12. Pretenders- Brass In Pocket
13. Clash- London Calling
14. Pete Townshend- Rough Boys
15. Van Halen- And The Cradle Will Rock
Best R&B Single
1. Rolling Stones- Emotional Rescue
2. Rolling Stones- She's So Cold
3. Blues Brothers- Gimme Some Lovin'
4. Diana Ross- Upside Down
5. Donna Summer- The Wanderer
6. Stevie Wonder- Master Blaster
Best R&B Album
1. Rolling Stones- Emotional Rescue
2. Blues Brothers- Blues Brothers Soundtrack
3. J. Geils- Love Stinks
4. Talking Heads- Remain In Light
5. More George Thorogood & The Destroyers
6. Graham Parker- The Up Escalator
7. Diana Ross- Diana
8. Stevie Wonder- Hotter Than July
9. Michael Jackson- Off The Wall
10. George Benson- Give Me The Night
11. Elvis Costello- Get Happy!!
Best Reissue
1. The Doors' Greatest Hits
2. Elvis Costello- Taking Liberties
3. Cheap Trick- Found All The Parts
4. Kinks- One For The Road
5. Beatles- Rarities
6. Deep Purple- Deepest Purple
7. Heart- Greatest Hits
8. The Shaggs- Philosophy Of The World
9. Clash- Blackmarket Clash
10. Aerosmith's Greatest Hits
Best Jazz Album
1. Jeff Beck- There And Beck
2. George Benson- Give Me The Night
3. Chicago- XIV
4. Joni Mitchell- Shadows & Light
5. Jean Luc Ponty- Civilized Evil
6. Chuck Mangione- Fun & Games
7. Crusaders- Live Sides
8. Stanley Clarke- Rock, Pebbles & Sand
9. Herb Alpert- Beyond
10. Al DiMeola- Splendido Hotel
LP Cover Of The Year
1. London Calling (Clash)
2. Emotional Rescue (Rolling Stones)
3. Panorama (Cars)
4. All Shook Up (Cheap Trick)
5. Scary Monsters (David Bowie)
6. Remain In Light (Talking Heads)
7. Get Happy!! (Elvis Costello)
8. Women & Children First (Van Halen)
9. Heaven & Hell (Black Sabbath)
10. Empty Glass (Pete Townshend)
The following categories all had at least a top 10 listed, but I'm only
typing in the top 3:
Top Group: 1) The Clash 2) Led Zeppelin 3) 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 R&B Singer: 1) Mick Jagger 2) Graham Parker 3) Donna Summer
Best R&B Group: 1) Rolling Stones 2) Blues Brothers 3) Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
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 Horn Player: 1) Clarence Clemons 2) Chuck Mangione 3) John Entwistle
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) B-52's
Best Songwriter: 1) Bruce Springsteen 2) Pete Townshend 3) Elvis Costello
Best New Group: 1) Pretenders 2) Def Leppard 3) Gang Of Four
Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian anderson 2) Eno 3) Magic Dick
Biggest Disappointment: 1) Lennon's death 2) 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) Clash
Rock Critic Of The Year: 1) Rick Johnson 2) Rober 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 & 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 & Yoko Ono 2) Chris Stein & Deborah Harry 3) Stiv Bators & Bebe Buell
Punk Of The Year: 1) Iggy Pop 2) Chrissie Hynde 3) Joe Strummer
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