Sunday, December 27, 2020

The Jam Tops Three 1980 NME Pop Polls ...plus NME picks the Top Singles of 1980


The Jam : Scrape Away


1980 was a great year for The Jam who scored two #1 smash hits in the UK and a #2 album. Despite the groundswell there, the band remained virtually unknown in America and poorer for it. 




NME Pop Poll Results 1980 Results 

Best Group 
1 The Jam 
2 Joy Division 
3 The Clash 
4 Talking Heads 
5 The Police 
6 UB40 
7 The Stranglers 
8 Adam and the Ants 
9 Genesis 
10 The Fall 

 Album 
1 Sound Affects - The Jam 
2 Closer - Joy Division 
3 Scary Monsters - David Bowie 
4 Crocodiles - Echo and the Bunnymen 
5 Signing Off - UB40 
6 Remain In Light - Talking Heads 
7 Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants 
8 Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police 
9 I Just Can't Stop It - The Beat 
10 Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 

 Single 
1 Going Underground - The Jam 
2 Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 
3 Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie 
4 Atmosphere - Joy Division 
5 Start! - The Jam 
6 Fashion - David Bowie 
7 Bankrobber - The Clash 
8 Enola Gay - OMD 
9 Games Without Frontiers - Pater Gabriel 
10 Dog Eat Dog - Adam and the Ants 

 Best New Act 
1 UB40 
2 Spandau Ballet 
3 Echo and the Bunnymen 
4 Stray Cats 
5 Bow Wow Wow


NME TOP SINGLES OF 1980

1. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 
2. Going Underground - The Jam 
3. Mirror In The Bathroom - The Beat 
4. Atmosphere - Joy Division 
5. Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie 
6. Your Cassette Pet - Bow Wow Wow 
7. Private Life - Grace Jones 
8. Fashion - David Bowie 
9. C30 C60 C90 Go - Bow Wow Wow 
10. Master Blaster - Steve Wonder 
11. Treason - Teardrop Explodes 
12. Geno - Dexys Midnight Runners 
13. Start! - The Jam 
14. Food For Thought/King - Ub40 
15. New Amsterdam Ep - Elvis Costello 
16. Shack Up - A Certain Ratio 
17. Rescue - Echo And The Bunnymen 
18. My Way Of Thinking - Ub40 
19. The Breaks - Kurtis Blow 
20. Stand Down Margaret/Best Friend - The Beat 
21. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down - Elvis Costello 
22. Drug Train - The Cramps 
23. Fiery Jack - The Fall 
24. Dance Stance - Dexies Midnight Runners 
25. Johnny & Mary - Robert Palmer 
26. Hands Off .. She's Mine - The Beat 
27. My Flamingo - The Subterraneans 
28. A Song From Under The Floorboards - Magazine 
29. Independence Day - Comsat Angels 
30. My Perfect Cousin - The Undertones 
31. Runaway Boys - The Stray Cats 
32. At Last I Am Free - Robert Wyatt 
33. Looking For Clues - Robert Palmer 
34. There, There My Dear - Dexys Midnight Runners 
35. My Girl - Madness 
36. Another Nail In My Heart - Squeeze 
37. Flight - A Certain Ratio 
38. Diet/It’s Obvious - The Au Pairs 
39. Funkin’ For Jamaica - Tom Browne 
40. Seconds To Late - Cabaret Voltaire 
41. I’m Coming Out - Diana Ross 
42. Hi-Fidelity - Elvis Costello 
43. Warrior Charge - Aswad 
44. Love Comes In Spurts - Richard Hell 
45. Edward Fox - Smack 
46. Don’t Stand So Close To Me - The Police 
47. Hello I’m Your Heart - Bette Bright 
48. Rise And Shine - Linx 
49. Happy House - Siouxsie And The Banshees 
50. Dog Eat Dog - Adam And The Ants 

 Also Mentioned ' 
• Cartrouble - Adam And The Ants  
• Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam And The Ants 
• Baltimore - Tamlins 
• Lovely One - The Jacksons 
• Rapp Payback - James Brown  
• Three Mantras - Cabaret Voltaire 
• Bankrobber/The Callup - The Clash 
• Keep It Up Part 2 - Dexys Midnight Runners 
• Elastic Man - The Fall 
• Holiday ‘80 Ep - The Human League 
• There Goes Concorde Again - The Native Hipsters •
 Let Me Talk - Earth, Wind & Fire 
• Kebabtraume - D.A.F. 
• Politics - Girls At Our Best 
• You Gave Me Love - Crown Heights Affair 
• Blue Boy/ Falling And Laughing - Orange Juice 
• Enola Gaye - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 
• Radio Drill Time - Josef K 
• Whip It - Devo
 • Requiem - Killing Joke 
• Hunter Gets Captured By The Game - Grace Jones 
• Soul Kiss - Chris Stamey 
• Arauco - Robert Wyatt 
• Final Day - Young Marble Giants 
• Hi-Fidelity - Elvis Costello 
• I Want To Be Straight - Ian Dury 
• Stereotype - The Specials 
• Let’s Get Serious - Jermaine -Jackson 
• Cheap Sunglasses - Zz Top 
• Talk Of The Town - Pretenders 
• Seven Minutes To Midnight - Wah! Heat 
• Heyday - The Sound 

 

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