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Here are CFNY's annual "Best of" lists from the Eighties. Yes, I finally have them all, and some from the 90's too! I also have the "Greatest Music of All Time" from 1982, and the top 102 songs of the 80's, not to mention an embarrassing Thursday Thirty list from 1989.

All charts were compiled from votes submitted by CFNY listeners. Charts which only have the top 10 listed now have links to the scanned images of the full charts as they appeared in the Toronto Sun and other papers.

As well, we have the "Top 1002 Of All Time" as broadcast in 1991, and the "Top 1002 Of All Time" as broadcast in 1999.

Please if you have any other CFNY/Edge 102 lists like these.

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"Top 50 Albums of 1978"

1. The Cars - The Cars
2. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings & Food
3. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On the Edge of Town
4. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
5. Rolling Stones - Some Girls
6. George Thorogood - Move it On Over
7. UK - UK
8. Ian Dury - New Boots & Panties!!
9. Max Webster - Mutiny Up My Sleeve
10. FM - Black Noise
11. 801 - Listen Now
12. Tom Robinson Band - Power in the Darkness
13. Amanda Lear - Sweet Revenge
14. The Who - Who Are You
15. Alan Parsons - Pyramid
16. Nick Lowe - Pure Pop For Now People
17. The Kinks - Misfits
18. David Gilmour - David Gilmour
19. Frank Zappa - Studio Tan
20. Various - War of the Worlds
21. City Boy - Book Early
22. Brian Eno - Before and After Science
23. Chikken - Which Came First
24. Moody Blues - Octave
25. Lol Creme Kevin Godley - L
26. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
27. Goddo - Who Cares
28. Elvis Costello - This Years Model
29. Joan Armatrading - To the Limit
30. Van Morrison - Wavelength
31. Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch
32. Tom Petty - You're Going to Get It
33. Genesis - Then We Were Three
34. The Motors - Approved By
35. BeBop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic
36. Bill Bruford - Feels Good to Me
37. Neil Young - Time Passes Slowly
38. The Band - The Last Waltz
39. Saga - Saga
40. ELO - Out of the Blue
41. Steely Dan - Aja
42. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
43. Cano - Eclipse
44. Bryan Ferry - The Bride Stripped Bare
45. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
46. Nash the Slash - Bedside Companion
47. The Reggie Knighton Band - The Reggie Knighton Band
48. Richard Wright - Wet Dreams
49. Brand X - Masques
50. Devo - Are We Not Men

"Top 79 Albums of 1979"

1. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
2. B-52's - B-52's
3. Gary Numan - Replicas
4. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
5. XTC - Drums & Wires
6. Japan - Quiet Life
7. Pink Floyd - The Wall
8. Boomtown Rats - Fine Art of Surfacing
9. The Police - Regatta De Blanc
10. Ian Hunter - Schizophrenic
11. Teenage Head - Teenage Head
12. Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
13. Roxy Music - Manifesto
14. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
15. Lene Lovich - Stateless
16. Magazine - Second Hand Daylight
17. Ultravox - Systems of Romance
18. Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
19. Flash and the Pan - Flash and the Pan
20. Ian Dury - Do It Yourself
21. Robert Fripp - Exposure
22. Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
23. Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
24. The Kinks - Low Budget
25. Clash - Give Em Enough Rope
26. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage - Act I
27. David Bowie - Lodger
28. Patti Smith - Wave
29. Bruce Cockburn - Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
30. The Demics - New York City
31. Steve Forbert - Alive on Arrival
32. Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes
33. Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling
34. Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary
35. Bob Marley - Survival
36. Japan - Adolescent Sex
37. The Only Ones - Special
38. Joe Jackson - I'm the Man
39. Bram Tchaikovsky - Strange Man - Changed Man
40. The Records - The Records
41. David Johansen - In Style
42. Tom Robinson Band - TRB Two
43. Van Morrison - Into the Music
44. Joni Mitchell - Mingus
45. Tim Curry - Fearless
46. Kate Bush - Lionheart
47. Iggy Pop - New Values
48. Chris De Burgh - Crusader
49. Ray Materick - Fever in Rio
50. Fashion - Product Perfect
51. Long John Baldry - Baldry's Out
52. Jethro Tull - Storm Watch
53. Sex Pistols - Great Rock'n Roll Swindle
54. Squeeze - Cool for Cats
55. The Who - The Kids Are Alright
56. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
57. Saga - Images at Twilight
58. Tom Verlaine - Tom Verlaine
59. Phil Manzanera - K - Scope
60. Ry Cooder - Bop Til You Drop
61. Simple Minds - Life in a Day
62. Blue Peter - Test Pattern for Living
63. Korgis - Korgis
64. J. J. Cale - J. J. Cale
65. Cano - Rendez - Vous
66. FM - Surveillance
67. Generation X - Valley of the Dolls
68. Horslips - Man Who Built America
69. Garfield - Reason to Be
70. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
71. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
72. Fabulous Poodles - ThinkPink
73. Randy Newman - Born Again
74. The Members - At the Chelsea Night Club
75. Chris Spedding - Guitar Graffiti
76. Peter Baumann - Transharmonic Nights
77. The Shoes - Present Tense
78. Little Feat - Down on the Farm
79. Flamin Groovies - Jumpin in the Nite

"Worst Albums of 1979"

1. The Knack - Get the Knack
2. Styx - Cornerstone
3. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
4. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
5. Foreigner - Head Games
6. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
7. Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
8. Eagles - Long Run
9. ELO - Discovery
10. Rod Stewart - Blondes Have More Fun

"Best Three Albums of the Decade"

1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
3. Supertramp - Crime of the Century

"The Top 80 Albums of 1980"

1. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3
2. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
3. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
4. Clash - London Calling
5. Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
6. Ultravox - Vienna
7. XTC - Black Sea
8. Bruce Cockburn - Humans
9. Kate Bush - Never For Ever
10. Magazine - The Correct Use Of Soap
11. Squeeze - Argybargy
12. Teenage Head - Frantic City
13. Rough Trade - Avoid Freud
14. Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
15. Pretenders - Pretenders
16. English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
17. Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood
18. Stranglers - Raven/Iv
19. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
20. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
21. Split Enz - True Colours
22. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kaleidoscope
23. John Foxx - Metamatic
24. John Lennon - Double Fantasy
25. Joy Division - Closer
26. Psychedelic Furs - Psychedelic Furs
27. Kinks - One For The Road
28. Drastic Measures - Drastic Measures
29. Specials - Specials
30. New Musik - From A To B
31. Neil Young - Hawks And Doves
32. Public Image Limited - Second Edition
33. Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine
34. Elvis Costello - Taking Liberties
35. Vapors - New Clear Days
36. Steve Hackett - Defector
37. Jam - Setting Sons
38. Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
39. OMD - OMD
40. BB Gabor - BB Gabor
41. George Thorogood - More George Thorogood
42. Lene Lovich - Flex
43. Cure - Seventeen Seconds
44. Monks - Bad Habits
45. Diodes - Action/Reaction
46. Skids - The Absolute Game
47. Graham Parker - The Up Escalator
48. Robert Palmer - Clues
49. Iggy Pop - Soldier
50. Jeff Beck - There And Beck
51. Fischer Z - Going Deaf For A Living
52. Devo - Freedom Of Choice
53. Demics - Demics
54. Judas Priest - British Steel
55. Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
56. Government - Guest List
57. Echo And The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
58. Jon And Vangelis - Short Stories
59. Simple Minds - Empires And Dance
60. Blue Peter - Radio Silence
61. Bob Marley - Uprising
62. Michaele Jordana - Romance At The Roxy
63. Ben Mink - Foreign Exchange
64. Specials - More Specials
65. Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure
66. Visage - Visage
67. Russ Ballard - Barnet Dogs
68. Korgis - Dumb Waiters
69. Madness - Absolutely
70. Brand X - Do They Hurt?
71. Madness - One Step Beyond
72. U2 - Boy
73. Roger Daltry - Mcvicar
74. Robert Fripp - God Save The King
75. Doors - Greatest Hits
76. Ramones - End Of The Century
77. AC/DC - Back In Black
78. Peter Green - Little Dreamer
79. Wire - 154
80. Forgotten Rebels - In Love With The System

"The Best 81 of 1981"
(Scan of original list)

1. Simple Minds - Sons & Fascination
   & King Crimson - Discipline (tie)
2. Human League - Dare
3. Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
4. Iggy Pop - Party
5. U2 - October
6. OMD - Architecture & Morality
7. The Clash - Sandinista!
8. Ultravox - Rage In Eden
9. UB40 - Present Arms
10. Kraftwerk - Computer World
11. Duran Duran - Duran Duran
12. Japan - Tin Drum
13. John Foxx - The Garden
14. Martha And The Muffins - This Is The Ice Age
15. Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
16. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
17. Eno & Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
18. Joan Armatrading - Walk Under Ladders
19. The Police - Ghost In The Machine
20. Echo And The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
21. Joy Division - Still
22. The Jam - Sound Affects
23. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Ju Ju
24. Joe Jackson - Jumpin' Jive
25. Neil Young - Reactor
26. Stranglers - Men In Black
27. Bruce Cockburn - Inner City Front
28. The English Beat - Wha'ppen?
29. Marianne Faithfull - Dangerous Acquaintances
30. Spandau Ballet - Journeys To Glory
31. Elvis Costello - Trust
32. Godley/Cr�me - Ismism
33. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
34. Generation X - Kiss Me Deadly
35. The Stranglers - La Folie
36. New Musik - Anywhere
37. Split Enz - Waiata
38. Boomtown Rats - Mondo Bongo
39. Jon & Vangelis - The Friends Of Mr. Cairo
40. Rough Trade - For Those Who Think Young
41. Nash The Slash - Children Of The Night
42. Classix Nouveaux - Classix Nouveaux
43. New Order - Movement
44. The Ramones - Pleasant Dreams
45. The Cure - Faith
46. Stray Cats - Stray Cats
47. Jerry Harrison - The Red & The Black
48. Squeeze - East Side Story
49. Gang Of Four - Solid Gold
50. Garland Jeffreys - Escape Artist
51. Robin Trower - BLT
52. John Martyn - Glorious Fool
53. Bow Wow Wow - See Jungle�
54. John Entwhistle - Too Late/The Hero
55. Magazine - Magic, Murder & The Weather
56. Stiff Little Fingers - Go For It
57. The Kinks - Give The People What They Want
58. The Spoons - Stick Figure Neighbourhood
59. Pet Metheny/Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita
60. The Tubes - Completion Backwards Principle
61. Little Feat - Hoy Hoy
62. Heaven 17 - Penthouse & Pavement
63. Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
64. The Deserters - The Deserters
65. B.B. Gabor - Girls Of The Future
66. The Go Go's - Beauty & The Beat
67. Tim Curry - Simplicity
68. Ian Hunter - Short Back 'N' Sides
69. Rick Wakeman - 1984
70. 999 - Concrete
71. Eberhard Schoener - Video Magic
72. Walkie Talkies - Surveillance
73. Tangerine Dream - Exit
74. Marquis De Sade - Rue De Siam
75. Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club
76. Spirit - Potatoland
77. Jona Lewie - On The Other Hand�
78. Rupert Hine - Immunity
79. The Pretenders - 2
80. Masque - Camouflage
81. Icehouse - Icehouse

"The Worst of '81"

1. AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
2. Foreigner - IV
3. Reo Speedwagon - High Infidelity
4. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
5. Pat Benatar - Precious Time
6. Bob & Doug McKenzie - The Great White North
7. Loverboy - Get Lucky
8. Styx - Paradise Gardens
9. Genesis - Abacab
10. Debbie Harry - Koo Koo

"The Best Damn Music of '82"
(Scan of original list)

1. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
2. Duran Duran - Rio
3. Roxy Music - Avalon
4. The Spoons - Arias And Symphonies
5. ABC - Lexicon Of Love
6. Joe Jackson - Night And Day
7. Peter Gabriel - Security
8. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
9. Flock Of Seagulls - Flock Of Seagulls
10. Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever
11. Clash - Combat Rock
12. The Beat - Special Beat Service
13. Men At Work - Business As Usual
14. Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now
15. Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's
16. UB40 - UB44
17. Haircut 100 - Pelican West
18. China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms
19. Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out
20. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay
21. The Jam - The Gift
22. Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter
23. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
24. Rough Trade - Shakin The Foundations
25. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless
26. XTC - English Settlement
27. New Order -Temptation
28. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing
29. Blue Peter - Up To You
30. Human League - Dare (Domestic Release)
31. Gang Of Four - Songs Of The Free
32. Stray Cats - Built For Speed
33. Joe Cocker - Sheffield Steel
34. Fashion - Fabrique
35. Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame
36. Musical Youth - Youth Of Today
37. Thompson Twins - In The Name Of Love
38. Leisure Process - Love Cascade
39. Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
40. Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band...
41. Pete Shelley - Homosapien
42. Billy Idol - Billy Idol
43. Payolas - No Stranger To Danger
44. B Movie - Nowhere Girl
45. Spandau Ballet - Diamond
46. Associates - Sulk
47. Captain Sensible - Women And Captains First
48. Fun Boy Three - Fun Boy Three
49. Romeo Void - Benefactor
50. Pat Metheny - Off Ramp
51. Black Uhuru - Chill Out
52. Altered Images - Pinky Blue (I Could Be Happy)
53. Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
54. Grandmaster Flash - The Message
55. Level 42 - Level 42
56. Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going
57. Rush - Signals
58. Ultravox - Quartet
59. The Fixx - Shuttered Room
60. New Musik - Warp
61. Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock
62. Gil Scott-Heron - Moving Target
63. Bill Nelson - The Love That Whirls
64. Icehouse - Primitive Man
65. Phil Manzanera - Primitive Guitars
66. Visage - The Anvil
67. Flash And The Pan - Headlines
68. Naked Eyes - Always Something There To Remind Me
69. Van Morrison - Beautiful Vision
70. The Buggles - Adventures In Modern Recording
71. Soft Machine - Land Of Cockayne
72. Men Without Hats - Rhythm Of Youth
73. Steel Pulse - True Democracy
74. King Crimson - Beat
75. Nash The Slash - And You Thought You Were Normal
76. Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino
77. Lene Lovich - No Man's Land
78. Secret Service - Cutting Corners
79. Way Of The West - Don't Say That's Just For White Boys
80. Falco - Einzelhaft
81. Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out
82. Rational Youth - Cold War Night Life

"Greatest Music of All Time" from 1982

1. Genesis - Supper's Ready
2. Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
3. Human League - Don't You Want Me
4. Pink Floyd - Money
5. John Lennon - Imagine
6. The Clash - London Calling
7. The Clash - Pressure Drop
8. Duran Duran - Planet Earth
9. David Bowie - Heroes
10. Beatles - Hey Jude
11. Earl jive - Tudor the Dog
12. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
13. The Specials - Ghost Town
14. Sex Pistols - Friggin' in the Riggin & My Way
15. Trio - Da Da Da
16. Japan - Television
17. Clash - Rock the Casbah
18. Beatles - Twist and Shout
19. Duran Duran - Girls on Film
20. Beatles - Let it Be
21. Billy Idol - White Wedding
22. King Crimson - Fracture
23. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
24. OMD - Joan of Arc
25. Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
26. Rough Trade - High School Confidential
27. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
28. Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
29. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
30. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
31. The Beat - Save it for Later
32. The Doors - The End
33. David Bowie - Young American
34. Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue
35. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
36. Generation X - Dancing with Myself
37. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
38. Nobby Klegg - My Old Man
39. Madness - Madness
40. Led Zeppelin - Kasmir
41. Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
42. Romeo Void - Never Say Never
43. New Order - Temptation
44. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
45. Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
46. Supertramp - Fools Overture
47. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
48. Animals - House of the Rising Sun
49. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
50. David Bowie - Sorrow
51. The Beat - Stand Down Margaret
52. David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
53. Depeche Mode - See You
54. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
55. Elvis Costello - Alison
56. Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
57. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
58. Generation X - Kiss Me Deadly
59. Japan - Ghosts
60. Cockney Rebel - Mirror Freak
61. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
62. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
63. Van Morrison - Moondance
64. Don McLean - American Pie
65. OMD - She's Leaving
66. 102.1 Band - Working on the Radio
67. Pink Floyd - Us and Them
68. Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
69. Payolas - Eyes of a Stranger
70. Roxy Music - Both Ends Burning
71. Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go to My Lovely
72. Angelic Upstarts - I'm An Upstart
73. Stranglers - Get a Grip on Yourself
74. Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
75. Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
76. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
77. Spoons - Nova Heart
78. Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
79. The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
80. Lou Reed - Take a Walk on the Wild Side
81. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
82. Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
83. ABC - Look of Love
84. UB40 - One in Ten
85. Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
86. Asia - Heat of the Moment
87. Urban Verbs - Only One of You
88. Troggs - Wild Thing
89. Leisure Process - Love Cascade
90. Clash - Clampdown
91. Laurie Anderson - Oh Superman
92. Yes - Close to the Edge
93. Beatles - Help
94. Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
95. Rita Marley - One Draw
96. Yazoo - Situation
97. David Bowie - Changes
98. Yazoo - Only You
99. Kate Bush
100. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Teach Your Children
101. Beatles - She Loves You
102. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

"The Best of '83"
(Scan of original list)

Yellow Highlight = Premiered Exclusively on CFNY

1. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
2. U2 - War
3. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
4. Big Country - The Crossing
5. New Order- Power Corruption and Lies
6. China Crisis - Working with Fire and Steel
7. Elvis Costello - Punch the Clock
8. UB40 - The Labour of Love
9. The Police - Synchronicity
10. Culture Club - Colour by Numbers
11. Yazoo - You and Me Both
12. The The - Perfect Day
13. The Spoons - Talkback
14. Blancmange - Happy Families
15. Spandau Ballet - True
16. David Bowie - Let's Dance
17. Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
18. Echo and the Bunnyman - Porcupine
19. Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap
20. The Stranglers - Feline
21. Shriekback - Care
22. The Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
23. Nick Heyward - North of a Miracle
24. Blue Peter - Falling
25. OMD - Dazzle Ships
26. Fun Boy Three - Waiting
27. Mike Oldfield - Crises
28. Thompson Twins - Side Kicks
29. Japan - Oil on Canvas
30. Kissing the Pink - Naked
31. Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside
32. The Cure - The Walk
33. Howard Devoto - Jerky Versions of the Dream
34. John Foxx - The Golden Section
35. Gazebo - Gazebo
36. U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky
37. The Style Council - Introducing
38. Bruce Cockburn - The Trouble with Normal
39. Juluka - Scatterlings
40. Cabaret Voltaire - The Crackdown
41. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
42. Peter Gabriel - Plays Live
43. R.E.M. - Murmur
44. Paul Young - No Parlez
45. Herbie Hancock - Future Shock
46. The Fixx - Reach the Beach
47. Tom Robinson - War Baby
48. A Flock of Seagulls - Listen
49. Bill Nelson - Chimera
50. Altered Images - Bite
51. Roxy Music - High Road
52. Bob Dylan - Infidels
53. The Payola$ - Hammer on a Drum
54. Simple Minds - Waterfront
55. XTC - Mummer
56. Peter Schilling - Error in the System
57. Re-Flex - The Politics of Dancing
58. Marianne Faithfull - A Child's Adventure
59. PIL - This is Not a Love Song
60. Hunters & Collectors - Hunters & Collectors
61. The Boys Brigade - The Boys Brigade
62. Grace Jones - Living My Life
63. New Order - Blue Monday
64. Roman Holiday - Cooking on the Roof
65. The Alarm - The Alarm
66. The C.S. Angels (Comsat) - Land
67. Freur - Doot Doot
68. Trans X - Trans X
69. David Wilcox - My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble
70. Martha & the Muffins - DANSEPARC
71. Ministry - With Sympathy
72. The Kinks - State of Confusion
73. Rational Youth - Rational Youth
74. Prince - 1999
75. Modern English - After the Snow
76. The Eurythmics - Touch
77. The Hawaiian Pups - Split Second Precision
78. Level 42 - Out of Sight Out of Mind
79. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
80. The Belle Stars - The Belle Stars
81. Wham! - Fantastic
82. Tin Tin - Kiss Me
83. Gang of Four - Hard

"The Ten Worst of 1983"

1. Def Leppard - Pyromania
2. Quiet Riot - Come on Feel the Noise
3. AC.DC - Flick of the Switch
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller
5. Ozzy Osbourne - Bark.Howl at the Moon
6. The Rolling Stones - Undercover
7. Duran Duran - Seven & The Ragged Tiger
8. Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
9. Genesis - Genesis
10. Black Sabbath - Born Again

"The Best Music of 1984"
(Scan of original list)

1. Psychedelic Furs - Mirror Moves
2. U2 - Unforgettable Fire
3. Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain
4. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
5. Bronski Beat - Age of Consent
6. Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
7. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome To the Pleasuredome
8. Thompson Twins - Into the Gap
9. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
10. Jane Siberry - No Borders Here
11. Howard Jones - Human's Lib
12. General Public - All the Rage
13. Blancmange - Mange Tout
14. Talk Talk - Its My Life
15. Bruce Cockburn - Stealing Fire
16. Alphaville - Forever Young
17. Style Council - My Ever Changing Moves
18. David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
19. Alison Moyet - Alf
20. OMD - Junk Culture
21. Ultravox - Lament
22. Flock of Seagulls - Story of a Young Heart
23. The Cure - The Top
24. UB40 - Geffery Morgan
25. The Stranglers - Aural Sculpture
26. Waterboys - A Pagan Place
27. Fad Gadget - Gag
28. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hyaena
29. Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise
30. Parachute Club - At the Feet of the Moon
31. Tears for Fears - Mother's Talk
32. Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
33. Joe Jackson - Body and Soul
34. Tina Turner - Private Dancer
35. Billy Idol - Eves Without a Face (12")
36. M+M - Mystery Walk
37. Tom Robinson - Hope & Glory
38. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
39. INXS - The Swing
40. Eurythmics - Sex Crime (1984)
41. Savage Progress - Celebration
42. Icicle Works - The Icicle Works
43. Level 42 - True Colours
44. Big Country - Steel Town
45. Aztec Camera - Knife
46. Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly
47. Wang Chung - Points on the Curve
48. The Spoons - Tell No Lies
49. R.E.M. - Reckoning
50. The Fixx - Phantoms
51. Pukka Orchestra - Pukka Orchestra
52. Lotus Eaters - No Sense of Sin
53. Shriekback - Jam Science
54. Men Without Hats - Folk of the 80s
55. Divine - You Think You're a Man
56. SSQ - Playback
57. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
58. The Alarm - Declaration
59. Silent Running - Shades of Liberty
60. Juluka - Stand Your Ground
61. Icehouse - Sidewalk
62. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
63. Images in Vogue - Rituals
64. Orange Juice - The 3rd Album
65. Matt Bianco - Whose Side Are You On
66. Scritti Politti - Absolute
67. Nash the Slash - American Bandages
68. Dalbello - Whomanfoursays
69. Wham! - Make it Big
70. Comsat Angels - You Move Me (12")
71. Danse Society - Heaven is Waiting
72. Fiction Factory - Throw the Warped Wheel Out
73. Human League - Hysteria
74. Luba - Let it Go (12")
75. David Bowie - Tonight
76. Rough Trade - O Tempora! O Mores!
77. Elvis Costello - Goodbye Cruel World
78. Sherry Kean - People Talk
79. The Cars - Hello Again (12")
80. Paul Young - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
81. Mark Knopfler - The Long Road
82. Benjamin Russell - Miracle (12")
83. Prince - Purple Rain
84. Julian Lennon - Valotte

"The Best of '85"

(Top 10 only listed below. Here's the complete list (276K), scanned from the Toronto Star.)

1. New Order - Low Life
2. The Cure - The Head on the Door
3. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
4. Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
5. Propaganda - A Secret Wish
6. Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time
7. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
8. Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good
9. OMD - Crush
10. The Waterboys - This Is The Sea

Another chart contributed by a fan is this Live Earl Jive Hitlist!

"The Best 86 of '86"

(Top 10 only. Scan of complete list - 124K).

1. Peter Gabriel - So
2. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
3. New Order - Brotherhood
4. REM - Lifes Rich Pageant
5. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
6. Paul Simon - Graceland
7. OMD - The Pacific Age
8. The Cure - Standing On A Beach
9. Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life
10. Love & Rockets - Express

"The Best 87 of '87"

(Top 10 only. Scan of complete list - 103K).

1. U2 - Joshua Tree
2. New Order - Substance
3. REM - Document
4. Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
5. The Cult - Electric
6. The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
7. Sting - Nothing Like The Sun
8. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
9. Echo & the Bunnymen - self-titled
10. Blue Rodeo - Outskirts

"The Best 88 of '88"

(Top 10 only. Scan of complete list - 374K).

1. U2 - Rattle & Hum
2. INXS - Kick
3. Pet Shop Boys - Introspective
4. Erasure - The Innocents
5. Midnight Oil - Diesel & Dust
6. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
7. Guns 'N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
8. Information Society - Information Society
9. R.E.M. - Green
10. Morrissey - Viva Hate

To illustrate how far CFNY fell in 1989, here is a sample from the Thursday Thirty, as printed in Metropolis magazine, September 7, 1989. "Modern Rock" indeed! (Scan of chart below)

1. Rolling Stones - "Mixed Emotions"
2. Paula Abdul - "Cold Hearted"
3. Neneh Cherry - "Kisses On The Wind"
4. Milli Vanilli - "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
5. Fine Young Cannibals - "Don't Look Back"
6. Madonna - "Cherish"
7. The Cure - "Love Song"
8. Soul II Soul - "Keep On Movin'"
9. Prince - "Partyman"
10. Janet Jackson - "Miss You Much"

Even the New Kids on the Block are on this list - at number 25!

CFNY "FM 102" started to get back on track in 1990, as you can see from this list, but believe it or not, Vanilla Ice is number 15!

"The Top 90 [Singles] of '90"

(Top 10 only. Scan of complete list - 189K).

1. Fool's Gold - Stone Roses
2. Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode
3. Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
4. Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite
5. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
6. The Only One I Know - Charlatans UK
7. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
8. Never Enough - The Cure
9. I'm Free - The Soup Dragons
10. World In My Eyes - Depeche Mode

"The Top 91 [Singles] of '91"

(Top 10 only. Scan of complete list - 317K).

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
2. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
3. If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
4. Superman's Song - Crash Test Dummies
5. Right Here, Right Now - Jesus Jones
6. Rush - Big Audio Dynamite II
7. Unbelievable - EMF
8. Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie & the Banshees
10. The Fly - U2

Top 102 Albums of 1993

Thanks to Gilbert for this one.

1. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
2. Nirvana - In Utero
3. Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
4. Pearl Jam - Vs.
5. New Order - Republic
6. Radiohead - Pablo Honey
7. Breeders - Last Splash
8. Catherine Wheel - Chrome
9. U2 - Zooropa
10. Porno For Pyros - Porno For Pyros
11. James - Laid
12. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
13. Bjork - Debut
14. Pet Shop Boys - Very
15. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
16. Suede - Suede
17. The The - Dusk
18. Juliana Hatfield Three - Become What You Are
19. The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't I?
20. Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads
21. P.J. Harvey - Rid Of Me
22. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
23. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
24. Doughboys - Crush
25. Adorable - Against Perfection
26. Belly - Star
27. Tea Party - Splendor Solis
28. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
29. hHead - Fireman
30. Tool - Undertow
31. Kate Bush - The Red Shoes
32. I Mother Earth - Dig
33. Dinosaur Jr- Where You Been
34. Jane Siberry - When I Was A Boy
35. Various - 1993 CFNY New Music Search
36. Tragically Hip - Fully Completely
37. Blind Lemon - Blind Lemon
38. Verve - A Storm In Heaven
39. Frank Black - Frank Black
40. Trash Can Sinatras - I've Seen Everything
41. Midnight Oil - Earth And Sun And Moon
42. 13 Engines - Perpetual Motion Machine
43. Dead Can Dance - Into The Labyrinth
44. Curve - Cuckoo
45. Revolting Cocks - Linger Ficken' Good & Other...
46. Swervedriver - Mescalhead
47. Eric's Trip - Love Tara
48. Wonder Stuff - Construction For The Modern Idiot
49. Primus - Pork Soda
50. R.E.M - Automatic For The People
51. Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
52. Front 242 - :06:21:03:11 Up Evil
53. Matthew Sweet - Altered Beast
54. Urge Overkill - Saturation
55. Cocteau Twins - Four Calendar Cafe
56. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union
57. Spirit Of The West - Faithlift
58. World Party - Bang!
59. Cracker - Kerosene Hat
60. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Body Exit Mind
61. Odds - Bedbugs
62. (missing)
63. Jesus Jones - Perverse
64. Beloved - Conscience
65. Cranes - Jewel
66. The Watchmen - McLaren Furnace Room
67. The Fall - Infotainment Scan
68. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Sport Fishin'
69. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Are You Normal?
70. Hothouse Flowers - Songs From The Rain
71. Mystery Machine - Glazed
72. INXS - Full Moon Dirty Heart
73. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don't Know How To Party
74. Hunters & Collectors - Cut
75. House Of Love - Audience With The Mind
76. Daniel Lanois - For The Love Of Wynona
77. Tears For Fears - Elemental
78. Acid Test - Drop
79. Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales
80. Paul Weller - Wildwood
81. Stereo MCs - Connected
82. Ocean Blue - Beneath The Rhythm And Sound
83. Revolver - Cold Water Flat
84. Rose Chronicles - Dead And Gone To Heaven
85. Waterboys - Dream Harder
86. Machines Of Loving Grace - Concentration
87. Bad Religion - Recipe For Hate
88. Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet
89. Peter Gabriel - Us
90. Cowboy Junkies - Pale Sun, Crescent Moon
91. UB40 - Promises & Lies
92. Crash Vegas - Stone
93. Dada - Puzzle
94. Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen
95. Moxy Fruvous - Bargainville
96. Mae Moore - Bohemia
97. Various - Stone Free
98. Buffalo Tom - Big Red Letter Day
99. Various - Sweet Relief
100. Rymes With Orange - Peel
101. Redd Kross - Phaseshifter
102. Pursuit Of Happiness - The Downward Road

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