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3. Public Image Ltd.: ''Second Edition'' (Island). This was John Lydon's return, after the demise of the Sex Pistols and of his alter-ego Johnny Rotten, and this time he had a band with a vision as radical and corrosive as his own. Guitarist Keith Levene, bassist Jah Wobble, drummer Martin Atkins and Lydon worked together to make ''Second Edition'' the definitive album of post-punk rock and the year's most compelling slice of metal machine music. | 3. Public Image Ltd.: ''Second Edition'' (Island). This was John Lydon's return, after the demise of the Sex Pistols and of his alter-ego Johnny Rotten, and this time he had a band with a vision as radical and corrosive as his own. Guitarist Keith Levene, bassist Jah Wobble, drummer Martin Atkins and Lydon worked together to make ''Second Edition'' the definitive album of post-punk rock and the year's most compelling slice of metal machine music. | ||
4. Joy Division: ''Unknown Pleasures'' ( | 4. Joy Division: ''Unknown Pleasures'' (Factory/Rough Trade). This exceptional debut album by a quartet from Manchester, England, had already attracted considerable attention by last May, when Ian Curtis, Joy Division's lead vocalist, hanged himself. Subsequent Joy Division releases have included a second album, ''Closer,'' and several singles, all recorded before Curtis's death. But ''Unknown Pleasures'' remains the group's masterpiece. Curtis confronted hard questions and refused to settle for easy answers, and on ''Unknown Pleasures'' the band's three instrumentalists backed him to the hilt with some of the most driven, desperate rock 'n' roll ever recorded. | ||
5. Arthur Blytbe: ''Illusions'' (Columbia). On this album, the formidable alto saxophonist sparkled in two contexts, one a more-or- | 5. Arthur Blytbe: ''Illusions'' (Columbia). On this album, the formidable alto saxophonist sparkled in two contexts, one a more-or-less conventional jazz quartet, the other a polytonal funk band with tuba taking the place of electric bass and with amplified cellos as a second lead instrument. The funk tunes proved that substantial yet danceable jazz isn't an impossible dream. | ||
6. Elvis Costello and the Attractions: ''Get Happy!!'' (Columbia). The stylistic range (pop-rock to soul to country ballads to waltzes), emotional depth, melodic richness, and verbal invention displayed on ''Get Happy!!'' make it Costello's most satisfying album. | 6. Elvis Costello and the Attractions: ''Get Happy!!'' (Columbia). The stylistic range (pop-rock to soul to country ballads to waltzes), emotional depth, melodic richness, and verbal invention displayed on ''Get Happy!!'' make it Costello's most satisfying album. |
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