READERS' POLL

Rip It Up, Issue 20, 1 March 1979, Page 1

READERS' POLL

• --e " " ' •' > I Hi there, pop pickers well, we J S ' ' . always suspected our readers had A 1 • good taste but its nice to have it • . .. .;• : confirmed. ; _ - . ;\v ■ Discerning trends amongst the. readers' poll voting is not easy, but ;, it is possible to pick a fair tendency . : towards the New Wave with certain . • , of ', the established favourites ■ holding up well Bowie, , for . instance, picks up first place in the ’ /•. Best; Single. Best Album and Best v ' Singer categories.' Also congratulations to' Robert iStigwood and RSO . \ ' Records for figuring three times’ ; amongst ; the five most . hated records. - ' “ :• • . In the . New Zealand section, . - voting,was /similarly s spread with ,: V ; Citizen Band picking:. up two ■/. ; : Number Ones (Best Group and Best: , i- v-; .'' • Album) and Th' Duties, Alastair Rid- . . j • , dell and!Graham' Brazier all pick- : 1 ' \ * . ing up one category apiece. 5 ,) .--T;' :. - ; No points > were awarded to those- ' persons > r Barry Gibb .as best • •rtfemale vocalist or jto the i jerk who -.-„ : nominated Elvis Presley for -best \ j ■ new artist! , , A • v'..; Finally .<• thanks ? to ; those ; patient. •’! ' and f highly impartial * people'; who -; , _ j ; ;.. ■ Network Communications., . Christine Bevan of \ Taste ; Records * c " • : f and Bruce Jarvis of ' Prism ( Photography. : , J

BEST GROUP 58 ®*^ 1. Rolling Stones 2. Talking Heads . 3. Boomtown Rats 4. Cheap Trick . Ramones 5. Thin Lizzy BEST NEW ARTIST 1. Dire Straits 2. Elvis Costello3. Devo 4. The Cars Talking Heads 5. Public Image Ltd. BEST ALBUM 1. Stage - David Bowie 2. Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen Some Girls Rolling Stones This Year's Model . Elvis Costello 3. Live and Dangerous Thin Lizzy ' 'i> - - 4. More Songs About Buildings and Food Talking Heads 5. Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! Devo Street Hassle Lou Reed BEST SINGLE 1. "Heroes" David Bowie 2. "Sultans of Swing" Dire Straits 3. "Miss You" Rolling Stones 4. "My Way" Sid Vicious 5. "Watching the Detectives" Elvis Costello

BEST MALE VOCALIST 1. David Bowie 2. Elvis Costello 3. Bruce Springsteen 4. John Lydon 5. Mick Jagger BEST FEMALE VOCALIST 1. Debbie Harry 2. Patti Smith 3. Kate Bush 4. Poly Styrene 5. Joan Armatrading Linda Rondstadt MOST HATED RECORD 1. Saturday Night Fever Bee Gees etc. 2. Grease John Travolta etc. 3. "Rivers of Babylon" Boney M 4. Sgt. Pepper's Frampton, Bee Gees etc. 5. "Sultans of Swing" Dire Straits BEST NZ GROUP 1. Citizen Band 2. Hello Sailor 3. Th' Dudes 4. Split Enz 5. Street Talk Dragon Toy Love BEST NZ VOCALIST *l. Graham Brazier 2. Alastair Riddell 3. Sharon O'Neill 4. Tim Finn 5. Chris Knox BEST NZ MUSICIAN 1. Alastair Riddell 2. Greg Clark 3. Hammond Gamble 4. Geoff Chunn 5. Mike Chunn Kevin Kaukau Phil Judd BEST NZ ALBUM 1 . Citizen Band Citizen Band 2. Pacifica Amour Hello Sailor 3. Hello Sailor Hello Sailor 4. Alastair Riddell Alastair Riddell 5. Golden Harvest Golden Harvest BEST NZ SINGLE 1. "Be Mine Tonight" Th' Dudes 2. "Saturday Night Stay at Home" Suburban Reptiles 3. "Disco's Dead" Hello Sailor 4. "Ladder Song" Citizen Band 5. "Leaving the Country" Street Talk