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Rip It Up, Issue 43, 1 February 1981, Page 2

It’s that time again. Printed below are our writers’ favourite albums,.fav 45 and most underrated album of 1980. And it is * also time for ‘Rip It 1 Up’ readers to vote for best group (XTC again?), best vocalist (Bowie again?), best NZ album of 1980 etc. Vote now, - post your favs to ‘RIU’ Readers’ Poll, PO Box 5689, Auckland 1. Note that independent scrutineers will count the votes and detect any attempt to rig the poll. ' Duncan Campbell Clash Sandinista!. Specials, Bruce Springsteen The River, Tom Waits, Heart-attack And Vine, Talking Heads Remain in Light: . 45: Police, 'Don’t Stand Too Close To Me.. Underrated: Judie Tzuke, Welcome To The Cruise. Roy Colbert Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen The River, Toy Love, the Cramps Songs The Lord Taught Us, Joy Division Unknown Pleasures. 45: Toy Love, ‘Don't Ask Me’/’Sheep'. Underrated: Dire Straits,' Making Movies. Simon Grigg Toy Love, Dexy’s Midnight Runners Searching For The Young Soul Rebels, The • Beat Just Can Stop It,: Linton Kwesi Johnson Bass Culture, Talking Heads Remain In Light, Jam Setting Sons. 45: Jam, 'Going Underground'. Underrated: Jah Wobble, Betrayal. George Kay David .Bowie Scary Monsters,- Clash London Calling, Jam Setting Sons, Talking Heads Remain In Light, XTC Black Sea. 45: Jam, 'Going Underground’. Underrated: Magazine, Correct Use Of Soap. Mark Phillips . The Beat Just Can't Stop it, Magazine Correct Use Of Soap, Joy Division Closer, Jam Setting Sons, i David Bowie; Scary ■; Monsters. 45: Jam, ‘Going Underground’. Underrated:. The Birthday Party. Murray Cammick Magazine Correct Use Of Soap, Les Plus Grands Success De Chic, Bruce Springsteen The River, Dexy’s Midnight Runners Searching For The Young Soul Rebels, B. B. King Take It Home. 45: Smokey Robinson, ‘Cruisin’. Under-. . rated: Ellen Foley, Nightout. ... Ken Williams Jo Jo Zep Hats Off Step Lively, Crusaders Rhapsody And Blues, Alberta Hunter Amtrak Blues, Eric Clapton Just One Night, Pete Townshend Empty Glass.