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2003

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Albums

The White Stripes - Elephant


The White Stripes - Elephant
Justin Timberlake - Justified
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
The Darkness - Permission to Land
Hot Hot Heat - Make Up The Breakdown
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
Sean Paul - Dutty Rock
The Rapture - Echoes
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
The Distillers - Coral Fang
Beyonce - Dangerously In Love
The Fucking Champs - Greatest Fucking Hits
Ween - Quebec
Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance
Spiritualized - Amazing Grace
The Hotwires - Ignition
Rough Trade Shops - Country 1
Calexico - Feast Of Wine
Various - Sex; Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die
Jet - Get Born
Obie Trice - Cheers
Turbonegro - Scandinavian Leather
Chingy - Jackpot
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Four Tet - Rounds
Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground
Ellen Allien - Berlinette
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Ludacris - Chicken-N-Beer
Electric Six - Fire
Jane’s Addiction - Strays
Non-Prophets - Hope
Various - The Neptune Presents…Clones
Busted - A Present for Everyone
Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
Various - Kill Bill OST
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
50 - Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Singles of the Year

Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Sean Paul - Get Busy
Tatu - All The Things She Said
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Lumidee - Never Leave You
Tomcraft - Loneliness
Christina Aguilera - Fighter
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
Evanescence - Bring Me to Life
Busted - You Said No
Kings Of Leon - Molly’s Chambers
R Kelly - Ignition
Black eyed Peas - Where s The Love
Blu Cantrell - Breathe
50 cent - In Da Club
Electric Six Danger! - High Voltage
Blondie - Good Boys
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go
Metallica - St Anger
Punjabi MC - Mundian to Bach Ka
Dizzee Rascal - I Luv You, Fix Up Look Sharp
Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
Missy Elliott - Pass that Dutch
Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow
Elton John - Are You Ready for Love
Girls Aloud - NO Good Advice
Pharrell and Jay Z - Frontin’
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb


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2002

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Albums

The Streets

1. The Streets ~ Original Pirate Material
2. 2 Many Dj’s ~ As Herd On Radio Soulwax Pt2
3. The Vines ~ Highly evolved
4. The Datsuns ~ The Datsuns
5. Eminem ~ The Eminem Show
6. Missy Elliott ~ Under Construction
7. The Libertines ~ Up The Bracket
8. Ms Dynamite ~ A little deeper
9. Polyphonic Spree ~ The Beginning Stages Of..
10. Queens Of The Stoneage ~ Songs For The Deaf
11. The Coral ~ The Coral
12. Supergrass ~ Life On Other Planets
13. DJ Shadow ~ The private press
14. The Flaming Lips ~ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
15. Brendan Benson ~ Lapalco
16. Spoon ~ Kill The Moonlight
17. The Bees ~ Sunshine Hit Me
18. Boards Of Canada ~ Geogaddi
19. Langley School Music Project ~ Innocence and Dispair
20. Various ~ Never Mind The Bootlegs
21. John Peel ~ Fabric Live
22. Various ~ Electric Stew The Album
23. Weird War ~ Weird War
24. The Donnas ~ Spend The Night
25. System Of A Down ~ Toxicity
26. Jay-Z ~ The Blueprint, Vol 2
27. The Music ~ The Music
28. Foo Fighters ~ One By One
29. Various ~ City Rockers Present Futurism
30. Beenie Man ~ Tropical Storm
31. Pulp ~ Hits
32. Pink ~ M!ssundaztood
33. Nelly ~ Nellyville
34. Nirvana ~ Nirvana
35. Red Hot Chilli Peppers ~ By The Way
36. Coldplay ~ A Rush of Blood to the Head
37. Interpol ~ Turn on The Bright Lights
38. Elephant Man ~ Higher Land
39. Various ~ Mental Groove Compliation
40. Various ~ Trash Companion

BEST SINGLES:

1. Nelly – Hot In Herre
2. Eminem – Without Me
3. The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So
4. Fischerspooner – Emerge
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Bang EP
6. NORE – Nothin’
7. Tiga & Zyntherius – Sunglasses At Night
8. Sugababes – Freak Like Me
9. Truth Hurts – Addictive
10. The Libertines – What A Waster
11. The Rapture – House Of Jealous Lovers
12. Peaches – Set It Off
13. Layo & Bushwacka! – Love Story
14. Rφyksopp – Poor Leno
15. Justin Timberlake – Like I Love You
16. Interpol – PDA
17. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Whatever Happened To My Rock ‘n’ Roll? (Punk Song)
18. DJ Sammy – Heaven
19. Christina Aguilera feat. Redman – Dirrty
20. The Vines – Highly Evolved
21. Missy Elliott – Work It
22. White Stripes – Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground
23. Nelly and Kelly – Dilemma
24. Liberty X – Just A Little Bit
25. Jay-Z – Girls, Girls, Girls
26. Big Brovaz – New Flow
27. The Strokes – Someday
28. Missy Elliott – 4 My People
29. Fat Joe feat. Ashanti – What’s Luv
30. LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
31. Outkast – The Whole World
32. Tweet – Oops (Oh My)
33. Rammstein – Ich Will
34. Busta Rhymes – Pass The Courvoisier
35. Tubby T – Tales Of Da Hood
36. Punjabi MC – Nightrider
37. Styles & Pharoahe Monch – The Life
38. Vitalic – Poney EP
39. Edan – Sprain Your Tape Deck EP
40. Wu-Tang Clan – Uzi (Pinky Ring)


BAD SINGLES:


Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK (remix)
Will Young / Gareth Gates – The Long And Winding Road
Nickelback – How You Remind Me
Blazin’ Squad – Crossroads
The Prodigy – Baby’s Got A Temper
George Michael – Freeek
J-Lo – Jenny From The Block
Ali G & Shaggy – Me Julie
Manic Street Preachers – There By The Grace Of God
S Club Juniors – Puppy Love


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2001

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Albums


The Avalanches


1 The Avalanches - Since I Left You
2 The Strokes - Is This It?
3 Jay-Z - The Blueprint
4 Felix Da Housecat - Kittenz And Thee Glitz
5 Pulp - We Love Life
6 Royksopp - Melody A.M.
7 N*E*R*O* - In Search Of...
8 Basement Jaxx - Rooty
9 Oxide & Neutrino - Execute
10 Turin Brakes - The Optimist LP
11 Andrew Wk - I Get Wet
12 Zero 7 - Simple Things
13 Radiohead - Amnesiac
14 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
15 Daft Punk - Discovery
16 D12 - Devils Night
17 Stanton Warriors - The Stanton Session
18 Destiny's - Child Survivor
19 The Charlatans - Wonderland
20 Slam - Allen Radio

Singles

1 Missy ‘Misdemeanor' Elliott - Get UR freak on
2 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
3 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance
4 Outkast - Ms Jackson
5 Solid Crew - 2l Seconds
6 The Strokes - Hard To Explain
7 Mary J Blige - Family Affair
8 Gorillaz - 19/2000
9 Monster - Daydream In Blue
10 Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car
11 Roots Manuva - Witness (One Hope)
12 Ernest Saint Laurent - Clumsy Lobster
13 Eve Feat. Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind
14 Ms Dynamite - Booo!
15 P.Diddy & The Bad Boy Family - Bad Boy 4 Life
16 The Streets - Has It Come To This?
17 Bubba Sparxxx - Ugly
18 Static Revenger - Happy People
19 Felix Da House Cat - Silver Screen (Shower Scene)
20 Mis-Teed - One Night Stand

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2000

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Albums


1. Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast
2. Leila – Courtsy Of Choice
3. Gonzales – Gonzales Uber Alles
4. Dr Dre – 2001
5. Primal Scream – Xtrmntr
6. Ettenne De Crecy – Tempovision
7. Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott?
8. Outkast – Stankonia
9. Lambchop – Nixon
10. D’Angelo – Voodoo
11. Phoenix – Untitled
12. Craig David – Born To Do It
13. Larry Levin – Live At The Paradise Garage
14. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
15. Romanthony – R Hide In Plain Suite
16. De La Soul – Art Official Intelligence
17. Wookie – Wookie
18. Black Box Recorder – The Facts Of Life
19. Roni Size – In The Mode

Singles

1. Aaliyah – Try Again
2. Azzido Ba Bass – Dooms Night
3. Spiller – Groovejet
4. Destiny’s Child – Independent Woman Pt.1
5. Dj Falcon And Thomas Bangalter – Together
6. Eminem – Stan
7. Destiny’s Child – Say My Name
8. Daft Punk – Daft Punk One More Time
9. Madonna – Music
10. DJ Ronaldo – Knight Of The Jaguar
11. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
12. Modjo – Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
13. Crage David – Fill Me In
14. Dr Dre – Still Dre
15. Moloko – The Time Is Now
16. Alan Braxe And Fred Flake – Running
17. Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400
18. All Saints – Pure Shores
19. Outkast – Bob
20. Black Legend – You See The Trouble With Me
21. Darude – Sandstorm
22. Nelly – Country Grammar (Hot)
23. Toni Braxton – He Was’nt Man Enough
24. Sisqo – Thong Song
25. DJ Zinc – 138 Trek
26. Britney Spears – Oops! I Dun It Again
27. Dr Dre And Eminem – Forget About Dre
28. Lambchop – Up With People
29. Kelis – Caught Out There
30. Laurent Garnier – The Man With The Red Face


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1999

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Albums

1. Basement Jaxx – Remedy
2. TLC – Fanclub
3. Three Madkatt Courtship – I Know Electrikboy
4. Moby – Play
5. The Chemical Brothers – Surrender
6. The Charlatans – Us And Us Only
7. Add N To X – Avant Hard
8. Macy Gray – On How Life Is
9. Destiny’s Child – The Writings On The Wall
10. Death In Vegas – The Contino Sessions
11. Shack – HMS Fable
12. Roots Manuva – Brand New Second Hand
13. Belle & Sebastian – Tigermilk
14. Groove Armada – Vertigo
15. Leftfield – Rhythm & Stealth
16. The All Seeing Eye – Pickled Eggs & Sherbert
17. Mos Def – Black On Both Sides
18. Mob Deep – Murda Muzik
19. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
20. Beck – Midnight Vultures

Singles

1. Aphex Twin – Windowlicker
2. TLC – No Scrubs
3. Madonna – Beautiful Stranger
4. Eminem – My Name Is
5. Basement Jaxx – Rendez-Vu
6. Armand Van Helden – U Don’t Know Me
7. Moloko – Sing It Back
8. Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
9. The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl
10. Shack – Comedy
11. Whitney Houston – It’s Not Right But It’s Ok
12. Sasha – Xpander
13. Macy Gray – I Try
14. Basement Jaxx – Red Alert
15. TLC – Unpretty
16. Pete Heller – Big Love
17. Leftfield – Afrika Shox
18. Chemical Brothers – Out Of Control
19. Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate
20. ATB – 9pm (‘Till I Come)
21. Q-Tip Feat. Raphael Saddiq – Get Involved
22. Armand Van Helden – Flowerz
23. Badly Drawn Boy – Once Around The Block
24. Blur – Coffee & TV
25. Destiny’s Child – Bills Bills Bills
26. Mr Oizo – Flat Beat
27. Isolee – Beau Not Plage
28. The Roots Feat. Erykah Badu – You Got Me
29. Chicks On Speed – Eurotrash Girl
30. Phoenix – Heatwave


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1998

The Face Recordings Of The Year

A L B U M S

Air - Moon Safari


1) Air ~ Moon Safari
2) Gomez ~ Bring It On
3) Lauryn Hill ~ The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
4) Mercury Rev ~ Deserter's Songs
5) Money Mark ~ Push The Button
6) Jurassic 5 ~ Jurassic 5
7) Black Box Recorder ~ England Made Me
8) Massive Attack ~ Mezzanine
9) Danny Tenaglia ~ Tourism
10) The Beta Band ~ The Three Eps
11) Beastie Boys ~ Hello Nasty
12) Manic Street Preachers ~ This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
13) Pulp ~ This Is Hardcore
14) Embrace ~ The Good Will Out
15) Sparkte ~ Be Careful
15) Terry Callier ~ Timepeace
17) Roe And Christian ~ Northern Sulphuric Soul
18) Beck ~ Mutations
19) UNKLE ~ Psyence Fiction
20) Smashing Pumpkins ~ Adore


S I N G L E S


1) Stardust 'Music Sounds Better With You'
2) Brandy And Monica 'The Boy Is Mine'
3) Lauryn Hill 'Doo Wop (That Thing)'
4) Air 'Sexy Boy'
5) Beastie Boys 'Intergatactic'
6) Manic Street Preachers 'If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next'
7) Jay-Z 'Hard Knock Life'
8) Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins 'It's Like That'
9) Fatboy Slim 'The Rockerfeller Skank'
10) Madonna 'Ray Of Light'
11) Missy Elliott 'Beep Me 911'
12) Massive Attack 'Teardrop'
13) Usher 'You Make Me Wanna'
14) Air 'Kelly Watch The Stars'
15) All Seeing I 'The Beat Goes On'
16) Pros 'Ghetto Superstar'
17) Air 'All I Need'
18) The Tamperer 'Feel It'
19) Gomez '78 Stone Wobble'
20) The Beta Band 'Patty Patty Sound'
21) Mousse T Vs Hot 'N' Juicy 'Horny'
22) Jurassic 5 'Concrete Schoolyard'
23) Puff Daddy 'Come With Me'
24) Danny Tenaglia 'Music Is The Answer'
25) Wamdue Project 'King Of My Castle'
26) Beenie Man 'Who Am I?'
27) Sparkle 'Be Careful'
28) Mr Vegas 'Heads High'
29) Terry Callier 'Love Theme From Spartacus'
30) 187 Lockdown 'Kung-Fu'


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1997

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Albums

01) = Daft Punk- Homework
01) =Radiohead- OK Computer
03) The Verve- Urban Hymns
04) Missy Elliott- Supa Dupa Fly
05) Spiritualized- Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
06) Prodigy- Fat Of The Land
07) Faze Action- Plans & Designs
08) Supergrass- In It For The Money
09) Reprazent- New Forms
10) Various- Tuff Jam presents Underground Frequencies Vol 1
11) Chemical Brothers- Dig Your Own Hole
12) Blur- Blur
13) Wu Tang Clan- Wu-Tang Forever
14) DJ Q- Face The Music
15) Primal Scream- Vanishing Point
16) Finley Quaye- Maverick A Strike
17) Cornershop- When I Was Born For The 7th Time
18) Erykah Badu- Baduizm
19) The Charlatans- Tellin' Stories
20) Notorious BIG- Life After Death

Singles

1) The Verve- Bitter Sweet Symphony
2) Roy Davis Jr- Gabriel
3) Missy Elliott- Sock It To Me
4) The Verve- The Drugs Don't Work
5) Daft Punk- Around The World
6) Double 99- RIP Groove
7) Radiohead- Paranoid Android
8) Chemical Brothers- The Private Psychedelic Reel
9) Ultra Nate- Free
10) Blur- Song 2
11) 4 Hero- Loveless
12) Beck- New Pollution
13) Roni Size- Share the Fall
14) All Saints- Never Ever
15) Embrace- Fireworks EP
16) Notorious BIG- Mo Money Mo Problems
17) The Blue Boy- Remember Me
18) Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up
19) SWV- Can We
20) Sneaker Pimps- Spin Spin Sugar (Armand Van Helden remix)
21) Supergrass - Richard 3
22) Hanson- Mmmbop
23) Ghostface Killah- All That I Got Is You
24) Tina Moore- Never Gonna Let You Go
25) Pulp- Help The Aged
26) Bentley Rhythm Ace- Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
27) Rosie Gaines- Closer Than Close
28) Finley Quaye- Even After All
29) Lo-Fidelity Allstars- Disco Machine Gun
30) Belle & Sebastian- Dog On Wheels EP

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1996

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Albums

1) Fugees- The Score
2) Various- Logical Progression
3) Underworld-Second Toughest In The Infants
4) Manic Street Preachers- Everything Must Go
5) DJ Shadow-Endtroducing
6) Beck-O-De-lay
7) Suede-Coming Up
8) Everything But The Girl-Walking Wounded
9) Ghostface Killah-Ironman
10) Tricky-Pre-Millenial Tension
11) Maxwell- Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
12) A Tribe Called Quest- Beats Rhymes And Life
13) Jamiroquai- Travelling Without Moving
14) Dead Presidents- Vols 1 & 2
15) Me'shell Ndegeocello- Peace Beyond Passion
16) Orbital- In Sides
17) Sweetback- Sweetback
18) Black Science Orchestra- Walter's Room
19) Jedi Knights- New School Science
20) (lovesymbol)- Emancipation
21) Skint All Stars- Brassic Beats Volume One
22) De La Soul- Stakes is High
23) Denim-Denim On Ice
24) Nas- It Was Written
25) Alex Reece- So Far
26) Genaside 2- New Life 4 the Hunted
27) Tortoise- Millions Now Living
28) REM- New Adventures In Hi-Fi
29) Nearly God- Nearly God
30) Various- Central Heating

Singles

1) The Prodigy- Firestarter
2) Underworld- Born Slippy (rerelease)
3) Tupac Featuring Dr Dre- California Love
4) Fugees- Killing Me Softly
5) Charlatans- One To Another
6) Faze Action- In The Trees
7) Busta Rhymes- Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check
8) Garbage- Stupid Girl
9) Space- Female Of The Species
10) Fugees- Ready Or Not
11) The Manic Street Preachers- Design For Life
12) Chemical Brothers With Noel Gallagher- Setting Sun
13) Everything But The Girl- Walking Wounded
14) Mark Morrison- Return Of The Mack
15) Tori Amos- Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden remix)
16) Spice Girls- Wannabe
17) Suede- Beautiful Ones
18) The Prodigy- Breathe
19) Orbital The Box
20) Jamiroquai- Virtual Insanity
21) Oasis- Don't Look Back In Anger
22) Beck- Devil's Haircut
23) Space- Neighbourhood
24) Summer Daze- Samba Magic
25) George Michael- Fast Love
26) Black Grape- England's Irie
27) Chemical Brothers- Loops Of Fury
28) Blackstreet- No Diggity
29) Bone Thugs N Harmony- Crossroads
30) CJ Bolland- Sugar Is Sweeter
31) Archive- So Few Words
32) Baby Bird- You're Gorgeous
33) A Tribe Called Quest- Stressed Out
34) Todd Terry- Jumpin'
35) D'Angelo- Lady (DJ Premier remix)
36) De La Soul- Stakes Is High
37) Bis- Candy Pop
38) Supergrass- Going Out
39) Gabrielle- Give Me A Little More Time
40) Way Out West- The Gift
41) Lamb- Cotton Wool
42) Jimi Tenor- Can't Stay With You Baby
43) Keith Murray- The Rhyme
44) Propellerheads- DNG
45) Tortoise- Galapagos
46) Robert Miles- Children
47) Nearly God- Poems
48) Motorbass- Les Ondes
49) Death In Vegas- Dirt
50) DJ Hype- Super Sharp Shooter

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1995

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Albums

Tricky

1. Tricky - Maxinquaye
2. Oasis - (Whats the Story) Morning Glory?
3. Pulp - Different Class
4. Supergrass - I Should Coco
5. Goldie -Timeless
6. Raekwon The Chef - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
7. Black Grape - Its Great When Your Straight... Yeah!
8. A Guy Called Gerald - Black Secret Technology
9. Earthling - Radar
10. Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
11. Various Artists - Artcore
12. Omni Trio - Vol 1 Deepest Cuts
13. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
14. Leftfield - Leftism
15. Nightmares on Wax - Smoker's Delight
16. Genius - Liquid Swords
17. Verve - A Northern Soul
18. Blur - The Great Escape
19. Money Mark - Mark's Keyboard Repair
20. Radiohead - The Bends
21. Elastica - Elastica
22. D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
23. Tindersticks - Live at Bloomsbury Theatre
24. Bjork - Post
25. St Germain - Boulevard
26. Foul Play - Foul Play
27. TLC - Craxysexycool
28. DJ Krush - Melso
29. Various Artists - The Sound Gallery
30. Grand Puba - 2000

Singles

1. Method Man / Mary J Bilge -You're All I Need to Get By
2. Pulp - Common People
3. Oasis - WonderWall
4. Coolio - Gangster's Paradise
5. Supergrass - Alright
6. Bucketheads -The Bomb (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)
7. Everything But The Girl - Missing (Remix)
8. Goldie – Inner City Life (rerelease)
9. Oasis - Some Might Say
10. Tricky - Black Steel
11. Massive Attack - Karmacoma
12. Bjork - Isobel
13. Stone Roses - Ten Storey Love Song
14. Black Grape - Reverand Black Grape
15. Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction
16. Pulp- Mis -Shapes / Sorted For Es and Wizz
17. Elastica - Waking Up
18. Tricky - Hell is Around The Corner
19. Alex Reece -Feel the Sunshine / Jazzmaster
20. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (rerelase)
21. DeLacy - Hideaway
22. A Guy Called Gerald - Finlay's Rainbow
23. Josh Wink Higher State of Consciousness
24. The Verve - History
25. Mary J Bilge - I'm Goin' Down
26. D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
27. Ash - Girl From Mars
28. Method Man - Release Yo' Delf
29. Chemical Brothers - Leave Home
30. Chemical Brothers / Tim Burgess - Life is Sweet
31. Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms
32. Portishead - Glory Box
33. TLC - Waterfalls
34. Rob D - Clubbed To Death
35. Blur - Country House
36. Massive Attack - Protection
37. DJ Crystl - Perpertual Motion
38. Wildchild - Renegrade Master (Legends Of The Dark Black Pt II)
39. Grace - Not Over Yet
40. Take That - Back For Good
41. McAlmont And Butler - Yes
42. Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt II
43. Notorious BIG - One More Chance
44. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
45. DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like
46. Monica - Don't Take It Personal
47. Nick Cave / Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
48. Daft Punk - Do Funk
49. Michelle Gayle - Happy Just To Be With You
50. Garbage - Queer


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1994

The Face Recordings Of The Year

SINGLES

1. Oasis - Live Forever
2. Warren G and Nate Dog - Regulate
3. Tricky - Aftermath
4. Oasis - Supersonic
5. Blur - Girls And Boys
6. Portishead - SourTimes
7. Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time2
8. Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry - Seven Seconds
9. Portishead - Numb
10. Goldie presents Metalheads - Inner City Life
11. Beck - Loser
12. DJ Shadow/DJ Krush - Lost & Found/Kemuri
13. Oasis - Listen Up/Cigarettes And Alcohol
14. Stone Roses - Love Spreads15 Oasis - Shakermaker
15. Sabres Of Paradise - Wilmot
16. Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear
17. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
18. Barbara Tucker - Beautiful People
19. Elastica - Connection
20. Veruca Salt - Seether
21. Roni Size - Music Box
22. Urban Species - Spiritual Love
23. X Project - Code Red
24. Symbol for The Artist formely …. - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
25. Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me
26. Green Day - Basket Case
27. Blur - End Of The Century
28. Tom Jones - If I Only Knew
29. Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me
30. The Dust Brothers - Twentieth Century Sky EP
31. Stereolab - Ping Pong
32. Beastie Boys - Sureshot
33. Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
34. Shampoo - Trouble
35. Ahmad - Back In The Day
36. Sonic Youth/Redd Kross - Superstar/Yesterday Once More
37. Whigfield - Saturday Night
38. Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
39. Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
40. REM - What's The Frequency Kenneth?
41. Pulp - Babies
42. Primal Scream - Rocks
43. Jhelisa - Friendly Pressure
44. Gloworm - Carry Me Home
45. E-Z Rollers - Believe
46. Lena Fiagbe - What's It Like Be Beautiful?
47. Leviticus - The Burial
48. Red Snapper - The Swank EP
49. Aaliyah - Back And Forth


Albums

Portishead

1.Portishead – Dummy
2.Oasis – Definitely Maybe
3.Blur – Park Life
4.Massive Attack – Protection
5.The Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
6.Jhelisa - Galactica Rush
7.Hole - Live Through This
8.Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
9.REM – Monster
10.Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up
11.Suede - Dog Man Star
12.Above The Rim Soundtrack
13.Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels
14.Pulp - His 'N' Hers
15.Johnny Cash - American Recordings
16. Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet
=16 Veruca Salt - American Thighs
18.Jeff Buckley – Grace
19.Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George
20.The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
21.Future Sound Of London – Lifeforms
22.Nas – Illmatic
23.Various - Drum And Bass Selection 1
24.Nick Cave - Let Love In
25=Warren G - Regulate... G Funk Era
25= Luscious Jackson - Natural Ingredients
27.Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient
28.Morrissey - Vauxhall And I
29.Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
30=Liz Phair – Whip-Smart
30=Sinead O'Connor - Universal Mother

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1993

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Singles

1. The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By
2. Bjork - Venus as A Boy
3. Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
4. Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray
5. Robin S - Show Me Love
6. Onyx - Slam
7. Paul Weller - Wild Wood
8. Sub SubAin't No Love
9. Belly - Feed The Tree
10. Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
11. One Dove - White Love
12. Breeders - Cannonball
13. Jamiroquai - Too Young to Die
14. Jamiroquai - Blow My Mind
15. David Bowie - Jump They Say
16. New Order - Regret
17. St Etienne - Hobart Paving
18. Suede - Animal Nitrate
19. Espiritu - Los Americanos
20. Dr Dre - Ain't Nothing But A G Thing
21. Moby - Move
22. Pet Shop Boys - Go West
23. Gabrielle - Dreams
24. M People - Moving On Up
25. Future Sound Of London - Cascade
26. Snoop Doggy Dogg - What's My Name
27. Oui 3 - For What It's Worth
28. Pet Shop Boys - Can You Forgive Her
29. Mariah Carey - Dream Lover
30. Rage Against The Machine - Bullet In The Head
31. D:Ream - U R The Best Thing
32. M People - How Can I Love You More
33. SWV - I'm So Into You
34. Juliet Roberts - Caught In The Middle
35. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
36. Paul Weller - Sunflower
37. Cypress Hill - Insane In The Membrane
38. Urban Cookie Collective - The Key, The Secret
39. Radiohead - Creep
40. Terence Trent D'Arby - Delicate
41. Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch
42. Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease Me
43. Shaggy - Oh Carolina
44. The The - Slow Emotion Replay
45. Lemonheads - It's About Time
46. Prince - Peach
47. Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
48. Secret Knowledge - Sugar Daddy
49. One Dove - Transient Truth
50. Disco Evangelists - De Niro

Albums

Bjork Debut

1. Bjork - Debut
2. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
3. Pet Shop Boys -Very
4. Dr Dre -The Chronic
5. Paul Weller - Wild Wood
6. U2 -Zooropa
7. One Dove - Morning Dove White
8. Guru - Jazzmatazz
9. Nirvana - In Utero
10. Suede - Suede
11. St Etienne - So Tough
12. Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads
13. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
14. Jamiroquai - Emergancy on Planet Earth
15. The Black Dog - Bytes
16. Belly - Star
17. The Auters - New Wave
18. The Beloved - Conscience
19. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
20. Us3 - Hand on the Torch
21. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
22. M People - Elegant Slumming
23. Ronny Jorson - Quiet Revolution
24. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
25. MC Solaar - Qui Seme Le Vent Recolte Le Temp
26. United Future Organization - UFO
27. New Order - Republic
28. Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves
29. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
30. Tony Humphries - Ministry Of Sound, The Sessions

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1992

The Face Recordings Of The Year

SINGLES

1. Jamiroquai - When You Gonna Learn
2. Arrested Development - People Everyday
3. Prince - Sexy MF
4. Us3 - Cantaloop
5. Martine Girault - Revival
6. Arrested Development - Tennessee
7. House Of Pain - Jump Around
8. Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
9. Flowered Up - Weekender
10. Inner City - Hallelujah
11. Stereo MC's - Connected
12. Yothu Yindi - Treaty
13. St Etienne - Avenue
14. Paul Weller - Uh Huh Oh Yeh
15. DOP - Rockin' To The Rhythm
16. Jah Wobble - Vision Of You
17. Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea
18. Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy
19. Pete Rock and CL Smooth - Troy (They Reminisce...)
20. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
21. One Dove - Transient Truth
22. Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote
23. Tito Puente - Ran Kan Kan
24. Primal Scream - Dixie Narco EP
25. Nirvana - Lithium
26. The Rockingbirds/St Etienne/Flowered Up - The Fred EP
27. The Sandals - Nothing
28. Kriss Kross - Jump
29. Dina Carroll - Ain't No Man
30. Secret Life - As Always
31. Young Disciples - Move On EP
32. Inner City - Pennies From Heaven
33. Wreckx N' Effect - Rumpshaker
34. Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Television
35. Mombassa - Cry Freedom
36. U2 - One
37. Brand New Heavies - Stay This Way (remix)
38. Sylvian/Sakamoto - Heartbeat
39. Degrees Of Motion - Do You Want It Right Now
40. L7 - Pretend We're Dead
41. Madonna - This Used To Be My Playground
42. Melissa Morgan - Still In Love With You
43. Des'ree - Feel So High
44. EPMD - Crossover
45. Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me
46. Tom Waits - Goin' Out West
47. The Orb - Assassin
48. The Rockingbirds - Gradually Learning
49. World Series Of Life - Spread Love
50. Shabba Ranks - Mr Loverman


ALBUMS

1. Arrested Development - Three Years, Five Months And Two Days In The LIfe Of...
2. Omar - Music
3. Red Hot Chili Pepper - Love Sex Sugar Magik
4. Jah Wobble - Invaders Of The Heart
5. Inner City - Praise
6. Neneh Cherry - Homebrew
7. kd lang - Ingenue
8. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother
9. Ultramarine - Every Man And Woman Is A Star
10. Balanescu Quartet - Possessed
11. Stereo MC's - Connected
12. Ministry - Psalm 69
13. Barry Adamson - Soul Murder
14. Brand New Heavies -Heavy Rhyme Experience
15. Galliano - A Joyful Noise Unto The Creator
16. Tom Waits - Bone Machine
17. Faith No More - Angel Dust
18. Me Phi Me - One
19. U2 - Achtung Baby
20. Paul Weller - Paul Weller

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1991

The Face Recordings Of The Year

ALBUMS

Massive Attack

1 Massive Attack - Blue Lines
2 Primal Scream - Screamadelica
3 Young Disciples - Road To Freedom
4 PM Dawn - Of The Heart, Of The Soul And Of The Cross: The Utopian Experience
5 St Etienne - Fox Base Alpha
6 Seal - Seal
7 REM - Out Of Time
8 Omar - There's Nothing Like This
9 Prince - Diamonds And Pearls
10 Galliano - In Search Of The Thirteenth Note
11 Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said
12 Pet Shop Boys - Discography
13 Dream Warriors - And Now The Legacy Begins
14 The KLF - The White Room
l5 Ultra Nate - Blue Notes From The Basement
16 Public Enemy - Apocalypse '91
17 Various Artists - Paradiso
18 808 State - Ex:el
19 Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
20 A Tribe Called Quest - The Law End Theory

SINGLES

1 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
2 Young Disciples – Apparently Nothin
3 PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
4 DSK - What Would We Do
5 Ce Ce Peniston - Finally
6 Prince - Gett Off
7 Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives
8 Omar - There's Nothing Like This
9 Urban Soul - Alright
10 Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Till It's Over
11 The Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got The Love
12 Incognito – Always There
13 Sounds Of Blackness - Optimistic
14 Primal Scream - Don't Fight It Feel It
15 Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman
16 DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince - Summertime
17 Madonna - Justify My Love
18 Jesus Loves You - Generations Of Love
19 Sabrina Johnston - Peace
20 Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
21 Rozalla - Everybody's Free
22 Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It
23 A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
24 Pet Shop Boys - Where The Streets Have No Name
25 Brand New Heavies - Never Stop
26 PM Dawn - Paper Doll
27 Moby - Go
28 Mass Order - Take Me Away
29 Dread Flimstone - From The Ghetto
30 Curve - Blindfold
31 Definition Of Sound - Wear Your Love Like Heaven
32 Naughty By Nature - OPP
33 Crystal Waters - Makin' Happy
34 Joey Negro - Do What You Feel
35 Ariel - Mustn't Grumble
36 Ultraviolet - I Wish That
37 Right Said Fred - Too Sexy
38 REM - Shiny Happy People
39 REM - Near Wild Heaven
40 The Wonderstuff - Size Of A Cow
41 Tyrrel Corporation - Six O'Clock
42 Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
43 Brothers In Rhythm - Such A Good Feeling
44 Bassheads - Is Anybody Out There
45 Pinchers - Bandolero
46 Cola Boy - 7 Ways To Love
47 DNA – Rebel Woman
48 REM - Losing My Religion
49 Maxi Priest and Shabba Ranks - House Call
50 World Of Twist - Sweets


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1990

The Face Recordings Of The Year

ALBUMS

1. DEE-LITE World Clique
2. JULEE CRUISE Floating Into The Night
3. A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Peoples' Instinctive Travels In The Paths Of Rhythm
4. JUNGLE BROTHERS Done By The Force Of Nature
5. BELOVED Happiness
6. SOUL ll SOUL Vol 2 A New Decade
7. PET SHOP BOYS Behaviour
8. MONIE LOVE Down To Earth
9. HAPPY MONDAYS Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
10. BLAZE 25 Years Later
11. ANGELO BADALAMENTI Music From Twin Peaks
12. SINEAD O'CONNOR I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
13. PUBLIC ENEMY Fear Of A Black Planet
14. THE SHAMEN En-Tact
15. LL COOL J Mama Said Knock You Out
16. TEN CITY State Of Mind
17. THE CHARLATANS Some Friendly
18. STEREO MCS Supernatural
19. ROBERT OWENS Rhythm's In Me
20. THE SUNDAYS Reading, Writing And Arithmetic



SINGLES

1. DEEE-LITE Groove Is In The Heart
2. HISTORY featuring Q-TEE Afrika
3. THE CHARIATANS The Only One I Know
4. ADAMSKI/SEAL Killer
5. =HAPPY MONDAYS Step On
5. = PRIMAL SCREAM Loaded
7. MASSIVE ATTACK Daydreaming
8. SINEAD O'CONNOR Nothing Compares 2 U
9. FAMILY STAND Ghetto Heaven
10. YOUNG DISCIPLES Get Yourself Together
11. SAINT ETIENNE Only Love
12. GANG STARR Jazz Thing
13. HAPPY MONDAYS Kinky Afro
14. EN VOGUE Hold On
15. INNOCENCE Natural Thing
16. LOOSE ENDS Don't Be A Fool
17. MONIE LOVE It's A Shame
18. KID FROST La Raza
19. THE SHAMEN Progen
20. PRESSURE DROP Back To Back
21. SNAP The Power
22. GARY CLAIL Beef
23. SOUL ll SOUL A Dream's A Dream
24. SHABBA RANKS AND CRYSTAL Twice My Age
25. MADONNA Vogue
26. MARINA VAN ROOY Sly One
27. SOHO Hippychick
28. THE WEDDING PRESENT Brassneck
29. THE CHIMES Heaven
30. INXS Suicide Blonde
31. MC TUNES vs 808 STATE Tunes Splits The Atom
32. THE BELOVED Hello
33. THE FARM Groovy Train
34. STONE ROSES One Love
35. ULTRAVIOLET Kites (remix)
36. THE KLF What Time Is Love?
37. DREAM WARRIORS My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style
38. SYMBOLS AND INSTRUMENTS Mood
39. RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM The Beginning
40. JIMMY SOMERVILLE To Love Somebody
41. BOYS WONDER Radio Wonder
42. X-CLAN Funkin' Lesson
43. MANTRONIX Take Your Time
44. OLETA ADAMS Rhythm of Life
45. THE LA'S There She Goes
46. PET SHOP BOYS Being Boring
47. BARRIE K SHARPE/DIANA BROWN Masterplan
48. PRIMAL SCREAM Come Together
49. TEN CITY Whatever Makes You Happy
50. MY JEALOUS GOD Pray

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1989

The Face Recordings Of The Year

ALBUMS

De La Soul

1. DE LA SOUL 3ft High And Rising
2. SOUL ll SOUL Club Classics Vol I
3. STONE ROSES Made Of Stone
4. NWA Straight Outta Compton
5. TEN CITY Foundation
6. MALCOLM McLAREN Waltz Darling
7. ELVIS COSTELLO Spike
8. CHAKA KHAN Life Is A Dance
9. 808 STATE Quadrastate
10. ADEVA Adeva!
11. LOU REED New York
12. PAUL SIMPSON One
13. MADONNA Like A Prayer
14. VARIOUS Italia - The House Sound Of Italy
15. MAVIS STAPLES Time Waits For No One
16. SLICK RICK The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
17. RICHIE RICH I Can Make You Dance
18. RAUL ORELLANA Guitarra
19. FRANKIE BONES Looney Tunes
20. MARY MARGARET O'HARA Miss America

SINGLES

1. 808 STATE Pacific State
2. SOUL ll SOUL Back To Life
3. REDHEAD KINGPIN AND THE FBI Do The Right Thing
4. FRANKIE KNUCKLES Your Love
5. SYDNEY YOUNGBLOOD If Only I Could
6. DEBBIE MALONE Rescue Me
7. A GUY CALLED GERALD Voodoo Ray
8. TEN CITY That's The Way Love Is
9. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD Nothing Has Been Proved
10. DIGITAL UNDERGROUND Doowutchulike
11. ADEVA Respect
12. BLACK BOX Ride On Time
13. SOUL ll SOUL Keep On Movin'
14. NWA Express Yourself
15. DE LA SOUL Say No Go
16. DOUG LAZY Let It Roll
17. LIL LOUIS French Kiss
18. SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER You're History
19. PAUL SIMPSON and ADEVA Musical Freedom
20. STONE ROSES Made Of Stone
21. A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Definition Of A Fool
22. STONE ROSES Fool's Gold
23. MADONNA Like A Prayer
24. ELECTRIBE 101 Tell Me When The Fever Ended
25. LIZ TORRES Payback Is A Bitch
26. FRANKIE KNUCKLES Tears
27. HEAVY D AND THE BOYZ We Got Our Own Thang
28. KISS AMC A Bit Of . . .
29. THE BELOVED The Sun Rising
30. TECHNOTRONIC feat. FELLY Pump Up The Jam
31. SYBIL Don't Make Me Over
32. KC FLIGHTT Planet E
33. THE WEDDING PRESENT Kennedy
34. NWA Fight The Power
35. PJ PROBY Sign Of The Times
36. FRANKIE BONES Just As Lang As I've Got You
37. RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM Strings Of Life
38. THE CURE Lullaby
39. HAPPY MONDAYS Madchester Rave On
40. THE POGUES White City


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1988

The Face Recordings Of The Year

SINGLES

1. NENEH CHERRY Buffalo Stance
2. ROYAL HOUSE Can You Party
3. STETASONIC Talkin' All That jazz
4. INNER CITY Big Fun
5. THE WONDER STUFF A Wish Awaya
6. SOUL II SOUL Fair Play
7. PUBLIC ENEMY Bring The Noise
8. PRINCE Alphabet City
9. TEN CITY Right Back To You
10. BLACK RIOT A Day In The Life Of
11. MANDY SMITH I Just Can’t Wait (Cool ‘n’ Breezy mix)
12. SUGAR BEAR Don’t Scandalise Mine
13. JVC FORCE Strong Island
14. DE LA SOUL Jennifer
15. THE JUNGLE BROTHERS I’ll House You
16. MLK PROJECT I Have A Dream
17. SMITH & MIGHTY Anyone
18. PHASE II Reachin’
19. S’XPRESS Theme From S’xpress
20. WILL DOWNING Love Supreme
21. THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES Got To Give
22. THE TRUTH Open Our Eyes
23. BRANDON COOKE/ROXANNE SHANTE Sharp As A Knife (Acid Remix)
24. ROACHFORD Cuddly Toy
25. EPMD Strictly Business
26. WEE PAPA GIRL RAPPERS Heat It Up
27. SALT ‘N’ PEPA Push It
28. MANTRONIX King Of The Beat
29. YAZZ The Only Way Is Up
30. BABY FORD Oochy Koochy
31. LL COOL J Going Back To Cali
32. ELECTRIBE 101 Talking With Myself
33. JAMIE PRINCIPLE Baby Wants To Ride
34. YELLO The Race
35. PHUTURE Siam
36. HUE & CRY Ordinary Angel
37. THE TRUE MATHEMATICS For The Money
38. RAZE Break 4 Love
39. FINGERS INC Can You Feel It
40. DE LA SOUL Plug Tunin’
41. BOMB THE BASS Megablast
42. INXS Need You Tonight
43. WEE PAPA GIRL RAPPERS Wee Rule
44. THE BEAT CLUB Security
45. PREFAB SPROUT King Of Rock & Roll
46. MC YOUNG Know How
47. BOMB THE BASS Say A Little Prayer
48. KECHIA JENKINS I Need Somebody
49. MODEL 500 What's The Game
50. BIG DADDY KANE Raw
51. MORRISSEY Suedehead

ALBUMS

1. STETSASONIC In Full Gear
2. THE PET SHOP BOYS Introspective
3. EPMD Strictly Business
4. THE JUNGLE BROTHERS Straight Out The Jungle
5. VARIOUS Detroit Techno Compilation
6. PRINCE Lovesexy
7. KRS 1 & BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS By All Means Necessary
8. WOMACK & WOMACK Conscience
9. PUBLIC ENEMY It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
10. VARIOUS Acid Jazz and Other Illicit Grooves
11. VARIOUS Balearic Beats Vol 1
12. ERIC B & RAKIM Follow The Leader
13. GIPSY KINGS Gipsy Kings
14. TRACEY CHAPMAN Tracey Chapman
15. MA LATHINI AND THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS Thokozile
16. JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET Wait a Minute
17. PERRI The Flight Of The Zebra
18. CHARLIE PARKER Bird
19. TALKING HEADS Naked
20. VARIOUS Boogie Tunes 2
21. WILLIE CLAYTON Forever Timeless
22. THE STYLE COUNCIL Confessions Of A Pop Group
23. DEVIL BITCH Upchuck
24. LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS Mainstream
25. ANITA BAKER Giving You The Best That I Got
26. KD LANG Shadow Land
27. THE TRUE MATHEMATICS The True Mathematics Greatest Hits
28. WAS (NOT WAS) What's Up Dog
29. VARIOUS Back To Basics
30. ORNETTE COLEMAN Virgin Beauty


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1987

The Face Recordings Of The Year

Albums

Prince - Sign Of The Times

1. Prince – Sign O’ The Times
2. Eric B And Rakim – Paid In Full
3. Public Enemy – Yo Bum Rush The Show
4. The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
5. Various – Rare
6. Isley Jasper Isley – Different Drummer
7. Various NY – Philly Rap Connection
8. Madhouse – 16
9. Alexander O’Neal – Hearsay
10. Roy Orbison – In Dreams
11. Bill Lee – She’s Gotta Have It (Soundtrack)
12. LL Cool J – Bigger And Deffer
13. Various – We Got Latin Soul
14. Derek B – Bullet From A Gun
15. Heavy D And The Boys – Living Large
16. Various – Got To Get Your Own
17. Stevie Wonder – Characters
18. The Pet Shop Boys – Actually
19. Salif Keita – Soro
20. Paul Johnson – Paul Johnson
21. Yello – One Second
22. Various – Urban Clasics
23. Michael Jackson – Bad
24. Branford Marsalis – Renaissance
25. Jill Jones – Jill Jones
26. Various – A Sample Of Bluenotes
27. Tom Waits – Frank’s Wild Years
28. Salt ‘N’ Pepa – Hot Cool Viscious
29. Keni Stevens – Blue Moods
30. Wynton Marsalis – Standard Time

Singles

1. Prince – Sign O’ The Times
2. Eric B And Rakim – Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix)
3. Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause
4. Marrs – Pump Up The Volume
5. Derek B – Get Down
6. Eric B and Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
7. The Smiths – Girlfriend in a Coma
8. Sly ‘N’ Robbie – Boops (Here to Go)
9. Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend
10. Alexander O’Neal – Criticize
11. Tashan – Chasin’ a Dream
12. Phuture – Acid Tracks
13. Maceo and the macks – ‘Cross the Tracks
14. Spoonie G – The Godfather
15. Angela Winbush – Angel
16. Coldcut Crew – Beats and Pieces
17. Levert – Casanova
18. Lola Wax – The Van
19. Sweet T and Jazzy Joyce – It’s My Beat
20. King Sun and D Moet – Hey Love
21. Wendy and Lisa – Waterfall
22. Nitro Deluxe – This Brutal House
23. LL Cool J – I’m Bad
24. Cookie Crew – Females
25. Madonna – Who’s That Girl
26. Joyce Simms – Lifetime Love
27. The Fat Boys – Wipeout
28. Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul
29. Roxanne Shante – Have a Nice Day
30. Kings of Pressure – You Know How to Reach Us
31. Barry White – Sho’ Yo’ Right
32. The Equals – Funky Like a Train
33. Devil Bitch – Love is a Machete
34. Ce Ce Rogers – Someday
35. Working Week – largo
36. The Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield – What Have I Done To Deserve This
37. George Michael – Faith
38. Two Puerto Ricans A Black Man And A Dominican – Do It Properly
39. T Coy – Carino
40. Tina B – January, February
41. The Cover


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1986

The Face Recordings Of The Year

S I N G L E S

1. Rum DMC - Walk This Way
2. Prince - Kiss
3. Gwen Guthrie – Ain’t Nothing Going On But The Rent
4. Comeo - Word Up
5. The Real Roxonne & Howie Tee - Bang Zoom
6. The Smiths - Ask
7. Davis/Pickney Project - You Can Dance (if You Want To
8. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me AI
9. Bestie Boys - She's On It
10. Oran ‘Juice’ Jones - The Rain
11. James Brown - Living In America
12. Kurtis Blow & Truble Funk - I'm Chillin'
13. Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You
14. Half Pint - Greetings
15. Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
16. Big Audio Dynamite - E= Mc2
17. The Junkyard band - The Word
18. Joyce Simms - All And All
19. Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love
20. Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs'Tedrs
21. Prince - Anothedoverholeinyouhead
22. Wham - Edge Of Heaven
23. The Smiths - Panic
24. Heay D & the Boys - Big Stuff
25. George Clinton - Fries Go With ThatShake?
26. Madonna - live To Tell
27. SOS Band - The Finest
28. Prince - Mountains
29. Willie Colon - Set Fire To Me
30. Robert Cray - Guess I Showed Her
31. Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately
32. The Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Source)
33. Shirly Jones - Do You Get Enough love
34. Taffy - I Love My Radio
35. Leo Sunship - Give Me The Sunshine
36. Ultimate 3 - Ultimate 3 live
37. Marshall Jefferson - Your Body
38. Steve Hurley - Jack Your Body
39. ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag
40. Farley Jackmaster Funk - Love Can't Turn Around
41. LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
42. Trouble Funk - Good To Go
43. Talking Heads - Wild Wild life
44. Michael MacDonald - Sweet Freedom
45. Original Concept - Can You Feel It
46. Sheila E - A Love Bizarre
47. Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
48. Epic B - Eric B Is President
49. Duke Bootee - Broadway
50. Bananarama - Venus


A L B U M S

Prince - Parade

1. Prince - Parade
2. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
3. Bestie Boys - License To Ill
4. Janet Jackson - Control
5. Rum DMC - Raising Hell
6. Iggy Pop - Blah Blah Blah
7. Miles Davis - Tutu
8. Cameo - Word Up
9. Talking Heads - True Stories
10. Anita Baker - Rapture
11. Wham! - The Final
12. Chuck Brown & The Soul Scorchers Live
13. Courtney Pine Journey To The Urge Within
14. Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason
15. SOS Band -Sands Of Time
16. James Brown -Funky People
17. Schooly D - Schooly D
18. Elvis Costello - King Of America
19. Gwen Guthrie - Good To Go Lover
20. Pet Shop boys - Please
21. Ennio Morricone - The Mission
22. Martin Stephenson - Boat To Bolivia
23. Full Force - Get Busy 1 Time
24. Ray Lema - Medicine
25. Floy Joy - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty
26. Peter Case - Peter Case
27. Quincy Jones - The Colour Purple
28. Steve Earle - Guitar Town
29. James - Stutter
30. Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile


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1985


The Face Recordings Of The Year

A L B U M S


  1. Prince - Around The World
  2. New Order - Low Life
  3. Jesus And Mary Chain Psychocandy
  4. Luther Vandross - Night I Fell In Love
=5. Fine Young Cannibals - FYC
=5. Various Artists - Jazz Club 2
  7. Nile Rodgers - B-Movie
  8. Alexander O’Neal - Alexander O'Neal
=9. Eurythimics - Be Yourself Tonight
=9. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
  11. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
  12. Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
  13. Madness - Mad Not Mad
=14. Evrything But The Girl - Love Not Money
=14. Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls
  16. Shirley Brown - Intimate Storm
  17. Martin Rev - Clouds Of Glory
=18. Scritti Politti - Cupid And Psyche
=18. Sting - The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
  20. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
  21. Sheila E - Sheila E In Romance 1600
  22. Wynton Marsailis - Black Codes
=23. Bobby Womack - So Many Rivers
=23. Sade - Promise
  25. Various Artists - If You Can't Please Yourself You Can't Please Your Soul
  26. The Colourfieid - Virgins And Philistines
  27. Striker Lee - Sleng Teng Extavaganza
  28. Kurtis Blow - America
  29. ABC - How To Be A Zillionaire
  30. Morris Day - Colour Of Success


Face Singles 1985


  1. Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
  2. Cameo - Single Life
  3. Jesus And Mary Chain - Never Understand
  4. Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
  5. Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
  6. Harlequin Fours - Set It Off
  7. Lisa Lisa & Full Force - I Wonder If I Take You Home
  8. Doug E. Fresh - The Show
  9. Trouble Funk - Still Smokin'
=10. Mai Tai - History
=10. Madonna - Into The Groove
=10. Donald Banks - Status Quo
=13. Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Lets Make Lots Of Money)
=13. Prince - Paisley Park
  15. Steve Arrington - Feel So Real
  16. Beastie Boys - Rock Hard
=17. Fats Comet - Stormy Weather
=17. Eurythmics - Would I lie To You
=17. Macattack - Art Of Drums
  20. James lngram - Ya Mo B There
  21. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
  22. The Clash - This Is England
  23. Colonel Abrams - Trapped
  24. Mass Extension - Happy Feet
  25. Conway Brothers - Turn It Up
  26. Rene & Angela - Save Your love
=27. MCA and Burzoothe - Drum Machine
=27. Anthony Redrose - Tempo
  29. Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
  30. Madonna - Material Girl
  31. The Pogues - Sally MacLennane
  32. Prince - Pop life
=33. Horace Andy - Sting Me A Sting
=33. York – It’s Only A Dream
  35. The Smiths - Shakespeare's Sister
  36. The Pogues - A Pair Of Brown Eyes
  37. Art of Noise - Moments In Love
  38. Motorslug - Wise Blood
=39. Scritti Politti - Hypnotise
=39. Maria Vidal - Body Rock
  41. E.U. - Sho' NufF Bumpin'
  42. L.L. Cool J - I Can Give You More
=43. Prince - Raspberry Beret
=43. Cameo - Young Americain
  45. Andre Cymone - Dance Electric
  46. Lorna G. - Three Weeks Gone (Mi Giro)
  47. Silly Idol - White Wedding
=48. Bobby Womack - I Wish She Didn't Trust Me So Much
=48. Dennis Brown - How Sweet It Is
  50. Double D & Steinski - Master Mix 3


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1984


The Face Recordings Of The Year

Singles

1. Free Nelson Mandela – Special AKA
2. When Doves Cry – Prince
3. I Feel For You – Chaka Khan
4. No Sell Out – Malcolm X
5. Cockney Translation – Smiley Culture
6. Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan
7. Venceremos – Working Week
8. Breakin’ Down (Sugar Samba) – Julia & Company
9. Wood Beez – Scritti Politti
10. What Difference Does It Make – The Smiths
11. Somebody Else’s Guy – Jocelyn Brown
12. Small Town Boy – Bronski Beat
13. Don’t Look Any Further – Dennis Edwards
14. Two Tribes – Frankis Goes To Hollywood
15. Dr. Mabuse – Propaganda
16. Automatic – Pointer Sisters
17. What Presence – Orange Juice
18. We Need Money – Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
19. I Wanna Be Loved – Elvis Costello
20. Caught You In A Lie – Louisa Marks
21. Change Of Heart – Change
22. You’re The Best Thing – Stytle Council
23. The Glamarous Life – Sheila E
24. Stay With Me Tonight – Jeffrey Osbourne
25. Renegades Of Funk – Afrika Bambaataa
26. Toda Menina Bahiana – Gilberto Gil
27. Love Resurrection – Alison Moyet
28. Love Wars – Womack & Womack
29. Rockbox – Run DMC
30. The Medicine Song – Stephanie Mills
31. Don’t Go Loose It Baby – Hugh Masakela
32. The Girl From Ipanema – Astrud Gilberto
33. Why? – Bronski Beat
34. Small Town Creed – Kane Gang
35. Ave Maria – The West India Company
36. Room 123 (She’s Starnge) – Cameo
37. Long Enough – The Last Poets
38. It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls
39. Lip Service – Beatmaster
40. (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks – Was Not Was
41. Hello – Lionel Ritchie
42. Diorella Du Fonatine – Lightnin’ Rod
43. Re-Ron – Gil Scott-Heron
44. Give Me Tonight – Shannon
45. You Think You’re A Man – Divine
46. Hand In Glove – The Smiths
47. Let’s Stay Together – Tina Turner
48. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths
49. Perfect Skin – Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
50. Let It Blow – The Dazz Band
51. Smooth Operator – Sade
52. Your Love Is King – Sade
53. Menergy – Sylvester
54. The Reflex – Duran Duran
55. Master And Servant – Depeche Mode
56. The Dat Before You Came – Blancmange
57. Me God, Me King – Papa Levi
58. Slippery People – The Staple Singers
59. Strike – The Enemy Within
60. Praxis – Bill Laswell


Top 20 Albums

1. Purple Rain – Prince
2. Diamond Life – Sade
3. Love Wars – Womack & Womack
4. In The Studio – Specail AKA
5. Hallowed Ground – The Violent Femmes
6. Eden – Everything But The Girl
7. Swordfishtrombones – Tom Waits
8. The Smiths – The Smiths
9. Cafι Bleu – Style Council
10. Last Poets – Last Poets
11. Soca Train – Various Artists
12. Hole – Scraping Foetus Off The Wall
13. Age Of Consent – Bronski Beat
14. Decoy – Miles Davis
15. Shango Funk Theology – Shango
16. Raindance – David Lasley
17. Monkey Time – Major Lance
18. The Wild Bunch – The Wild Bunch
19. Like A Virgin – Madonna
20. Sleep It Off – Cristina


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1983

The Face Recordings Of The Year

(No set order)

Billie Jean – Michael jackson
Blue Monday – New Order
Pills And Soap – Elvis Costello
Juicy Fruit – Mtume
1999 (LP) – Prince
Autodrive – Herbie Hancock
Duck Rock (LP) – Malcolm McLaren
Native Boy – Animal Nightlife
Kiss FM Mastermixes Vol. II (LP) – Various
Let’s Stay Together – Tina Turner
You Brought The Sunshine – Clarke Sisters
Every Soul – Ruby Turner Band
Don’t Mess With Bill – Ruth Pointer
Lert’s Dance – David Bowie
The Leader (LP) – Fonzi Thornton
I Just Gotta Have You – Kashif
Out Come The Freaks (II) – Was Not Was
Ain’t Nobody – Rufus
Get Loose – Evelyn King
Portrait (LP) – Gwen Guthrie
Soweto/Zulu’s On A Time Bomb – Malcolm McLaren
Long Hot Summer – Style Council
Look At Granny Run (reissue) – Howard Tate
Little Red Corvette – Prince
Let The Music Play – Shannon
Swordfishtrombone (LP) – Tom Waits
The Land Of The Good Groove (LP) – Nile Rodgers
Jam On Revenge – Newcleus
Hip Hop Don’t Stop – Mann Parrish
Coup – 23 Skidoo
Get Wet – C Bank
Rockin Radio – Tom Browne
The Roxy – Phase Two
Power, Corruption And Lies (LP) – New Order
Soul Mining (LP) – Matt Johnson
Love Town – Booker Newbury III
Labour Of Love (LP) – UB40
Just Fascination – Cabaret Voltaire
Daddy Rollin’ Stone (reissue) – Derek Martin
Last Night A DJ Saved My life – Indeep
Une Sale Histoire – Fab Five Freddy
A Fool In Love (reissue) – Ike & Tina Turner
Thriller (LP) – Micahel Jackson
Pacman – The Pacman
Candy Girl – New Edition
Just Be Good To Me – SOS Band
Go Deh Yaka – Monyaka
I (LP) – Steve Arrington
Outstanding – The Gap Band
White Lines (Don’t Do It) – Grand Master & Melle Mel


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1982

THE FACE LISTS
 
STEVE LEWIS
 
 
ROBERT WYATT Shipbuilding
TYRONE BRUNSON The Smurf
FURIOUS FOUR Rocking It
GEORGE CLINTON Loopzilla
KING MONKEY Badd Mann Cann Rapp
VALENTINE BROTHERS Money’s Too Tight To Mention
SYL JOHNSON Miss Fine, Brown Frame
CARMEL Storm
MARVIN GAYE Sexual Healing
ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE Love Is Just A Great Pretender
 
IAN BIRCH
 
SHALAMAR I Can Make You Feel Good
ODYSSEY Inside Out
THE PRETENDERS Back On The Chain Gang
ROBERT WYATT Shipbuilding
WHAM! Young Guns
DEPECHE MODE See You
IMAGINATION Just An Illusion
R-A-C-E Show Me The Way
MARVIN GAYE Sexual Healing
MUSICAL YOUTH Pass The Dutchie
 
 
GARY CROWLEY
 
THE JAM Beat Surrender
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Nite And Day
DAZZ BAND Let It Whip
KEVIN ROWLAND & DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS Come On Eileen
COOK – DA – BOOKS Piggy In The Middle
GRANDMASTER FLASH The Message
YELLOWMAN & FATHEAD Operation Radication
ROCKERS REVENGE Walking On Sunshine
WAH Story Of The Blues
CULTURE CLUB Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
 
Robert Elms
 
ARETHA FRANKLIN Jump To It
MARVIN GAYE Sexual Healing
ROBERT WYATT Shipbuilding
VALENTINE BROTHERS Money’s Too Tight To Mention
J. GAYLE GAYNOR If You Study Long You’ll Study Wrong
GRANDMASTER FLASH The Message
JACKIE WILSON Reet Petite (reissue)
GRACE JONES The Apple Stretching
BROTHER D. with COLLECTIVE EFFORT How We Gonna Make The Black Nation
NINA SIMONE My Baby Just Cares For Me (reissue)
 
 
Johnny Mono
 
MARVIN GAYE Sexual Healing
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE The Message
JEFFREY OSBOURNE I Really Don’t Need No Light
MARSHALL CRENSHAW Cynical Girl
SHALAMAR Night To Remember
BOB FISH Hotel
S.O.S. BAND Take Your Time, Do It Right
PATRICE RUSHEN Forget Me Nots
LLOYD ROBINSON Cus Cus
VALENTINE BROTHERS Money’s Too Tight To Mention
 
 
Fiona Russell Powell
 
PALE FOUNTAINS There’s Always Something On My Mind
PALE FOUNTAINS Thank You
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA Jazzy Sensation
MALCOLM McLAREN Buffalo Gals
WEEKEND View From Her Room
GEORGE CLINTON Loopzilla
ABC Poison Arrow
SIMPLE MINDS Promised You A Miracle
STRANGLERS Golden Brown
BLANCMANGE Living On The Ceiling
 
 
 
Also Mentioned (singles)
 
 
JENNIFER HOLIDAY And I Am Telling You (I’m Not Leaving)
YAZOO Only You
THE BEAT Save It For The Better
SCRITTI POLITTI Faithless
DONNA SUMMER Love Is In Control
MARI WILSON Baby It’s True
ELVIS COSTELLO Man Out Of Time
WHAM! Wham! Rap
MADNESS Our House
CHINA CRISIS African And White
RAW SEX PURE ENERGY Stop The War
KOOL & THE GANG Get Down On It
PIGBAG Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
JUNIOR Mama Used To Say
SHARRON REDD Never Give You Up
 
 
Also Mentiond (Albums)
 
 
GWEN GUTHRIE - Gwen Guthrie
KID CREOLE - Tropical Gangsters
ABC - Lexicon Of Love
ELVIS COSTELLO - Imperial Bedroom
MARVIN GAYE - Midnight Love
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Jump To It
KING SUNNY ADE - Juju Music
GRACE JONES - Living My Life
ROBERT WYATT - Nothing Can Stop Us
BLANCMANGE - Happy Families
WYNTON MARSALIS - Wynton Marsalis
KEVIN ROWLAND & DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Too Rye Ay
SIMPLE MINDS - New Gold Dream ’81 - ‘83

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1981

The Face - Recordings Of The Year

Singles


Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
Kim Wilde – Cambodia
The Specials – Ghost Town
Fela Kuti – Black President
Fire Engines – Candyskin
Human League – Love Action
J. Walter Negro and the Loose Joint – Shoot The Pump
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
Elvis Costello – Good Year For The Roses
Linx – Intuition
Defunkt – The Razor’s Edge
Clock DVA – Four Hours
Imagination – Body Talk
Davitt Sigerson – It’s A Big Country
ABC – Tears Are Not Enough
Vera – Take Me To The Bridge
Haircut 100 – Favourite Shirts
Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
The Associates – Kitchen Person
Arthur Adams – You’ve Got The Floor
Spandau Ballet – Glow
Spandau Ballet – Chant No 1
Multivizion – Right To Work
Grandmaster Flash – Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash
Elvis Costello – Psycho (B-side of Sweet Dreams)
Robert Palmer – Looking For Clues
Ultravox – Vienna
Ultravox – All Stood Still
Coati Mundi – Me No Pop I
Teardrop Explodes – Reward
Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
Was Not Was – Wheel Me Out
Oddysey – Going Back To My Roots
The Clash – Magnificent Seven
UB40 – One In Ten
James Brown – Rap Playback

33RPM

Grace Jones

Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Mambo Nassau
Black Uhuru – Red
Bow Wow Wow – See Jungle etc
Kid Creole – Fresh Fruit From Foreign Places
Ray Charles – Brother Ray
Human League – Dare
Various Artists – Mutant Disco
Miles Davis – The Man With The Horn
Gil Scott Heron – Reflections
Lounge Lizards – Lounge Lizards
Fire Engines – Lubricate Your Living Room