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Another day, another decade - it's the 1990 Pazz and Jopp poll.

No particular gerrymandering this time so you get the full NINE picks. I left off some EPs (MBV's Glider, Ride's Smile) which I knew might have brought smiles to ageing Brit faces, but I figured the "I've heard of them" defense wouldn't really justify them being included when others weren't.

[Poll #840496]

1989: Joptimist Verdict is IN!

1. Like A Prayer (42 votes)
2. Buffalo Stance (40)
3. Fight The Power (33)
4. Me Myself And I (33)
5. Monkey Gone To Heaven (30)
6. Back To Life (26)
7. Good Life (22)
8. Straight Up (21)
9=. She Drives Me Crazy (19)
9=. Love Shack (19)

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1. Madonna "Justify My Love" (Sire)
2. Teque Nick/Bhundu Boys "Bye Bye Stembi" (Mango)
3. Snap "The Power" (Arista)
4. Chill Rob G "The Power" (Wild Pitch)
5. Michel'le "No More Lies" (Ruthless)
6. Paris "Break the Grip of Shame" (Scarface)
7. L.L. Cool J. "The Boomin' System" (Def Jam)
8. Madonna "Vogue" (Sire)
9. B-52s "Roam" (Reprise)
10. Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby" (SBK)

This year was the collapse of freestyle, basically. Hence, a shitty list for me, as I'd yet to discover Europop. But - therefore - this is probably the greatest P&J convergence I ever did or would have, 5 out of 10. But looking back I don't really think either "Power"s (not to mention "Everybody Everybody," which I also ticked in this poll, and "Gonna Make You Sweat," which was a near tick) hold up all that well; too much bombast from teh lungs, nowhere near as interesting as the Marshall Jefferson-Phuture-Bam Bam house that I'd been glancing at out of the corner of my eye over the previous few years. Not the same thing, either. I overrated "Break the Grip of Shame," but it's effectively menacing, and paired with the menacing sound - yes - of "Ice Ice Baby" gave a really eerie tinge to Bay Area radio.