The History Of Jop Part 12 aka Just lovely and delicious

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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)

Comments

Re: Meanwhile In Britain

[koganbot]

My guess is that the U.S. and Brit critics lists are going to continue to diverge even more sharply as we go through the nineties, though things may close up a bit if/when the critics decided it's OK to vote for gangstas and r&b babes. A few of these did cross over to the U.S., St. Etienne a little and "Unbelievable" a whole lot, though I associate them far more with 1991.