- Alan Parsons Project (The), Pyramid (Arista);
- Annette Peacock, X-dreams (See for Miles);
- Anthony Moore, Flying doesn’t help (Quango);
- Banco dell Mutuo Soccorso, …di Terra (Dischi);
- Bill Bruford, Feels good to me (EG);
- Brand X, Masques (Virgin);
- Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the edge of town (Columbia);
- Cars (The), The Cars (Elektra);
- Devo, Q: Are we not men? A: We are Devo! (Warner Bros.);
- Dire Straits, Dire Straits (Vertigo);
- Dixie Dregs (The), What if (Capricorn);
- Egberto Gismonti, Sol do meio dia (ECM);
- Elvis Costello, This year's model (Columbia);
- Emmylou Harris, Quarter moon in a ten cent town (Warner);
- Genesis, ...and then there were three... (Charisma);
- Gilgamesh, Another fine tune you've got me into (Esoteric);
- Giusto Pio, Motore immobile (Cramps);
- Happy the Man, Crafty hands (One Way);
- Henry Cow, Western culture (East Side Digital);
- Herbie Hancock, Directstep (Sony);
- Jethro Tull, Heavy horses (Chrysalis);
- Johnny Winter, White, hot and blue (Epic/Blue Sky);
- José Afonso, Enquanto há força (Orfeu);
- Kate Bush, The kick inside (EMI);
- Kate Bush, Lionheart (EMI);
- Kraftwerk, The Man-Machine (Capitol);
- La Düsseldorf, Viva (Radar);
- Lou Reed, Street hassle (Arista);
- Maynard Ferguson, Carnival (Wounded Bird);
- Mike Oldfield, Incantations (Virgin);
- Muffins (The), MannaMirage (Cuneiform);
- National Health, Of queues and cures (Charly);
- Neil Young, Comes a time (Reprise);
- Oregon, Out of the woods (Discovery);
- Oregon, Roots in the sky (Discovery);
- Oregon, Moon and mind (Discovery);
- Pat Metheny Group, Pat Metheny Group (ECM);
- Patti Smith Group, Easter (Arista)
- Pere Ubu, The modern dance (Immergent);
- Pere Ubu, Dub housing (Cooking Vinyl)
- Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (2, Scrath) (Virgin);
- Peter Hammill, The future now (Charisma);
- Police (The), Outlandos d'amour (A&M);
- Public Image Ltd, Public Image (Virgin);
- Ralph Towner, Batik (ECM);
- Release Music Orchestra, Beyond the limit (Brain);
- Richard & Linda Thompson, First light (Chrysalis);
- Rolling Stones (The), Some girls (Virgin);
- Rush, Hemispheres (Mercury);
- Samla Mammas Manna, Schlagerns mystik (Silence);
- Steve Reich, Music for 18 musicians (ECM);
- Talking Heads, More songs about buildings and food (Sire);
- Television, Adventure (Elektra/Asylum);
- Weather Report, Mr. Gone (Columbia);
- Who (The), Who are you (MCA);
- Wire, Chairs missing (Harvest);
- XTC, Go 2 (Geffen).