- AC/DC, Back in black (Epic);
- Al di Meola, Splendido Hotel (Columbia);
- Alan Parsons Project (The), The turn of a friendly card (Arista);
- Alvin Lucier, Music on a long thin wire (Lovely Music);
- Anthony Davis, Lady of the mirrors (India Navigation);
- Art Pepper, Winter moon (Galaxy);
- Art Zoyd, Génération sans futur (Atonal);
- B 52’s, Wild planet (Warner Bros.);
- Bill Bruford, Gradually going tornado (EG);
- Billy Bang, Changing seasons (Bellows);
- Bruce Springsteen, The river (Columbia);
- David Bowie, Scary monsters (Virgin);
- David Liebman, If they only knew (Timeless);
- David Murray, Ming (Black Saint);
- Dire Straits, Making movies (Vertigo);
- Echo & The Bunnymen, Crocodiles (Sire);
- Emmylou Harris, Roses in the snow (Warner Bros.);
- Ganelin Trio, Ancora Da Capo (Leo);
- Genesis, Duke (Virgin);
- Glenn Branca, Lesson No. 1 (Acute);
- Holger Czukay, On the way to the peak of normal (EMI);
- Jack DeJohnette, Tin Can Alley (ECM);
- Jam (The), Sound affects (Universal);
- Jan Garbarek, Eventyr (ECM);
- Japan, Gentlemen take polaroids (Virgin);
- Jay Clayton, All out (Anima);
- Joanne Brackeen, Ancient dynasty (Columbia);
- Joy Division, Closer (Factory);
- Julius Hemphill, Flat-out jump suite (Black Saint);
- Muhal Richard Abrams, Mama and daddy (Black Saint);
- Music Revelation Ensemble, No wave (Moers Music);
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (DinDisc);
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation (DinDisc);
- Pat Metheny, 80/81 (ECM);
- Pat Metheny Group, American garage (ECM);
- Paul Winter, Callings (Living Music);
- Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (3, Melt) (Virgin);
- Peter Hammill, A black box (Virgin);
- Picchio dal Pozzo, Abbiamo tutti i suoi problemi (L'Orchestra)
- Police (The), Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M);
- Pretenders (The), The Pretenders (WEA/Real);
- Prince, Dirty mind (Warner Bros.);
- Public Image, Ltd., Second edition (Virgin);
- Raincoats (The), The Raincoats (DGC);
- Ran Blake, Film noir (Novus);
- Rolling Stones (The), Emotional rescue (Rolling Stones);
- Ronald Shannon Jackson, Eye on you (About Time);
- Roxy Music, Flesh + Blood (Virgin);
- Rush, Permanent waves (Mercury);
- Ry Cooder, Borderline (Warner);
- Steve Reich, Octet/Music for a large ensemble/Violin phase (ECM);
- Steve Tibbetts, Yr (ECM);
- Talking Heads, Remain in light (Sire);
- Tom Varner, Tom Varner Quartet (Soul Note);
- Vienna Art Orchestra, Concerto Piccolo (hatART);
- Weather Report, Night passage (Columbia);
- World Saxophone Quartet, WSQ (Black Saint);
- World Saxophone Quartet, Revue (Black Saint);
- XTC, The black sea (Island);
- Yes, Drama (Atlantic);
- Young Marble Giants, Colossal youth (Rough Trade).