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23 Skidoo : Pigbag: Lend An Ear (Y)/23 Skidoo: The Culling Is Coming (Operating Twilight)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, February 1983

ABBA : Abba: The Singles, The First Ten Years (Epic)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, December 1982

King Sunny Ade and his African Beats: Synchro System (Island)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1983

Adult Net, The : Brix Smith: A Spider's Web
Interview by Richard Cook, Sounds, February 1987

Joan Armatrading: Front Door Woman
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, April 1983

B-52s, The : The B-52s: Mesopotamia (Island)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, February 1982

Bad Brains: Rock For Light (Abstract)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, August 1983

Anita Baker: The Deep Dark Soul
Interview by Richard Cook, The Wire, September 1986

Beat, The : Beat Drowning in Confusion
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, November 1981

Belle Stars, The : The Belle Stars: The Belle Stars (Stiff)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, February 1983

George Benson : Kingsize Benson
Profile and Interview by Richard Cook, NME, July 1983

Black Uhuru, Mink De Ville, The Undertones: Roackpalast, Essen, West Germany
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, October 1981

Boomtown Rats: V Deep (Mercury)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, March 1982

Jackson Browne: Lawyers In Love (Asylum)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, August 1983

Jackson Browne: Looking East
Review by Richard Cook, Mojo, March 1996

Jackson Browne : Ramblin’ on Empty
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, July 1982

T-Bone Burnett: Trap Door and Behind The Trap Door
Review by Richard Cook, NME, 1984

Kate Bush
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, October 1982

Buzzcocks, The : Buzzcocks: Looking Back
Retrospective by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Buzzcocks, The : Flag Of Convenience: a C.H.A.I.N. R.E.A.C.T.I.O.N.
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, October 1982

David Byrne: Feelings
Review and Interview by Richard Cook, Mojo, June 1997

Cabaret Voltaire: 2X45 (Rough Trade)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

John Cale: Music For A New Society (Island)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, September 1982

Can : A Trance In Tatters: Krautrock und Beyond
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1982

Can : Holger Czukay: Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, February 1982

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band: Ice Cream For Crow (Virgin)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, September 1982

Clash, The : Three Convictions on the Road From Hell
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, July 1982

Eddie Cochran: The 25th Anniversary Album
Review by Richard Cook, NME, April 1985

Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom (F-Beat)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, July 1982

Randy Crawford: Windsong (WEA)/Roberta Flack: I’m The One (Atlantic)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Marshall Crenshaw : Marshall's Law
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, December 1982

Holger Czukay : A Trance In Tatters: Krautrock und Beyond
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1982

Holger Czukay: Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, February 1982

DAF : Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft: Fur Immer (Virgin)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, October 1982

Miles Davis: London, Hammersmith Odeon
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, May 1983

Miles Davis : Still Miles, Time After Time
Review by Richard Cook, NME, July 1985

Bobby Day : Little Richard/Larry Williams/Bobby Day albums
Review by Richard Cook, NME, March 1985

dBs, The : The dB's: Sophisticated Jukebox Music
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, March 1982

Defunkt: The Life and Death of Romance
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, May 1982

Echo & The Bunnymen : Echo and Bunnymen: Per Omnia Scallia Scalliorum
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, February 1983

Echo & The Bunnymen : The Altar'd Boys: Echo and the Bunnymen
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, March 1983

Duke Ellington: Duke 56/62 Volume One ; Duke 56/62 Volume Two ; Featuring Paul Gonsalves and more
Review by Richard Cook, NME, July 1985

Donald Fagen: A Nightfly Up Against The Wall
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, January 1983

Fall, The : Brix Smith: A Spider's Web
Interview by Richard Cook, Sounds, February 1987

Fall, The : The Curse Of The Fall
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, January 1983

Fall, The : These Fallish Things: Hex Enduction Hour (Kamera)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, March 1982

Roberta Flack : Randy Crawford: Windsong (WEA)/Roberta Flack: I’m The One (Atlantic)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Frankie Goes to Hollywood : Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1984

Peter Gabriel : Rhythm Of The Pete
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, October 1982

Grateful Dead: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, October 1981

Gun Club : For Hire: The Gun Club
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, May 1983

Hall & Oates: Bedroom Politics – the Acceptable Sound of Young America
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, November 1982

Herbie Hancock : Herbie Goes Lite-weight
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Herbie Hancock: The Complete Blue Note '60s Sessions
Review by Richard Cook, Mojo, January 1999

Don Henley
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, February 1985

John Hiatt: Riding With The King
Review by Richard Cook, NME, 1983

John Hiatt: Half Moon, Putney, London
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, September 1983

Hollies, The : The Hollies: Cheap Hollidaze in Your Own Back Catalogue
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, September 1981

Husker Dü : Husker Dü: Camden Palace, London
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, May 1985

Husker Dü : Hüsker Dü: Flip Your Wig
Review by Richard Cook, NME, October 1985

Isley Brothers, The : The Isley Brothers: Between the Sheets (Epic)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, July 1983

Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986-1996 (A&M)/Luther Vandross: Greatest Hits 1981-1995 (Epic)
Review by Richard Cook, Mojo, December 1995

Joe Jackson: Night And Day (A&M)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Grace Jones : Bond Age Woman: Grace Jones
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, June 1985

Rickie Lee Jones : American Pirate On The Rocks: Rickie Lee Jones
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, July 1983

Kajagoogoo : Puppy Love In The Plasma-Glow: Kajagoogoo at Hammersmith Odeon
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1983

Killing Joke: Brighter Than A Thousand Suns (EG)***
Review by Richard Cook, Sounds, November 1986

Led Zeppelin: Coda
Review by Richard Cook, NME, December 1982

John Lennon : Yoko Ono
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, February 1984

Little Richard/Larry Williams/Bobby Day albums
Review by Richard Cook, NME, March 1985

Lone Justice, Marquee, London
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, 1985

Wynton Marsalis : Darting Into the Stratosphere
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, August 1982

John Martyn : Sunday's Child Tame 'n' Tired
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, October 1982

Mink DeVille : A Son-of-a-bitch Interview with Willy DeVillle
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, October 1981

Mink DeVille : Black Uhuru, Mink De Ville, The Undertones: Roackpalast, Essen, West Germany
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, October 1981

Joni Mitchell: Wild Things Run Fast
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1982

Motorhead: Another Perfect Day (Bronze)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1983

Neu! : A Trance In Tatters: Krautrock und Beyond
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1982

Colin Newman: Not To
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Randy Newman : Laughter
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, January 1983

Yoko Ono
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, February 1984

Orange Juice: Rip It Up
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1982

Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl
Review by Richard Cook, Sounds, January 1989

Robert Palmer: Maybe It's Live (Island)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, April 1982

Charlie Parker
Retrospective by Richard Cook, Mojo, April 1995

Charlie Parker: Bird on Verve Vols 1-8
Review by Richard Cook, NME, April 1984

Dolly Parton : In Gloss We Trust: Dolly Parton at the Dominion, London
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, April 1983

Art Pepper Dies
Obituary by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Pigbag: Lend An Ear (Y)/23 Skidoo: The Culling Is Coming (Operating Twilight)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, February 1983

Pigbag : Snouts 'n' Snails 'n'Pigbag Tales
Report and Interview by Richard Cook, NME, March 1982

Pink Floyd : Over The Wall And Into The Dumper: Pink Floyd's The Final Cut
Review by Richard Cook, NME, March 1983

Police, The : Junger than Stingtime: The Police's Synchronicity
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1983

Police, The : The Police at Wembley Arena
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, January 1982

Police, The : The Police: Princes of the City
Profile and Interview by Richard Cook, NME, December 1983

Otis Redding: Otis Blue (Atco)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, 1984

Residents, The : The Residents: Mark Of The Mole and The Tunes Of Two Cities (Ralph)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, April 1982

Rip Rig and Panic : Rip Rig & Panic
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Sonny Rollins: Sonny Side Up
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1985

Sonny Rollins : Ten Questions for Sonny Rollins
Interview by Richard Cook, Mojo, January 1997

Linda Ronstadt: Confessions of an LA Bunnywoman
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, February 1983

Roxy Music: The Thrill Of It All (Virgin)
Review by Richard Cook, Mojo, January 1996

Todd Rundgren: The Venue, London
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Irmin Schmidt : A Trance In Tatters: Krautrock und Beyond
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1982

Scritti Politti: Say A Little Prayer For Green
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, March 1984

Pete Shelley: Let Your Fingers Do The Talking
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, April 1983

Nina Simone: Moody Dues
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, November 1987

Frank Sinatra: Songs For Young Lovers and other Capitol reissues
Review by Richard Cook, NME, September 1984

Siouxsie & The Banshees : Siouxsie and the Banshees: A Kiss in The Dreamhouse (Polydor)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1982

Slits, The : The Slits: Return Of The Giant Slits (CBS)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, October 1981

Spandau Ballet : Last Dance Of The New Romance: Spandau Ballet’s Diamond
Review by Richard Cook, NME, March 1982

Squeeze: The Crackerjack Days Are Over
Report and Interview by Richard Cook, NME, April 1982

Stephen Stills: Crazy After All These Years
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, July 1983

Stranglers, The : The Stranglers: Playful Mates
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, February 1982

Stray Cats, The : The Stray Cats: Gonna Ball (Arista)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1981

Taj Mahal : A Calypso Now!
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, September 1981

Talking Heads : Quiet Americans in Paris
Report and Interview by Richard Cook, NME, July 1982

Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues (Sire)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1983

Richard Thompson: Hand Of Kindness
Review by Richard Cook, NME, July 1983

Tom Tom Club : Quiet Americans in Paris
Report and Interview by Richard Cook, NME, July 1982

U2: A Dreamboat Named Desire
Report and Interview by Richard Cook, NME, February 1982

James Blood Ulmer: Odyssey (CBS)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, January 1984

James Blood Ulmer : Jazz Gets a Blood Transfusion
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, November 1981

Undertones, The : Black Uhuru, Mink De Ville, The Undertones: Roackpalast, Essen, West Germany
Live Review by Richard Cook, NME, October 1981

Luther Vandross : Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986-1996 (A&M)/Luther Vandross: Greatest Hits 1981-1995 (Epic)
Review by Richard Cook, Mojo, December 1995

Scott Walker: Tilting at Wind
Interview by Richard Cook, The Wire, May 1995

Was (Not Was) : Was Not Was: Born To Laugh At Tornadoes (Geffen)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, November 1983

Weather Report : High Wind In Birdland: Weather Report's Procession
Review by Richard Cook, NME, March 1983

Kim Wilde: Select (RAK)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

Larry Williams : Little Richard/Larry Williams/Bobby Day albums
Review by Richard Cook, NME, March 1985

Jah Wobble: Invader of the Lost Art
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, November 1982

Robert Wyatt: Going Back A Bit – A Little History of Robert Wyatt (Virgin)
Review by Richard Cook, Mojo, August 1994

Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom / Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (Virgin)
Review by Richard Cook, NME, April 1981

Neil Young: When Does a Dinosaur Cut Off Its Tail?
Interview by Richard Cook, NME, October 1982

List of genre pieces

A Return Not a Discovery
Report by Richard Cook, NME, September 1982

Mighty Movers of Mombassa
Report by Richard Cook, NME, September 1982