Roadrunner was a rock magazine published in Adelaide, Australia between 1978-83. Its founding editors were Stuart Coupe and Donald Robertson. Though primarily focused on Australian and overseas rock music, it also covered areas of the burgeoning counterculture and issues such as punk. The final edition of December 1982 / January 1983 was published in Sydney.
Full issues are currently archived at the University of Wollongong. Here's the album reviews available in each issue of 1982-3.
| Issue | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5(1) | February 1982 | The Human League | Dare |
| David Byrne | The Catherine Wheel | ||
| Igniters | EP | ||
| Stray Cats | Gonna Ball! | ||
| The Cure | Three Imaginary Boys | ||
| Madness | 7 | ||
| The Cuban Heels | Work Our Way to Heaven | ||
| Mi-Sex | Shanghaied | ||
| Various Artists | A Selection | ||
| U2 | October | ||
| The Cars | Shake It Up | ||
| The Sound | From the Lion's Mouth | ||
| Bow Wow Wow | See Jungle! See Jungle!... | ||
| Jerry Harrison | The Red and the Black | ||
| Tom Tom Club | Tom Tom Club | ||
| Crackajacks | Little Heart Attacks | ||
| Devo | Be Stiff | ||
| Echo and the Bunnymen | Shine So Hard | ||
| Cabaret Voltaire | Red Mecca | ||
| Eikichi Yazawa | Yazawa | ||
| Johnny Warman | Walking Into Mirrors | ||
| 5(2) | March 1982 | Redgum | Brown Rice and Kerosine |
| Simon & Garfunkel | The Central Park Concert | ||
| Godley & Creme | Ismism | ||
| Was (Not Was) | Was (Not Was) | ||
| Frank Zappa | Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar | ||
| The B-52's | Mesopotamia | ||
| Blam Blam Blam | Blam Blam Blam | ||
| Rod Eather | Spirit of St. Louis | ||
| Dave Edmunds | Best of | ||
| Booker T | I Want You | ||
| Johnny Guitar Watson | The Very Best of... | ||
| Steeleye Span | Recollections | ||
| Sally Oldfield | Playing in the Flame | ||
| Garland Jeffreys | Rock 'N' Roll Adult | ||
| Mark Gillespie | Sweet Nothing | ||
| The Triffids | The Triffids | ||
| Various Artists | Fast Foward MAgazine 008/009 | ||
| 5(3) | April 1982 | ||
| New Order | Movement | ||
| Gary U.S. Bonds | Certified Soul | ||
| Can | Incandescence | ||
| The Lines | Therapy | ||
| The New York Dolls | Lipstick Killers - The Mercer Street Sessions | ||
| Richard Clapton | The Very Best of... | ||
| Cold Chisel | Circus Animals | ||
| Toyah | Sheep Farming in Barnet/The Blue Meaning | ||
| Hazel O'Connor | Cover Plus | ||
| Donovan | Love is Only Feeling | ||
| 5(4) | May 1982 | Aural Indifference | The Sound of Indifference |
| Laughing Clowns | Mr Uddich Scmuddich Goes to Town | ||
| Japan | Tin Drum | ||
| Van Morrison | Beautiful Vision | ||
| Equal Local | Madagascar | ||
| Jah Wobble, Holder Czukay, Jaki Leibezet | E.P. | ||
| Hunters and Collectors | E.P. | ||
| Bauhaus | JIn the Flat Field | ||
| The Birthday Party | Drunk on the Pope's Blood | ||
| Lydia Lunch | The Agony is the Ecstacy | ||
| 23 Skidoo | Seven Songs | ||
| Cheetah | Rock'n'Roll Women | ||
| Various Artists | Storm Riders | ||
| Jon English | Beating the Boards | ||
| The Fall | Hex Enduction Hour | ||
| Morrissey Mullen | Badness | ||
| The Stranglers | La Folie | ||
| Various Artists | Life in the European Theatre | ||
| Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft | Gold Und Leibe | ||
| 5(5) | July 1982 | Talking Heads | The Name of This Band is Talking Heads |
| Sunnyboys | Individuals | ||
| Paul McCartney | Tug of War | ||
| The Jam | The Gift | ||
| The Nolans | Portrait | ||
| Peak | Ebondazzar | ||
| Abba | The Magic of Abba | ||
| Various Artists | James Bond - Greatest Hits | ||
| Klaus Schulze | Trancefer | ||
| Dieter Schutz | Transvision | ||
| Lorry | Be Careful, Too | ||
| Ideal | Ideal | ||
| Sparks | Angst in My Pants | ||
| The Cure | Pornography | ||
| Gary Young & The Rocking Emus | Gary Young & The Rocking Emus | ||
| Lou Reed | The Blue Mask | ||
| British Electric Foundation | Music of Quality and Distinction, Vol. 1 |
| Issue | Date | Artist | Album | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6(1) | January 1983 | Jo Jo Zep | Cha | ★★★★ |
| Flash 'N' The Pan | Headlines | ★★★ | ||
| The Sports | All Sports | ★★★★★ | ||
| Hunters and Collectors | Hunters and Collectors | ★★★ | ||
| Australian Crawl | Sons of Beaches | ★★ | ||
| The Eurogliders | The Eurogliders | ★★ | ||
| Little Heroes | Play by Numbers | ★★★★ | ||
| Various Artists | The Mushroom Evolution Concert | ★ | ||
| Saints | Casablanca | ★★★★ | ||
| Cheetah | Rock'n'Roll Women | ★★★ | ||
| Rupert-B | Rupert-B | ★★ | ||
| Billy Field | Try Biology | ★★★ | ||
| Gonna | Spirit of Place | ★★★ | ||
| Paul Madigan | Paul Madigan | ★★★★★ | ||
| Original Cast | "Dingo Girl" Soundtrack | ★★ | ||
| Essendon Airport | Palimpest | ★★ | ||
| Ward 13 | Too Much Talk | ★ | ||
| The Reels | Beautiful | ★★★★★ | ||
| Monitors | Back from Our Recent Illness | ★ | ||
| Un Tabu | Un Tabu EP | ★ | ||
| Mark Gillespie | Sweet Nothing | ★ | ||
| Igniters | EP | ★★ | ||
| Jon English | Beating the Boards | ★★ | ||
| Gary Young & The Rocking Emus | Gary Young & The Rocking Emus | ★★ | ||
| Sunnyboys | Individuals | ★★★★ | ||
| The Sherbs | Shaping Up | ★ | ||
| The Kevins | Club Rome | ★★ | ||
| The Hitmen | It Is What It Is | ★★★ | ||
| Do-Re-Mi | Do-Re-Mi | ★★★★ | ||
| Silent Movies | Silent Movies | ★ | ||
| Mother Goose | This is the Life | ★ | ||
| Rock Doctors | Now Hear This | ★★ | ||
| DD Smash | Cool Bananas | ★ | ||
| Rose Tattoo | Scarred for Life | ★★★★ | ||
| Jimmy And The Boys | In Hell With You Mother | ★ | ||
| Tactis | The Bones of Barry Harrison | ★ | ||
| Richard Clapton | The Great Escape | ★★★ | ||
| Jewel Blanch | Send All the Ghosts Away | ★★ | ||
| Heaven | Twilight of Mischief | ★ | ||
| Midnight Oil | 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 | ★★★★★ | ||
| The Church | Blurred Crusade | ★★★★★ | ||
| Don Walker | Freedom | ★★★★ | ||
| Split Enz | Time and Tide | ★★★★★ | ||
| Richard Clapton | The Very Best of... | ★★★ | ||
| Mike Rudd & The Heaters | The Unrealist | ★★ | ||
| INXS | Shaboo Shoobah | ★★★★★ | ||
| Pel Mel | Out of Reason | ★★★★ | ||
| New Race | The First and the Last | ★★ | ||
| Mondo Rock | Nuovo Mondo | ★★★ | ||
| Mighty Guys | Be Cool Be Smart | ★★ | ||
| Crackajacks | Little Heart Attacks | ★★★ | ||
| Gotham City | Radioactive | ★★ | ||
| Xero | Lust in the Dust | ★★★ | ||
| The Clean | Boodle Boodle Boodle | ★★★★ | ||
| Go-Betweens | Send Me a Lullaby | ★★★ | ||
| Blam Blam Blam | Blam Blam Blam | ★★★ | ||
| Lisa Bade | Suspicion | ★ | ||
| No Fixed Address | From My Eyes | ★★★★ | ||
| Laughing Clowns | Mr Uddich Goes to Town | ★★★★ | ||
| Wildlife Documentaries | Wildlife Documentaries | ★★★ | ||
| Jo Kennedy and Cast | Starstruck | ★★ | ||
| Various Artists | Rockin' Australia Live | ★★ | ||
| Hunters and Collectors | Payload | ★★★★ | ||
| Boys | Inside the Cage | ★★ | ||
| Zoo | Cowboys and Engines | ★★★★ | ||
| Redgum | Cut to the Quick | ★★★ | ||
| Swannee | This Time It's Different | ★★★★ | ||
| Divinyls | Monkey Grip | ★★★★ | ||
| Deckchairs Overboard | Deckchairs Overboard | ★★★★ | ||
| Cold Chisel | Circus Animals | ★★★★ | ||
| Dynamic Hepnotics | Strange Land | ★★★ | ||
| Paul Kelly & The Dots | Manila | ★★★★ | ||
| Numbers | 39.51 | ★★★ | ||
| Icehouse | Primitive Man | ★★★★ | ||
| Scattered Order | PRAT Culture | ★★★ | ||
| Dugites | No Money | ★★★ | ||
| Serious Young Insects | Housebreaking | ★★★ | ||
| Young Homebuyers | Young Homebuyers | ★★★ | ||
| Wendy and The Rocketts | Live | ★★★ | ||
| Meo 245 | Rites of Passage | ★★★ |
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