| Editor | Neil Spencer |
| Advertising | Pete Christopher, Barry Cooper, Lee McDonald |
| Publisher | Holborn Publishing Group, IPC Magazines Ltd |
| Artist | Andrew Ekins |
| Illustrator | Tony Benyon, Ray Lowry |
| Contributing Writer | Fred Dellar, Raymond Robinson, Cath Carroll, Julie Burchill, Susan Williams, David Quantick, Richard Cook, Richard North, Biba Kopf, Danny Kelly, Dominic Kenny |
| Assistant Editor | Paul Du Noyer |
| Editorial Assistant | Derek Johnson |
| Photography | Pennie Smith, Anton Corbijn, Peter Anderson (3) |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | David Flavell |
| Contributing Editor | Charles Shaar Murray |
| Production Editor | Jo Isotta |
| Administrative Assistant | Karen Walter |
| Contributing Photographer | Paul Slattery, Four Eyes, Lawrence Watson, Bleddyn Butcher, Joe Stevens, Derek Ridgers, Lex Van Rossen, Barry Plummer, John Logan (2), Malcolm Beth, Steve Callaghan, Jak Kilby, Maurice Conroy |
| Staff | Gavin Martin, Paolo Hewitt, Don Watson, David Swift, Adrian Thrills, Len Brown, Mat Snow |
| Art Director/Editor | Joe Ewart |
| Periodical Title | New Musical Express |
| Associate Editor | Andy Gill (2) |
| Correspondent | Joe Stevens, Richard Grabel |
| Cover photo | Peter Anderson (3) |
| Researcher | Fiona Foulgar |
| Special Projects | Roy Carr |
| Deputy Editor | Tony Stewart |
| Publishing Manager | David Curtis (2) |
| About/Subject | The Smiths, Linder Sterling, Billy MacKenzie, Don Henley (2), Holy Toy, Robert Benton, Terry Gilliam, Junior |
| Contributor | Nick Kent, Danny Baker, Tony Parsons, Barney Hoskyns, Penny Reel, Andrew Tyler, Cynthia Rose, Vivien Goldman, Serge Clerc, Ian Wright, Amrik Rai, Kristine McKenna, Graham Lock, Dave Dorrell, Sean O'Hagan, Rachel Wilde |
| Format | Bedsheet Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Cover Date | 1985-02-23 |
| Pages / Font | 40 pages |
| Price | 45p |
| Price | US $1.95 |
| ISSN | 0028 6362 |
| Notes | 1985 NME Readers' Poll Results |
