| Periodical Title | New Musical Express |
| Publishing Manager | David Curtis (2) |
| Publisher | Holborn Publishing Group, IPC Magazines Ltd |
| Editor | Neil Spencer |
| Deputy Editor | Tony Stewart |
| Assistant Editor | Paul Du Noyer |
| Editorial Assistant | Derek Johnson |
| Production Editor | Jo Isotta |
| Associate Editor | Andy Gill (2) |
| Special Projects | Roy Carr |
| Art Director/Editor | Joe Ewart |
| Contributing Editor | Charles Shaar Murray |
| Staff | Gavin Martin, Paolo Hewitt, Don Watson, David Swift, Adrian Thrills, Len Brown, Mat Snow |
| Illustrator | Tony Benyon, Ray Lowry |
| Correspondent | Joe Stevens, Richard Grabel |
| Researcher | Fiona Foulgar |
| Administrative Assistant | Karen Walter |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | David Flavell |
| Advertising | Pete Christopher, Barry Cooper, Lee McDonald |
| Cover photo | Peter Anderson (3) |
| Photography | Pennie Smith, Anton Corbijn, Peter Anderson (3) |
| 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 |
| Contributing Writer | Fred Dellar, Raymond Robinson, Cath Carroll, Julie Burchill, Susan Williams, David Quantick, Richard Cook, Richard North, Biba Kopf, Danny Kelly, Dominic Kenny |
| 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 |
| Artist | Andrew Ekins |
| About/Subject | The Smiths, Linder Sterling, Billy MacKenzie, Don Henley (2)*, Holy Toy, Robert Benton, Terry Gilliam, Junior |
| 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 |
