50 Greatest New Wave Albums

50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby lewdd » Wed Jun 22, 2016 4:41 pm

Another list, this time complements of Vive Le Rock magazine. I am surprised there is no mention of Adam & the Ants or Flock of Seagulls. BTW, they did have a short obituary for Stabb in their Rock in Peace section of this issue too.

Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (1978)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces (1979)
The Police - Outlandos D’Amour (1978)
The Only Ones - The Only Ones (1978)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)
The Go-Go’s - Beauty and The Beat (1981)
Tubeway Army - Replicas (1979)
Ultravox! - Ha!-Ha!-Ha! (1977)
Graham Parker & the Rumour - The Up Escalator (1980)
The Cars - The Cars (1978)
Holly and the Italians - The Right To Be Italian (1981)
The Photos - The Photos (1980)
Lene Lovich - Stateless (1978)
Doll By Doll - Gypsy Blood (1979)
Skids - Scared To Dance (1979)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)
Mink Deville - Cabretta (1977)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
Icehouse - Icehouse (1980)
The Undertones - The Undertones (1979)
Plastic Bertrand - Ani (1977)
The Revillos - Rev Up (1980)
The Motors - Approved By The Motors (1978)
Iggy Pop - Soldier (1980)
Boomtown Rats - Boomtown Rats (1977)
The Flys - Love and a Molotov Cocktail (1978)
The Vapors - New Clear Days (1980)
Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)
The Knack - Get the Knack (1979)
Monochrome Set - Strange Boutique (1980)
The Pretenders - Pretenders (1979)
Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers (1978)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Tom Robinson Band - Power in the Darkness (1978)
Mo-Dettes - The Story So Far (1980)
B-52’s - B-52’s (1979)
Bow Wow Wow - See Jungle…(1981)
Joe Jackson - I’m the Man (1979)
The Motels - Motels (1979)
Wall of Voodoo - Call of the West (1982)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
The Distractions - Nobody’s Perfect (1980)
The Flying Lizards - The Flying Lizards (1979)
Wreckless Eric - Wreckless Eric (1978)
The Piranhas - The Piranhas (1980)
Altered Images - Happy Birthday (1981)
The DB’s - Stands for Decibels (1981)
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - New Boots and Panties (1977)
The Yachts - The Yachts (1979)
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby drew » Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:20 pm

Some great albums, some I don't know. I like Punk Rawk more than "New Wave"
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby lewdd » Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:26 pm

I was missing about 10 or so of them. Rectifying that problem right now.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby clash77 » Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:47 am

No Jags, Lords of the New Church???...
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby scannest » Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:23 am

That's a weird Graham Parker choice. And while it may be Iggy's new wave record, 'Soldier' doesn't belong on any '50 Greatest' list
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby WrEtcH » Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:43 am

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS s/t is a great album and it's not on there?
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby JGJR » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:57 am

scannest wrote:That's a weird Graham Parker choice. And while it may be Iggy's new wave record, 'Soldier' doesn't belong on any '50 Greatest' list


Weird but inspired. I LOVE that record, but yeah I fully expected them to go with Squeezing Out Sparks.

As for Iggy, New Values should've been the pick there.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby Welly » Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:02 pm

Fuck it.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby JGJR » Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:44 pm

Welly wrote:
lewdd wrote:The Flys - Love and a Molotov Cocktail (1978)


Any of the others 7" 'albums' like this one? I can't be arsed to analyse it.

Define 'new wave'. It's like defining 'post-hardcore'.

The Modern Lovers? WTF?

If Wall of Voodoo, why not Gun Club?

If Ultravox, why not Psychedelic Furs?

That said, half-baked tripe sells papers. :lol:


All that sure, but there are a lot of great records on that list and if it spurs someone to check some of 'em out, it's not a bad thing.

They picked the wrong WoV record, though. It's all about Dark Continent.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby lewdd » Thu Jun 23, 2016 1:30 pm

Welly wrote:
lewdd wrote:The Flys - Love and a Molotov Cocktail (1978)


Any of the others 7" 'albums' like this one? I can't be arsed to analyse it.

Define 'new wave'. It's like defining 'post-hardcore'.

The Modern Lovers? WTF?

If Wall of Voodoo, why not Gun Club?

If Ultravox, why not Psychedelic Furs?

That said, half-baked tripe sells papers. :lol:


I think that is the only 7in on the list. It won't matter tomorrow when the UK is left on its own ;)
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby Welly » Thu Jun 23, 2016 2:30 pm

Fuck it.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby Welly » Thu Jun 23, 2016 2:35 pm

Fuck it.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby JGJR » Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:19 am

Welly wrote:
JGJR wrote:
All that sure, but there are a lot of great records on that list and if it spurs someone to check some of 'em out, it's not a bad thing.

They picked the wrong WoV record, though. It's all about Dark Continent.


Of course, but all fairly basic, and UK-centric, which is why they picked that WoV record with the UK hit on.


"Mexican Radio" is by far their most well-known song in the U.S., too.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby lewdd » Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:59 am

Welly wrote:...



hey, what happened here? :shock:
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby crus » Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:26 am

I thought Icehouse were unknown outside of the Southern Hemisphere. A bit of research and I see Eugene Butcher(who played in the New Zealand band Desperate Measures) is the editor of Vive Le Rock. Now, the lack of Split Enz on the list is a surprise. I've always known the Icehouse debut album as Flowers rather than a self-titled album.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby Markonomicon » Sun Jun 26, 2016 9:02 pm

It's missing the best one:

Split Enz "True Colours"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby JGJR » Mon Jun 27, 2016 2:29 pm

Markonomicon wrote:It's missing the best one:

Split Enz "True Colours"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw


That's one of my favorites, too. I just played it the other week.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby lewdd » Mon Jun 27, 2016 2:54 pm

I love the song Shark Attack.
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby JGJR » Tue Jun 28, 2016 3:19 pm

lewdd wrote:I love the song Shark Attack.


So great
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Re: 50 Greatest New Wave Albums

Postby neutral knieval » Sat Jul 02, 2016 9:31 pm

no gary numan?
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