Albums List
The Albums List represents new wave-era albums that exist on CD, vinyl, have been recorded to CD as part of the MFV Obscure80's series, as well as albums that have yet to be compiled and have been submitted by visitors to the site. This list is constantly growing and anyone is encouraged to suggest additions. With your help, this list will serve as a repository of not only lost 80's albums, but popular ones as well, including CD reissues and artist "Best Of's".
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Arranged by Artist: D # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
| Artist | Title | Year | Label | Format | Avg Rating | Notes/Comments |
| Dads, The | The Dads |
1984 | MFV | 1 user comment(s) | ||
| Daily, E.G. | Lace Around the World |
1989 | A&M | CD | Aka Elizabeth Daily; more famous for her acting (Valley Girl and Pee Wee's Big Adventure). She had a top 40 with a song titled 'Say It, Say It'. She also had a dance club favorite song called 'Mind over Matter' which was on the Summer School soundtrack -- Joe Montgomery | |
| Dalek I | Compass Kumpas |
1980 | Backdoor | Vinyl | ||
| Dalek I | Dalek I Love You |
1984 | Korova | Vinyl | ||
| Danse Society, The | Best of | -- | -- | N/A | The Arista tracks...Heaven is Waiting, Say it Again, etc. -- Thom Finelli | |
| Danse Society, The | Heaven Is Waiting |
1984 | Ariola | CD | Reissued on Anagram Goth (2002) with 5 bonus tracks. | |
| Danse Society, The | Heaven Is Waiting / "2000 Light Years from Home" 12" / "Say It Again" 12" |
1984/85 | Arista | Vinyl | ||
| Data | Elegant Machinery |
1985 | Sire/Kiosk | CD | ![]() (1 users) |
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| dB's, The | Collection | -- | -- | N/A | ![]() (1 users) |
1 user comment(s) |
| D-Day | D-Day |
? | ? | Vinyl | ||
| De Film | De Film |
1985 | Portrait | MFV | ||
| Dead Or Alive | 12" Mixes & B-sides | -- | -- | N/A | ||
| Dead Or Alive | Singles Collection | -- | -- | N/A | ||
| Deaf School | English Boys/Working Girls |
1978 | Warner Bros. | Vinyl | ||
| Dear Enemy | Ransom Note |
1983 | MFV | |||
| Defectors | Defectors |
1984 | ? | Vinyl | ![]() (1 users) |
...A very new wavy-, goth-sounding band out of San Francisco -- Eric Fischer 1 user comment(s) |
| del Amitri | del Amitri |
1985 | Chrysalis | CD | Remastered with 4 bonus tracks from brand new New Wave reissue label Superfecta. Due in early June 2003. | |
| Delta 5 | See the Whirl |
1981 | Pre | Vinyl | ||
| Demon | The Plague |
1983 | Clay | Vinyl | ||
| Depeche Mode | Speak and Spell |
1981 | Sire | CD | ![]() (2 users) |
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| Depeche Mode | A Broken Frame |
1982 | Sire | CD | ![]() (3 users) |
1 user comment(s) |
| Depeche Mode | Construction Time Again |
1983 | Sire | CD | ![]() (3 users) |
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| Depeche Mode | People Are People |
1984 | Sire | CD | ![]() (2 users) |
US-released compilation |
| Depeche Mode | Some Great Reward |
1984 | Sire | CD | ![]() (3 users) |
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| Depeche Mode | Black Celebration |
1986 | Sire | CD | ![]() (4 users) |
1 user comment(s) |
| Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses |
1987 | Sire | CD | ![]() (3 users) |
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| Depeche Mode | Violator |
1990 | Sire | CD | ![]() (3 users) |
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| Depeche Mode | The Singles 81>85 |
1998 | Sire | CD | ![]() (3 users) |
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| Depeche Mode | The Singles 86>98 |
1998 | Sire | CD | ![]() (4 users) |
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| Deserters | Deserters / Siberian Nightlife |
1981/83 | MFV | |||
| Desperate Bicycles | New Cross New Cross EP / Remorse Code |
1978/79 | Refill | Vinyl | ||
| Deux Filles | Double Happiness |
? | Paper Mache | Vinyl | ||
| Deux Filles | Silence and Wisdom |
? | ? | Vinyl | ||
| Devo | Live ('New Traditionalists' era) | -- | -- | N/A | How about some live material from 'New Traditionalists' era!!! -- Carlin Reed | |
| Devo | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! |
1978 | Warner Bros. | CD | ![]() (4 users) |
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| Devo | Duty Now for the Future |
1979 | Warner Bros. | CD | ![]() (1 users) |
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| Devo | Freedom of Choice |
1980 | Warner Bros. | CD | ![]() (3 users) |
2 user comment(s) |
| Devo | New Traditionalists |
1981 | Warner Bros. | CD | ![]() (1 users) |
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| Devo | Oh, No! It's Devo |
1982 | Warner Bros. | CD | ![]() (1 users) |
1 user comment(s) |
| Devo | Shout |
1984 | Warner Bros. | CD | ![]() (1 users) |
Reissued on Infinite Zero with bonus tracks. 1 user comment(s) |
| Devo | Total Devo |
1988 | Enigma | CD | ![]() (2 users) |
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| Devo | Greatest Hits |
1990 | Warner Bros. | CD | ![]() (2 users) |
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| Devo | Greatest Misses |
1990 | Warner Bros. | CD | ||
| Devo | Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology |
2000 | Rhino | CD | ![]() (1 users) |
Comprehensive 2-CD retrospective |
| DFX2 | Where Are They Now (EP) / Emotion (EP) |
1980/83 | MCA / World | MFV | ||
| Diagram Brothers | Some Marvels of Modern Science + Singles |
1981 | New Hormones | Vinyl | ![]() (1 users) |
Manchester UK group with amusing lyrics. Also did three singles - would like to see one CD combining album + singles -- Alan Terrill |
| Dial M | Dial M / For A Good Time (EP) |
1983/84 | D&D | MFV | ![]() (1 users) |
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| Dickie, Tom, and the Desires | Competition / The Eleventh Hour |
1981/82 | MFV | ![]() (1 users) |
1 user comment(s) | |
| Dickies, The | Dawn of the Dickies |
1979 | A&M | Vinyl | ![]() (1 users) |
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| Dickies, The | The Incredible Shrinking Dickies |
1979 | A&M | Vinyl | ||
| Dickies, The | Stukas Over Disneyland |
1983 | PVC | Vinyl | ||
| Dickies, The | Great Dictations |
1989 | A&M | Vinyl | With all non-album tracks | |
| Dictators, The | Manifest Destiny |
1977 | Asylum | Vinyl | ||
| Dictators, The | Bloodbrothers |
1978 | Asylum | Vinyl | ||
| Diesel | Watts in a Tank |
1981 | Regency / Atlantic | CD | Reissued on One Way (2002) | |
| Dire Straits | Twisting by the Pool EP |
1983 | Warner Bros. | Vinyl | ||
| Dirty Looks | 12 O'Clock High |
1980 | Stiff | CD | Reissued in the UK in late 2002 on the tiny Stereoblige label. Available at Tony Judge's Turkey Zone site: http://www.theturkeyzone.co.uk . Includes all the first LP, 5 tracks from the 2nd LP, 2 B sides, 5 unreleased tracks & 1 live track. | |
| Dirty Looks | Dirty Looks + (Anthology) |
1980/81 | Stiff/Epic | Vinyl | ![]() (2 users) |
Entire first LP and as much of the 2nd and the non-lp single as can fit. Early 80's ska/punk trio not to be confused with the metal band. 2 user comment(s) |
| Dirty Looks | Turn It Up |
1981 | Stiff | MFV | ![]() (1 users) |
1 user comment(s) |
| Dislocation Dance | Music Music Music |
? | ? | CD | ||
| Dislocation Dance | Slip That Disc |
? | ? | Vinyl | ||
| Distractions, The | Nobody's Perfect |
1980 | Island | Vinyl | ![]() (1 users) |
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| Divinyls | Desperate |
1983 | Chrysalis | CD | ||
| Divinyls | What a Life! |
1985 | Chrysalis | CD | ||
| Divinyls | Temperamental |
1988 | Chrysalis | Vinyl | ||
| DMZ | DMZ EP / DMZ / Relics |
1977/78/81 | Bomp! / Sire / Voxx | Vinyl | ||
| Doctor & The Medics | Laughing at the Pieces |
1986 | MCA | Vinyl | ||
| Dodgers, The | Love On The Rebound |
1978 | MFV | |||
| Dolby, Thomas | Blinded By Science EP |
1982 | Harvest / Capitol | Vinyl | ![]() (1 users) |
EP of 12" mixes, many of which are still unavailable on CD |
| Dolby, Thomas | The Golden Age of Wireless |
1982 | Capitol | CD | ![]() (5 users) |
1 user comment(s) |
| Dolby, Thomas | The Flat Earth |
1984 | Capitol | CD | ||
| Dolby, Thomas | Gothic Soundtrack |
1987 | Virgin | Vinyl | ||
| Dolby, Thomas | Aliens Ate My Buick |
1988 | EMI | CD | ||
| Dolby, Thomas | The Best of Thomas Dolby: Retrospectacle |
1995 | Capitol | CD | ![]() (4 users) |
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| Dolby, Thomas | 12x12 |
2001 | EMI | CD | Collection of 12" mixes | |
| Doll By Doll | Gypsy Blood |
1979 | Automatic | MFV | ||
| Dr. Calculus (aka Stephen Duffy) | Designer Beatnik |
? | Virgin/Ten | Vinyl | ||
| Dramatis | For Future Reference / Singles |
1981/82 | Rocket | Vinyl | Gary Numan's backing band just after Tubeway army. …You can see them in several of Gary's videos (Cars, particularly). Chris Payne also co-wrote Fade To Grey by Visage. -- Jeff West | |
| Dream Academy, The | 12" Mixes & B-sides | -- | -- | N/A | ||
| Dream Academy, The | Singles | -- | -- | N/A | ||
| Dream Academy, The | Remembrance Days |
1987 | Reprise | CD | ![]() (1 users) |
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| Dream Syndicate, The | Medicine Show |
1984 | A&M | Vinyl | ||
| Drinking Electricity | Overload |
1982 | Survival | Vinyl | ||
| Drongos, The | The Drongos |
1984 | Proteus | Vinyl | ||
| Drop in the Gray, A | Certain Sculptures |
1985 | Geffen | MFV | ![]() (1 users) |
1 user comment(s) |
| Dubious Brothers | Absolute Bethlehem |
1987 | MFV | |||
| Dubious Brothers | The Foresight Saga |
1988 | MFV | |||
| Duffy, Stephen "Tin Tin" (aka Stephen Duffy) | The Ups and Downs |
1985 | 10/Virgin | Vinyl | ||
| Duffy, Stephen "Tin Tin" (aka Stephen Duffy) | Because We Love You |
1986 | Virgin | CD | ||
| Duffy, Stephen "Tin Tin" / The Lilac Time | B-sides | -- | -- | N/A | From the early days as Tin Tin thru his later band The Lilac Time -- Erik Dennison | |
| Dugites, The | The Dugites |
1980 | Deluxe | MFV | ||
| Dukes, The | The Dukes |
1979 | MFV | |||
| Dumptruck | D is for Dumptruck |
1983 | Big Time | Vinyl | 1 user comment(s) | |
| Duran Duran | 12" Collection |
-- | -- | CD | ||
| Duran Duran | B-sides | -- | -- | N/A | ||
| Duran Duran | Duran Duran |
1981 | Harvest | Vinyl | ![]() (2 users) |
Remastered version due from Capitol 8/5/03. No bonus tracks, however. |
| Duran Duran | Carnival EP / Nite Romantics EP |
1982 | Harvest | Vinyl | ![]() (2 users) |
Was available on CD in Japan but rare and out of print; some mixes are now available on the EMI Essential: Night Versions, but not the complete collection of early Eps 1 user comment(s) |
| Duran Duran | Rio [US Version] |
1982 | Capitol | Vinyl | ![]() (3 users) |
Contains longer versions of "Lonely in Your Nightmare," "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Hold Back the Rain" 1 user comment(s) |
| Duran Duran | The Singles 1981-85 (Box Set) |
2003 | EMI | CD | 13 CD set. Each CD contains the 2-4 songs that were on an original single, so a singles box set on CD. Out now on Capitol/EMI in the US. Features all of the classic "Night Versions". | |
| Durocs | Durocs |
1979 | MFV |
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