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My favorite New Wave albums that nobody ever heard

Discuss your favorite songs, artists or post your top ten lists from the new wave era or related genres.

Postby Quite Life » Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:06 pm

Good Call on the Fleashtones

I love thier first EP witht the song "cold cold shoes" and "can you feel the heat" it was a 6 som ep from IRS it was blue and i don't have it anymore sucks for me but I can't think of the title?????? Also thier Roman God album was awsome with my favorite song from them "Shadow Line" and "R.I.G.H.T.S." which I remember was the first song on side two. The Fleashtones a perfect soundtract for drunken newaver parties ah.. the memories.

heres another classic
The Germs - GI

Good call on Magazine, you should also add the Real Life LP also.

OK one more SF band
The Avengers - S/T

new wave still rules after all these centeries
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Postby fabfourever » Thu May 01, 2003 8:03 am

One more album that is really special and I don't know how I could forget to mention it is "Too Late At 20" by The Act, fronted by Nick Laird-Clowes, who later went on to form The Dream Academy.
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Postby Frayo » Thu May 01, 2003 10:54 am

I LOVED Sont Suppose by Limahl!! Im surprised I forgot ot mention it!

Its just synth pop--standars synthpop, only warm sounding like Naked Eyes (Another AWSOME group!!) and with punchy synth-bass.

Too bad his followup (co written with Giorgio Moroder) and his concluding albums werent nearly as good, except for about 4 songs.

X-Ray Specs and Classix Nouveaux are awsome!
They got a best of CD available! I just got it--only to lend it to a friend-which it fell in between the seats in her car. when I asked for it back-I heard it crunch to 3 pieces when she moved the seat back--

another meaningless story courtesy of me.

Pseudo Echo is also awsome. Their follow-ups to Funky Town were much cooler--another gem that should have topped the charts.

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Postby oneno » Fri May 16, 2003 7:10 am

My ultimate obscure fave's=Flying Lizards (the fourth wall),Yip-Yip Coyote Pioneer Girl E.P ,Pictures-Self titled,Korgis-Sticky George,Virginia Astley-Promise Nothing, Those French Girls, Frazier Chorus, Dead Can Dance, Wolfgang Press,This Mortal Coil,Eberhard Schoener-Video Magic,and probably about 80 percent of my music collection

Consider the dafodil, and while you're doing that. I'll be over her going through your stuff.
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Postby Spaz » Tue Jun 10, 2003 4:27 pm

I've tried to resist this thread cuz I know that I'll be forgetting some of my faves, but here goes (in no particular order). I'm going to try to avoid any band that may have had a top 40 single cuz you all have heard of them....but then again, if that hit is not representative of the rest of the album, I'll list it. I recommend and stand behind each and everyone of them. Anyone who loves '80s music must own these (and all are officially released on CD or on MFV CD-R)...

BLANKET OF SECRECY-Walls Have Ears/Ears Have Walls
POSITIVE NOISE-Change Of Heart
POSITIVE NOISE-Distant Fires
FOUR OUT OF FIVE DOCTORS-S/T
FOUR OUT OF FIVE DOCTORS-2nd Opinion
INTERVIEW-Big Oceans
INTERVIEW-S/T (aka "Snakes And Lovers")
THE VAPORS-New Clear Days
THE VAPORS-Magnets
THE ELEKTRICS-Current Events
THE ELEKTRICS-State Of Shock
YACHTS-Yachts/S.O.S.
YACHTS-Without Radar
GREAT BUILDINGS-Apart From The Crowd
BUSBOYS-Minimum Wage Rock n Roll
BUSBOYS-American Workers
QUINCY-Quincy
SHOES-Black Vinyl Shoes
SHOES-Present Tense
SHOES-Tongue Twister
SHOES-Boomerang
NEW MUSIK-Santuary
NEW MUSIK-From A to B
NEW MUSIK-Anywhere
NEW MUSIK-Warp
20/20=S/T
20/20-Look Out
THE BEAT-The Beat (Paul Collins)
CHINA CRISIS-Flaunt The Imperfection
CHINA CRISIS-What Price Paradise
THE BLUEBELLS-Sisters
THE NITS-Tent
THE NITS-New Flat
THE NITS-Henk
THE NITS-Adiew Sweet Bahnhoff
THE NITS-Work
THE NITS-Omsk
THE NITS-Kilo
OUR DAUGHTERS WEDDING-ODW
SQUIRE-Big Smashes
FINGERPRINTZ-Distinguishing Marks
FINGERPRINTZ-Bete Noir
FRIENDS AGAIN-Trapped & Unwrapped
ORANGE JUICE-Rip It Up
ORANGE JUICE-The Orange Juice
STRANGE ADVANCE-World's Away
STRANGE ADVANCE-2WO
STRANGE ADVANCE-The Distance Between
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-Now Then...
FISCHER Z-Going Deaf For A Living
THE TRUTH-Playground
THE BONGOS-Beat Hotel
THE BONGOS-Drums Along The Hudson
THE BONGOS-Numbers With Wings
THE LAUGHING DOGS-Meet Their Makers
DOLL BY DOLL-Gypsy Blood
DOLL BY DOLL-S/T
THE REELS-The Reels
THE REELS-Quasimodo's Dream
MENTAL AS ANYTHING-Creatures Of Leisure
MENTAL AS ANYTHING-Cats & DOgs/If You Leave Me...
MENTAL AS ANYTHING-Fundamental
ABC-Beauty Stab
THE LAMBRETTAS-Beat Boys In The Jet Age
THE MOTORS-Approved By
THE MOTORS-Tenement Steps
SECRET AFFAIR-Glory Boys
SECRET AFFAIR-Behind Closed Doors
SECRET AFFAIR-Business As Usual
ANY TROUBLE-Where Are All The Nice Girls?
ANY TROUBLE-Wheels In Motion
ANY TROUBLE-S/T
ANY TROUBLE-Wrong End Of The Race
BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY-Pressure/Russians Are Coming
BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY-Funland
RED BOX-The Circle & The Square
DEL AMITRI-Del Amitri
SORROWS-Teenage Hearbreak
SORROWS-Love Too Late
LITTLE BO BITCH-The Lonely Boys (or vice versa)
THE RECORDS-Crashes
THE RECORDS-Music On Both Sides
THE RECORDS-The Records/Shades In Bed

...and that's just off the top of my head! I know that I've forgotten many, but there's a list for starters! E-mail me if you want more info on any of these artists....
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Postby XTC » Wed Jun 11, 2003 10:58 am

Fashion....Fabrique.

Torch Song....Wish Thing.

Toyah.....The Changeling.



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Postby fabfourever » Thu Jun 12, 2003 1:04 am

Hey Spaz, impressive list, especially with all of the *pop* bands on it. I thought only three other people and I have ever heard the Lonely Boys album! I once ordered a CD thinking it was THE Lonely Boys but it turned out to be a duo from Sweden, but I kept it because it was still a pretty good pop album. Back to your list, of course, I love the Records, Bluebells, Sorrows, Elektrics, 20/20 etc. If you haven't heard them already, I'd like to suggest checking out Squire, The Jetset, Hurrah!, Biff Bang Pow!, "This Is Mod" compilations, The Times, Television Personalities, Mood Six, The Last, etc.

Chuck
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Postby randy » Fri Aug 08, 2003 10:43 pm

I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL MIRRORS SELF TITLED ALBUM HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED IN THIS LENGTHY LIST.
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Postby bimse » Thu Aug 14, 2003 11:21 pm

My favorite ten albums of the 80's

1. Japan/Gentlemen take polaroids
2. ABC/ Lexicon of love
3. Slauerhoff/ La luna
4. Danse society/ Heaven is waiting
5. Ministry/ Twitch
6. Dalis car/ The Waking hour
7. Annabel Lamb/ The flame
8. Oingo Boingo/ Good for your soul
9. Armoury show/ Waiting for the floods
10.Gary Numan/ I' assassin

Happy hunting!!
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Postby KYYX4ever » Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:47 am

pinky blue & happy birthday -- altered images

talk talk talk & 1st album -- psychedelic furs (totally overlooked)

crocodiles & porcupine -- echo and the bunnymen

upstairs at eric's & you and me both -- yaz

anything by cocteau twins, esp. the earliest stuff

as a matter of fact, the early 4AD years ! (dead can dance, wolfgang press, xymox, etc.)
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Postby ExRat » Sat Sep 13, 2003 8:11 am

Some of my faves are:

Fad Gadget - Fireside Favourites
Fad Gadget - Incontinent
Fay Ray - Contact You
Blue in Heaven - All the God's Men
Frank Chickens - We Are Frank Chickens
Frank Chickens - Get Chickenized
Stump - A Fierce Pancake
Annabel Lamb - The Flame
Pearl Harbour - Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost Too

These are just a very small fraction of some relatively obscure albums that were BRILLIANT...and generally overlooked.

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Postby Like_Music_88 » Sat Oct 11, 2003 4:21 pm

Jane - It's A Fine Day
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Postby aedion » Sun Oct 19, 2003 3:02 pm

[b]favorite New Wave albums that few people ever heard or never got the widespread recognition they deserved[/b].


Here's a few: Some have made it to CD!

The Drongos - self titled & small miracles (a NZ band)
Guadacanal Diary - all
The Underdogs (a boston band)
The CaveDogs - all (another boston band -incredable!)
Zeitgeist / The Reivers - all
The dB's - all
Marshall Crenshaw - all (just saw him play again this summer, still great)
Midnight Oil - Powderworks (1st lp ROCKS)
The Bongos - (previously mentioned, worth another mention, don't forget Nut's & Bolts by Mastro & Barone)
Tuatara - Flying Nun compilation of NZ bands
Attack of the Killer B's - B-side compilation
Return of the Killer B's - " "(I used to buy a lot of cutout / promo compilations)
Christmas - In Excelsior Dayglo (words can not express...)
Dundin Duel EP - Chills / Sneaky Feelings / Stones / Verlaines (more NZ stuff, 2 EPs, each band got a side)

Separated for special mention:
The Sound - virtually every thing by them (& Adrian Borland before & after the Sound) but specifically: Live Instict EP (just got included as bonus tracks on a reissue) & Shock of Daylight (previously mentioned)
I truly feel The Sound has to have been the most overlooked band of the 80's. I have never met in person anyone who ever even heard of them but glad to see a few of you have! Check out http://www.brittleheaven.com/ for more info. I've got NO connection other than being a big fan.

Sorry for the long post, My 1st!
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Postby DentonLinton » Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:23 am

Two albums that meant more to me than anything at the time:

Shriekback - Care
Virgin Prunes - If I Die, I Die
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Postby newwavepopman » Sun Oct 26, 2003 5:13 pm

I really don't know all the albums that are listed here,because there was so many to look over,so if anyone else listed the albums by the artists I am going to post,I am sorry because I didn't see and read every post.Here are some of my favorite New Wave rarities.

The Rockats-Make That Move
Blue Zoo-Self Titled I believe on RCA Records.Kinda Duran Duran clones in a way.But way better and alot less commercial too.
Shy Talk-self Titled on Columbia Records.Includes minor singles that got some airplay years back on WLIR radio.The songs "She Was Always On Time,and "That Is A Friend"

Radio Berlin-Dance The Youth-A local Florida New Wave Synthpop band.
Sons Of Heroes on MCA
Robert Ellis Orrall's 1st album,featuring "Call The Uh Oh Squad" What a great song that was.It is also a great LP too.
For now that is all I can think of.I highly doubt that any of these albums were ever made onto CD.
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