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This one will really get your panties in a knot...I want them in descending order from 20 to 1 (ala dave letterman X2) none of this "no specific order " stuff one must be better than the next for I am the list GESTAPO!!! aaarg!

20.Gang of Four: “Entertainment”
19.Cabaret Voltaire: “Micro-Phonies”
18.Tones on Tail “Night Music’
17.Killing Joke ‘Killing Joke’
16.ABC “The Lexicon of Love”
15.Rational Youth “Coldwar Nitelife
14.The Housemartins “London 0, Hull 4”
13.Yazoo “Upstairs at Erics”
12.Haircut 100 “Pelican West”
11.New Order”Power Corruption and Lies”
10.Roxy Music "Avalon"
9.The Specials “The Specials”
8.Echo & The Bunnymen: “Crocodiles’
7.The Smiths “Louder Than Bombs”
6.China Crisis "Working with Fire and Steel; Possible pop songs Volume 2"
5.Depeche Mode: "A Broken Frame"
4.Simple Minds: "Sons & Fascination"
3.Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark “Achitecture and Morality’
2.Kraftwerk: "Man Machine"
1.David Sylvian: "Gone To Earth"

You mean "der kommissar"! [:D] Well okay... my list goes something like this, but it probably changes from month to month.

20. New Musik - Warp
19. Shriekback - Jam Science
18. New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
17. Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth

This is tough, but I'll try

20.Husker Du-Flip Your Wig
19.Pixies-Doolittle
18.New Order-Low Life
17.Bronski Beat-Age of Consent
16.Sisters of Mercy-First and Last and Always
15.Japan-Tin Drum
15.Simple Minds-New Gold Dream
14.The Cure-Pornograph

I'm assuming we're talking favorite "whole albums" here, not just albums that happen to have a favorite song or two on them.

20. ABC - Lexicon of Love
19. Modern English - After The Snow
19. Robert Hazard - Robert Hazard [EP]
17. Missing Persons - S

20)Non-stop erotic cafe, Soft Cell
19)The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths
18)Specials, Specials
17)Staring at the Sea, Cure
16)Hyaena, Siouxsie and the Banshees
15)The Best Of new Order, New Order
14)This Is Big Audio Dynamite, BAD
13)Echo&The Bunnymen,

20. Beauty & The Beat - The Go-Go's
19. Black Sea - XTC
18. Setting Sons - The Jam
17. Sound Affects - The Jam
16. Seance - The Church
15. Heyday - The Church
14. Murmur - R.E.M.
13. The Plimsouls - The Plimsouls
12. Heartbeats & Triggers

Thanks for the responses fun, init? yeah I guess these are 'Stand the test of time' LPS though we probably dont listen to them as much as we used to!!! Seeing some of your lists I'm smacking myself for missed LPS (Ie Japan: Tin Drum and the clash london c

i still listen to mine.......argh

funny thing is ....the radio station started playing all of them again.....Bravo!!!![:D]

here are my top 20. sorry there are some ties [:)]

20 The Clash Sandanista
19 Romeo Void Warm in Your Coat
18 The Jam This is the Modern World
17 The Police Zenyatta Mondotta
16 The Selecter Too Much Pressure
15 Television Marquee Moon
14 Pearl

Nice List Quiet Life....AGAIN I screwed up by ommiting 'Sound Affects"....I think my #1 should encompass all Sylvian/Japan material (statring with Assemblage)

20 New Order - Substance
19 Echo and the Bunnmen - Heaven up Here
18 X - Wild Gift
17 The Specials debut
16 The Shoes - Present Tense
15 Elvis Costello - Get Happy
14 Gang of Four - Entertainment
13 OMD - Crush
12 English Beat I just Can't Stop It

Some are new wave, some aren't, they're all the 80s though.

Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
Berlin - Pleasure Victim
Love Life
B-52's - Bouncing Off The Satellites
Blancmange- Happy Families
Blondie - Eat To The Beat
Divinyls - Desper

last 5 cut from the list:

The Jam - Setting Sons
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Dislocation Dance - Music Music Music
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops
Haircut 100 - Pelican West

20. Red Box - The Circle And The Square
19. Talking

From someone who prefers a narrow definition of new wave, this list is based on the wiiiide def...

20) Devo – Freedom of Choice
19) Split Enz - Waiata
18) Police – Zenyatta Mondatta
17) Specials – The Specials
16) Devo – New Traditionalists
15) Ca

Very Tough To Do This!!!!! Here goes:

20. REM: Murmur
19. King Crimson: Discipline
18. Laurie Anderson: Mr. Heartbreak
17. Kate Bush: The Kick Inside
16. This Mortal Coil: It'll End In Tears
15. The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Bikini Red
14. Wire Tr