** NWO 80 Top Album Lists - The next NWO lists**

[Oslo]

Top 80 albums.

1-10
David Bowie – Scary Monsters
Kraftwerk – Computer Welt (German edition)
David Sylvian – Secrets of The Beehive
The Associates – Sulk
Japan – Tin Drum
Human League – Dare
Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward
The The – Infected
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome

11- 30
Joy Division – Closer
New Order – Movement
Ultravox – Vienna
The Associates - Perhaps
Eurythmics – In The Garden
Duran Duran – Duran Duran
Tears For Fears – The Hurting
China Crisis – Difficult Shapes & Passive Rythyms
Lloyd Cole & The Commitions – Rattlesnakes
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Tender Prey
Echo & The Bynnymen – Heaven Up Here
Fra Lippo Lippi – Songs
Beranek – Sound Of Danger
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Liverpool
Depeche Mode – Black Celebration
John Foxx – Metamatic
Fine Youg Cannibals – Fine Young Cannibals
Propaganda – A Secret Wish
OMD – Junk Culture
Blancmange – Belive You Me

31-50
Simple Minds – New Gold Dream
Talk Talk – The Party’s Over
The Smiths – Stangeway Here We Come
Gary Numan – I, Assassin
Soft Cell – Non Stop Ecstatic Cabaret
Pretty In Pink – Naked
The Twins – Passion Factory
David Sylvian – Brilliant Trees
David Sylvian – Gone To Earth
Yazoo – Upstairs At Eric’s
Thomas Dolby – The Golden Age Of Wireless
The Sugarcubes – Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
a-ha – Scoundrel Days
Matt Bianco – Whose Side Are You On?
Killing Joke – Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
John Foxx – The Garden
Cabaret Voltaire – Code
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroid
Thompson Twins – Quick Step & Side Kick


51-80
Icehouse – Primitive Man
Human League – Travelouge
Human League – Reproduction
B.E.F – Music For Listening To
Heaven 17 – Luxary Gap
Front 242 – Front By Front
Echo & The Bynnymen – Crocodiles
Devo – Oh No It’s Devo
Vitamin Z – Rites Of Passage
Yello – Claro Que Si
Bel Canto – White Out Conditions
Blancmange – Mange Tout
Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
Laibach – Opus Dei
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Ultravox – Qartet
Bronski Beat – Age of Consent
The Blue Nile - Walk Across The Rooftops
Bryan Eno/David Byrne – My Life In The Bush of Ghost
Spandau Ballet – Diamond
China Crisis – Working With Fire And Steel
Dead Or Alive – Youthquake
Heaven 17 – How Men Are
OMD – OMD
Arcadia – So Red The Rose
Duran Duran – Rio
Simple Minds – Sons And Fascination
Thompson Twins – In the Name Of Love
Howard Jones – Human’s Lib

[Bitter Almonds]

[i]Violator[/i] is an album from 1990[;)]

[FreeWave]

[quote][i]Originally posted by XXX[/i]
<br>[i]Violator[/i] is an album from 1990[;)]
[/quote]
You are right. Nice catch, *editing*

[FreeWave]

Are we allowing more than 50 (maybe 1 point each) or are we drawing the line there? I could add another 30 if I'm allowed. [^]

[NuWaveRx]

Top 50 NW Albums:
Caveats: I tried to intersperse my favorite albums with what I consider landmark albums that altered the NW landscape. I also tried to select only one artist per entry

1. Prefab Sprout-Two Wheels Good
2. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions-Rattlesnakes
3. Duran Duran-Rio
4. INXS-The Swing
5. A Flock of Seagulls-A Flock of Seagulls
6. ABC-The Lexicon of Love
7. Big Country-The Crossing
8. Propaganda-A Secret Wish
9. Simple Minds-New Gold Dream (’81, ’82, ’83, ’84 )
10. Vitamin Z-Rites of Passage
11. XTC-Oranges and Lemons
12. The Fixx-Shuttered Room
13. Heaven 17-The Luxury Gap
14. Men Without Hats-Rhythm of Youth
15. Violent Femmes-Violent Femmes
16. Love and Rockets-Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
17. They Might Be Giants-Lincoln
18. Siouxsie and the Banshees-Hyena
19. The English Beat-I Just Can’t Stop It
20. Real Life-Heartland
21. REM-Murmur
22. Pseudo Echo-Autumnal Park
23. Roman Holiday-Cooking on The Roof
24. Suicidal Tendencies-Suicidal Tendencies
25. Gary Numan and Tubeway Army-Replicas
26. Scritti Politti-Cupid and Psyche ’85
27. The Clash-London Calling
28. Joe Jackson-Night and Day
29. Kate Bush-Hounds of Love
30. China Crisis-Flaunt the Imperfection
31. Howard Jones-Human’s Lib
32. U2-War
33. A-Ha-Hunting High and Low
34. Devo-Freedom of Choice
35. The Church-Starfish
36. Thomas Dolby-The Golden Age of Wireless
37. Modern English-Ricochet Days
38. The The-Soul Mining
39. Depeche Mode-Construction Time Again
40. Japan-Gentlemen Take Polaroids
41. Talking Heads-Remain In Light
42. Talk Talk-It’s My Life
43. Smiths-Meat Is Murder
44. Re-Flex-The Politics of Dancing
45. Shriekback-Oil and Gold
46. The Alarm-Declaration
47. The Cure-The Head on the Door
48. Berlin-Love Life
49. Motels-All 4 One
50. Tears For Fears-The Hurting

Wow, narrowing that down was a lot harder than I thought.
Of course, subject to tweaking before the deadline…

[enzfan]

This certainly takes quite a bit of head scratching to compose.

1. Berlin - Love Life
2. ABC - Lexicon Of Love
3. Berlin - Pleasure Victim
4. Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's
5. Nick Heyward - North Of A Miracle
6. Cock Robin - Cock Robin
7. Naked Eyes - Naked Eyes
8. Alison Moyet - Alf
9. Dead Or Alive - Youthquake
10. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
11. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
12. Missing Persons - Spring Session M
13. Duran Duran - Duran Duran
14. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Pysche 85
15. The Cars - The Cars
16. Split Enz - Waiata
17. Duran Duran - Rio
18. The B-52's - The B-52's
19. General Public - All The Rage
20. Stray Cats - Rant N Rave With The Stray Cats
21. Human League - Dare
22. The Cars - Candy-O
23. Split Enz - True Colours
24. New Order - Low Life
25. Howard Jones - Dream Into Action
26. Human League - Fascination
27. Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever
28. Spandau Ballet - True
29. Billy Idol - Billy Idol
30. Men At Work - Cargo
31. Go West - Go West
32. Flock Of Seagulls - Flock Of Seagulls
33. Split Enz - Frenzy
34. Inxs - Kick
35. Haircut 100 - Pelican West
36. Yazoo - You And Me Both
37. Psychedelic Furs - Mirror Moves
38. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Flaunt It
39. Book Of Love - Book Of Love
40. The B-52's - Wild Planet
41. Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger
42. Big Country - The Crossing
43. Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
44. Spandau Ballet - Parade
45. Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde
46. The Hooters - Nervous Night
47. ABC - How To Be A Zillionaire
48. Howard Jones - Human's Lib
49. Pet Shop Boys - Actually
50. Inxs - Listen Like Thieves

Some may be on the fringes of new wave like the cars, billy idol, the hooters, and the stray cats. But i figure they are close enough.

[geoffolehane]

I picked my favorites rather than albums which made an impact. Even today my Top 10 are never far away from my CD player. I still listen to those religiously. As you can see I favor synthpop. Here goes:

1. Buggles - The Age of Plastic
2. New Musik - From A to B
3. Reflex- The Politics of Dancing
4. Naked Eyes - Naked Eyes
5. OMD - Dazzle Ships
6. Shoes - Present Tense
7. The Sundays - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
8. 808 State - Utd State
9. New Musik - Anywhere
10. Altered Images - Happy Birthday

11. Trees - Sleep Convention
12. Thompson Twins - Into the Gap
13. B-52's - Bouncing off the Satellites
14. The Korgis - The Korgis
15. M - The Official Secrets Act
16. Visage- Visage
17. Gary Numan - Replicas
18. Frazier Chorus - Sue
19. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless
20. OMD - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

21. Flash and the Pan - Flash and the Pan
22. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
23. Pet Shop Boys - Please
24. Duran Duran - Rio
25. Altered Images - Pinky Blue
26. The The - Infected
27. Martha & the Muffins - Metro Music
28. Wire - 154
29. Eno - Before and After Science
30. Telex - Neurovision

31. Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
32. Spandau Ballet - True
33. Yellow Magic Orchestra - X Multiplies (US release)
34. Sorrows - Love Too Late
35. OMD - Architecture and Morality
36. Motors - Tenement Steps
37. Icehouse - Icehouse
38. Human League - Dare
39. Deborah Harry - Def, Dumb, and Blonde
40. Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
41. Real Life - Heartland
42. Heaven 17 - Heaven 17 (US release)
43. Roxy Music - Avalon
44. Fixx - Shuttered Room
45. A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls
46. Our Daughters Wedding - Moving Windows
47. Yachts - SOS (aka Yachts)
48. Duncan Browne - The Wild Places
49. Fischer Z - Word Salad
50. PhD - Is it Safe

[Bitter Almonds]

Does [i]Heaven 17[/i] count as an album[;)] The Heaven 17 cassette I had was this one and it was a compilation of some of their previous stuff[?]

[ExRat]

Well, here's my list:

80. Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
79. Holly And The Italians - The Right To Be Italian
78. Lene Lovich - Stateless
77. Divinyls - What a Life
76. Sex Gang Children - Song and Legend
75. Squeeze - Cool for Cats
74. Stranglers - No More Heroes
73. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
72. Dalek I - Compass Kum'Pas
71. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles

70. Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
69. Rezillos - Can't Stand the Rezillos
68. Alternative TV - The Image Has Cracked
67. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
66. Undertones - Hypnotised
65. The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
64. Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
63. Jam - All Mod Cons
62. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
61. Bow Wow Wow - See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy

60. Clash - The Clash
59. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
58. Waitresses - Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
57. Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen
56. Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass
55. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
54. Wire - 154
53. English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
52. Essential Logic - Beat Rhythm News
51. Selecter - Too Much Pressure

50. Fay Ray - Contact You
49. David Bowie - Heroes
48. Gary Numan/Tube Army - Replicas
47. Throbbing Gristle - Second Annual Report
46. Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock
45. Altered Images - Happy Birthday
44. Suicide - Suicide
43. Berlin - Pleasure Victim (EP)
42. Wire - Pink Flag
41. Eurythmics - Touch

40. Fad Gadget - Incontinent
39. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
38. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
37. Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
36. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
35. Blondie - Blondie
34. Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
33. Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream
32. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
31. Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen

30. Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
29. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
28. Propaganda - A Secret Wish
27. Missing Persons - Spring Session M
26. Killing Joke - what's THIS for...!
25. Duran Duran - Duran Duran
24. XTC - Mummer
23. Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving
22. Big Country - The Crossing
21. U2 - War

20. Fun Boy Three - Fun Boy Three
19. Boomtown Rats - The Fine Art of Surfacing
18. Television - Marquee Moon
17. Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
16. Saints - Eternally Yours
15. Cars - Cars
14. Echo and the Bunnymen - Porcupine
13. Killing Joke - Fire Dances
12. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
11. Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)

10. Madness - One Step Beyond...
9. Blondie - Parallel Lines
8. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
7. Kirsty MacColl - Desperate Character
6. Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash
5. Clash - London Calling
4. Ramones - Ramones
3. Fad Gadget - Fireside Favourite
2. XTC - English Settlement
1. Joy Division - Closer

If allowed, I might also do a few switcharoos before you begin compiling the scores and before the deadline is up.

-----EDIT. OK, I've finished fine tuning and tinkering. This is my complete list in order.

[Oslo]

[quote][i]Originally posted by FreeWave[/i]
<br>Are we allowing more than 50 (maybe 1 point each) or are we drawing the line there? I could add another 30 if I'm allowed. [^]
[/quote]

Yes, the top 80 album list![:)]

[skeggia]

That's my 50 in alphabetical order

Anti-Pasti The Last Call (1980)
Bad Brains Attitude - The ROIR sessions (1982)
Basement 5 1965-1980 (1980)
Black Flag Damaged / Jealous Again (1981)
Breathless The Glass Bead Game (1985)
Breathless Chasing promises (1988)
Buzzcocks Another Music in a Different Kitchen CD 2 (1978)
Chameleons Script of the Bridge (1983)
Chameleons What does anything mean? Basically (1985)
Clash Give'em Enough Rope (1978)
Clash London Calling (1979)
Clash Sandinista! (1980)
Cure Pornography (1982)
Damned Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
Dead Kennedys In God We Trust inc. (1981)
Discharge Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
Echo & the Bunnymen Heaven Up Here (1981)
Echo & the Bunnymen Porcupine (1983)
Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)
Hüsker Dü Metal Circus (1983)
Jesus & Mary Chain Psychocandy (1985)
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
Joy Division Closer (1980)
Killing Joke Killing Joke (1980)
Killing Joke What's This For...! (1981)
Killing Joke Revelations (1982)
Loop Heaven's End (1987)
Loop Fade Out (1988)
New Order Movement (1981)
P.I.L. First Issue (1978)
Psychedelic Furs Talk Talk Talk (1981)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Talk about the weather (1985)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Nothing Wrong (1988)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Blow (1989)
Section 25 Always now (1981)
Sham 69 Tell Us the Truth (1978)
Simple Minds Empires and Dance (1980)
Siouxsie & the Banshees Kaleidoscope (1980)
Smiths The Smiths (1984)
Sonic Youth Bad Moon Rising (1985)
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (1988)
Spacemen 3 Playing With Fire (1988)
Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material (1978)
Stranglers No More Heroes (1977)
Swans Filth (1983)
Swell Maps A Trip to Marineville (1979)
Theatre of Hate Westworld (1982)
Virgin Prunes If I die I die (1982)
Wire 154 (1979)
XTC Drums and Wires (1979)

[FreeWave]

Cmon skeggia at least sort them in groups of 10 for point value. Otherwise they ALL get the same score. [:D][;)]

I've noticed you like Red Lorry Yellow Lorry...[|)]

[FreeWave]

[quote][i]Originally posted by XXX[/i]
<br>Does [i]Heaven 17[/i] count as an album[;)] The Heaven 17 cassette I had was this one and it was a compilation of some of their previous stuff[?]
[/quote]

What's the title of the album? Heaven 17?

[FreeWave]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Oslo[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by FreeWave[/i]
<br>Are we allowing more than 50 (maybe 1 point each) or are we drawing the line there? I could add another 30 if I'm allowed. [^]
[/quote]

Yes, the top 80 album list![:)]

[/quote]

Ok i changed the rules slightly. You CAN vote for 80 if you want but I'm sure most people will stick with 50. Albums ranked 51-80 will get 1 point each so they won't affect the score that much.

[scramjet]

I will probably need to tinker with this as the deadline approaches, but here's a first cut:

1 The Cars - The Cars
2 U2 - War
3 R.E.M. - Murmur
4 Duran Duran - Rio
5 The Cars - Candy-O
6 Thomas Dolby - Golden Age of Wireless
7 Tears for Fears - The Hurting
8 Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84
9 English Beat - Special Beat Service
10 Blondie - Parallel Lines
11 R.E.M. - Reckoning
12 U2 - Boy
13 Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
14 Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
15 Roxy Music - Avalon
16 English Beat - Just Can't Stop It
17 Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
18 The Police - Regatta De Blanc
19 Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
20 Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
21 B-52's - The B-52's
22 The Smiths - The Smiths
23 The Fixx - Reach the Beach
24 INXS - Listen Like Thieves
25 Buggles - The Age of Plastic
26 Blasters - American Music
27 Adam Ant - Friend or Foe
28 Duran Duran - Duran Duran
29 Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain
30 The Connells - Boylan Heights
31 The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
32 Yaz - You and Me Both
33 Talking Heads - True Stories
34 Split Enz - True Colors
35 Talking Heads - Little Creatures
36 The Police - Zanyatta Mondatta
37 U2 - The Joshua Tree
38 R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
39 The Romantics - The Romantics
40 Vapors - New Clear Days
41 The Knack - Get the Knack
42 R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
43 The Police - Ghost In The Machine
44 Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls
45 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
46 Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
47 Talking Heads - True Stories
48 Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
49 The Police - Synchronicity
50 Peter Gabriel - So