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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
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    Posted: May 25 2023 at 06:30

 3 stars 1980: Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIfQQ4YPTXA
 3 stars 1980: The B-52's - Wild Planet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8t6JAG2xCA
 3 stars 1980: Blondie - Autoamerican - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UenYDAr2jXY
 3 stars 1980: David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzc2y3XxcafasJo2jrQkDngahjX9KqXvk
 3 stars 1980: The Cars - Panorama - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehd_kwSLiNI
 3 stars 1980: Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbd9FcKmikI
 3 stars 1980: Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Get Happy! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lCycgCrt6rRjrJl1qVZ2HdNwew33gR240
 3 stars 1980: The Human League - Travelogue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL_vZeRk9U0
 3 stars 1980: The Jam - Sound Affects - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_pWJV8Suo
 3 stars 1980: Joy Division - Closer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94eBRzLGYYs
 4 stars 1980: OMD - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mNLlvHvNXlVeMYDEkkP89Oa-vFVys0_0c
 3 stars 1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f3zmJ9vFOU
 5 stars 1980: Ultravox - Vienna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imIW41AmclY
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Voted B-52s-Wild Planet.  That said, I like Scary Monster's more, but...
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Voted B-52s-Wild Planet.  That said, I like Scary Monster's more, but...

Scary Monsters will probably get more votes anyway. Smile
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Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass
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Talking Heads > Japan, Joy Division, Ultravox, Joe Jackson, David Bowie
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Ultravox - Vienna
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Joy Division > XTC, Talking Heads
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Voted Talking Heads. One of favorites not listed from 1980 is New Clear Days by the Vapors. It's best known for the song Turning Japanese, but the rest of the album is really solid stuff.
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass

Btw, that's one more New Wave album I have in my collection (since 1981) and am still quite fond of, but haven't been thinking
about so far. Now, I add it to my list of the favourite ones, and good to be reminded about it! Smile

I'm even more fond of Joy Division's Closer, but it somehow slipped my attention, and anyway, I consider it to be Post-Punk.


Edited by David_D - May 25 2023 at 10:21
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Bowie > Talking Heads > Costello
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Nobody dares to mention The Age of Plastic? Quite a good and fun album. But I won't vote for it. There are two landmark albums in this list, imho: Remain in Light and Closer. A couple of other good and/or enjoyable albums: OMD, Japan, Ultravox, Gary Numan... and the Buggles, thus. I'll give my vote to Talking Heads.

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It'll be interesting to see what you'll list for the next years, Paul, if you don't get tired of making choices. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

3 stars 1980: Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass 

Btw, how did you find this album, as I guess it's little known today, even it reached number 5 in the UK Album Charts upon its release and remained on the chart for many weeks?
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

3 stars 1980: Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass 

Btw, how did you find this album, as I guess it's little known today, even it reached number 5 in the UK Album Charts upon its release and remained on the chart for many weeks?

It's one of the first albums that came to mind for this poll before I'd even looked at a New Wave list. I remembered Breaking Glass mainly for the movie. I only listened to the soundtrack album for the first time the other day, but the title track was played constantly on the radio in the early 1980's. The same goes for Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder's Electric Dreams soundtrack, which is coming up here later in the mid-80's.


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Closer followed at a certain distance by Vienna.
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4 stars 1980: Buggles - The Age of Plastic - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDa9MV3a5Uqdp-YrjcdaiizTW3JVaUaxk

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 4 stars 1980: OMD - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mNLlvHvNXlVeMYDEkkP89Oa-vFVys0_0c

OMD - Messages (or how to make a great music video in a decrepit disused warehouse) Smile
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