New Wave Albums: 1980
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Topic: New Wave Albums: 1980
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: New Wave Albums: 1980
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 06:30
 1980: Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIfQQ4YPTXA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIfQQ4YPTXA 1980: The B-52's - Wild Planet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8t6JAG2xCA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8t6JAG2xCA 1980: Blondie - Autoamerican - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UenYDAr2jXY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UenYDAr2jXY 1980: David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzc2y3XxcafasJo2jrQkDngahjX9KqXvk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzc2y3XxcafasJo2jrQkDngahjX9KqXvk  1980: Buggles - The Age of Plastic - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDa9MV3a5Uqdp-YrjcdaiizTW3JVaUaxk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDa9MV3a5Uqdp-YrjcdaiizTW3JVaUaxk 1980: The Cars - Panorama - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehd_kwSLiNI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehd_kwSLiNI 1980: Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbd9FcKmikI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbd9FcKmikI 1980: Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Get Happy! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lCycgCrt6rRjrJl1qVZ2HdNwew33gR240" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lCycgCrt6rRjrJl1qVZ2HdNwew33gR240 1980: The Human League - Travelogue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL_vZeRk9U0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL_vZeRk9U0 1980: Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lrBD6IwjuPFaNKymQGetUs02TVsY1i2hA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lrBD6IwjuPFaNKymQGetUs02TVsY1i2hA 1980: The Jam - Sound Affects - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_pWJV8Suo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_pWJV8Suo 1980: Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mASEb3dhdfqjlzJcZpfFQyTF6rPiJfRGQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mASEb3dhdfqjlzJcZpfFQyTF6rPiJfRGQ 1980: Joy Division - Closer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94eBRzLGYYs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94eBRzLGYYs 1980: Gary Numan - Telekon - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l52Swi37xoVQnlnsGOa3VC3Y7n1-16yr8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l52Swi37xoVQnlnsGOa3VC3Y7n1-16yr8 1980: OMD - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mNLlvHvNXlVeMYDEkkP89Oa-vFVys0_0c" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mNLlvHvNXlVeMYDEkkP89Oa-vFVys0_0c 1980: The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mctDATS-H8mOzk3RAPT9j_S0mVgjvkJVg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mctDATS-H8mOzk3RAPT9j_S0mVgjvkJVg 1980: Simple Minds - Empires and Dance - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2bcLhRwppKAU5JlOGvi5NnZeySef-0p4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2bcLhRwppKAU5JlOGvi5NnZeySef-0p4 1980: Split Enz - True Colours - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrpyDacBCh7A-WdaY8CErJMHaIcPlxIGT" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrpyDacBCh7A-WdaY8CErJMHaIcPlxIGT 1980: Squeeze - Argybargy - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIc2-RGY95i1hqKP7Ot-NAXCw3C9CZ9CL" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIc2-RGY95i1hqKP7Ot-NAXCw3C9CZ9CL 1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f3zmJ9vFOU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f3zmJ9vFOU 1980: Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy4u88AKUauJZ1hH4HVY7NVI250dIC1nu" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy4u88AKUauJZ1hH4HVY7NVI250dIC1nu  1980: Toyah - The Blue Meaning - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNr6i_8wxCuh1D_umuQ4vSb8k2jxXq_a4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNr6i_8wxCuh1D_umuQ4vSb8k2jxXq_a4  1980: Ultravox - Vienna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imIW41AmclY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imIW41AmclY 1980: Visage - Visage - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo-CVFFA0DtUYqoorqjZFNmo8j32yRbOR" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo-CVFFA0DtUYqoorqjZFNmo8j32yRbOR 1980: XTC - Black Sea - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nmOGEjp2eesCsZiMzbogbzFcRJLI6Nyds" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nmOGEjp2eesCsZiMzbogbzFcRJLI6Nyds |
Replies:
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 06:34
| Voted B-52s-Wild Planet. That said, I like Scary Monster's more, but... |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 06:36
Scary Monsters will probably get more votes anyway.
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omphaloskepsis wrote:Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 07:06
Black Sea
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 07:06
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Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 07:12
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Talking Heads > Japan, Joy Division, Ultravox, Joe Jackson, David Bowie |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 07:30
| Ultravox - Vienna |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 07:47
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Joy Division > XTC, Talking Heads ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 08:25
| 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. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 08:56
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! 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.
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 09:22
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Bowie > Talking Heads > Costello ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 10:34
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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. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 25 2023 at 11:45
| Joe Jackson |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 26 2023 at 13:42
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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. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 26 2023 at 15:03
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? ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 26 2023 at 15:34
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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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 02:45
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Closer followed at a certain distance by Vienna. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 08:41
| again, Ultravox |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 07 2023 at 09:37
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1980: Buggles - The Age of Plastic - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDa9MV3a5Uqdp-YrjcdaiizTW3JVaUaxk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDa9MV3a5Uqdp-YrjcdaiizTW3JVaUaxk Yes, it's Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes auditioning for parts in a classic Symphonic Prog band. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 07 2023 at 10:59
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1980: OMD - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mNLlvHvNXlVeMYDEkkP89Oa-vFVys0_0c" rel="nofollow - 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) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 07 2023 at 14:45
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1980: Ultravox - Vienna - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imIW41AmclY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imIW41AmclY Vienna: the first Ultravox album with Midge Ure and still their best album over four decades later. Midge (Jim phonetically spelt backwards) was previously in the Scottish boy band, Slik, although he probably prefers not to be reminded of that these days. Ultravox - Passing Strangers Slik - Forever and Ever |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: June 07 2023 at 22:56
| Joy Division > Bowie > Japan |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 08 2023 at 01:38
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1980: Visage - Visage - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo-CVFFA0DtUYqoorqjZFNmo8j32yRbOR" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo-CVFFA0DtUYqoorqjZFNmo8j32yRbOR |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: June 29 2023 at 11:16
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Gary Numan - Telekon Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids OMD - OMD XTC - Black Sea
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