New Wave Outpost Forum

I have been in a discussion lately about which new wave album is my favorate. The albums that came immediately to mind were Dare from the Human League, Seven and the Ragged Tiger from Duran Duran, and Mirror Moves from the Furs.

But I think in my heart, my favorate new wave album is Throw the Warped Wheel Out from Fiction Factory. I first bought it for 'Feels Like) Heaven', but I have really grown to love 'Panic' and 'The First Step'. Quite a pop-py album. Pop music sure has strayed off from where it was 20 years ago!

What are your fav's?

I love your love action
Lust's just a distraction
No talking, just looking
Watching your love action
-Human League 'Love Action'

Tensongs - Hubert Kah
Scoundrel Days - A-ha
Afternoons In Utopia - Alphaville
Forever Young - Alphaville
Behaviour - The Pet Shop Boys

Desire .:. Tuxedomoon
I am a Model .:. John Ruth
Replicas .:. Gary Numan
Vienna .:. Ultravox

The music you listen to is the soundtrack of your life.

A Flock of Seagulls

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I think the only albums I still listen to all the way through (and always did,) without getting bored were;
Careful - Motels
and Til Tuesday's debut album.

There's nothing earth shattering or innovative about them, especially in the Motels case - just a nice collection of pop songs. They simply spoke to me, and I liked every song on the albums.

[i]Seven and the Ragged Tiger from Duran Duran,[/i]

Wow, wouldn't have expected this. People generally prefer one of their first two albums.


[i]and Mirror Moves from the Furs.[/i]

I wish this would get the remastering treatment, like their earlier albums.


Hmm, without thinking too much about it, I would say my favourite has to be Depeche Mode's Black Celebration. Others in contention would be Propaganda's A Secret Wish, and maybe New Order's Technique.

Tie between "She's So Unusual" by Cyndi Lauper (I know, how daring) and "Hammer on a Drum" by The Payola$. Had 'em both on my turntable for most of '83 and '84. They were those rare breed of records where every track could have been a single. Although "Hammer" was a more personal album for me, so maybe I'd have to give it the edge.

I can still listen to ABC's Lexicon of Love and Teardrop Explodes' Wilder. I think they came around at the right time, and have just stuck with me.

"The Head on the Door"--The Cure and "Hunting High and Low"--A-Ha

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Probably Talk Talk's "The Colour Of Spring".

Japan's [i]Quiet Life[/i] (1979) or [i]Gentlemen Take Polaroids[/i] (1980).

1. Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunnymen
2. New Gold Dream - Simple Minds
3. Closer - Joy Division
4. Sandinista - The Clash
5. The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

And a great past poll by Freewave here...
http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5457

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Closer- Joy Division
Pornography and Disintegration- The Cure
Kaleidoscope- Siouxsie And The Banshees
Zenyatta Mondatta and Synchronicity- The Police
Little Creatures and Speaking In Tongues- Talking Heads
The Unforgettable Fire- U2
Music for the masses- Depeche Mode


And I'm missing albums...

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Gary Numan - Berserker

I love the music and I have a lot of good memories associated with it.



-~Obscene dreams in rusty beds.~-

Ooh, so many possible choices. Will it be Gary Numan "Telekon" or Ultravox "Rage In Eden". No, maybe it will be The Beatniks "Exitentialism" or Visage "Visage". Then again, it could be John Foxx "Metamatic" or possibly Yukihiro Takahashi "Neuromantic".

Damn it, I really don't think I can pick just one.