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by **bigwavedave** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:39 pm

Wow...these are inspiring me to make a compilation cd. Actually, I could probably make a great 2-cd set from Blir's list alone! Here are a couple more:

Flock of Seagulls - Nighmares
Howard Devoto - The Rainy Season
Big Country - The Storm
ABC - Ocean Blue
Simple Minds - East At Easter
Pet Shop Boys - too many to mention...Dreaming of The Queen, This Must Be The Place, West End Girls, Kings Cross, October Symphony, Being Boring...the list goes on!

by **glokstadt** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:27 pm

It seems that most atmospheric NW songs are created/recorded by synth groups or groups with keybord players. Any tunes without synths or keyboards?

More Atmospheric New Wave songs:

OMD (has many):
The Romance of the Telescope
Archecture & Morality
Sealand
The More I See You (a great cover)
Souvenir
The Beginning And The End
The Messerschmitt Twins
Mystereality
Almost
Bunker Soldiers
Pretending To See The Future
Promise
Stanlow
Dancing
2nd Thought
Statues
The Misunderstanding
VCLXI
Annex
Dazzle Ships (Parts II, III & VII)
Of All The Things We've Made
Silent Running
The Dead Gils
Only Tears
Walking On The Milky Way
Matthew Street
The New Dark Age
4-NEU

Depeche Mode:
Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)

Icehouse (also has many):
Icehouse
Walls
Man of Colours
Great Southern Land
Street Cafe

The Art of Noise:
Opus 4
Egyptian Ambient 1
Moments In Love
Beat Box

Bill Nelson:
Flaming Desire
Empire of the Senses (fast-paced atmospheric)
(Has many more, just a blank right now...)

New Order:
Blue Monday (the sounds behind all the "machine-gun" drumming)
The Beach
Your Silent Face
Temptation
Ceramony (JD's orginal version too!)

Ultravox (many):
Lament
Hymn
Reap The Wild Wind

Simple Minds:
Theme For Great Cities
Brass Bed in African Chimes

Red Guitars - Good Technology

Vicious Pink - 8:15 To Nowhere

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by **edisonoside** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:29 pm

Killing Joke - Adorations

Japan - Ghosts

Is this the future? - Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Only thing that shines - Shriekback

Living in another world - Talk Talk

The Sleeproom - Gary Numan

Hall of Mirrors - Kraftwerk

Rain - Tones on Tail

Is your love strong enough? - Brian Ferry

by **willc3po** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:54 pm

I thought of some of some of the songs that brought back that very mellow atmospheric sound and came up with these songs:
(Cruel) by Blancmange
( Damned Don't Cry) by Visage
( Leave in Silence) Depeche Mode
( Terror Couple Kill Colonel) Bauhaus
( Kamikaze) Thompson Twins
With all these contributions this would make a nice compilation. [^]

by **empyrean** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:54 pm

Only 1 song for me

IMAGINATION by XYMOX!!!

and maybe Adorations by The Killing Joke

by **geoffolehane** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:09 pm

Lots of my choices have already been taken. Ditto to most of OMD and Icehouse. Others for me -

Echo & the Bunnymen - "Ocean Rain"

The The - "Kingdom of Rain"

Flash & the Pan - "Walking in the Rain" (Hmm, I'm noticing a pattern here)

Metro - "Jade"

Blondie - "Fade Away & Radiate"

Rachel Sweet - "New Age"

Telex - "More Than Distance" a.k.a. "Plus de Distance"

M - "Transmission"

Cock Robin - "Just Around the Corner"

Julee Cruise - "Falling"

Robert Plant - "In the Mood" okay, so it's not new wave but the song is definitely moody.

by **design_femme** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:01 pm

without diving into the entire 4AD or OMD catalog, I would add:

Area - "With Louise"
Heavenly Bodies - "Rains On Me"
Ryuichi Sakamoto - "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"
Virginia Astley - "So Like Dorian" (just about anything by her)
Cranes - "Golden"
Death In June - "The Giddy Edge of Light" (actually, anything off this album)
Gary Numan - "Down in the Park"
Gene Loves Jezebel - "Stephen"

Website · by **Justj0hn** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:49 pm

Goodbye Horses[Q. Lazzarus]
Phillip Glass[Colourbox]
The Chauffeur[Duran Duran]
Smalltown Boy[Bronski Beat]
Kangaroo/Song To The Siren[This Mortal Coil]
Up[A.R. Kane]
Life In A Northern Town[Dream Academy]
Brilliant Mind[Furniture]
Second Skin[The Chameleons]
Dance Along The Edge[Concrete Blonde]
I'm In Love With A German Film Star[The Passions]
Psychonaut[Fields Of The Nephilim]
Visions In Blue[Ultravox]

j0hn.......

"No telling what keeps me awake."

by **TheMunDial** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:27 am

Wow, quite a turnout for these songs.

Now the next step is figuring out how to acquire them...

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by **bigwavedave** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:18 am

The Dream Academy was mentioned above...you really can't go wrong with any of their three albums, but try their third cd "A Different Kind Of Weather" for a great atmospheric listen. It's a got a nice combination of atmospheric mood and melody all the way though. (Out of print, but not too hard to find at used cd stores.)

by **kimiiii** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:29 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by TheMunDial[/i]
<br>Wow, quite a turnout for these songs.

Now the next step is figuring out how to acquire them...
[/quote]

No kidding! I am so excited to track down the songs from this list that I've never heard..

Can anyone think of any others?

Website · by **Justj0hn** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:20 am

Haunted When The Minutes Drag[Love & Rockets]
The Spangle Maker[Cocteau Twins]
Waves[Blancmange]
Love Is A Stranger[Eurythmics]

non-singles:
Trash[Hawaiian Pups]
Something Blue[Siouxsie And The Banshees]
Venus Sands[The Creatures(siouxsie)]

j0hn.......

"No telling what keeps me awake."

by **glokstadt** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:16 am

The Cocteau Twins - "Pearly Dew-Drop Drops"

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by **guyinsf** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:36 pm

I so agree with many of you who mentioned OMD, they really created the blueprints for very lush, atmospheric, natural, beautiful melodies. Too many songs to name and more and more, they are becoming my favorite 80's band.

by **Bitter Almonds** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:24 am

<p align="justify">If you really want atmospheric songs from those times, you need to check some of these out:

http://www.discogs.com/label/Sky+Records

I wanna get some of that shit. It looks relevant to my interests[}:)]

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