The Banner Year in NW

[SuNomi]

If you were to select the most significant year in music for our beloved genre which would it be? (and provide 5 examples to back it up)

For me it would be 1981

1. The Go-Go's become first all-famale band to enter Top 40
2. URGH! A MUSIC WAR released theatrically
3. X Releases "Wild Gift", their most critically acclaimed album
4. Two-Tone Ska reaches it's cultural peak with DANCE CRAZE film
5. First synthpop #1 hit "Don't You Want Me Baby" by Human League

[hutter]

I agree with your choices, and I'm adding one more to it.

6)Kraftwerk releases Computer World, which is not only a seminal electronic album, but directly influenced Afrika Bambaataa ( with Numbers and the earlier Trans Europe Express)to record the crossover hip-hop electro hit Planet Rock.

Not exactly a new wave moment, but cool how in 1977 Kraftwerk helped kick off the new wave genre and in 1981 did the same thing with hip hop and electro-funk.

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[popreactor]

Certainly 1981,for so many reasons!

January
Jan 8 Foetus Under Glass (ie Jim Thirlwell) releases his debut single, "OKFM"

Jan 8 The Virgin Prunes release their debut EP, "Twenty Tens"

Jan 11 Joy Division come second (after The Jam) in the NME reader's poll for 1980. Siouxsie wins Best Female Singer and The Jam win just about everything else.

Jan 12: Spandau Ballet release "The Freeze", which reaches No.17 in the charts.

Jan 14: Ultravox release "Vienna", which reaches No.2 in the charts.

Jan 15: The Cure broadcast another Peel session: Holy Hour, Primary, All Cats Are Grey and Forever.

Jan 22: New Order release "Ceremony"/"In A Lonely Place"

Jan 24: Clock DVA release two albums: "White Souls in Black Suits", a tape cassette on Industrial Records, and "Thirst", on Fetish records.

Jan 25: Sounds feature a special two-page debate on Oi!

Jan 26: Classix Nouveaux release Guilty/Night People.

Jan 30: Duran Duran release their debut single, "Planet Earth". In an interview with NME, John Taylor says "What we're doing is European white disco"

Jan 31: Stevo's label, Some Bizarre, relases the "Some Bizarre album". This is a roundup of various "Futurist" bands, all of whom have featured in Stevo's concert/club events or in his Futurist chart in Sounds. The bands are Illustration, Depeche Mode ("Photographic"), The The, B Movie, Jell, Blah Blah Blah, Blancmange ("Sad Days"), Soft Cell ("The Girl With The Patent Leather Face"), Neu Electric, Naked Lunch, The Fast set, and The Loved One. Talking to Sounds, Blancmange deny they're Futurists, but Depeche Mode say "OK, we're futurists. We've always been futurists... we never had anything to do with New Romantics..."

Jan 31: The Virgin Prunes ("Red Nettle"), Cabaret Voltaire and DAF appear amongst others on the NME C81 cassette compilation.

February
Feb 4: United Dairies release a compilation album, "Hoisting The Black Flag", featuring The Lemon Kittens ("Funky 7"), Whitehouse, Mental Aaardvarks, David Cross, Nurse With Wound, Truth Club and Hamilton/Duarte.

Feb 6: Charge release an LP called "Caged & Staged"

Feb 15: The Lemon Kittens release their second EP, "Cake Beast"

Feb 16: New Order record their first Peel session: Truth, Senses, Dreams Never End and ICB

Feb 17: Dead Or Alive record their first Peel session: Nowhere to Nowhere, Flowers, Running Wreleaseild, Number 11.

Feb 18: UK Decay release their fourth single, "Unexpected Guest"/"Dresden", on Fresh records.

Feb 18: In an interview with Steve Keaton from Sounds, Abbo inadvertently named the goth movement: "he said 'it's gonna be a movement' and we're going nah, we'll be gone in six months. He said you've got to get a name for it, it's not dance or alternative or New Pop or mod... and I remember saying 'we're into the whole Gothic thing'... and we sat there laughing about how we should have gargoyle shaped records and only play churches. Course he put it all in the interview.. for six months everything went quiet then when the album came out everyone was asking 'what's this Gothic thing you're into?' And it's a total joke!"

Feb 18: Siouxsie and the Banshees broadcast a new Peel session: Halloween, Voodoo Dolly, Into The Light, But Not Them.

Feb 20: Depeche Mode their debut single, "Dreaming of Me"/"Ice Machine". In an interview with Sounds, Dave Gahan denies being part of the Futurist scene.

Feb 27: Spandau Ballet release their debut album, "Journeys to Glory", which reaches No.5 in the charts.

Feb 27: Heaven 17 release their debut single, "(We Don't Need This Fascist) Groove Thang"

March
Mar 2: The Cure broadcast a session for Richard Skinner's Radio 1 Evening Show: The Funeral Party, A Drowning Man, Faith.

Mar 3: Visage release Mind of a Toy/We Move, which reaches No.13 in the charts.

Mar 5: The Meteors release a 4-track EP, "Meteor Madness"

Mar 7: Theatre of Hate release their first LP, "He Who Dares Wins". It's an "official booteg" recorded live in Leeds.

Mar 8: Soft Cell broadcast a session for Richard Skinner's Evening Show: Bedsitter, Chips on my Shoulder, Seedy Films, Youth, Entertain Me.

Mar 14: The Church release their second single, "The Unguarded Moment", which reaches No.22 in the Australian charts.

Mar 16: Adam & the Ants currently have two singles in the Top 20, "Ant Music" and "Kings of the Wild Frontier".

Mar 18: Fad Gadget releases "Make Room"/"Lady Shave".

Mar 20: Bauhaus release "Kick in the Eye" on Beggars Banquet.

Mar 21: Soft Cell release "Memorabilia"/"A Man Could Get Lost"

Mar 23: Spandau Ballet release Musclebound/Glow

Mar 26: The Cure release "Primary"/"Descent"

Mar 27: The Cramps release their "Psychedelic Jungle" LP.

Mar 28: SPK release their "Information Overload Unit" LP.

Mar 30: The Birthday Party release their "Prayers on Fire" LP

April
Apr 3: Theatre of Hate release "Rebel Without a Brain"/"My Own Invention"

Apr 5: The NME do a 3-page spread on the California punk scene where they mention a new phenomenon, "slamming in the pit" at the front of the stage: "You hurtle from side to side, elbows out, fists flailing and collide with the people around..."

Apr 9: Echo and the Bunnymen release their "Shine So Hard" EP.

Apr 10: Modern English release their debut LP, "Mesh And Lace" on 4AD.

Apr 13: The Church release their debut LP, "Of Skins And Hearts"

Apr 17: The Cure release "Faith"

Apr 17: The Human League release "Sound of the Crowd", their first chart hit (No.12).

Apr 20: Play Dead play the Rock Garden in London

Apr 21: Kraftwerk release "Pocket Calculator"

Apr 21: Classix Nouveaux release "Tokyo"

Apr 26: Culture Club are currently rehearsing under the name Sex Gang Children

Apr 27: Killing Joke broadcast a new Peel session: The Fall of Because, Tension, Butcher

Apr 28: The Birthday Party record another Peel session: Roland Around In That Stuff, Pleasure-Heads Must Burn, Loose, Release The Bats.

Apr 29: Adam & the Ants release "Stand And Deliver", which reaches No.1 in the charts.

Apr 29: Japan release The Art of Parties/Life without Buildings

Apr 30: DAF release a new LP called "Alles Ist Gut (All Is Good)"

Apr 30: Killing Joke release "Follow The Leaders"/"Tension".

May
May 1: Theatre of Hate, Modern English and The Birthday Party play the University of London Union.

May 3: 999/UK Decay/Department S/Meteors play at the Lyceum

May 4: The Sisters of Mercy make their live debut opening for the Thompson Twins at York University.

May 7: Classix Nouveaux release an album, "Night People"

May 8: The Cramps release "Goo Goo Muck"/"She Said"

May 8: UK Decay/The Dark/Play Dead play Brady's in Liverpool

May 11: Play Dead release their first single, "Poison Takes A Hold"/"Introduction"

May 11: Heaven 17 release "I'm Your Money"/"Are Everything"

May 15: Siouxsie and the Banshees release "Spellbound"/"Follow The Sun"

May 19: UK Decay/The Dark/Play Dead play the London Venue

May 22: DAF release "Der Mussolini"/"Der Rauber Und Der Prinz"

May 25: Dead Or Alive release "Number 11"/"The Name Game"

May 29: Echo and the Bunnymen release their second album, "Heaven Up Here"

May 29: Ultravox release "All Stood Still"/"Alles Klar"

May 30: Depeche Mode release their second single, "New Life"/"Shout"

June
Jun 2: The Lemon Kittens ("In Wooden Brackets") and The Virgin Prunes ("Third Secret") appear on an avant-garde compilation called "Perspectives and Distortions"

Jun 3: Throbbing Gristle release a new single "Discipline"

Jun 4: Clock DVA release a new single, "Four Hours (remix)"

Jun 4: Psychedelic Furs release "Pretty In Pink"

Jun 9: Duran Duran release their debut album.

Jun 9: Killing Joke record a Radio 1 Evening Show session for Richard Skinner: Tension, Unspeakable, Exit.

Jun 13: Nurse With Wound release their fourth album, "Insect And Individual Silenced"

Jun 15: Our Daughter's Wedding release their second single, "Lawnchairs"

Jun 16: Siouxsie And The Banshees broadcast a Radio 1 Evening Show session for Richard Skinner: Red Over White, Arabian Knights, Head Cut, Supernatural Thing

Jun 17: The Chameleons broadcast their first Peel session: The Fan And The Bellows, Looking Inwardly, Here Today, Things I Wish I'd Said

Jun 18: Killing Joke release their second LP, "What's This For?"

Jun 19: Siouxsie And The Banshees release their fourth album, "Ju Ju".

Jun 19: A Sounds review by Betty Page says: "this is the soundtrack of the unknown, hinting darkly at black magic, witchery, murder and death... the Banshees are wailing again, doom is at the door, creating... something intriguing, intense, brooding and powerfully atmospheric".

Jun 23: The Meteors broadcast a Peel session.

Jun 25: Cabaret Voltaire broadcast a Peel session.

Jun 26: Bauhaus release "The Passion of Lovers".

Jun 26: Bauhaus/Subway Sect/Birthday Party play the Lyceum in London. Johnny Waller reviews the gig for Sounds, and said Pete Murphy was "...a parasitic ghoul, robbing wardrobe and record collections rather than graves, but always with grace and style. This particular Rocky Horror Show is brash and trash, ludicrous and camp... Bauhaus' time is nigh"

Jun 27: Virgin Prunes release "In The Grey Light" EP.

Jun 29: Visage release "Visage (Dance Mix)"/"Second Steps"

July
Jul 5: Throbbing Gristle announce that they've split.

Jul 7: Kraftwerk release "Computer Love"/"The Model", which eventually reaches No.1 in the charts in February 1982.

Jul 10: Spandau Ballet release "Chant No.1 (We don't need this pressure on)"/"Feel The Chant", which reaches No.3 in the charts. In an interview for Trouser Press, Gary Kemp said: "What we wanna do is create a soundtrack for what goes on in our clubs... in fact the music is irrelevant; the people in the club are the most important thing... we're not into that band-playing scene..."

Jul 13: The Church release a double pack single in Australia: "Tear it all away"and 4 other tracks.

Jul 15: Charge release their vinyl debut, the "Kings Cross" EP.

Jul 16: Duran Duran release "Girls On Film"/"Faster Than Light"

Jul 16: The Meteors release a collaboration album, "The Meteors Meet Screaming Lord Sutch"

Jul 18: Soft Cell release "Tainted Love"/"Where Did Our Love Go"

Jul 18: You've Got Foetus On Your Breath release "Wash It All Off"/"Today I Started Slogging Again"

Jul 20: Danse Society release their debut single, "Clock"/"Continent". Mick Sinclair reviewed it in Sounds: "Weird looking quads from Barnsley, veering towards Bauhaus-ian mock horror but held on course by pinpoint drumming and funkish bassing."

Jul 21: Theatre of Hate release "Nero"/"Incinerator"

Jul 24: Siouxsie And The Banshees release "Arabian Knights"/"Supernatural Thing"

Jul 28: Einsturzende Neubauten release a double 7" pack featuring "Kalte Sterne" and 4 other songs.

Jul 30: The Human League release "Love Action"/"Hard Times", which reaches No.3 in the charts.

Jul 31: The Birthday Party release "Release The Bats"/"Blastoff" on 4AD.

Jul 31: Modern English release "Smiles And Laughter"/"Mesh And Lace"

August
Aug 5: UK Decay broadcast a new Peel session: Last In The House Of Flames, Stage Struck, Glass Ice, Duel.

Aug 7: US group 45 Grave release their debut single, "Black Cross"/"Wax"

Aug 14: Ultravox release "The Thin Wall"

Aug 17: Cabaret Voltaire release a new LP, "Red Mecca"

Aug 20: OMD release a new single, "Souvenir", which reaches No.3 in the charts.

Aug 21: Gary Numan releases a new single, "She's Got Claws".

Aug 24: Theatre of Hate broadcast a second Peel session: Love Is A Ghost, Conquistador, Do You Believe In The Westworld, Propaganda.

Aug 30: The Chameleons get a half-page write-up in the NME.

Aug 31: The Gun Club release an album, "Fire Of Love"

September
Sep 4: Adam & the Ants release "Prince Charming"/"Christian D'or", which reaches No.1 in the charts.

Sep 5: Gary Numan releases a new LP, "Dance", which has the music press accusing him of jumping on the New Romantic bandwagon rather too late.

Sep 7: Depeche Mode release their third single, "Just Can't Get Enough"/"Any Second Now", which reaches No.3 in the charts.

Sep 11: Ultravox release a new LP, "Rage In Eden"

Sep 12: The Cramps release "The Crusher"/"Save It"

Sep 14: The Meteors release "The Crazed"/"Attack of the Zorch Men"

Sep 18: Heaven 17 release their debut LP, "Penthouse And Pavement"

Sep 24: Wall of Voodoo release their first LP, "Dark Continent"

Sep 25: The Creatures (ie Siouxsie and Budgie) release a double single featuring "Mad eyed Screamer" and 4 other tracks.

Sep 25: New Order release "Everything's Gone Green"/"Procession" on 7".

Sep 26: The Lemon Kittens are reviewed live in Sounds by Johnny Waller: "Visually the band are equally bizarre. All four of them being covered head to toe in psychedelic body paint, though out moded laws of propriety meant that only vocalist Danielle was wholly naked on stage. Danielle Dax, in fact (even forgetting her obvious charms) has a remarkably compelling style."

Sep 29: Throbbing Gristle release "Greatest Hits (entertainment through pain)"

Sep 30: The Virgin Prunes release "A New Form Of Beauty: 1"

October
Oct 3: The Cure release "Charlotte Sometimes"/"Splintered In Her Head"

Oct 3: UK Decay release "Sexual"/"Twist In The Tale"

Oct 13: Modern English broadcast a new Peel session: Someone's Calling, Face of Wood and Being John Peeled

Oct 15: Joy Division posthumously release "Still"

Oct 16: Bauhaus release "Mask", their second LP.

Oct 16: The Human League release "Dare"

Oct 22: The Sound release a new LP, "From the Lion's Mouth"

Oct 23: UK Decay release their debut LP, "For Madmen Only"

Oct 29: Soft Cell release "Bedsitter"/"Faculty Girls", which reaches No.4 in the charts.

Oct 30: Ultravox release "The Voice"/"Paths and Angles", which reaches No.16

Oct 30: OMD release an LP, "Architecture and Morality"

November
Nov 4: Depeche Mode release their debut LP, "Speak and Spell". Betty Page reviews it in Sounds: "...trendy electro-disco beats go hand in hand with choirboy melodies..."

Nov 5: The Meteors record a session for Kid Jensen's Radio 1 Evening Show.

Nov 6: Japan release "Visions of China"/"Swing"

Nov 7: The Virgin Prunes release "A New Form Of Beauty: 2"

Nov 9: Fad Gadget releases his second album, "Incontinent"

Nov 11: 45 Grave and Christian Death feature on an American compilation LP, "Hell Comes To Your House"

Nov 13: Japan release a new LP, "Tin Drum"

Nov 14: New Order release their first LP, "Movement", which reaches No.30 in the LP charts.

Nov 15: "Deaf", an LP by You've Got Foetus On Your Breath, is released in the UK by Rough Trade a month after its release in America.

Nov 16: Duran Duran release a new single, "MY Own Way"

Nov 20: The Human League release "Don't You Want Me Baby"/"Seconds", which reaches No.1 in both the UK and US charts

Nov 20: Adam & the Ants release a new LP, "Prince Charming"

Nov 22: In a two-page interview with Paul Morley in the NME, Robert Smith says: "I know we've failed because The Cure haven't built up something as powerful as Joy Division that is strong enough to resist the narrow attacks of grayness and introversion... it hasn't proved that bad... we're still here".

Nov 23: Soft Cell release their debut LP, "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret"

Nov 25: Play Dead release their second single, "TV Eye"/"Final Epitaph"

Nov 30: Cabaret Voltaire release "Eddie's Out"/Walls of Jericho"

Nov 30: Danse Society broadcast their first Peel session: Sanity Career, We're So Happy, Woman's Own, Love as a Positive Narcotic

Nov 30: Adam & the Ants release "Ant Rap"/"Friends"

December
Dec 2: Danse Society release a 3-track EP: "There Is No Shame In Death"/"Dolphins"/These Frayed Edges"

Dec 4: Siouxsie And the Banshees release a compilation LP of their singles to date, "Once Upon A Time: The Singles"

Dec 9: Theatre of Hate release "Do You Believe in the Westworld"/"Propaganda"

Dec 10: The Birthday Party broadcast a Peel session: She's Hit, Bully Bones, Big Jessu Trash Can, Six Inch Gold Blade

Dec 14: Southern Death Cult get their first review in the major music press, by Steve Keaton of Sounds: "Supporting were a remarkable new band from darkest Bradford called Sudden Death Cult [sic]"... The singer is weird, really weird. His face.. is hidden beneath ana avalanche of red and black hair and rabbit skin pom-poms and he wardances around the stage in authentic B-movie Western style.. The music reflects the heavy Indian motifs.. it's dense, dark and vaguely primitive. Sort of Bow Wow Wow without the frills.. They lope with confidence through numbers like "Apache" and "Moya" whilst the audience stand bemused."

Dec 16: Killing Joke broadcast their fourth Peel session: The Hum, Empire Song, We Have Joy, Chop Chop.

Dec 17: Xmal Deutschland release "Schwarze Welt"/"Die wolken"/"Gross stadtindianer"

Dec 12: New Order release the 12" of "Everything's Gone Green", backed with "Cries And Whispers"/"Mesh"

Dec 30: Gene Loves Jezebel play their first ever gig under that name, at the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, having previously played a few dates as Slav Arian.

Dec 31: In the NME Reader's Polls, Siouxsie wins "Best Female Singer", The Jam win "Best Group", "Heaven Up Here" wins album of the year, "Ghost Town wins "Single of the Year", Paul Weller wins "Most Wonderful Person" and Adam Ant wins "Creep of the Year"

[DonGately]

Good lord, Popreactor, that was an impressive post. Thanks for all the info.

[rotator]

Yep it was [b]1981.[/b]

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[b]Orchestral[/b]Manouevres
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The
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Architecture
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Morality

[ExRat]

popreactor, that was amazing! You're like some sort of Serbian New Wave savant!

[popreactor]

I didn't compose this list by myself. I found it few years ago somewhere on the web, don't even remember the link. I was also hoping to find another years in review, but there was only the 1981 which we all agreed is the banner year for NW.

[gnj1958]

I thought I'd look at it from the Top 40 perspective. That is the UK Top 40 because as we know very few New Wave songs actually made it to the US Top 40. It' hard deciding what is new wave and what isn't. Is Paul Young new wave? UB40 new wave? Personally I'd have to say 1983 was the year for me.

1980

ADAM ANT KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER*
ADAM ANT DOG EAT DOG*
ADAM ANT ANTMUSIC*
ADAM ANT YOUNG PARISIANS*
BARRACUDAS SUMMER FUN
BEAT HANDS OFF-SHE'S MINE
BEAT MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM
BEAT BEST FRIEND
BEAT STAND DOWN MARGARET (DUB)
BEAT TOO NICE TO TALK TO
BLONDIE ATOMIC
BLONDIE CALL ME
BLONDIE THE TIDE IS HIGH
BODYSNATCHERS LET'S DO ROCK STEADY
BOOMTOWN RATS SOMEONE'S LOOKING AT YOU
BOOMTOWN RATS BANANA REPUBLIC
BOW WOW WOW C30,C60,C90,GO
BUGGLES THE PLASTIC AGE
BUGGLES CLEAN CLEAN
CHORDS MAYBE TOMORROW
CLASH BANKROBBER
CLASH THE CALL UP
CURE A FOREST
ELVIS COSTELLO I CAN'T STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN
ELVIS COSTELLO HI FIDELITY
ELVIS COSTELLO NEW AMSTERDAM
GARY NUMAN WE ARE GLASS
GARY NUMAN I DIE:YOU DIE
GARY NUMAN THIS WRECKAGE
HAZEL O'CONNOR EIGHTH DAY
IAN DURY and the BLOCKHEADS I WANT TO BE STRAIGHT
JAM DREAMS OF CHILDREN
JAM GOING UNDERGROUND
JAM START
JOE JACKSON IT'S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS
JOHN FOXX UNDERPASS
JOHN FOXX NO ONE DRIVING (DOUBLE SINGLE)
JOHN FOXX BURNING CAR
JOY DIVISION LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
LAMBRETTAS POISON IVY
LAMBRETTAS D-A-A-ANCE
LOOK I AM THE BEAT
MARTHA and the MUFFINS ECHO BEACH
NEW MUSIK LIVING BY NUMBERS
NEW MUSIK THIS WORLD OF WATER
NEW MUSIK SANCTUARY
NICK STRAKER BAND A WALK IN THE PARK
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK MESSAGES
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK ENOLA GAY
PIRANHAS TOM HARK
POLICE SO LONELY
POLICE SIX PACK (BEDS TOO BIG WITHOUT YOU)
POLICE DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME
POLICE DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA
PRETENDERS TALK OF THE TOWN
RAMONES BABY I LOVE YOU
RUTS STARING AT THE RUDE BOYS
SECRET AFFAIR MY WORLD
SELECTER THREE MINUTE HERO
SELECTER MISSING WORDS
SELECTER THE WHISPER
SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES HAPPY HOUSE
SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES CHRISTINE
SPANDAU BALLET TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT
SPECIALS THE SPECIAL AKA LIVE EP
SPECIALS RAT RACE
SPECIALS RUDE BOYS OUT OF JAIL
SPECIALS INTERNATIONAL JET SET
SPECIALS STEREOTYPE
SPECIALS DO NOTHING
SPECIALS MAGGIE'S FARM
SPLIT ENZ I GOT YOU
SQUEEZE ANOTHER NAIL IN MY HEART
STRANGLERS BEAR CAGE
STRANGLERS WHO WANTS THE WORLD
TOURISTS SO GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN
TOURISTS DON'T SAY I TOLD YOU SO
ULTRAVOX SLEEPWALK
UNDERTONES MY PERFECT COUSIN
UNDERTONES WEDNESDAY WEEK
VAPORS TURNING JAPANESE
VISAGE FADE TO GREY
XTC DON'T LOSE YOUR TEMPER
XTC GENERALS AND MAJORS
XTC TOWERS OF LONDON
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA COMPUTER GAMES


1981

ABC TEARS ARE NOT ENOUGH
ADAM ANT ANT RAP*
ADAM ANT CARTROUBLE*
ADAM ANT PRINCE CHARMING*
ADAM ANT STAND AND DELIVER*
ALTERED IMAGES HAPPY BIRTHDAY
ALTERED IMAGES I COULD BE HAPPY
BEAT ALL OUT TO GET YOU
BEAT DOORS OF YOUR HEART
BEAT DROWNING
BLONDIE RAPTURE
BOOMTOWN RATS THE ELEPHANT'S GRAVEYARD (GUILTY)
CLASH THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
CREATURES MAD EYED SCREAMER
DEBBIE HARRY BACKFIRED
DEPARTMENT S IS VIC THERE ?
DEPECHE MODE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH
DEPECHE MODE NEW LIFE
DURAN DURAN CARELESS MEMORIES
DURAN DURAN GIRLS ON FILM
DURAN DURAN MY OWN WAY
DURAN DURAN PLANET EARTH
ECHO and the BUNNYMEN CROCODILES
ELVIS COSTELLO A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES
FUN BOY THREE THE LUNATICS (HAVE TAKEN OVER THE ASYLUM)
GARY NUMAN LOVE NEEDS NO DISGUISE
GARY NUMAN SHE'S GOT CLAWS
HAIRCUT 100 FAVOURITE SHIRTS (BOY MEETS GIRL)
HAZEL O'CONNOR D-DAYS
HAZEL O'CONNOR WILL YOU
HUMAN LEAGUE DON'T YOU WANT ME
HUMAN LEAGUE LOVE ACTION (I BELIEVE IN LOVE)
HUMAN LEAGUE OPEN YOUR HEART
HUMAN LEAGUE THE SOUND OF THE CROWD
JAM ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
JAM FUNERAL PYRE
JAM THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT
JAPAN QUIET LIFE
JAPAN VISIONS OF CHINA
JOHN FOXX EUROPE (AFTER THE RAIN)
KIRSTY MacCOLL THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE CHIPSHOP
KRAFTWERK COMPUTER LOVE
KRAFTWERK POCKET CALCULATOR
KRAFTWERK THE MODEL
LANDSCAPE EINSTEIN A GO GO
LANDSCAPE NORMAN BATES
MIDGE URE YELLOW PEARL
NEW ORDER CEREMONY
NEW ORDER EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN
NEW ORDER PROCESSION
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK JOAN OF ARC
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK SOUVENIR
PASSIONS I'M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR
POLICE EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC
POLICE INVISIBLE SUN
POLICE SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
PRETENDERS I GO TO SLEEP
PRETENDERS MESSAGE OF LOVE
SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES ARABIAN KNIGHTS
SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES SPELLBOUND
SOFT CELL BED SITTER
SOFT CELL TAINTED LOVE
SPANDAU BALLET CHANT No. 1 (I DON'T NEED THIS PRESSURE ON)
SPANDAU BALLET GLOW
SPANDAU BALLET MUSCLEBOUND
SPANDAU BALLET PAINT ME DOWN
SPANDAU BALLET THE FREEZE
SPECIALS GHOST TOWN
SQUEEZE IS THAT LOVE
SQUEEZE LABELLED WITH LOVE
TALKING HEADS ONCE IN A LIFETIME
TEARDROP EXPLODES PASSIONATE FRIEND
TEARDROP EXPLODES REWARD
TEARDROP EXPLODES TREASON (IT'S JUST A STORY)
TEN POLE TUDOR SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN
TEN POLE TUDOR WUNDERBAR
TOM TOM CLUB WORDY RAPPINGHOOD
TOYAH FOUR FROM TOYAH (EP)
TOYAH FOUR MORE FROM TOYAH (EP)
TOYAH I WANT TO BE FREE
TOYAH THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS
U2 FIRE
ULTRAVOX ALL STOOD STILL
ULTRAVOX SLOW MOTION
ULTRAVOX THE THIN WALL
ULTRAVOX THE VOICE
ULTRAVOX VIENNA
UNDERTONES IT'S GONNA HAPPEN
VISAGE MIND OF A TOY
VISAGE VISAGE
XTC SGT. ROCK (IS GOING TO HELP ME)


1982

ABC ALL OF MY HEART
ABC POISON ARROW
ABC THE LOOK OF LOVE
ADAM ANT DESPERATE BUT NOT SERIOUS
ADAM ANT DEUTSCHER GIRLS*
ADAM ANT FRIEND OR FOE
ADAM ANT GOODY TWO SHOES
ALTERED IMAGES PINKY BLUE
ALTERED IMAGES SEE THOSE EYES
ASSOCIATES 18 CARAT LOVE AFFAIR
ASSOCIATES CLUB COUNTRY
ASSOCIATES LOVE HANGOVER
ASSOCIATES PARTY FEARS TWO
BANANARAMA REALLY SAYING SOMETHING
BANANARAMA SHY BOY
BAUHAUS ZIGGY STARDUST
BELLE STARS IKO IKO
BELLE STARS THE CLAPPING SONG
BILLY IDOL HOT IN THE CITY
BLANCMANGE LIVING ON THE CEILING
BLONDIE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS
BLONDIE WAR CHILD
BLUE ZOO CRY BOY CRY
BOOMTOWN RATS HOUSE ON FIRE
BOW WOW WOW GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
BOW WOW WOW I WANT CANDY
CARS SINCE YOU'RE GONE
CLASH ROCK THE CASBAH
CLASH SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO
CLASH STRAIGHT TO HELL
CLASSIX NOUVEAUX IS IT A DREAM
CULTURE CLUB DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
CULTURE CLUB TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART)
CURE HANGING GARDEN
DAVID SYLVIAN BAMBOO HOUSES
DAVID SYLVIAN BAMBOO MUSIC
DEPECHE MODE LEAVE IN SILENCE
DEPECHE MODE SEE YOU
DEPECHE MODE THE MEANING OF LOVE
DURAN DURAN HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
DURAN DURAN RIO
DURAN DURAN SAVE A PRAYER
ECHO and the BUNNYMEN THE BACK OF LOVE
EURYTHMICS LOVE IS A STRANGER
FLOCK OF SEAGULLS SPACE AGE LOVE SONG
FLOCK OF SEAGULLS WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU)
FUN BOY THREE IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT *
FUN BOY THREE SUMMERTIME
FUN BOY THREE THE TELEPHONE ALWAYS RINGS
GARY NUMAN MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS
GARY NUMAN WE TAKE MYSTERY (TO BED)
GARY NUMAN WHITE BOYS AND HEROES
HAIRCUT 100 FANTASTIC DAY
HAIRCUT 100 LOVE PLUS ONE
HAIRCUT 100 NOBODYS FOOL
HAYSI FANTAYZEE JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY
HUMAN LEAGUE BEING BOILED
HUMAN LEAGUE MIRROR MAN
JAM BEAT SURRENDER
JAM JUST WHO IS THE FIVE O'CLOCK HERO
JAM PRECIOUS
JAM THE BITTEREST PILL
JAM TOWN CALLED MALICE
JAPAN CANTONESE BOY
JAPAN EUROPEAN SON
JAPAN GHOSTS
JAPAN I SECOND THAT EMOTION
JAPAN LIFE IN TOKYO
JAPAN NIGHT PORTER
KRAFTWERK SHOWROOM DUMMIES
MALCOLM McLAREN BUFFALO GALS
MIDGE URE NO REGRETS
MOBILES DROWNING IN BERLIN
NEW ORDER TEMPTATION
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK MAID OF ORLEANS
PIGBAG PAPAS GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG
PIGBAG THE BIG BEAN
PINKEES DANGER GAMES
PRETENDERS BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
RHODA with THE SPECIALS THE BOILER
SIMPLE MINDS GLITTERING PRIZE
SIMPLE MINDS PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE
SIMPLE MINDS SOMEONE SOMEWHERE (IN SUMMERTIME)
SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES FIREWORKS
SOFT CELL SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
SOFT CELL TORCH
SOFT CELL WHAT
SOFT CELL WHERE THE HEART IS
SPANDAU BALLET INSTINCTION
SPANDAU BALLET LIFELINE
STRANGLERS GOLDEN BROWN
STRANGLERS STRANGE LITTLE GIRL
TALK TALK TALK TALK (REMIX)
TALK TALK TODAY
TEARS FOR FEARS MAD WORLD
THEATRE OF HATE DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE WESTWORLD
THOMAS DOLBY WINDPOWER
TOM TOM CLUB UNDER THE BOARDWALK
TONI BASIL MICKEY
TOTO COELO I EAT CANNIBALS
TOYAH BE PROUD BE LOUD (BE HEARD)
TOYAH BRAVE NEW WORLD
TRIO DA DA DA
ULTRAVOX HYMN
ULTRAVOX REAP THE WILD WIND
VISAGE DAMNED DON'T CRY
VISAGE NIGHT TRAIN
WAH! THE STORY OF THE BLUES
XTC SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
YAZOO DON'T GO
YAZOO ONLY YOU
YAZOO THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE



1983

ABC THAT WAS THEN BUT THIS IS NOW
ADAM ANT PUSS 'N' BOOTS
ALARM 68 GUNS
ALTERED IMAGES BRING ME CLOSER
ALTERED IMAGES DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT LOVE
ASSEMBLY NEVER NEVER
AZTEC CAMERA OBLIVIOUS
BANANARAMA CRUEL SUMMER
BANANARAMA NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE
BAUHAUS SHE'S IN PARTIES
BEAT CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU
BELLE STARS SIGN OF THE TIMES
BELLE STARS SWEET MEMORY
BIG COUNTRY CHANCE
BIG COUNTRY FIELDS OF FIRE (400 MILES)
BIG COUNTRY IN A BIG COUNTRY
BLANCMANGE BLIND VISION
BLANCMANGE THAT'S LOVE, THAT IT IS
BLANCMANGE WAVES
BRUCE FOXTON FREAK
CARMEL BAD DAY
CHINA CRISIS CHRISTIAN
CREATURES MISS THE GIRL
CREATURES RIGHT NOW
CULTURE CLUB CHURCH OF THE POISON MIND
CULTURE CLUB KARMA CHAMELEON
CULTURE CLUB VICTIMS
CURE THE LOVE CATS
CURE THE WALK
DAVID SYLVIAN FORBIDDEN COLOURS
DEPECHE MODE EVERYTHING COUNTS
DEPECHE MODE GET THE BALANCE RIGHT
DEPECHE MODE LOVE IN ITSELF
DURAN DURAN IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW
DURAN DURAN UNION OF THE SNAKE
ECHO and the BUNNYMEN NEVER STOP
ECHO and the BUNNYMEN THE CUTTER
ELVIS COSTELLO EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK
EURYTHMICS RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE
EURYTHMICS SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)
EURYTHMICS WHO'S THAT GIRL
FLASH and the PAN WAITING FOR A TRAIN
FLOCK OF SEAGULLS TRANSFER AFFECTION
FLYING PICKETS ONLY YOU
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD RELAX
FUN BOY THREE OUR LIPS ARE SEALED
FUN BOY THREE TUNNEL OF LOVE
GARY NUMAN SISTER SURPRISE
GARY NUMAN WARRIORS
H2O DREAM TO SLEEP
H2O JUST OUTSIDE OF HEAVEN
HAYSI FANTAYZEE SHINY SHINY
HEAVEN 17 COME LIVE WITH ME
HEAVEN 17 CRUSHED BY THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRY
HEAVEN 17 TEMPTATION
HOWARD JONES NEW SONG
HOWARD JONES WHAT IS LOVE
HUMAN LEAGUE (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION
ICEHOUSE HEY LITTLE GIRL
ICICLE WORKS LOVE IS A WONDERFUL COLOUR
IMPOSTER PILLS AND SOAP
JAPAN ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
JO BOXERS BOXERBEAT
JO BOXERS JOHNNY FRIENDLY
JO BOXERS JUST GOT LUCKY
JOE JACKSON STEPPIN' OUT
KAJAGOOGOO BIG APPLE
KAJAGOOGOO HANG ON NOW
KAJAGOOGOO OOH TO BE AH
KAJAGOOGOO TOO SHY
KISSING THE PINK THE LAST FILM
KRAFTWERK TOUR DE FRANCE
LIMAHL ONLY FOR LOVE
LOTUS EATERS THE FIRST PICTURE OF YOU
MARILYN CALLING YOUR NAME
MEN AT WORK DOWN UNDER
MEN AT WORK DR. HECKYLL AND MR. JIVE
MEN AT WORK IT'S A MISTAKE
MEN AT WORK OVERKILL
MEN WITHOUT HATS THE SAFETY DANCE
MIDGE URE AFTER A FASHION
NEW ORDER BLUE MONDAY
NEW ORDER CONFUSION
NICK HEYWARD BLUE HAT FOR A BLUE DAY
NICK HEYWARD TAKE THAT SITUATION
NICK HEYWARD WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
NIK KERSHAW I WON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME
ORANGE JUICE RIP IT UP
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK GENETIC ENGINEERING
PAUL YOUNG COME BACK AND STAY
PAUL YOUNG LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE
PAUL YOUNG WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT'S MY HOME)
POLICE EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
POLICE SYNCHRONICITY II
POLICE WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER
PRETENDERS 2000 MILES
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
ROBERT WYATT SHIPBUILDING
ROMAN HOLIDAY DON'T TRY TO STOP IT
ROMAN HOLLIDAY MOTORMANIA
SIMPLE MINDS WATERFRONT
SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES DEAR PRUDENCE
SMITHS THIS CHARMING MAN
SOFT CELL BARRIERS
SOFT CELL NUMBERS
SOFT CELL SOUL INSIDE
SPANDAU BALLET COMMUNICATION
SPANDAU BALLET GOLD
SPANDAU BALLET TRUE
STRANGLERS EUROPEAN FEMALE
STRANGLERS MIDNIGHT SUMMER DREAM
STYLE COUNCIL LONG HOT SUMMER
STYLE COUNCIL MONEY GO ROUND
STYLE COUNCIL PARIS MATCH
STYLE COUNCIL SOLID BOND IN YOUR HEART
STYLE COUNCIL SPEAK LIKE A CHILD
TEARS FOR FEARS CHANGE
TEARS FOR FEARS PALE SHELTER
TEARS FOR FEARS THE WAY YOU ARE
THOMPSON TWINS HOLD ME NOW
THOMPSON TWINS LOVE ON YOUR SIDE
THOMPSON TWINS WATCHING
THOMPSON TWINS WE ARE DETECTIVE
TOM ROBINSON LISTEN TO THE RADIO:ATMOSPHERICS
TOM ROBINSON WAR BABY
TOYAH REBEL RUN
TRACEY ULLMAN BREAKAWAY
TRACEY ULLMAN MOVE OVER DARLING
TRACEY ULLMAN THEY DON'T KNOW
TRACIE GIVE IT SOME EMOTION
TRACIE THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
TRUTH A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
TRUTH CONFUSION (HITS US EVERY TIME)
U2 NEW YEARS DAY
U2 TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
ULTRAVOX VISIONS IN BLUE
ULTRAVOX WE CAME TO DANCE
WAH! HOPE (I WISH YOU'D BELIEVE ME)
YAZOO NOBODY'S DIARY



1984

ABC S.O.S
ADAM ANT APOLLO 9
ALARM WHERE WERE YOU HIDING WHEN THE STORM BROKE
ALPHAVILLE BIG IN JAPAN
ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE MR. SOLITAIRE
ART OF NOISE CLOSE (TO THE EDIT)
AZTEC CAMERA ALL I NEED IS EVERYTHING
AZTEC CAMERA JUMP
BANANARAMA ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING
BANANARAMA ROUGH JUSTICE
BAND AID DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?
BIG COUNTRY EAST OF EDEN
BIG COUNTRY WHERE THE ROSE IS SOWN
BIG COUNTRY WONDERLAND
BILLY IDOL EYES WITHOUT A FACE
BILLY IDOL REBEL YELL
BLANCMANGE DON'T TELL ME
BLANCMANGE THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME
BLUEBELLS CATH (REMIX)
BLUEBELLS I'M FALLING
BLUEBELLS YOUNG AT HEART
BRONSKI BEAT IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO
BRONSKI BEAT SMALLTOWN BOY
BRONSKI BEAT WHY?
CAPTAIN SENSIBLE DAMNED ON 45
CAPTAIN SENSIBLE GLAD IT'S ALL OVER
CARMEL MORE,MORE,MORE
CARS DRIVE
CHINA CRISIS WISHFUL THINKING
COCTEAU TWINS PEARLY-DEWDROPS DROPS
COUNCIL COLLECTIVE SOUL DEEP (PART 1)
CULTURE CLUB IT'S A MIRACLE
CULTURE CLUB THE MEDAL SONG
CULTURE CLUB THE WAR SONG
CURE THE CATERPILLAR
CYNDI LAUPER GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN
CYNDI LAUPER TIME AFTER TIME
DAVID SYLVIAN RED GUITAR
DAVID SYLVIAN THE INK IN THE WELL
DEAD OR ALIVE THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT)
DEAD OR ALIVE YOU SPIN ME ROUND
DEPECHE MODE BLASPHEMOUS RUMOUR
DEPECHE MODE MASTER AND SERVANT
DEPECHE MODE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
DEPECHE MODE SOMEBODY
DURAN DURAN NEW MOON ON MONDAY
DURAN DURAN THE REFLEX
DURAN DURAN WILD BOYS
ECHO and the BUNNYMEN SEVEN SEAS
ECHO and the BUNNYMEN SILVER
ECHO and the BUNNYMEN THE KILLING MOON
ELVIS COSTELLO I WANNA BE LOVED
ELVIS COSTELLO TURNING THE TOWN RED
EURYTHMICS HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN
EURYTHMICS SEXCRIME (NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR)
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL EACH AND EVERY ONE
FEARGAL SHARKEY LISTEN TO YOUR FATHER
FICTION FACTORY (FEELS LIKE) HEAVEN
FLOCK OF SEAGULLS THE MORE YOU LIVE, THE MORE YOU LOVE
FLYING PICKETS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD THE POWER OF LOVE
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD TWO TRIBES
GARY NUMAN BERSERKER
GIORGIO MORODER TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS
HEAVEN 17 SUNSET NOW
HEAVEN 17 THIS IS MINE
HOWARD JONES HIDE AND SEEK
HOWARD JONES LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU WELL
HOWARD JONES PEARL IN THE SHELL
HUMAN LEAGUE LIFE ON YOUR OWN
HUMAN LEAGUE LOUISE
HUMAN LEAGUE THE LEBANON
KAJAGOOGOO THE LION'S MOUTH
KANE GANG CLOSEST THING TO HEAVEN
KANE GANG RESPECT YOURSELF
LIMAHL NEVER ENDING STORY
LLOYD COLE PERFECT SKIN
MALCOLM McLAREN MADAM BUTTERFLY (UN BEL DI VEDREMO)
MARILYN CRY AND BE FREE
MARILYN YOU DON'T LOVE ME
MATT BIANCO GET OUT OF YOUR LAZY BED
MATT BIANCO HALF A MINUTE
NENA 99 RED BALLOONS
NEW ORDER THIEVES LIKE US
NICK HEYWARD LOVE ALL DAY
NICK HEYWARD WARNING SIGN
NIK KERSHAW DANCING GIRLS
NIK KERSHAW HUMAN RACING
NIK KERSHAW THE RIDDLE
NIK KERSHAW WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK LOCOMOTION
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK TALKING LOUD AND CLEAR
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK TESLA GIRLS
PAUL YOUNG EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE
PAUL YOUNG I'M GONNA TEAR YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN
POLICE KING OF PAIN
PROPAGANDA DR. MABUSE
PSYCHEDELIC FURS HEAVEN
RE-FLEX THE POLITICS OF DANCING
SAL SOLO SAN DAMIANO
SANDIE SHAW HAND IN GLOVE
SCRITTI POLITTI ABSOLUTE
SCRITTI POLITTI WOOD BEEZ (PRAY LIKE ARETHA FRANKLIN)
SIMPLE MINDS SPEED YOUR LOVE TO ME
SIMPLE MINDS UP ON THE CATWALK
SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES DAZZLE
SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES SWIMMING HORSES
SMITHS HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW
SMITHS WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE
SMITHS WILLIAM, IT WAS REALLY NOTHING
SOFT CELL DOWN IN THE SUBWAY
SPANDAU BALLET HIGHLY STRUNG
SPANDAU BALLET I'LL FLY FOR YOU
SPANDAU BALLET ONLY WHEN YOU LEAVE
SPANDAU BALLET ROUND AND ROUND
SPECIALS AKA NELSON MANDELA
STRANGLERS NO MERCY
STRANGLERS SKIN DEEP
STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE SINCE YESTERDAY
STYLE COUNCIL BIG BOSS GROOVE
STYLE COUNCIL MY EVER CHANGING MOODS
STYLE COUNCIL SHOUT TO THE TOP
STYLE COUNCIL YOU'RE THE BEST THING
SWANSWAY SOUL TRAIN
TEARS FOR FEARS MOTHER'S TALK
TEARS FOR FEARS SHOUT
THOMAS DOLBY HYPERACTIVE!
THOMPSON TWINS DOCTOR DOCTOR
THOMPSON TWINS LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME
THOMPSON TWINS SISTER OF MERCY
THOMPSON TWINS YOU TAKE ME UP
TRACEY ULLMAN MY GUY
TRACEY ULLMAN SUNGLASSES
U2 PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
ULTRAVOX DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
ULTRAVOX LAMENT
ULTRAVOX LOVE'S GREAT ADVENTURE
ULTRAVOX ONE SMALL DAY
WAH! COME BACK
WANG CHUNG DANCE HALL DAYS

[ExRat]

[quote][i]Originally posted by popreactor[/i]

Dec 31: In the NME Reader's Polls, Siouxsie wins "Best Female Singer", The Jam win "Best Group", "Heaven Up Here" wins album of the year, "Ghost Town wins "Single of the Year", Paul Weller wins "Most Wonderful Person" and <B>Adam Ant wins "Creep of the Year"</B>

[/quote]

LOL!!!!!! I just noticed that! That's hysterically funny! [:D]

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[bigwavedave]

I am going with 1981 as well, mostly for personal reasons:

1. Started college in Seattle just as local college station KCMU switched over to new wave/modern rock. With so many bands breaking out, it was a dream playlist all day long! A few of the more mainstream releases follow, but bands like X, Echo, and The Go Go's were all breaking out big.
2. The Pretenders - Pretenders II.
3. The Police - Ghost In The Machine
4. U2 - October
5. The Clash were huge in the world of punk/new wave. The catch phrase "The Only Band That Matters" seemed true during that time period!

[Frau_Blucher]

It's not the same topic, but it's a fun and classic thread to recall with a venerable cast of characters like mygreen, myirwin, knowitallrecs, natephish, middlesexnj and even philly...in a music post of all places!

http://nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2587

[bpdp3]

Ha - I was thinking of that old thread when I was reading this one, Blir; I may have actually had more posts than Philly at that point!

I still think it's tough to let go of any of those years in that range of '79 to '82. I think I'd go with '79 with just a one-year pick,

'79 was when I had just gotten into it, at age 13, and it was so damn fresh and I was so giddy about this music that I can recall my heart pounding, coming home with each new record I could afford to get my hands on.

Every now and then it's fun to re-check the release dates on some of your favorites - - you'll be amazed at how your mind plays tricks on you.

[glokstadt]

I think 1980, 1981, and 1982 (my senior year in high school) were the banner years for New Wave. Below is the KROQ 106.7 FM radio station's countdown for 1981. The KROQ countdown was started in 1980. Enjoy!

I was surprised to see several gems, a some mainstream rock 'n' roll, which I now recall by looking over the list, and all in all I think this is the better year among '80, '81, and '83!!!

The KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981:

1. Missing Persons – Mental Hopscotch – Spring Session M
2. Adam & The Ants - Antmusic - Kings of the Wild Frontier
3. The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat - Beauty and the Beat
4. Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party
5. Josie Cotton - Johnny Are You Queer?
6. Oingo Boingo - On the Outside - Only a Lad
7. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up - Tattoo You
8. Romeo Void - Never Say Never
9. The Ramones - We Want the Airwaves
10. The Penetrators - I'm With the Guys
11. Adam & The Ants - Stand and Deliver - Prince Charming
12. The Suburban Lawns - Janitor
13. Pete Shelley - Homosapien
14. The Pretenders - The Adulteress - Pretenders II
15. Sparks - Funny Face - Whomp That Sucker
16. X - White Girl - Wild Gift
17. Devo - Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth - New Traditionalists
18. Lene Lovich - New Toy
19. The Go-Go's - Lust to Love - Beauty and the Beat
20. The Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend - Tattoo You
21. U2 - I Will Follow - Boy
22. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - Ghost in the Machine
23. OMD - Electricity - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
24. Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming - Prince Charming
25. Duran Duran - Girls on Film - Duran Duran
26. Bow Wow Wow - W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah, No No My Daddy Don't)
27. The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
28. Sparks - Upstairs - Whomp That Sucker
29. Spandau Ballet - To Cut a Long Story Short
30. Jon Anderson & Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo
31. The Kinks - Destroyer
32. The Go-Go's - Our Lips are Sealed - Beauty and the Beat
33. Jim Carroll - It's Too Late
34. Generation X - Dancin' With Myself
35. Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
36. Caution - U.F.O.
37. Rush - Tom Sawyer
38. Split Enz - Hard Act to Follow
39. Iggy Pop - Bang Bang - Party
40. Brian Briggs - See You on the Other Side
41. The Specials - Ghost Town
42. Loverboy - Turn Me Loose
43. Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog - Kings of the Wild Frontier
44. The Pretenders - Bad Boys Get Spanked - Pretenders II
45. The Stray Cats - Rock this Town - Built for Speed
46. The Cure - Primary - Faith
47. Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
48. David Bowie/Queen - Under Pressure
49. King Crimson - Elephant Talk - Discipline
50. The Go-Go's - This Town - Beauty and the Beat
51. The Rolling Stones - Neighbours - Tattoo You
52. Joe Walsh - Life of Illusion
53. Devo - Through Being Cool - New Traditionalists
54. The Plasmatics - Sex Junkie
55. Foreigner - Urgent
56. Wall of Voodoo - Red Light – Dark Continent
57. The Police - Spirits in the Material World - Ghost in the Machine
58. Human Sexual Response - What Does Sex Mean To Me?
59. Sparks - I Married a Martian - Whomp That Sucker
60. The Who - You Better You Bet - Face Dances
61. The Pretenders - Pack It Up - Pretenders II
62. Dave Edmunds - Almost Saturday Night
63. Oingo Boingo - What You See - Only a Lad
64. Devo - Workin' In A Coal Mine - New Traditionalists
65. The Cars - Shake It Up - Shake It Up
66. X - The Once Over Twice - Wild Gift
67. Sparks - Tips For Teens - Whomp That Sucker
68. David Lindley & El Ray-O-X - Mercury Blues
69. 20/20 - Nuclear Boy
70. Bow Wow Wow - Chihuahua
71. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound - Juju
72. Missing Persons - I Like Boys
73. Spider - Better Be Good to Me
74. Novo Combo - City Bound E Train
75. Rick James - Superfreak
76. Human Sexual Response - Jackie Onassis
77. Adam & The Ants - Friends
78. Devo - Going Under - New Traditionalists
79. Killing Joke - Follow the Leaders
80. AC/DC - Problem Child
81. The Plasmatics - Lunacy
82. Billy Idol - Mony Mony - Billy Idol
83. Foreigner - Jukebox Hero
84. Tom Petty - Nightwatchman - Hard Promises
85. Gang of Four - What We All Want - Solid Gold
86. Genesis - Abacab
87. The Go-Go's - How Much More - Beauty and the Beat
88. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock And Roll
89. The Pretenders - Day After Day - Pretenders II
90. Squeeze - Tempted - East Side Story
91. The Rolling Stones - Slave - Tattoo You
92. The Boomtown Rats - Up All Night
93. Polyphonic Size - Mothers Little Helper
94. Jim Carroll - People Who Died
95. Elvis Costello - From a Whisper to a Scream - Get Happy!!
96. The Cars - A Dream Away - Shake It Up
97. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough - Speak & Spell
98. The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom - I Just Can't Stop It
99. Eye Protection - Take Her Where The Boys Are
100. Billy Squier - The Stroke
101. Rockpile w/ Robert Plant - Little Sister
102. The Plimsouls - Now
103. Greg Kihn - Can't Stop Hurting Myself
104. The Police - One World (Not Three) - Ghost in the Machine
105. X - Adult Books - Wild Gift
106. The Adolescents - Amoeba
106.7. Jetsons' Theme



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[ben_at_work]

[quote][i]Originally posted by hutter[/i]
<br>I agree with your choices, and I'm adding one more to it.

6)Kraftwerk releases Computer World, which is not only a seminal electronic album, but directly influenced Afrika Bambaataa ( with Numbers and the earlier Trans Europe Express)to record the crossover hip-hop electro hit Planet Rock.

Not exactly a new wave moment, but cool how in 1977 Kraftwerk helped kick off the new wave genre and in 1981 did the same thing with hip hop and electro-funk.

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I always liked popcorn and can remember my Rock and roll parents listening to the record all of the time.

[waldnorm]

1979-1982 showed a few breakthrough songs from new wave entering the charts, but it was probably not until MTV hit enough homes (with the major record companies refusing to play their "giants") and top 40 radio stations finally got to see the spririt that it really wasn't until 1983 that it took up the storm it did in the U.S. Of course, those of us who had KROQ (and even "pop" radio station KIQQ) in Los Angeles were a little bit more ahead of the curve--is that why West California was not included in Kim Wilde's prediction? We were already there? [:D]