BEST NEW WAVE ALBUMS OF THE 70s and/or 80s.

Catching Up with Depeche Mode - depeche mode
People Are People - depeche mode
Cupid and Psyche 85' - Scritti Politti
Upstairs at Eric's - Yaz
No. 10, Upping St. - Big Audio Dynamite
This Is Big Audio Dynamite - Big Audio Dynamite
Please - Pet Shop Boys
The Luxury Gap - Heaven 17
Penthouse and Pavement - Heaven 17

Catching Up with Depeche Mode - depeche mode
People Are People - depeche mode

Those aren't proper Depeche Mode albums! Catching Up... is a "greatest hits" compilation, and People Are People is a North America-only release capitalising on the success of the single "People Are People" and making the North American public more familiar with Depeche Mode's lesser known songs. The latter has one of my favourite DM songs, "Get The Balance Right!" Sorry...only trying to educate! ;D Depeche Mode are one of my favourite bands!

My nominees for best New Wave albums:

Metamatic - John Foxx
Vienna - Ultravox
Systems Of Romance - Ultravox
The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
Speak & Spell - Depeche Mode

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HMMM......not bad. ;)

you mean speak & spell or Speak & Spell the import with the extra tracks?

u must be a mode-man or woman then huh? ;)

you mean speak & spell or Speak & Spell the import with the extra tracks?

u must be a mode-man or woman then huh? ;)


I mean Speak & Spell the proper LP; not the CD, no bonus tracks, nothing. I prefer the UK release which has "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead" instead of "Dreaming Of Me" on it. :)

Yes, I'm a huge Depeche Mode fan...er..."Mode-woman."

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I say vince TOTALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT! martain is a pretty good writer when he's all dark and depressed and all, but vince would run laps on his track!!!!! ;D

he can't beat the synth wizard. ;)

I say vince TOTALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT! martain is a pretty good writer when he's all dark and depressed and all, but vince would run laps on his track!!!!! ;D


Nooooooo...Vince leaving was a good thing!! Martin finally got to show his talents as a songwriter. His songs got deeper and more emotional as time went on. Vince couldn't do that at the time. Yes, Vince could write a good pop song that had a good beat and you could dance to it, but his words meant nothing. Martin was and still is capable of doing both! Vince would eventually get better with Yazoo and Erasure though.


he can't beat the synth wizard. ;)


The Synth Wizard...The God of Electropop is the man you see surrounding my posts. No one can beat him. :)

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1.martain's like totally psycho on "a broken frame".
2. your "electropop god" might tie vince but he's NO MATCH for Martain Ware(E.G. reproduction & travelogue)!!! vince and martian ware are my two faves!!! ;D 8)

http://ex-rental.com/blindyouth/THEHUMANLEAGUETheYearOfTheJetPacks.mp3.  MARTEN WARE RULES!!!!!
and http://ex-rental.com/blindyouth/Dance1st.ram

check out http://www.blindyouth.co.uk/, a human league site if your a skeptic. ;D

1.martain's like totally psycho on "a broken frame".
2. your "electropop god" might tie vince but he's NO MATCH for Martain Ware(E.G. reproduction & travelogue)!!! vince and martian ware are my two faves!!! ;D 8)


1. Martin was just honing his skills back then and I think trying to be like another Vince. He soon got a lot better!

2. The Human League's Reproduction and Travelogue are great. A question though: Do you even know who I was talking about?

By the way...of course there would be no New Wave or electropop without a little band called KRAFTWERK!

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;Dha ha ha ......yeah i know,john fox.and for an amature ware totally layed the beat for the rest to take note on.
P.S. yeah there'd be no synth-pop if not for the WERK ;)(Kraftwerk)

Autobahn
Trans-Europe Express
Electric Cafe - "boing(ping!) boom tscak(ping!) ;D"
Computer World - "im the oporator with my pocket callculator"
The Man-Machine
Radio-Activity
.....and rare finds!

"We are showroom dummies!!" ;D

Yes, I suppose Kraftwerk are the real synth-Gods. They started the whole synthpop movement back in 1974! Without them, there'd be no Human League, Depeche Mode, Ultravox, John Foxx (who once was with Ultravox), etc...

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Those aren't proper Depeche Mode albums! Catching Up... is a "greatest hits" compilation, and People Are People is a North America-only release capitalising on the success of the single "People Are People" and making the North American public more familiar with Depeche Mode's lesser known songs. The latter has one of my favourite DM songs, "Get The Balance Right!" Sorry...only trying to educate! ;D Depeche Mode are one of my favourite bands!

They may not be proper albums, but I listened to them incessantly when they came out.  In fact, "People Are People" was the first DM album I ever bought.

Anyway,
I did list my favorite New Wave albums, about 75 of them.  However, my internet connection crashed and wiped out the whole thing before I got a chance to post it.  Arrrrgh!  I'm not going to bother re-typing it!
>:(

They may not be proper albums, but I listened to them incessantly when they came out.  In fact, "People Are People" was the first DM album I ever bought.

Anyway,
I did list my favorite New Wave albums, about 75 of them.  However, my internet connection crashed and wiped out the whole thing before I got a chance to post it.  Arrrrgh!  I'm not going to bother re-typing it!
>:(


I believe Catching Up... was the first collection of Depeche Mode songs I ever bought, and I listened to it a lot too...but I would never consider it a Depeche Mode album, because it's not. It's not something they went into the studio and recorded. It's a "greatest hits" album. Sorry, but I'm picky about these things. ;D

Awwwww! I hope you get around to posting your list again, if you can remember them all!

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;D ;D ;D not bad! i'll get another one going

Cabaret Voltaire's "The Original Sound of Sheffield: Best of 83 - 87"
some may call it noise, i call it :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D :)

totally choice!!!! ;)

;D ;D ;D not bad! i'll get another one going

Cabaret Voltaire's "The Original Sound of Sheffield: Best of 83 - 87"
some may call it noise, i call it :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D :)


That's another "Greatest Hits" compilation.............

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True. but they're the awsome 12-INCHERS!!!!!! ;D ;D

"SENSORIIIIA!" ;D

"KINO! KINO!"

Well, New Wave is a very wide term as it includes subgenres like Synthpop, New Romanticism, Gothic, Postpunk, Indie/Alternative, New Rockabilly, New Ska and Power Pop. Yet it occupied the era between 1978 and 1986, admittedly a very long period. And it is very difficult to say which best albums to come out of it are. But I'll try to go with some in no particular order:

Construction Time Again - Depeche Mode (1983)
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode (1986)
Dare! - The Human League (1981)
Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17 (1981)
The Luxury Gap - Heaven 17 (1983)
Non Stop Erotic Cabaret - Soft Cell (1981)
Happy Families - Blancmange (1982)
The Colour Of Spring - Talk Talk (1986)
Vienna - Ultravox (1980)
The Lexicon Of Love - ABAC (1982)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
Rio - Duran Duran (1982)
Kaleidoscope - Siouxsie & The Banshees (1980)
Ju Ju - Siouxsie & The Banshees (1981)
Empires And Dance - Simple Minds (1980)
Sons And Fascinations/Sister Feelings Call - Simple Minds (1981)
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) - Simple Minds (1982)
Seventeen Seconds - The Cure (1980)
Faith - The Cure (1981)
Pornography - The Cure (1982)
In The Flat Field - Bauhaus (1980)
Some Girls Wander By Mistake (Sisters 80-83) - The Sisters Of Mercy (1992)
Entertainment! - Gang Of Four (1979)
Solid Gold - Gang Of Four (1981)
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division (1979)
Closer - Joy Division (1980)
Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order (1983)
Low Life - New Order (1985)
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths (1986)
Waiting For A Miracle - Comsat Angels (1980)
Sleep No More - Comsat Angels (1981)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (1980)
Organisation - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (1980)
Architecture & Morality - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (1981)
Dazzle Ships - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (1983)
Parallel Lines - Blondie (1978)
Stray Cats - Stray Cats (1981)
A Date With Elvis - The Cramps (1986)
Computer World - Kraftwerk (1981)
Zen Arcade - Husker Du (1984)
Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Gos (1981)
Boy - U2 (1980)
October - U2 (1981)
War - U2 (1983)
Business As Usual - Men At Work (1982)
True Colours - Split Enz (1980)
Prayers On Fire - The Birthday Party (1981)
Junkyard - The Birthday Party (1982)
The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs (1980)
Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs (1981)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
Revelations - Killing Joke (1982)
The Pretenders - The Pretenders (1980)
Q: Are We Not Men? A: No We Are Devo - Devo (1978)

...etc.

very nice!

here's a mind blower:Human League - the golden hour of the future(1979)
"Pulse! Pulse!" ;)

here's a mind blower:Human League - the golden hour of the future(1979)
"Pulse! Pulse!" ;)


:)

That is a fantastic track, Abercrombie! Early Human League (1977-1980 period) were great! The criminally underrated "Reproduction" (1979) and "Travelogue" (1980) are one of the finest experimental electronic albums ever IMO. Especially the latter. Love it!

I totally agree.very inovative ;)
http://ex-rental.com/blindyouth/THEFUTUREPulseLovers.mp3
http://ex-rental.com/blindyouth/THEHUMANLEAGUETheYearOfTheJetPacks.mp3

I totally agree.very inovative ;)
http://ex-rental.com/blindyouth/THEFUTUREPulseLovers.mp3
http://ex-rental.com/blindyouth/THEHUMANLEAGUETheYearOfTheJetPacks.mp3


Excellent!  :)

Two favourites at a two-way tie for me ...

1 | Tonight - FM
2 | Stand Back - The Arrows