Rock & Folk New Wave special - 100 landmark albums (2017)

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Rock & Folk New Wave special - 100 landmark albums (2017)

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As every single publication pumps out specials about 1968, Rock & Folk decided to do a New Wave for apparently no reason whatsoever, with the mandatory top 100 albums being there. So there you go (despite what the title of the magazine states, it goes beyond 1984).

https://www2.lekiosk.com/fr/publication ... ie/2045606

1977

David Bowie | Low
Brian Eno | Before and After Science
Ultravox | Ultravox!
Television | Marquee Moon
Ian Dury & the Blockheads | New Boots and Panties!!
The Stranglers | Rattus Norvegicus
Gruppo Sportivo | 10 Mistakes
The Damned | Music for Pleasure
Suicide | Suicide

1978

Doctors of Madness | Sons of Survival
The Police | Outlandos d'Amour
Devo | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Boomtown Rats | A Tonic for the Troops
Lene Lovich | Stateless
X-Ray Spex | Germfree Adolescents
Public Image Ltd. | Public Image
The Rezillos | Can't Stand the Rezillos
Blondie | Parallel Lines
The Stranglers | Black and White
Jona Lewie | On the Other Hand There's a Fist
Magazine | Real Life

1979

Nina Hagen Band | Unbehagen
The B-52's | The B-52's
Blondie | Eat to the Beat
Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures
XTC | Drums and Wires
Talking Heads | Fear of Music
The Flying Lizards | The Flying Lizards
Gary Numan | The Pleasure Principle
Buzzcocks | A Different Kind of Tension
Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Armed Forces
The Cure | Three Imaginary Boys
Madness | One Step Beyond
The Slits | Cut
Edith Nylon | Edith Nylon
Garçons | Divorce
Squeeze | Cool for Cats
Marquis de Sade | Dantzig Twist
Casino Music | Amour sauvage
The Cars | Candy-O
Electric Callas | So Chic [EP]
Cabaret Voltaire | Mix-Up
Cowboys International | The Original Sin
Jacno | Jacno [EP]
Lizzy Mercier Descloux | Press Color
Throbbing Gristle | 20 Jazz Funk Greats
David Johansen | In Style
Gang of Four | Entertainment!
Sparks | N°1 in Heaven

1980

Martha and the Muffins | Metro Music
Fad Gadget | Fireside Favourites
Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls | Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls
Simple Minds | Empires and Dance
Elli & Jacno | Tout va sauter
The Residents | Commercial Album
The Durutti Column | The Return of the Durutti Column
Extraballe | Sales romances
Basement 5 | 1965-1980
Toyah | The Blue Meaning
Echo & the Bunnymen | Crocodiles
New Order | Movement
Hazel O'Connor | Breaking Glass
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Killing Joke | Killing Joke
The Pop Group | For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
Talking Heads | Remain in Light
Young Marble Giants | Colossal Youth
The Psychedelic Furs | The Psychedelic Furs
The Specials | More Specials
Japan | Gentlemen Take Polaroids
The Monochrome Set | Strange Boutique

1981
Grace Jones | Nightclubbing
The Au Pairs | Playing with a Different Sex
A Certain Ratio | To Each...
The Human League | Dare
Heaven 17 | Penthouse and Pavement
Taxi Girl | Seppuku
Soft Cell | Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Rip Rig + Panic | God
Arlene Phillips' Hot Gossip | Geisha Boys and Temple Girls
Girls at Our Best! | Pleasure
Adam and the Ants | Prince Charming
Klaus Nomi | Klaus Nomi
Wire | Document and Eyewitness
Depeche Mode | Speak & Spell
The Go-Go's | Beauty and the Beat
Bow Wow Wow | See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!
Mathématiques Modernes | Les Visiteurs du soir
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft | Alles Ist Gut
Métal Urbain | Les hommes morts sont dangereux
Duran Duran | Duran Duran

1982

Blancmange | Happy Families
ABC | The Lexicon of Love
Haircut 100 | Pelican West
Altered Images | Pinky Blue
Spandau Ballet | Diamond
Culture Club | Kissing to Be Clever
Yazoo | Upstairs at Eric's
Blue Rondo à la Turk | Chewing the Fat
Pigbag | Dr. Heckle & Mr. Jive

1983

Set the Tone | Shiftin' Air Affair
Mari Wilson | Showpeople
Octobre | Paolino Parc
Fun Boy Three | Waiting
Bananarama | Deep Sea Skiving
Eurythmics | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Indochine | Le Péril jaune

1984

Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Les Rita Mitsouko | Rita Mitsouko

1985

Animal Nightlife | Shangri-La
Dead or Alive | Youthquake
The Smiths | Meat Is Murder

1986

Étienne Daho | Pop Satori
Sigue Sigue Sputnik | Flaunt It
Pet Shop Boys | Please

1987

The Sisters of Mercy | Floodland
Die Form | Poupée mécanique
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Re: Rock & Folk New Wave special - 100 landmark albums (2017)

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I dunno, no New Order or Depeche Mode is fishy.
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Wait! They have Speak and Spell. Never mind.
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StevieFan13 wrote:Wait! They have Speak and Spell. Never mind.
And Movement too, but they put it in 1980 for whatever reason, and I didn't fix it.
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The Pretenders are missing.
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bonnielaurel wrote:The Pretenders are missing.
It's funny but when I think about the Pretenders, I associate them more with jangle pop than I do new wave, even though I know that Wikipedia and RYM do tag them as new wave. Then again, same goes for the Smiths, and they're there, so I don't know.

French critics tend to usually be rather fond of the Pretenders, so I don't think that would be an intentional indirect diss directed at them. That would be very surprising.
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