New Wave Albums: 1981
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Topic: New Wave Albums: 1981
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: New Wave Albums: 1981
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 02:40
 1981: Adam & the Ants - Prince Charming - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo-CVFFA0DtV7e9WMaOsWF8tE11HI7e-W" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo-CVFFA0DtV7e9WMaOsWF8tE11HI7e-W  1981: Buggles - Adventures in Modern Recording - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALm9OqeAm6luHidBL21rnXdJ2lAulMks" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALm9OqeAm6luHidBL21rnXdJ2lAulMks 1981: The Cars - Shake It Up - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kX5NbHD9bkD6MYDS5S7qrUM_3cxGFH5v8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kX5NbHD9bkD6MYDS5S7qrUM_3cxGFH5v8 1981: Elvis Costello - Trust - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7e235p62Cxl6MKMDHaK2D6Xh1cjj5hhE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7e235p62Cxl6MKMDHaK2D6Xh1cjj5hhE 1981: Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhcMygqvPRXjYX_d1MYQlQQIxr0ObCFt8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhcMygqvPRXjYX_d1MYQlQQIxr0ObCFt8 1981: Duran Duran - Duran Duran - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTJhpfnwuGn4MaalAXH18FsjgNLeYJr7E" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTJhpfnwuGn4MaalAXH18FsjgNLeYJr7E 1981: Eurythmics - In the Garden - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kupgqIa3LZy_DsUBOsZUS1UUfkxu5NZ9k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kupgqIa3LZy_DsUBOsZUS1UUfkxu5NZ9k 1981: The Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lK3WE_XJ38mrXrpWSka0o9yfLuYBZ7pzQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lK3WE_XJ38mrXrpWSka0o9yfLuYBZ7pzQ 1981: Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lnsoF7ViLoH8FHNkUnrpidhAsExeuVPFQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lnsoF7ViLoH8FHNkUnrpidhAsExeuVPFQ  1981: The Human League - Dare - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kleqYoWvyce3vqYTULVYUavBk-ncUkOxc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kleqYoWvyce3vqYTULVYUavBk-ncUkOxc 1981: Japan - Tin Drum - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lD1Vhv8onlhZ9Be2GkJpvu0BQVcSYf4lY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lD1Vhv8onlhZ9Be2GkJpvu0BQVcSYf4lY 1981: New Order - Movement - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ngEtMc_bwAoqIxvdgisujRZAD5MRHPO68" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ngEtMc_bwAoqIxvdgisujRZAD5MRHPO68 1981: OMD - Architecture & Morality - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llnjyPTsTwxqfDKPqv9lgfi5o2EcyhxWk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llnjyPTsTwxqfDKPqv9lgfi5o2EcyhxWk 1981: The Police - Ghost in the Machine - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1MxX3DzKitdBVqfxXrQhEx02KC54r06k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1MxX3DzKitdBVqfxXrQhEx02KC54r06k 1981: Pretenders - Pretenders II - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kmstQVGm3IBA-WDycbMZKU5xS2d7p4dko" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kmstQVGm3IBA-WDycbMZKU5xS2d7p4dko 1981: The Psychedelic Furs - Talk, Talk, Talk - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nIBA1bU9fNc64EpFM1rLWhTk7QQU5VIGM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nIBA1bU9fNc64EpFM1rLWhTk7QQU5VIGM 1981: Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination / Sister Feelings Call - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nw8ZfjC4JJao68BIJouV9O6loxcVXohm8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nw8ZfjC4JJao68BIJouV9O6loxcVXohm8 1981: Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mkoILPgq43uuSFqoU1oJUWtCEYKGlsjys" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mkoILPgq43uuSFqoU1oJUWtCEYKGlsjys 1981: Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mfNuDuDEPUHX8DmxT9yep2IspdGSz0BxI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mfNuDuDEPUHX8DmxT9yep2IspdGSz0BxI 1981: Sparks - Whomp That Sucker - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPY1Li3kCS0sErB13KEYafk5oFbHEJ0Z0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPY1Li3kCS0sErB13KEYafk5oFbHEJ0Z0 1981: Squeeze - East Side Story - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nmIFbIuQesWnDl7UEnNYJapkZiDsxEUho" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nmIFbIuQesWnDl7UEnNYJapkZiDsxEUho 1981: The Stranglers - La Folie - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nqsnOl5bhqL3xyTx5wNqkUlBWO-ocvNiI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nqsnOl5bhqL3xyTx5wNqkUlBWO-ocvNiI 1981: Toyah - Anthem - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lL6aE-Cj2Cb1IvImiCvpzQwHUbzMMcVSw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lL6aE-Cj2Cb1IvImiCvpzQwHUbzMMcVSw 1981: Ultravox - Rage in Eden - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe5AzvnGx9OK23biWq2ur0zc90OKWGNcM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe5AzvnGx9OK23biWq2ur0zc90OKWGNcM 1981: Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0NrviUw0wTinIfVmhTAu3ff42m2kKdTu" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0NrviUw0wTinIfVmhTAu3ff42m2kKdTu |
Replies:
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 02:47
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Sons and Fascination. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 02:48
| Simple Minds |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 03:31
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Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju (Gothic Rock / Post Punk) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 04:19
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Nice list again! Also much for nostalgic reasons. Adventures in Modern Recording is much more interesting than the previous Buggles album, but for me there is one clear favourite here: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (Electronic Britney Spears Funk) ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 05:02
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Japan > Siouxsie, Ultravox, Toyah |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 05:57
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Siouxsie ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 08:39
| Ultravox |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 10:38
| Elvis |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 12:48
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Japan > Heaven 17 ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 13:44
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Rage in Eden is amazing -------------  
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: May 27 2023 at 13:45
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The Police - Ghost in the Machine |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: May 30 2023 at 13:38
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I must go with Ghost in the Machine - it's impossible to think of 1981-82 and not think of that album! That being said, I simply must give a shout out for Adventures in Modern Recording, which I absolutely LOVE! Even if he hadn't appeared on Drama and produced 90125, Trevor Horn should be remembered for this beautiful slice of early-80s nostalgia!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 30 2023 at 14:07
I Dare to be different by voting for The Human League. 
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Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: May 30 2023 at 15:51
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Side one of Prince Charming is excellent, but the quality falls off a cliff after Stand and Deliver. The album version of Ant Rap isn't a patch on the single remix.
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: May 31 2023 at 13:39
| I would like to belatedly put in a mention for FINGERPRINTZ's 1981 album, Beat Noir. It comes in a number of different versions, but I highly recommend the 10-song British 2nd edition (four songs dropped, replaced with three new songs) on Virgin. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 10 2023 at 07:08
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1981: Buggles - Adventures in Modern Recording - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALm9OqeAm6luHidBL21rnXdJ2lAulMks" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALm9OqeAm6luHidBL21rnXdJ2lAulMks The title track from the second and final album by Buggles with their New Wave version of YES. |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: June 10 2023 at 07:12
My favourite album from 1981. Great band.  |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 10 2023 at 13:09
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1981: Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhcMygqvPRXjYX_d1MYQlQQIxr0ObCFt8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhcMygqvPRXjYX_d1MYQlQQIxr0ObCFt8 I Just Can't Get Enough of Depeche Mode |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 10 2023 at 14:05
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Always found Just Can't Get Enough slightly annoying. This was a great single though (and their debut single Dreaming of Me, which was only included on the US version of the album) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 10 2023 at 14:30
I found that song slightly annoying too, at least to begin with in the early 80's when it was in "high rotation" on the radio, in the same way as Marillion's "Kayleigh" was constantly played to death on the radio at the time, but I've grown to love both bands now, with four albums by Depeche Mode and five albums by Marillion in my CD collection.
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Saperlipopette! wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 11 2023 at 03:32
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1981: Duran Duran - Duran Duran - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTJhpfnwuGn4MaalAXH18FsjgNLeYJr7E" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTJhpfnwuGn4MaalAXH18FsjgNLeYJr7E It's back to a time of bouffant hairdos, heavy eye mascara and big earrings - and that was just the men. Yes, it's just another day on Planet Earth in the 1980's. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 11 2023 at 04:13
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 11 2023 at 15:12
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1981: Eurythmics - In the Garden - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kupgqIa3LZy_DsUBOsZUS1UUfkxu5NZ9k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kupgqIa3LZy_DsUBOsZUS1UUfkxu5NZ9k Why not come into the garden with Annie and Dave. The flowers are lovely during the English Summer. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 11 2023 at 15:21
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Love these three about equally: New Order - Movement Eurythmics - In the Garden Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju Lots of great stuff here. Must have been a fun era to be a teenager in. |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: June 11 2023 at 15:23
Wait a sec! This dood looks like me!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 13 2023 at 06:09
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^ Crikey! That's an uncanny resemblance, although to my eyes, you look more like Dave Stewart in the centre of the picture.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 13 2023 at 12:18
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1981: The Human League - Dare - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kleqYoWvyce3vqYTULVYUavBk-ncUkOxc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kleqYoWvyce3vqYTULVYUavBk-ncUkOxc Dare to be different with the Human League back in 1981 when it was four to the floor dancing around the handbags at my local nightclub - and sometimes the girls joined in too, if we were lucky! These Are the Things That Dreams Are Made Of. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 13 2023 at 14:33
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 14 2023 at 13:03
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1981: Ultravox - Rage in Eden - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe5AzvnGx9OK23biWq2ur0zc90OKWGNcM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe5AzvnGx9OK23biWq2ur0zc90OKWGNcM Back in the early 80's, Ultravox were all the Rage with the look and the sound of The Voice of Midge Ure, and when Vienna sounded like the coolest place to be on Earth. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 15 2023 at 14:34
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1981: OMD - Architecture & Morality - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llnjyPTsTwxqfDKPqv9lgfi5o2EcyhxWk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llnjyPTsTwxqfDKPqv9lgfi5o2EcyhxWk A Souvenir from the height of the New Romantic era when Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys both looked impossibly young. My feelings still remain for this lovely song, 42 years on. A special remix version of the song was released only in France, the only problem being that the French don't have a word for "Souvenir".  |
Posted By: terramystic
Date Posted: July 09 2023 at 15:24
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OMD Bonus points for using the Mellotron! |