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What's the best post-punk era album?

Posted on 9/10/16 at 6:44 pm
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 9/10/16 at 6:44 pm
I'm talking 1978-1985ish. I love post punk because it, in many cases, takes the elements of punk and just refines them. Paste Magazine did a poll a couple of years ago that had the top spot for Television "Marquee Moon" and then Joy Division and Talking Heads reserved about 5 of the top 20 album spots. How many of you besides Cdawg and me are fans of this "genre" (which can include some new wave, dark wave, no wave, alt rock, Gothic rock, et al).

My tops in no particular order:

The Cult -- "Dreamtime" and "Love" (Electric CERTAINLY does not fall into this category...you get it).

The Chameleons -- "Script of the Bridge"

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry -- "Talk About the Weather"

Joy Division -- "Unknown Pleasures" and "Closer"

Suicide -- 2nd album

Wire -- "Pink Flag"

Alien Sex Fiend -- "Maximum Security"

Echo and the Bunnymen -- "Crocodiles"

Killing Joke -- Debut album; self-titled

Fields of the Nephilim -- Dawnrazor

The Cure -- Pornography

The Mission -- "God's Own Medicine"

The Gun Club "The Las Vegas Story"

The Jesus and Mary Chain -- "The Darklands"


I wanna know some of yours so I can gather some new music from this awesome genre of music.




This post was edited on 9/11/16 at 9:52 am
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22927 posts
Posted on 9/10/16 at 7:29 pm to
Got some great ones listed here. REM - Murmer would be worth checking out.

Also, a little out of the date range but The Queen is Dead by the Smiths and Disintegration by the Cure also very good.
This post was edited on 9/10/16 at 7:31 pm
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
50255 posts
Posted on 9/10/16 at 8:00 pm to
Dirk Wears White Socks, Kings of the Wild Frontier~ Adam Ant
Come On Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa~ Pixies
Posted by 45acp
Near The Big Chicken
Member since Jul 2007
740 posts
Posted on 9/10/16 at 9:29 pm to
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - architecture and morality
Posted by hogfly
Fayetteville, AR
Member since May 2014
4657 posts
Posted on 9/10/16 at 9:55 pm to
Gang of Four: Entertainment

Any other answer is wrong.
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
38781 posts
Posted on 9/10/16 at 10:28 pm to
Gun Club- Fire of Love.....Las Vegas blows.

Jesus and Mary Chain....the answer is Psycho Candy.

X. More Fun in the New World

Sonic Youth. Daydream Nation

Replacements. Let it Bleed

Smiths. Queen is Dead

Billy Bragg. Brewing Up ....even those it's a combo of 2 EPs.

Green on Red. Gravity Talks

Thin White Rope. Moonhead

Television. Marquee Moon

REm Murmur

U2 War or Boy


Posted by RockAndRollDetective
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2014
4506 posts
Posted on 9/11/16 at 10:57 am to
The Flesh Eaters - A Minute To Pray, A Second To Die
Butthole Surfers - Psychic Powerless
DMZ - S/T
Flipper - Gone Fishin’
Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
The Fixx - Shuttered Room
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
The Gun Club - Miami
The Only Ones - S/T
Squirrel Bait - S/T
The Saints - Eternally Yours
The Contortions - Twist Your Soul
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81739 posts
Posted on 9/11/16 at 6:14 pm to
This is some of my favorite music, but I don't really know what fits and what doesn't. Lots of my favorites already listed. Question, does The Cars(1978) fit?
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
73043 posts
Posted on 9/11/16 at 6:51 pm to
Van Halen-Fair Warning
Posted by Poodlebrain
Way Right of Rex
Member since Jan 2004
19860 posts
Posted on 9/11/16 at 6:54 pm to
The Police - Synchronicity
Posted by LSU1NSEC
Member since Sep 2007
17243 posts
Posted on 9/11/16 at 7:39 pm to
The Cure - Faith (1981)
The Cure - Standing on a Beach (1986)
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
59612 posts
Posted on 9/11/16 at 8:59 pm to
Best? It would literally change for me daily.

I never knew there were so many genres until Wikipedia started listing bands under a certain category.

I lot of this post-punk I like starts to fall into industrial or gothic to power pop. Maybe those are sub genres of this post punk. You've listed a lot of mine. I'd have to really think about a top 10 or so.
Posted by Hawkeye95
Member since Dec 2013
20293 posts
Posted on 9/12/16 at 10:35 am to
you sorta mix up a genre and a time period in my mind.

but anyway, I really liked Siouxsie and the Banshees, bauhaus, the cure, wire, PIL. I used to love husker du but I can't really seem to get into them now.
Posted by DyeHardDylan
Member since Nov 2011
7744 posts
Posted on 9/13/16 at 8:25 pm to
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
Posted by JinFL
Duuuval
Member since Oct 2004
3947 posts
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:05 pm to
Love this time frame of music-

Violent Femmes
Camper Van Beethoven -Telephone Free Landslide Victory
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
68425 posts
Posted on 9/17/16 at 1:00 am to
Not the best of the era, but check out Cactus World News- "Urban Beaches"

A pleasant surprise if you've never heard of them. Very typical of that sound and "Church of the Cold" is a great song.

Also, The Thought with their self-titled album from 1985.
This post was edited on 9/17/16 at 1:13 am
Posted by DLauw
SWLA
Member since Sep 2011
6086 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 3:49 pm to
Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite. I played this tape and Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes so much that the tapes dragged through the songs because they didn't roll well anymore in the player. (If that makes sense)
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