[Mr.Radar]

What the title says. Lately I've been listening to my cable company's music channels (very good quality, I'm guessing it's high bitrate MP2 with a good encoder, or maybe AC3, with no dynamic compression) and I've discovered that instead of being a fan of 80's pop I'm really a New Wave fan (they have both an 80's channel and a New Wave channel) so I'd like to hear your reccomendations for New Wave music.

 

[Davey]

Kind of hard to stop once you get started, but here's a few I like that still hold up pretty well.....

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
The Cars
Violent Femmes
XTC - English Settlement
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
The Pretenders
The B-52's - Wild Planet
Big Country - Crossing
Cheap Trick
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
The Specials
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
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and of course the new one by Franz Ferdinand

 

[SunByrne]

Different people have slightly different definitions of New Wave. I'm thinking these are the better-known things that come to mind:

•The Fixx, any of their first four CDs, especially Reach the Beach and Phantoms
•Billy Idol, particularly Rebel Yell
•the Cure Staring at the Sea, also Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Disintegration
•Depeche Mode. I'd call Black Celebration or Music for the Masses the most new wave-y
•New Order, particularly Low-life and Substance
•Frankie Goes to Hollywood, best of
•Talking Heads Stop Making Sense (get the remaster)
•INXS The Swing and Kick
• the Police, like, all of it. OK, Ghost in the Machine
•Tears for Fears the Hurting and Songs from the Big Chair

Slightly lesser-known, depending on you radio market back then:

•Roxy Music Avalon and Bryan Ferry's first couple solo CDs
•the Psychedelic Furs Forever Now and Mirror Moves
•Propaganda A Secret Wish
•Kate Bush Hounds of Love
•Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Junk Culture
•Peter Murphy Deep
•The The Infected
• Ultravox the Collection
•Simple Minds New Gold Dream or Live in the City of Light

Those are the first things that come to mind. Can you tell I graduated from high school in 1987? Yikes.

 

[strohmie]

I know that bong is going to endorse New Order first chance he gets.

Meanwhile my personal new wave favorite is Depeche Mode, and would recommend Black Celebration or Violator (the latter being the more "poppy" of the two). Definitely check out Frankie Goes to Hollywood and The Cure while you're at it.

 

[fewtch]

Note, some of this is goth-wave...

ABC
Blancmange
Book of Love
Camouflage
Culture Club
Depeche Mode
Erasure
Falco
INXS
Naked Eyes
New Order
OMD
Pet Shop Boys
Psychedelic Furs
Simple Minds
Soft Cell
Talk Talk
Tears for Fears
The Cult
The Cure
Yaz

 

[fl00r]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SunByrne Different people have slightly different definitions of New Wave.

According to Allmusic.com:

New Wave is anything outside of the norm. It's quirky, cryptic, and/or anything it wants to be. Synth playing is a major key to a lot of New Wave music. But a guitar with some killer effects can serve the purpose as well. New Wave is the bridge between the mainstream top 40 and punk and/or post punk. The style is all it's own, and wavers tend to go for the retro "glam meets punk" look.

Some of our favorite NW bands are:

Duran Duran

Missing Persons

Flock of Seagulls

Alphaville

Talking Heads

The Cars

A-Ha

B-52's

Thompson Twins

Berlin

see: http://www.nunewwavers.com/newwavegenre.htm

 

[Masonjar]

THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE.


'nuff said.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

I'm not sure if all of these are truly new-wave, so if not, apologies:
Ministry, With Sympathy
Talk Talk, The Party's Over
Duran Duran, Rio
Blondie, Parallel Lines
Ultravox -- all four of the following albums are essential: Quartet, Rage in Eden, Vienna, Lament
Devo, Q: Are We Not Men?/A: We Are Devo!
Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age of Wireless
Talking Heads, Remain in Light
The Cars, Candy-O
Quote:

Originally Posted by Davey and of course the new one by Franz Ferdinand

Or the Faint, Danse Macabre.

 

[bong]

hmm... New Wave essentials, i think i'll try to refrain from recommending "Greatest Hits" compilations:

New Order - Power Corruption and Lies (just for Strohmie )
The Cure - The Head on the Door
The Human League - Dare!
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture and Morality
Duran Duran - Rio
Yaz(oo) - Upstairs at Eric's
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
The B-52's - The B-52's
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Pet Shop Boys - Actually

umm... i'm sure i could think of a whole lot more, but i have to go back to work...

 

[Mr.Radar]

Cool!

Thanks for all the reccomendations.

Also, if anyone has about 4 megs of webspace I could upload a Q4 Ogg of the rare original recording of West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys (as featured on Crap From the Past). It's very interesting compared to the commercial recording.

 

[gloco]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dusty Chalk Or the Faint, Danse Macabre.

Oh yes, i love this album. I caught these guys live last year and they excellent. I also have fallen in love with the franz ferdinand cd, great material for sure. I would also recommend The Faint's "Blank-Wave Arcade" which blends very well with Danse Macabre.

 

[jamvanman]

Another great album is China Crisis - Flaunt the Imperfection.

 

[screwdriver]

i have 2 song recommendations that are hard to find.

1) more to lose - by seona dancing
2) two rivers - by the adventurers

others songs :
1) german girl - lotus eaters
2) first picture of you - lotus eaters
3) wishful thinking - china crisis
4) state of the nation - industry
5) the more you live the more you love - flock of seagulls
6) feels like heaven - fiction factory
7) the promise- when in rome

 

[Jasper994]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fewtch Note, some of this is goth-wave... ABC

You mean Another Bad Creation?

 

[bong]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jasper994 You mean Another Bad Creation?

oh no! not them!

another bad creation indeed...

the ABC fewtch is mentioning hails from Sheffield, England.