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Originally Posted by GuineaMcPig
Davey-
I was wondering...
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Hehehe, looks like Mark already did a damn fine job! I'm not really much for best of collections and box sets since I grew up with the albums and usually want to hear them like that, but can't really argue with his suggestions for someone else, and in some cases the best of collections are the best way to hear a band. Probably should make a new thread about "best albums of the 77-83 period" and get responses from more people since it is kind of hidden down here in what looks like an indie rock thread. But I'll throw out a few of my favorites from the period below and try to keep it to just one album each, although some of them like the Jam and Fall and Pere Ubu are obviously collections. Not all punk and post-rock since bands like XTC and the Buzzcocks and the Jam don't really fall in either category being more pop sounding, and the list could go on forever, and then there's great ones like that first Pretenders that is so much a part of that period for me but is more straight ahead type rock mixed with some new wave and the Dream Syndicate bringing back the earlier Velvet Underground sound I love so much and I'm sure I left off some monumental ones but you could always just go to AMG and see what they say too....
The Jam - Snap!
The Clash - London Calling
XTC - English Settlement
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (on the edge of that time period but nearly timeless)
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Wire - Chairs Missing
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
The Au Pairs - Playing with a Different Sex (kind of dated but still fun)
The Fall - 458489 A-Sides
Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition
Joy Division - Closer
X - Wild Gift
Pretenders - Pretenders
Dream Syndicate – Days of Wine and Roses
English Beat – I Just Can't Stop It (looks out of place but it's an all-time fave)
Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Siouxsie & the Banshees- Kaleidoscope (just recently got this one myself so not really a favorite)
The B-52's - The B-52's
Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower (kind of an acquired taste, but some real gems here)
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Mission Of Burma - Vs.
Sound - From the Lions Mouth (only found out about this a couple years ago but it's great)
BTW, regarding Television and Marquee Moon, the followup Adventure is really a very good one even though most don't think it rises to the same level as the debut. Still some great songs and I like it nearly as much. Same with the next couple from Tom Verlaine which were almost like Television albums, but I'm especially fond of Dreamtime. I love the self-titled reunion in the early 90s as well, but maybe I'm just a Tom Verlaine nut since I also love his mid 90s Warm and Cool instrumental album. One of a kind guitar sound