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May 31, 2023 · Top 40 New Wave Albums. From the B-52's to XTC, Blondie to Talking Heads, a look at the genre's best LPs. Epic / Columbia. 40. Wham!, 'Make It Big' (1984) (tie) George Michael was a multitalented ...
May 5, 2020 · By Scott Rowley. last updated 5 May 2020. After punk came a new wave of bands determined to do things differently, and often sounding very unalike. We round up 10 of the best new wave and post punk albums ever made. New wave and its ugly twin sister, post-punk, are two terms used and abused with abandon when describing the music that followed ...
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- Elvis Costello: My Aim is True (1977) Costello’s debut album bridged the gap between the roiling punk energy of the mid-70s and the staid tradition of literate, intimate, popular songwriting that traces from the Gershwins, Berlin and Porter to Buddy Holly and Lennon/McCartney.
- Talking Heads: Remain in Light (1980) For their fourth and finest record, the Talking Heads (along with producer/collaborator/all-around musical badass Brian Eno) trotted out their African influences in full force.
- The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead (1986) If “How Soon Is Now” off The Smiths’ previous album was the starting-pistol shot announcing their intentions to delve into darker territories, then the title track off The Queen Is Dead was rhythmic strafing to the same effect.
- Blondie: Parallel Lines (1978) The wondrous pop, rock and disco songs on Parallel Lines weren’t supposed to exist on one single album. To imagine it is to put “The Loco-Motion,” “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and “Staying Alive” on a mixtape and pronounce it a band.
New wave. New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop -oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. It is considered a lighter and more melodic "broadening of punk culture ". [4] It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock.
Sep 17, 2020 · The Cars, ‘The Cars’ (1978) The Cars ’ first single ‘Just What I Needed’ name-checked both the Velvet Underground (the lyric “wasting all my time-time” references their song ...
May 21, 2023 · Louder. A beginner's guide to new wave in five essential albums. By Stephen Hill. published 21 May 2023. From punk rock to pure pop, new wave saw it all: here, the story of how it happened, told by the records that defined the genre. (Image credit: Press)
Feb 20, 2023 · 8. My Aim is True – Elvis Costello. “Melding the swagger of 1950s rock’n’roll with the raw energy of punk, Elvis Costello’s 1977 debut encapsulates the spirit of new wave. Recorded with producer Nick Lowe over the course of a few short sessions – amounting to about a day in total – there’s an unpolished directness to ‘My Aim ...
