Best New Wave artist of all time
N.B: per ora più che una classifica è un listone ancora in fase di modifica, le prime posizioni sono quelle più certe (forse). N.B.2: è stato considerato solo il periodo 77-85. Nelle note indico alcuni brani "rimarchevoli" dell'artista (max 7)
<b>Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft</b>

1

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft

"Osten Währt Am Längsten", "Sato-Sato", "Der Mussolini", "Der Räuber Und Der Prinz", "Ich Will", "Verschwende Deine Jugend", "Ein Bißchen Krieg".
<b>Siouxsie and the Banshees</b>

2

Siouxsie and the Banshees

"Metal Postcard", "Regal Zone", "Tenant", "Into the Light", "Head Cut", "Cascade", "Dazzle"
<b>The Cure</b>

3

The Cure

"Plastic Passion", "A Forest", "All Cats Are Grey", "The Drowning Man", "Charlotte Sometimes", "The Caterpillar", "Close To Me"
<b>Josef K</b>

4

Josef K

"Crazy To Exist", "It’s Kinda Funny", "Sorry For Laughing", "Forever Drone", "Sense of Guilt", "Pictures (of Cindy)", "Drone"
<b>A Certain Ratio</b>

5

A Certain Ratio

"Do The Du (casse)", "And Then Again", "My Spirit", "Choir", "Back To The Start", "Winter Hill", "Knife Slits Water"
<b>Y Pants</b>

6

Y Pants

"Favourite Sweater", "Luego Fuego", "Beautiful Food", "Obvious", "What Do You Take Me For?", "Love’s A Desease", "That’s The Way Boys Are"
<b>Public Image Ltd.</b>

7

Public Image Ltd.

"Religion II", "Attack", "Pop Tones", "Radio 4", "Track 8", "Phenagen", "Banging The Door"
<b>Cabaret Voltaire</b>

8

Cabaret Voltaire

"Here She Comes Now" (cover), "The Set Up", "Nag Nag Nag", "Kirlian Photograph", "Western Mantra", "The Voice of America/Damage is Done", "This Is Entertainment"
<b>Joy Division</b>

9

Joy Division

"Disorder", "Transmission", "Atmosphere", "Dead Souls", "Means To an End", "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "Ceremony"
<b>Suicide</b>

10

Suicide

"Ghost Rider", "Cheree", "Frankie Teardrop", "Che", "Harlem", "Be Bop Kid", "Dream Baby Dream"
<b>Soft Cell</b>

11

Soft Cell

"Sex Dwarf", "Bedsitter", "Say Hello Wave Goodbye", "Loving You Hating Me", "Martin", "Slave To This", "Meet Murder My Angel"
<b>Tuxedomoon</b>

12

Tuxedomoon

"No Tears", "The Stranger", "(Special Treatment For The) Family Man", "Everything You Want", "Tritone (Musica Diablo)", "East/Jinx/…/Music#1", "This Beast"
<b>Ludus</b>

13

Ludus

"Sightseeing", "I Can’t Swim I Have Nightmares", "See The Keyhole", "Herstory", "The Escape Artist", "Howling Comique", "You Open My Legs Like a Book"
<b>Clock DVA</b>

14

Clock DVA

"Cage", "Relentless", "White Cell", "North Loop", "Impressions Of African Winter", "Beautiful Losers", "Resistance"
<b>The Sound</b>

15

The Sound

"I Can’t Escape Myself", "Unwritten Law", "Sense of Purpose", "Contact the Fact", "Judgement", "Party of The Mind", "Glass And Smoke"
<b>Pere Ubu</b>

16

Pere Ubu

"Untitled" ("The Modern Dance" early version), "Real World", "Drinking Wine Spodyody", "Ubu Dance Party", "Codex", "A Small Dark Cloud", "A Day Such As This"
<b>Pink Industry</b>

17

Pink Industry

"Don’ Let Go", "Creaking Doors", "Enjoy The Pain", "Heavenly", "Pain of Pride, "Bound By Silence", "Stand Alone"
<b>Throbbing Gristle</b>

18

Throbbing Gristle

"Maggoth Death", "Weeping", "Hamburger Lady", "Five Knuckle Shuffle", "Persuasion", "What a Day", "The Old Man Smiled"
<b>The Raincoats</b>

19

The Raincoats

"Off Duty Trip", "You’re a Milion", "Shouting Out Loud", "Family Treet", "Go Away", "Ooh Ooh La La La", "Overheard"
<b>Young Marble Giants</b>

20

Young Marble Giants

"Searching For Mister Right", "The Taxi", "Costantly Changing", "N.I.T.A.", "Wurlitzer Jukebox", "Brand – New – Life", "Final Day"
<b>Bauhaus</b>

21

Bauhaus

"Bela Lugosi’s Dead", "Double Dare", "Spy In The Cab", "The Man With the X-Ray Eyes", "In The Night", "She’s In Parties"
<b>The Associates</b>

22

The Associates

"Amused As Always", "White Car in Germany", "Kitchen Person", "Tell Me Easter’s on Friday", "Straw Towels", "Club Country", "And Then I Read a Book"
<b>Gang of Four</b>

23

Gang of Four

"Ether", "Natural’s Not In It", "Damaged Goods", "Contract", "Paralysed", "If I Could Keep it For Myself", "The Republic"
<b>Christian Death</b>

24

Christian Death

"Cavity – First Communion", "Mysterium Iniquitatis", "Spiritual Cramp", "Evening Falls", "Androgynous Noise Hand Permeates", "The Wind Kissed Pictures", "Lacrima Christi"
<b>Malaria!</b>

25

Malaria!

"Kältes Klares Wasser", "Zarah", "You Turn to Run", "Trash Me", "Geld", "Leidenschaft", "Eifersucht"
<b>Swell Maps</b>

26

Swell Maps

"Midget Submarine", "Gunboats", "Border Country", "The Helicopter Spies", "Big Maz in the Desert", "Blenheim Shots", "The Graveyard Shift"
<b>The Fall</b>

27

The Fall

"Psycho Mafia", "Rowche Rumble", "Put Away", "No Xmas For John Quays", "Jawbone And The Air Rifle", "Who Makes The Nazis?", "Smile"
<b>Devo</b>

28

Devo

"Uncontrollable Urge", "Satisfaction" (cover), "Mongoloid", "Jocko Homo", "Blockhead", "S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)", "Jerkin’Back’n’Forth"
<b>Einstürzende Neubauten</b>

29

Einstürzende Neubauten

"Kalte Sterne", "Zuckendes Fleisch", "Tanz Debil", "Sten aut Berlin", "Abfackeln!", "Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.", "Yu-gung"
<b>The Birthday Party</b>

30

The Birthday Party

"The Friend Catcher", "Riddle House", "The Red Clock", "Cry", "Capers", "Just You and Me", "Swampland"
<b>Cocteau Twins</b>

31

Cocteau Twins

"Feathers-Oar-Blades", "Wax and Wane", "Sugar Hiccup", "Musette and Drums", "Hitherto", "Lorelei", "Pink Orange Red"
<b>Colin Newman</b>

32

Colin Newman

"& Jury", "Alone", "Order For Order", "B", "Fish Three", "Fish Eleven", "Don’Bring Reminders"
<b>Wire</b>

33

Wire

"Pink Flag", "Strange", "Practice Makes Perfect", "Another the Letter", "I Am the Fly", "The 15th", "On Returning"
<b>Depeche Mode</b>

34

Depeche Mode

"Photographic", "Tora!Tora !Tora!", "My Secret Garden", "Monument", "The Sun & the Rainfall", "Everything Counts", "Something To Do"
<b>Talking Heads</b>

35

Talking Heads

"New Feeling", "No Compassion", "First Week/Last Week… Carefree", "Whit Our Love", "Artist Only", "Mind", "Memories Can’t Wait"
<b>ESG</b>

36

ESG

"You’re No Good", "Tiny Sticks", "Moody", "UFO", "Parking Lot Blues", "Chistelle", "It’s Alright"
<b>Thomas Leer & Robert Rental</b>

37

Thomas Leer & Robert Rental

"Attack Decay", "Monochrome Day’s", "Day Breaks", "Night Heals", "Fade Away", "The Hard Way In & The Easy Way Out"
<b>Wall of Voodoo</b>

38

Wall of Voodoo

"Ring Of Fire" (cover), "Invisible Man", "Red Light", "Full of Tension", "Back in Flesh", "Lost Weekend", "Call of the West"
<b>The Human League</b>

39

The Human League

"Almost Medieval", "The Path of Least Resistance", "The World Before Last", "Austerity/Girl One", "The Dignity of Labour Part 2", "The Black Hit of the Space", "The Sound of the Crowd"
<b>The Monochrome Set</b>

40

The Monochrome Set

"He’s Frank", "Eine Symphonie Des Grauens", "The Jet Set Junta", "The Lighter Side of Dating", "Goodbye Joe", "Adeste Fideles", "The Weird Wild and Wonderful World of Tony Ports"
<b>Krisma</b>

41

Krisma

"Black Silk Stocking", "Calling", "Rush ’79", "Gott Gott Electron", "So You Don’t", "Samora Club", "Water"
<b>The Slits</b>

42

The Slits

"So Tough", "Shoplifting", "Ping Pong Affair", "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (cover), "Earthbeat", "Face Place", "Animal Space/Spacier"
<b>The B-52s</b>

43

The B-52s

"Planet Claire", "Dance This Mess Around", "Rock Lobster", "Party Out of Bounds", "Dirty Back Road", "Give Me Back My Man", "Private Idaho"
<b>Echo & The Bunnymen</b>

44

Echo & The Bunnymen

"Pride", "Villiers Terrace", "Show of Streght", "A Promise", "The Cutter", "Porcupine", "The Killing Moon"
<b>Fad Gadget</b>

45

Fad Gadget

"Back To Nature", "Ricky’s Hand", "Lady Shave", "State of The Nation", "Saturday Night Special", "Love Parasite", "Collapsing New People"
<b>The Durutti Column</b>

46

The Durutti Column

"Sketch for Summer", "Madeleine", "Experiment in Fifth", "Messidor", "Never Known", "Second Family", "Amigos em Portugal"
<b>Japan</b>

47

Japan

"Fall in Love With Me", "Despair", "Gentlemen Take Polaroids", "Methods of Dance", "Nightporter", "Ghosts", "Still Life in Mobile Homes"
<b>Ultravox</b>

48

Ultravox

"I Want to Be a Machine", "New Europeans", "Passing Strangers", "Vienna", "The Voice", "We Stand Alone", "Visions in Blue"
<b>Tubeway Army</b>

49

Tubeway Army

"My Shadow In Vain", "Everyday I Die", "Steel And You", "My Love is A Liquid", "Me! I Disconnect From You", "Are Friends Electric?", "Down In The Park"
<b>Dead Can Dance</b>

50

Dead Can Dance

"The Fatal Impact", "Fortune", "Threshold", "Carnival of Light", "Mesmerism", "Avatar"
<b>Gary Numan</b>

51

Gary Numan

"Metal", "Films", "Cars", "The Aircrash Bureau", "Telekon", "We Are Glass", "I Die, You Die"
<b>Chrome</b>

52

Chrome

"Pygmies In Zee Park", "You've Been Duplicated", "In A Dream", "Eyes On Mars", "Jonestown", "The Strangers", "Shadows Of A Thousand Years"
<b>John Foxx</b>

53

John Foxx

"Underpass", "A New Kind Of Men", "Blurred Girl", "You Were There", "Walk Away", "Fog", "Twilight's Last Gleaming"
<b>Savage Republic</b>

54

Savage Republic

"Attempted Coup: Madagascar", "Ivory Coast", "Exodus", "Flesh That Walks", "Mobilization", "Andelusia", "Ceremonial"
<b>Rip Rig & Panic</b>

55

Rip Rig & Panic

"Shadows Only There Beacause Of The Sun", "Bob Hope Takes Risks", "Go,Go, Go! (This Is It)", "Miss Luba Lone Wolf", "Storm The "Reality Asylum", "Sunken Love", "Alchemy Is The Cemetry"
<b>The Psychedelic Furs</b>

56

The Psychedelic Furs

"Sister Europe", "Pretty In Pink", "All Of This And Nothing", "She Is Mine", "Love My Way", "Here Come Cowboys", "Heaven"
<b>Anne Clark</b>

57

Anne Clark

"Sleeper in Metropolis", "Poem for a Nuclear Romance", "Wallies", "Our Darkness", "Heaven", "The Power Game", "Lovers Retreat"
<b>Adam and The Ants</b>

58

Adam and The Ants

"Car Trouble (Parts 1 & 2)", "Kick!", "Antmusic", "Ants Invasion", "Killer In The Home", "Don't Be Square (Be There)", "Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios"
<b>Palais Schaumburg</b>

59

Palais Schaumburg

"Wir Bauen Eine Neue Stadt", "Gute Luft", "Morgen Wird Der Wald Gefegt", "Hat Leben Noch Sinn?", "Madonna", "Sprung Uber Vier Pferde", "Sieg Auf Knien"
<b>The Stranglers</b>

60

The Stranglers

"Hanging Around", "Bring On The Nubiles", "Sweden (All Quite In The Eastern Front)", "Baroque Bordello", "Second Coming", "Tramp, Ain't Nothin' To It", "La Folie"
<b>The Feelies</b>

61

The Feelies

"The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness", "Fa Cé-La", "Loveless Love", "Force At Work", "Original Love", "Crazy Rhythms"
<b>Essential Logic</b>

62

Essential Logic

"Aerosol Burns", "Quality Crayon Wax O.K.", "The Order Form", "Albert", "Collecting Dust", "Moontown", "Martian Man"
<b>Virgin Prunes</b>

63

Virgin Prunes

"Come To Daddy", "Decline and Fall", "Pagan Lovesong", "Walls of Jericho", "Caucasian Walk", "Rhetoric", "In The Greylight"
<b>The Flying Lizards</b>

64

The Flying Lizards

"Summertime Blues"(cover), "The Window", "Glide/Spin", "In My Lifetime", "Hand 2 Take", "Sex Machine" (cover), "Suzanne" (cover)
<b>Killing Joke</b>

65

Killing Joke

"Wardance", "The Wait", "Unspeakable", "Butcher", "Madness", "Empire Song", "Chop-Chop"
<b>Lizzy Mercier Descloux</b>

66

Lizzy Mercier Descloux

"Torso Corso", "Wawa", "Aya Mood", "Room Mate", "Sports Spootnicks", "Funky Stuff" (cover), "Slipped Disc"
<b>MX-80</b>

67

MX-80

"Tidal Wave", "Fascination", "You’re Not Alone", "Afterbith/Aftermath", "Frankie I’m Sorry", "Why Are We Here", "Obsessive Devotion", "Cover To Cover"
<b>Gaznevada</b>

68

Gaznevada

"Nevadagaz", "Going Underground", "Shock Antistatico", "Tij-u-wan", "Nightmare Telegraph"
<b>Diaframma</b>

69

Diaframma

"Pioggia", "Pop Art", "Xaviera Hollander", "Siberia", "Neogrigio", "Impronte", "Specchi D’Acqua"
<b>Dalis Car</b>

70

Dalis Car

"His Box", "Cornwall Stone", "Artemis", "The Judement Is The Mirror"
<b>XTC</b>

71

XTC

"All Along The Watchover" (cover), "I’ll Set Myself On Fire", "Spinning Top", "Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)", "Making Plan For Nigel", "Complicated Game", "The Somnambulist"
<b>Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark</b>

72

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

"Almost", "Electricity", "Enola Gay", "Statues", "The Misunderstanding", "She’s Leaving", "Joan Of Arc"
<b>UK Decay</b>

73

UK Decay

"Rising From The Dead", "Testament", "Duel", "Shattered", "Sexual", "Dorian", "Unwind"
<b>Clan of Xymox</b>

74

Clan of Xymox

"Moscovite Musquito", "Call It Weird", "A Day", "No Words", "Equal Ways", "7th Time"
<b>Lene Lovich</b>

75

Lene Lovich

"Lucky Number", "Home", "Bird Song", "Angels", "The Night", "It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)", "Blue Hotel"
<b>Liquid Liquid</b>

76

Liquid Liquid

"New Walk", "Bellhead", "Push", "Zero Leg", "Cavern", "Scraper", "Sank Into The Chair"
<b>The Glove</b>

77

The Glove

"Like An Animal", "Looking Glass Girl", "A Blues In Drag", "Orgy", "Mouth To Mouth"
<b>Polyrock</b>

78

Polyrock

"Romantic Me", "Your Dragging Feet", "Sound Alarm", "Love Song", "Cries and Whispers", "In Full Circle", "In Changing Hearts"
<b>Magazine</b>

79

Magazine

"Definitive Gaze", "My Tulpa", "Cut-Out Shapes", "I Wanted Your Heart", "Permafrost", "Because You’re Frightened", "A Song From Under The Floorboards"
<b>Simple Minds</b>

80

Simple Minds

"Changeling", "I Travel", "This Fear Of Gods", "This Earth That You Walk Upon", "Seeing Out The Angel", "Careful In Career", "Someone Somewhere In Summertime"
<b>Martha and the Muffins</b>

81

Martha and the Muffins

"Echo Beach", "Indecision", "Hide An Seek", "Was Ezo", "Symptomatic Love", "Trance And Dance", "This Is The Ice Age"
<b>Kas Product</b>

82

Kas Product

"Man Of Time", "Never Come Back", "So Young But So Cold", "Seven", "Tina Town", "Devil Fellow", "Crash"
<b>Bush Tetras</b>

83

Bush Tetras

"Cowboys In Africa", "Things That Go Boom In he Night", "Rituals", "You Taste Like The Tropics", "Too Many Creeps"
<b>Duran Duran</b>

84

Duran Duran

"Planet Earth", "Sound Of Thunder", "Rio", "Save A Prayer", "The Chauffeur"
<b>Scars</b>

85

Scars

"David", "All About You", "Everywhere I Go", "Je T'Aime C'Est La Mort", "Silver Dream Machine", "She's Alive", "Author! Author!"
<b>Theatre of Hate</b>

86

Theatre of Hate

"Original Sin", "Legion", "Nero", "Propaganda", "The Hop", "Eastworld", "Poppies", "Freaks"
<b>Au Pairs</b>

87

Au Pairs

"Set Up", "Repetition", "Headache For Michelle", "It's Obvious", "Domestic Departure", "Sex Without Stress", "Fiasco"
<b>This Heat</b>

88

This Heat

"Horizontal Hold", "24 Track Loop", "The Fall of Saigon", "Paper Hats", "Cenotaph", "Shrink Wrap", "Health and Efficency"
<b>Death in June</b>

89

Death in June

"All Alone In Her Nirvana", "In The Night Time", "Nothing Changes", "Fields", "The Calling (Mk II)", "She Said Destroy"
<b>Litfiba</b>

90

Litfiba

"Transea", "Eroi Nel Vento", "Lulù e Marlene", "Istambul", "Tziganata"
<b>Sex Gang Children</b>

91

Sex Gang Children

"Beasts", "Time Of Our Lives", "Deiche", "Sebastiane", "Mauritia Mayer", "Cannibal Queen", "Song And Legend"
<b>Glaxo Babies</b>

92

Glaxo Babies

"Nine Months To The Disco", "Promised Land", "Free Dem Cells", "This Is Yor Life", "Stay Awake", "Flesh", "Christine Keeler"
<b>Grauzone</b>

93

Grauzone

"Film 2", "Schlachtet!", "Maikäfer Flieg", "Wütendes Glas", "Kälte Kriecht", "Eisbär", "Moskau"
<b>New Order</b>

94

New Order

"Dreams Never End", "Truth", "Chosen Time", "The Him", "Blue Monday"
<b>Minimal Man</b>

95

Minimal Man

"Two People", "High Why", "Hatemonger", "Now I Want It All", "Jungle Song", "He Who Falls"
<b>Maximum Joy</b>

96

Maximum Joy

"In The Air", "Building Bridges", "Stretch", "Where's Deke?", "Silent Street"
<b>Spizz</b>

97

Spizz

"Soldier Soldier", "Where’s Captain Kirk?", "Spock’s Missing", "Rhythm Inside", "New Species", "Personimpersonator", "Central Park"
<b>23 Skidoo</b>

98

23 Skidoo

"Kundalini", "The Gospel Comes To New Guinea", "Gregouka", "S-Matrix", "Fire", "Sirens"
<b>Wah!</b>

99

Wah!

"Why D You Imitate The Cutout", "Somesay", "Sleeeppp", "Seven Minutes To Midnight", "The Death Of Wah!", "Forget The Down", "The Checkmate Syndrome"
<b>Mark Stewart</b>

100

Mark Stewart

"Learning To Cope With Cowardice, Liberty City", "The Paranoia Of Power", "Conspiracy", "Vision", "As The Veneer Of Democracy Start To Fade", "Slave Of Love"
<b>The Pop Group</b>

101

The Pop Group

"Thief Of Fire", "Snowgirl", "We Are Time", "Forces Of Oppression", "Blind Faith", "Amnesty Report", "Sense of Purpose"
<b>Units</b>

102

Units

"High Pressure Days", "Digital Stimulation", "Warm Moving Bodies", "Cannibals", "Tight Fit"
<b>Crispy Ambulance</b>

103

Crispy Ambulance

"The Wind Season", "We Move Through The Plateau Phase", "Bardo Plane", "Chill", "Federation", "Concorde Square", "Sexus"
<b>Blurt</b>

104

Blurt

"The Fish Needs A Bike", "Play The Game", "The Ruminant Plinth", "White Line Fever", "Puppeteers Of The World Unite", "Get", "Enemy Ears"
<b>Mo-Dettes</b>

105

Mo-Dettes

"Fandango", "The Kray Twins", "Paint It Black" (cover), "Masochistic Opposite", "Foolish Girl", "Sparrow", "White Mice"
<b>The Danse Society</b>

106

The Danse Society

"Clock", "Godsend", "My Heart", "Danse/Move", "Hide", "The Night", "The Hurt"
<b>Snakefinger</b>

107

Snakefinger

"Jesus Was A Leprechaun", "The Spot", "Smelly Tongues" (cover), "Trashing All The Loves Of History", "Living In Vain", "The Pictures Makers Vs. Children Of The Sea", "Private Universe/The Life On Nebulov"
<b>Section 25</b>

108

Section 25

"Friendly Fires", "Dirty Disco", "Charnel Ground", "Oyo Achel Ada", "The Wheel", "There Was A Time", "Program For Light"
<b>Siekiera</b>

109

Siekiera

"Misiowie Puszysci", "Jest Bezpiecznie", "Idziemy Na Skraj", "Nowa Aleksandria", "To Slowa", "Juz Blisko"
<b>Urban Verbs</b>

110

Urban Verbs

"Frenzy", "The Only One Of You", "Luca Brasi", "Acceleration", "Early Damage", "In The Heat"
<b>The Comsat Angels</b>

111

The Comsat Angels

"Missing In Action", "Waiting For A Miracle", "Sleep No More", "Be Brave", "Dark Parade", "Eye Of The Lens", "Not A Word"
<b>Der Plan</b>

112

Der Plan

"Adrenalin lässt das Blut Kochen", "Gefährliche Clowns", "Der Weltaufstandsplan", "Hans und Gabi", "Ich bin schizophren", "Lebdoch", "Der Regen Tropft"
<b>Scritti Politti</b>

113

Scritti Politti

"Skank Bloc Bologna", "In And Ought The Western World", "Bibbly-o-tek", "Doubt Beat", "P.A.S."
<b>Factrix</b>

114

Factrix

"Heavy Breathing", "Center Of The Doll", "Ballad Of The Grim Rider", "Phantom Pain"
<b>The Names</b>

115

The Names

"Discovery", "Floating World", "The Fire", "Life By The Sea", "Light", "Calcutta", "Nightshift"
<b>Brygada Kryzys</b>

116

Brygada Kryzys

"Radioaktywny Blok", "Nie Ma Nic", "Travelling Stranger", "Except One"
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  • quadrophenia73
    quadrophenia73
    16 may 10
    Well, the Simple Minds are missing, essential!
     
  • cappio al pollo
    cappio al pollo
    26 oct 10
    You know a lot. But what about Il Gruppo Pop? Or are they too deconstructed to be considered new wave?
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    26 oct 10
    The ranking is a "work in progress." Certainly, the Pop Group deserves to be included, but I made this list deciding to include artists that I know well or for whom I at least own one record, and unfortunately, at the moment, the Bristol group is not among them (and I am not the only one with relevant gaps, alas).
     
  • voodoomiles
    voodoomiles
    26 oct 10
    Nothing in His discography from Sound?
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    26 oct 10
    @voodoomiles: I must have had a phosphorus deficiency; I own both the first two albums by Sounds and particularly "From The Lions Mouth" reaches incredibly high musical peaks. I’ll remedy the oversight right away!
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    26 oct 10
    of "The Sound" of course…..
     
  • Rocky Marciano
    Rocky Marciano
    26 oct 10
    great band The Sound, Borland and company have been among the most underrated of the New Wave unfortunately....
     
  • cappio al pollo
    cappio al pollo
    26 oct 10
    I quite like Jeopardy.
     
  • dipsomane
    dipsomane
    27 oct 10
    Great! So do yourselves a favor, look for Borland's albums... they can be found online... awesome ADI! Bye
     
  • maurinok60
    maurinok60
    27 oct 10
    I imagine that the order of importance is non-hierarchical because Ubu at 16, Gang of Four at 21, Wire at 32, Talking Heads at 33, preceded just to give an example by Josef K, seems a bit questionable to me...
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    27 oct 10
    @Maurinok60: you're right, it's mainly a list dictated by personal tastes.
     
  • bathenay
    bathenay
    31 oct 10
    where the hell are the Simple Minds????
     
  • popoloitaliano
    popoloitaliano
    20 jun 11
    I would suggest the Falls, or is the forgetfulness intentional? And, above all, who the hell are the Siekiera?
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    20 jun 11
    I Fall for sure. I know they're fundamental, the thing is that their discography is like a school of sardines swimming after you: you don't know which one to catch. They're still on my shopping list along with the Pop Group and a few bands from San Francisco. And maybe one day I'll dive into Simple Minds, about whom many people ask me and whom I've snubbed until now.
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    20 jun 11
    I Siekiera are a Polish band from the mid-80s, simplifying to a sort of middle ground between Killing Joke and D.A.F.. Nothing essential but I think they're not bad at all, they have their own personality:
     
  • popoloitaliano
    popoloitaliano
    21 jun 11
    Sure, in the meantime, I had seen... for Simple Minds, I would approve of their presence if limited to Sons and Fascination, then they make the definitive album New Gold Dream and finally slip into stadium/FM pop. I don't find them that essential.
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    2 aug 11
    There is only to learn from these rankings.
     
  • Lord Mirror
    Lord Mirror
    12 aug 11
    Great ranking. The Arcana would fit well in it, and I recommend first and foremost Dark Age of Reason.
     
  • brainiac
    brainiac
    24 aug 11
    Damn, I forgot about the Gaznevada in mine. I'll have to fix it. The ranking is nice, but I prefer ones that are a bit more concise.
     
  • pirata
    pirata
    24 sep 11
    the new wave is 99% real shit. bland and boring little bands
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    24 sep 11
    And the 1% that you like, oh pirate, who would that be represented by? I'm curious...
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    25 sep 11
    "the new wave is 99% real crap" said Pirata, the one who listened to Queen, AC/DC, and the legendary Kiss.
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    26 sep 11
    Felo, you have to understand the frustration of those who have seen their favorite dinosaurs artistically swept away......
     
  • TheNoiseIBreath
    TheNoiseIBreath
    18 oct 11
    Damn, you really know your stuff. I'm pretty young and I've only recently gotten into the new wave, I even bought Simon Reynolds' Post-Punk book to learn more. One day I hope to write a list as valid as this one, I congratulate you once again :D
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    18 oct 11
    The only complaint is that Dead Can Dance is too low, but looking at the names listed, I would say that if it's not perfection, it certainly comes close.
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    18 oct 11
    TheNoiselBreath: Reynolds' book is excellent for understanding the historical context and mindset of the time. The only flaw is that it briefly dismisses some important groups (and others it doesn't even mention), while dedicating many pages to artistically laughable groups like Frankie Goes To Hollywood. A book worth having nonetheless.
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    18 oct 11
    Felo: the thing is that for this chart I limited myself to the period 77-85, so I'm only considering the first two albums by DCD (which are quite remarkable, by the way). Now that you mention it, though, maybe they deserved at least a handful of positions higher (I'll think about it).
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    19 oct 11
    Maybe even Television are a bit down for my tastes. But, whatever. For me, anyway, Dead Can Dance have little to do with New Wave, it's a bit generic, but whatever this too.
     
  • Wiserson
    Wiserson
    19 oct 11
    So much good stuff. New wave understood in a very broad sense, but the ranking is full of interesting bands and is very heterogeneous.
     
  • Taxirider
    Taxirider
    19 oct 11
    Interesting. However, putting the DAF before Joy Division is, for me, blasphemy. What do you think of Lowlife?
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    19 oct 11
    Felo, Spleen and Ideal has very little to do with New Wave, but the self-titled debut is post-punk New Wave to the core, even though it already has that touch of mysticism and "exoticism" that distinguishes them. As for the TV, I acknowledge their importance, but they have never really "grabbed" me.
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    19 oct 11
    Taxirider, I don't know the Lowlife, I listened to something on YouTube and they don't seem bad but they sound a bit like the Cocteau Twins with a male voice and anyway they are from a later period than the one I’m examining, so even if I wanted to, I couldn't include them.
     
  • Rocky Marciano
    Rocky Marciano
    19 oct 11
    Nice ranking, but I really can't see the dafs in first place.
     
  • Taxirider
    Taxirider
    21 oct 11
    Naaaaa... trust me: the Lowlife did draw from the C. Twins, but not in a straightforward way. Moreover, their sound had noticeable similarities to The Sound. And let’s be honest: in the end, they were part of the great "new wave" family too. Anyway, aside from these considerations, I have to admit that you have good taste!
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    21 oct 11
    Taxi, I admit that my impression is only superficial, but sooner or later I will definitely take a deeper listen to Lowlife, thanks for the heads up.
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    6 nov 11
    After long and diligent listening to all their (many) Peel Sessions, I am filling the gap of The Fall (to the delight of the masses).
     
  • j&r
    j&r
    7 nov 11
    ..pere ubu at 16..too low..
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    26 feb 12
    You probably know them, but I mention them anyway: 1919, The Eternal, and Coitus Int.
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    27 feb 12
    No Felo, I don't know them at all, do they deserve it?
     
  • Wiserson
    Wiserson
    11 may 12
    Many interesting things. I would order them differently. Anyway, I recommend, like others, the Lowlife.
     
  • fuggitivo
    fuggitivo
    12 may 12
    Mike, are you really from '76?
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    12 may 12
    Yes, why?
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    12 may 12
    Dear Mike, so: the 1919 are an interesting bad copy of Killing Joke, The Eternal have done very little (only an EP) and Coitus Int. were really strong.
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    12 may 12
    Feel free to include Grauzone, and I also wanted to recommend the Raincoats, but I see that they are already there.
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    12 may 12
    Sure! Please provide the text you would like me to translate.
     
  • Psychopathia
    Psychopathia
    21 aug 13
    I would say you might like Danielle Dax and the Lemon Kittens. To provoke, a good choice would be an LP by Vagina Dentata Organ, a project close to Psychic TV. A nice thing would be to mention an album by Exene Cervenka (singer of X), but perhaps it's a bit far from the wave attitude that seems to be your focus.
     
    • Mike76
      21 aug 13
      I don’t know DD and Lemon Kittens, so I’ll note them down. Vagina Dentata, as far as I know, seems like a power noise project similar to Whitehouse, so I don’t think it’s appropriate to include it. It’s true that there are Throbbing, but it felt natural after I included Clock DVA and Cab, and then something like 20 Jazz has episodes that can be defined as wave.
  • Psychopathia
    Psychopathia
    21 aug 13
    wave understood as the darker and more depressive music of the '80s. but I see that there's a bit of everything. and then Exene has been solo since '90. maybe her band X is perfect.
     
    • Mike76
      21 aug 13
      I roughly know what the X do and they might even appeal to me, but I've never explored it further. As for what Cervenka did as a solo artist, I don't have the faintest idea, thanks for the input.
  • erik
    erik
    10 jan 15
    And the Televsion? They would fit in nicely.
     
  • Mike76
    Mike76
    12 jan 15
    Once I had put them on, then I took them off. I can't frame them in the New Wave as I understand it (just like Patti Smith or Bowie) even though many have drawn inspiration from them.
     
  • erik
    erik
    12 jan 15
    Well, I wouldn't even put Bowie in any way as a prophet, and in some way he adhered to the genre, but thinking like that we would need to include him in another 2-3 rankings. I don't know how you view new wave, but I would place Patti Smith and Television both chronologically, especially Television (Marquee Moon is from '77), and stylistically, even though it's difficult to group them all under a single genre.
     
    • Mike76
      12 jan 15
      To simplify, let's say that in Television and Smith I don't perceive that "futuristic" element that I find throughout the rest of the (non) genre called New Wave.
  • maurinok60
    maurinok60
    23 mar 15
    I share my thoughts as an old aficionado of the subject: from a strictly musical standpoint (I emphasize), Patti Smith has nothing to do with new wave (rightly defined as a non-genre) as well as with punk (a contemporary genre that is stylistically easier to define). No matter how she was included in some compilations of the time or received assorted punk royal crowns journalistically, her music, I repeat strictly on a musical level, was pure and traditional rock ’n’ roll USA and nothing more. The fact that she started her "journey" from the same circuits as other more renowned US bands that are more strictly "new wave" is another matter. Similarly, from a strictly musical standpoint, the discussion about Television (who I believe can also be included in the star and stripes guitar rock tradition) is only slightly different, even though their approach (which owes a lot to West Coast bands like the Grateful Dead) had within it a "spleen" of undeniably greater modernity (and "Little Johnny Jewel," their first single, is perhaps their most new wave work of all). If we really want to be tedious historiographers, Television can be considered as a connecting link in the evolution of the species, a sort of (extraordinary nonetheless) transitional band.
     
    • Mike76
      24 mar 15
      I agree with every word, thank you for the nice comment.
    • maurinok60
      24 mar 15
      don't mention it, it was a real pleasure
  • gaston
    gaston
    12 feb 21
    Nice groups.
    Beautiful songs.
     
  • JohannesUlver
    JohannesUlver
    17 jan 22
    Very nice. What do you think of Lowlife? Have you given them a listen? For me, "Rain," "Permanent Sleep," "Diminuendo," and "Godhead" are all great albums.
    Congratulations again on the ranking, you've given me so many "listening recommendations." 👋☺️
     
    • Mike76
      18 jan 22
      Alas, not yet, I promise to address the gap by the end of the year. Glad to have provided you with suggestions. Bye.
  • gaston
    gaston
    26 feb 24
    I see that you are quite prepared.
    Only the best are missing.
    Wipers...
     
  • gaston
    gaston
    26 feb 24
    Also missing are Play Dead, Artery, Reds, Mecano Ltd, Comsat Angels, Lines, Motels, Wasted Youth...
     
    • Mike76
      27 feb 24
      Many are still missing, which will probably be added along the way... (right now I’m discovering the delightful Altered Images, for example). Thank you for the suggestions (beyond the Comsat ones that are already on the list, the others I only know by name or not even that).
  • MauroCincotta66
    MauroCincotta66
    26 apr
    Beautiful, but what about Tears for Fears and Talk Talk?
     
    • Mike76
      14 may 17:38
      Let's say that the absence of several more pop and catchy bands is due to a sort of snobbery I had once, which I have set aside as I've grown older. It has been a gradual process of rehabilitation that could very well also involve Tears and Talk, of which I only know the most famous singles and that deserve a deeper exploration. After all, I have come to partly appreciate Spandau as well (even though I didn't include them).
    • MauroCincotta66
      14 may 18:03
      Elitist XD. Don’t tell me anything, in the ‘80s I would have killed for Simon Le Bon and now I consider Rio the manifesto of those years! But Tears are something else. And also the late Mark with The Colour of Spring and Spirit of Eden wrote great things. Then everyone thinks what they want, for example in yours there are names unknown to me…
  • Buckley
    Buckley
    28 apr
    Great list, but you forgot about the Teardrop Explodes by Julian Cope.
     
  • Buckley
    Buckley
    28 apr
    Great Missing the Teardrops Explodes
     
    • Mike76
      14 may 17:41
      I had listened to them, but only very superficially many years ago and they didn't impress me. Considering that after twenty years I have reconsidered bands that I initially dismissed (for example The The), it's quite possible that I will like them now, tastes evolve. I will give it another try.
    • Buckley
      14 may 20:21
      If you like English post-punk neo-psychedelia
    • Mike76
      15 may 17:16
      I assume they can't be too far from the tea-time companions Bunnymen and Wah! that I like.
    • Buckley
      15 may 19:09
      Yess With Mc Culloch Cope had started in a band called Crucial Three
  • gaston
    gaston
    30 apr
    Beautiful
     
  • gaston
    gaston
    30 apr
    Beautiful... even with the best pieces...
     
  • gaston
    gaston
    30 apr
    Beautiful... even with the best parts...
     
    • Mike76
      14 may 17:43
      Thank you, to be honest I still need to work on it but I don't have much time or motivation left. However, I do have the Wipers on my list.
  • gaston
    gaston
    30 apr
    Beautiful... even with the best pieces...
     
  • gaston
    gaston
    30 apr
    Beautiful... even with the best pieces...
     
  • gaston
    gaston
    30 apr
    Haha I thought it was above... sorry about that... :)))
     
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