Post Punk Harvest 2009

"I've got all the answers!"
--Buzzcocks

MOVING THIS LIST TO THE TOP. Recently, a guy on Amazon did his top 25.

Gonna make a list of my top 50 favourite UK post-punk records from 1978-1983. Why? Well, why not? This is a working list. Rule: no more than 2 records per artist. That's going to make for some difficult choices. Still, given the 5-year time span, it should be doable.

UPDATE: So, I went trolling through my old e-mail to find the 2005 party invite for the post-punk mix I made back then. I found another e-mail message to Larry. Guess what time frame I put forth for the mix: 1978-1983! That's just weird.

Here's the list so far:

1. A Different Kind of Tension / Buzzcocks [1979]
2. White Music / XTC [1978]
3. Kilimanjaro / The Teardrop Explodes [1980]
4. Entertainment! / Gang of Four [1979]
5. Crocodiles / Echo and the Bunnymen [1980]
6. Drums & Wires / XTC [1979]
7. Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret / Soft Cell [1981]
8. The Pleasure Principle / Gary Newman [1979]
9. Depeche Mode / Speak and Spell [1981]
10. Argybargy / Squeeze [1980]
11. Quiet Life / Japan [1980]
12. Unknown Pleasures / Joy Division [1979]
    
13. Closer / Joy Division [1980]
14. Dazzle Ships / OMD [1983]
    

One reason to make this list is to make sure I have the records. I am sure I have tracks from most if not all--but I just listened to The Buzzcock's A Different Kind of Tension from beginning to end. We are missing a lot by not listening to entire records these days.


Here's a second list. Records that fit this description that you didn't own or listen to much. Now you are re-educating yourself. Cool!

1. Real Life / Magazine [1978]
2. Perverted By Language / The Fall [1983]
3. Public Image Ltd. / PiL [