CD-Charts Position 71
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Jesus of Cool

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: Nick Lowe

Release Date February 19, 2008

Nick Lowe's JESUS OF COOL is one of the great albums of the 70's and one of the best examples of the "pub rock" sound that developed in England as A cousin to punk. Pub rock was more of a throwback to superior musicianship and lyrics that focused more on being clever than confrontational and Lowe captures the joys of the sound perfectly on this recording. Kicking off with the fierce drone of "Music for Money" every song here is a keeper, from "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass," with it's pretty piano flourishes camouflaging the anarchy in the lyrics to the comic horror of "Marie Provost" and the silent star's final scene.(which involved "her hungry little dachshunds") I usually don't comment on the extras as they are often sheer padding, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 72
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Our Love to Admire

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: Interpol

Release Date July 10, 2007
I am a huge fan of Interpol, but I fould this CD quite boring an repetitious.

CD-Charts Position 73
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More Pure 80's

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: Various Artists

Release Date March 21, 2000
If you love the 80's (and honestly, who doesn't?), grab a copy of this CD and enjoy some old favorites.

CD-Charts Position 74
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Violator

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: Depeche Mode

Release Date February 22, 1990
This album has aged extremely well.It sounds as fresh as the first time I heard it 1989. Every track is excellent and and there is no filler. I usually don't listen to whole albums, but this was the exception.I strongly recommend it.It is by far the best Depeche Mode album.

CD-Charts Position 75
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World Without Tears

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: Lucinda Williams

Release Date April 08, 2003
This woman is a poet of growing power, a singer of rare expressiveness, backed by a band that can find its way from a country slide to acid distortion in a few bars. Delicious reverb on some of the tracks, and I cannot resist a quote from one of her many beautifully broken-hearted songs: "I wanna see the ocean bend the edges of the sun..." Gorgeous! I have the 2004 Australasian Tour Version of this Album. Raw language here and there, and rightly so. I'm a guy, but this woman's heart speaks to me. The title song is an amazing piece of lyricism, a bending of grammar and meaning to the purposes of an anguished soul. Her words and rhythms echo in my brain for days after I've listened to her. Whether this lady has the range of genius possessed by Neil Young or Bob Dylan ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 76
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Turn on the Bright Lights

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: Interpol

Release Date October 08, 2002
The best metaphors to describe this album is a moire pattern. Moire occurs when two sets of parallel lines intersect, like when you cross two screen doors or videotape a CRT television. The result is a bulging curve that is drawn from the parallel lines. This is Interpol's music. The guitar parts taken individually are pretty simple and repetitive, but they intersect and play off of each other to create bounding moire patterns that are both grounded yet defying gravity. The drum and bass undercurrents are both stiff and lucid at the same time. The amazing thing is that none of it feels cold, clinical, or planned; even though the music itself is cool, it's never cold. There's still a lively messiness to the parts, like they're overflowing into each other, like they're ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 77
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Ultimate Collection

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: The Fixx

Release Date November 09, 1999
Finally, a Fixx collection that has the album versions instead of "live versions" of several hits. I can remember seeing them open for Flock of Seagulls in the summer of 1983. Their videos were all over MTV '83-86.

CD-Charts Position 78
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October

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: U2

Release Date July 22, 2008
amzing start for this group, this is a masterpiece in all the extension of the word.

CD-Charts Position 79
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Little Creatures

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: Talking Heads

Release Date October 25, 1990
I grew up with these timeless performers. It takes me back to happy times as a teen.

CD-Charts Position 80
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Every Breath You Take: The Classics

CD-Charts > Music > New Wave and Post-Punk
by: The Police

Release Date January 11, 2005
This set includes some of the best pop/rock songs: "Roxanne", "Can't Stand Losing You", "King of Pain" and "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da". The Police recently played New York City during their Reunion Tour (Interestingly, In the 2008 Presidential Primary race, New York Senator Hillary Clinton earned more Votes than any Presidential Primary candidate in the history of America - hillaryclintonforum, The Denver Group)