Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)

This is a really lovely album that I found in a torrent of the "25 Most Influential Ambient Albums," which was chock full of good stuff, some of which I already have. (So far, Passion is the only one I've gotten to, but keep a look out for the other 202352.) It's got a lot of really interesting textures and moods, and it's altogether a very thorough chill-out.



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The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985)

Absolutely perfect post-punk from Scotland, yes. I've got their entire discography sitting on my hard drive, but this one stays in fairly constant rotation because it's just that good. In fact, I think I'd actually been meaning to post this since last summer..



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Big Black - Songs About Fucking (1988)

I'm still discovering this band, but I wanted to pay forward what I was able to dig up: so far, only this, which is loud, crunchy, slightly underproduced and aggressive.



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Two Psychic TV albums.

Psychic TV was the band that Genesis P. Orridge formed with another member of Throbbing Gristle after the latter was defunct. It's not quite as grinding and harsh as Throbbing Gristle, but it's still an overall good time. This post is mostly for Tom, who had not heard them last I checked.


Dreams Less Sweet (1983)


Allegory and Self (1988)

Two Pulp albums.

English pop-alternative band Pulp, fronted by Jarvis Cocker, was pretty neat.


It (1983)


Freaks (1986)

Urban Verbs - Early Damage (1981)

Urban Verbs was a DC-based (!!!)post-punk-y, new wave band that only put out one record as far as I know. (If there are more, I've tried to find them to no avail.) They played a show last summer, but I was unable to drive up for the occasion = sad.



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Tuxedomoon - Pinheads On The Move (1987)

Tuxedomoon formed in San Francisco in the mid-80's and kind of blew people away with their extremely weird, slightly spazzy art / new wave / experimental sound, which is slightly electronic but mostly just an aural aneurism. I enjoy it thoroughly.



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America - "The Last Unicorn" OST (1982)

I watched The Last Unicorn when I was home on winter break from my first semester at college, no joke, and I was still enchanted. It's a cute movie that actually isn't all that annoying and hard to watch compared to most other kids' movies, especially considering that this one is quite old. America does the soundtrack, which is surprisingly.. addicting. Um.



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Two Magazine albums.

Magazine was a post-punk group made up of some ex-members of The Buzzcocks. Here are two of the five cuts they released before their disbandment in 1981.


Real Life (1978)


The Correct Use of Soap (1980)

Two Talking Heads albums.

I love Talking Heads, and you should too. Posted here are my favourite of their studio albums as well as their live album, which is superb, oh man.



Speaking In Tongues (1983)



Stop Making Sense: Live (1984)
1. Psycho Killer
2. Swamp
3. Slippery People
4. Burning Down the House
5. Girlfriend Is Better
6. Once in a Lifetime
7. What A Day That Was
8. Life During Wartime
9. Take Me To The River

The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

This is my favourite Smiths album! If you don't know them, they're adorable an adorable English 80's pop act that released four albums in their five-year existence. Their lyrics are really witty, much sharper than most, in fact. And OH MY GOD, MORRISSEY'S HAIR.



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Suicide - Second Album (1980)

This was the second (and, in my opinion, slightly less impressive) album by the influential if almost completely anonymous post-punk, electronic group, Suicide. I'm posting this mostly to make sure that everyone has access to it as I've noticed it's not as widely circulated as the first one.



Disc One

Disc Two