YOUR Top Three

[5_moves_of_doom 0]

What're your top three post-punk albums, period? Very straight-forward, but it should be interesting, anyhow. And you know, we may all discover an album we've never heard before. So... after much debate, I've come up with mine. I'm quite ashamed that Wire, Devo, the Talking Heads, etc. didn't make the list, but I have no Wire and while I like some Devo and Talking Heads albums better than these, for the pure-post-punk atmosphere and feel I prefer these three to just about anything:

 

Gang of Four -- Entertainment!

~ THE post-punk album, in my opinion, MAYBE challenged by some Wire stuff (I have heard very little, sadly.) The guitar sound is completely intense and these songs are some of the most driving and tense things I've ever heard, period. With more political-punk attitude than a lot of punk bands, but with an innovative sound, Gang of Four sums up post-punk right proper for me.

 

Joy Division -- Closer

~ The first Joy Division materialo I ever bought, and in my opinion the better of the two proper albums. Some hate it due to Ian Curtis' flat-as-a-pancake voice, but I think that his lyrics/voice give the music a very unique feel never captured on record again. Probably one of the most depressing-to-listen-to albums, ever, though I wouldn't necessarily call it a "downer." Truly some grade-A music here, and it tops anything that New Order ever did, in my opinion, though I think that's the general census.

 

Big Black -- Songs About Fucking

~ Hrm, I suppose some (or maybe a lot, I don't know) would get technical and say that this is "post-hardcore," but it sounds pretty post-punk to me. It DOES have a drum-machine, after all. Some of the harshest guitars I've ever heard -- they sound like buzzsaws for Christ's sake. And you know, outside of Husker Du I've never really gotten into what might be considered "hardcore" music by many, but this is phenominal. Steve Albini, simply put, is a musical-God, and... well, yes, when you can cover a Kraftwerk song and make it sound BETTER than the original, then you know you're onto something.

 

 

 

Anyway... yes, continue.

[Dr. Zoidberg 0]

Personally, I like "Substance 1977-1980" over "Closer," but my friend who got me into Joy Division got the cover of Closer tattooed on his inner bicep. It's a really good job, too. It looks perfect.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Cabaret Voltaire-2x45

Joy Division-Closer

Gang of Four-Entertainment

Public Image Ltd.-Metal Box

Human League-Reproduction (Pre "dare" album)

Killing Joke-Killing Joke

Psychic TV-Force the Hand Ov Chance

23 Skidoo-Seven Songs EP

New Order-Movement

Pop Group-Y

Lydia Lunch-Queen of Siam

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks-Everything

E.S.G.-South Bronx Story

Chrome-HalfMachine Lip Moves/Alien Soundtracks

Swell Maps-Jane from Occupied Europe

[Youth N Asia 0]

Top Three?

[Gary Floyd 0]

sorry, just too many good ones that I couldn't only have 3

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

So as not to repeat anyone, Wire's Pink Flag and Chairs Missing would be 1 and 2; the Homosexuals' LP would be 3.

[5_moves_of_doom 0]

the Homosexuals' LP would be 3.

Ellaborate. Never heard of it.

[Nighthawk 0]

It's some queers singing.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

the Homosexuals' LP would be 3.

Ellaborate. Never heard of it.

Late 70s British band that didn't release a proper album until 1984, a few years after their demise. Said album, called The Homosexuals' LP, was issued on the CD for the first time this year. They're a slightly funkier, more chaotic Wire.