La new wave è un genere musicale popolare a partire dalla fine degli anni 70 e per tutti gli anni 80, non caratterizzato da un vero sound specifico, ma differenziato dal mainstream del periodo e legato in qualche modo al punk rock.
Nella “new wave” furono inclusi vari sottogeneri musicali del periodo, inclusi power pop, synth-pop, ska revival e il post punk meno “abrasivo”. Caratteristiche comuni alla musica new wave sono un particolare approccio pop, l’uso di suoni eletttronici e un caratteristico stile visivo nei video musicali e nel modo di vestire. Il giornalista musicale Charles Shaar Murray, scrivendo a proposito dei Boomtown Rats, ha indicato come il termine new wave fosse un termine dell’industria discografica utilizzato per definire qualunque musicista avesse influenze punk, senza però fare musica punk. In questo articolo elenchiamo delle interessanti edizioni in CD e vinile per alcuni famosisimi album di musica new wave.
I grandi vinili della musica new wave
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The Cars – The Cars
01.Good Times Roll 02.My Best Friend’s Girl 03.Just What I Needed 04.I’m in Touch with Your World 05.Don’t Cha Stop 06.You’re All I’ve Got Tonight 07.Bye Bye Love 08.Moving in Stereo 09.All Mixed Up
CD VINILETalking Heads – Remain In Light
01.Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) 02.Crosseyed And Painless 03.The Great Curve 04.Once In A Lifetime 05.Houses In Motion 06.Seen And Not Seen 07.Listening Wind 08.The Overload
CD VINILEThe Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
01.The Queen Is Dead 02.Frankly, Mr. Shankly 03.I Know It’s Over 04.Never Had No One Ever 05.Cemetry Gates 06.Bigmouth Strikes Again 07.The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 08.Vicar In A Tutu 09.There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 10.Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
CD VINILEThe Cure – Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
01.The Kiss 02.Catch 03.Torture 04.If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 05.Why Can’t I Be You? 06.How Beautiful You Are 07.The Snakepit 08.Just Like Heaven 09.All I Want 10.Hot Hot Hot !!! 11.One More Time 12.Like Cockatoos 13.Icing Sugar 14.The Perfect Girl 15.A Thousand Hours 16.Shiver And Shake 17.Fight
CD VINILETalking Heads – Speaking In Tongues
01. Burning Down The House 02. Making Flippy Floppy 03. Girlfriend Is Better 04. Slippery People 05. I Get Wild Gravity 06. Swamp 07. Moon Rocks 08. Pull Up The Roots 09. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
CD VINILEThe Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art Of Surfacing
01. Someone’s Looking At You 02. Diamond Smiles 03. Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero) 04. Having My Picture Taken 05. Sleep (Finger’s Lullaby) 06. I Don’t Like Mondays 07. Nothing Happened Today 08. Keep It Up 09. Nice ‘N’ Neat 10. When the Night Comes
CD VINILEThe B-52’s – The B-52’s
01.Planet Claire 02.52 Girls 03.Dance This Mess Around 04.Rock Lobster 05.Lava 06.There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) 07.Hero Worship 08.6060.842 09.Downtown
CD VINILEThe Cars – Heartbeat City
01.Hello Again 02.Looking for Love 03.Magic 04.Drive 05.Stranger Eyes 06.You Might Think 07.It’s Not the Night 08.Why Can’t I Have You 09.I Refuse 10.Heartbeat City
CD VINILEJoy Division – Unknown Pleasures
01.Disorder 02.Day of the Lords 03.Candidate 04.Insight 05.New Dawn Fades 06.She’s Lost Control 07.Shadowplay 08.Wilderness 09.Interzone 10.I Remember Nothing
CD VINILEXTC – Skylarking
01.Summer’s Cauldron 02.Grass 03.The Meeting Place 04.That’s Really Super, Supergirl 05.Ballet for a Rainy Day 06.1000 Umbrellas 07.Season Cycle 08.Earn Enough for Us 09.Big Day 10.Another Satellite 11.The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul 12.Dear God 13.Dying 14.Sacrificial Bonfire
CD VINILEBig Country – The Crossing
01.In A Big Country 02.Inwards 03.Chance 04.1,000 Stars 05.The Storm 06.Harvest Home 07.Lost Patrol 08.Close Action 09.Fields Of Fire 10.Porrohman
CD VINILENew Order – Power Corruption & Lies
01.Age Of Consent 02.We All Stand 03.The Village 04.586 05.Your Silent Face 06.Ultraviolence 07.Ecstasy 08.Leave Me Alone
CD VINILEDepeche Mode – Violator
01.World In My Eyes 02.Sweetest Perfection 03.Personal Jesus 04.Halo 05.Waiting For The Night 06.Enjoy The Silence 07.Policy Of Truth 08.Blue Dress 09.Clean
CD VINILEDuran Duran – Rio
01.Rio 02.My Own Way 03.Lonely in Your Nightmare 04.Hungry Like the Wolf 05.Hold Back the Rain 06.New Religion 07.Last Chance on the Stairway 08.Save a Prayer 09.The Chauffeur
CD VINILEEcho & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
01.Silver 02.Nocturnal Me 03.Crystal Days 04.The Yo Yo Man 05.Thorn of Crowns 06.The Killing Moon 07.Seven Seas 08.My Kingdom 09.Ocean Rain
CD VINILEAbbiamo elencato 15 splendidi album di musica new wave che non possono mancare nella collezione di chiunque ami la musica e sia appassionato di questo genere musicale. Per chi volesse approfondire ecco degli articoli dedicati nello specifico agli album di alcune delle band citate:
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