The Top 100 Greatest Post-Punk Albums
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Post-punk is my favourite genre probably cos I grew up with it as a kid at school in the late 70s/early 80s.Post-punk became the focus of the 80s indie and alternative music scene and has influenced so many artists even today. I will do a post-punk revival chart soon that will include bands like The Strokes and Interpol. This chart though will feature albums that were released between 1977 and 1985. I have limited this chart to a maximum of two albums per artist so as to give exposure to more of the great bands that graced this period. And apologies for not including The Smiths. Yes, some of their tracks were undoubtedly post-punk but their first two albums that were released during this period were for me more alternative rock or indie pop!

Chart updated: 08/21/2014 23:15
(Created: 08/21/2014 22:52).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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25. NEW

Boy

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

437 charts

Rank Score:

2,086

Rank in 1980:

Rank in 1980s:

129

Overall Rank:

824

Average Rating:

75 (772 votes)

Comments:

60. NEW

War

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

783 charts

Rank Score:

5,520

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

303

Average Rating:

79 (1,212 votes)

Comments:

86. NEW

...If I Die, I Die

Virgin Prunes

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

254

Rank in 1982:

Rank in 1980s:

773

Overall Rank:

5,325

Average Rating:

72 (55 votes)

Comments:

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The Top 100 Greatest Post-Punk Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	0	0%
1970s	22	22%
1980s	78	78%
1990s	0	0%
2000s	0	0%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Television	2	2%
The Cure	2	2%
The Church	2	2%
Magazine	2	2%
Bauhaus	2	2%
Sad Lovers And Giants	2	2%
The Sound	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	81	81%
	9	9%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	98	98%
Yes	2	2%

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From RioBravo 08/18/2020 00:07 | #257142

While many essential bands and records are represented, this chart privileges the polished, big sound, effect-heavy post-punk too much to my liking. Post-punk is maybe too encompassing a term to have meaningful discussions about, but I think the style emerged with bands like the Wire, Gang of Four, PIL, Pere Ubu and The Fall, which kept the distortion, dissonance and DIY quality of the punk rock sound and added all kinds of ideas and sonic explorations to that. I miss that side of post punk here.