FAVOURITE RECORDS OF 1981
SEE ALSO, MY FAVOURITE SINGLES OF 1981
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[01] TELEVISION PERSONALITIES
...AND DON'T THE KIDS JUST LOVE IT
FAVOURITE SONGS: “This Angry Silence” / “The Glittering Prizes” / “I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives”
TV PERSONALITIES - I KNOW WHERE SYD BARRETT LIVES
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[02] GANG OF FOUR
SOLID GOLD
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Paralysed” / “Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time” / “What We All Want”
GANG OF FOUR - PARALYSED
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[03] GLENN BRANCA
THE ASCENSION
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Light Field (In Consonance)” / “The Spectacular Commodity” / “Lesson No. 2”
GLENN BRANCA - LESSON NO. 1
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[04] KRAFTWERK
COMPUTERWELT
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Taschenrechner” / “Computer Liebe” / “Numern”
KRAFTWERK - COMPUTER LIEBE
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[05] THE CURE
FAITH
FAVOURITE SONGS: “All Cats Are Grey” / “Faith” / “The Holy Hour”
THE CURE - FAITH
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[06] THIS HEAT
DECEIT
FAVOURITE SONGS: “S.P.Q.R.” / “Paper Hats” / “A New Kind of Water”
THIS HEAT - S.P.Q.R.
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[07] BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE
MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Help Me Somebody” / “Mea Culpa” / “The Carrier”
BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE - MEA CULPA
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[08] BLACK FLAG
DAMAGED
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Rise Above” / “Depression” / “Six Pack”
BLACK FLAG - RISE ABOVE (live)
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[09] THE DB'S
STANDS FOR DECIBELS
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Black and White” / “Big Brown Eyes” / “The Fight”
THE DB'S - BIG BROWN EYES
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[10] ART BEARS
THE WORLD AS IT IS TODAY
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Truth” / “The Song of the Dignity of Labour Under Capital” / “Freedom”
ART BEARS - FREEDOM
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[11] MISSION OF BURMA
SIGNALS, CALLS, AND MARCHES
FAVOURITE SONGS: “That's When I Reached For My Revolver” / “Academy Fight Song” / “This Is Not A Photograph”
MISSION OF BURMA - THIS IS NOT A PHOTOGRAPH (live)
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[12] ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
HEAVEN UP HERE
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Show of Strength” / “A Promise” / “All I Want”
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN - A PROMISE
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[13] KING CRIMSON
DISCIPLINE
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Frame By Frame” / “Indiscipline” / “Elephant Talk”
KING CRIMSON - FRAME BY FRAME
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[14] JOY DIVISION
STILL
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Ceremony” / “Dead Souls” / “Decades”
JOY DIVISION - DEAD SOULS
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[15] SIOUXIE & THE BANSHEES
JUJU
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Spellbound” / “Into the Light” / “Sin in My Heart”
SIOUXIE & THE BANSHEES - SPELLBOUND
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[16] JOSEF K
SORRY FOR LAUGHING
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Heads Watch” / “Sorry For Laughing” / “It's Kinda Funny”
JOSEF K - SORRY FOR LAUGHING
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[17] ELVIS COSTELLO
TRUST
FAVOURITE SONGS: “You'll Never Be a Man” / “New Lace Sleeves” / “Clubland”
ELVIS COSTELLO - NEW LACE SLEEVES
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[18] THE POLICE
GHOST IN THE MACHINE
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Invisible Sun” / “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” / “Secret Journey”
THE POLICE - INVISIBLE SUN
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[19] RUSH
MOVING PICTURES
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Tom Sawyer” / “Limelight” / “YYZ”
RUSH - LIMELIGHT
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[20] THE GUN CLUB
FIRE OF LOVE
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Sex Beat” / “Jack on Fire” / “Promise Me”
THE GUN CLUB - SEX BEAT (live)
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