Best New Wave Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
36	Remain in Light - Talking Heads	1980	89.3	85.2	97	89.2	85.9	91	87	89.8
42	Standing On A Beach: The Singles - The Cure	1986	89.1	83.8	100	88.8	88.8	90	84	88
58	London Calling - The Clash	1979	88.6	80.2	100	87.4	84.7	92.2	87	88.8
68	Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads	1984	88.4	86.8	84	92	92.8	90	83	90
84	The Immaculate Collection - Madonna	1990	87.9	80.6	100	89.6	88.2	90	81	86
151	The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads - Talking Heads	1982	86.8	84.4	88	88	88.8	88.2	80	90
159	Substance - New Order	1987	86.7	83.8	85	90	84.9	91.2	84	88
239	Moving Pictures - Rush	1981	85.9	78.6	90	84.7	83.9	92.6	83	88.6
276	Fear of Music - Talking Heads	1979	85.6	80	96	85.1	81.8	88.4	84	84
282	The Best of Blondie - Blondie	1981	85.6	79.2	95	89.1	88.5	85.4	80	82
339	Script of the Bridge - The Chameleons	1983	85.1	79.4	90	83.8	84.2	92.8	80	85.6
352	Different Class - Pulp	1995	85	78.2	92	84.6	84.3	90.2	82	84
484	Signos - Soda Stereo	1986	84.3	77	90	84	83.8	93.4	78	84
491	Discipline - King Crimson	1981	84.3	81.2	87	84.5	84.4	88.8	80	84
506	Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads	1983	84.2	80	86	87	86.2	89.2	81	80
522	Before and After Science - Brian Eno	1977	84.1	78.8	94	83.5	81	89.6	80	82
529	Skylarking - XTC	1986	84.1	77.6	95	82.4	82.2	89.4	80	82
549	Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout	1985	84	78.4	92	82.2	83.1	87.8	79	85.2
557	The Idiot - Iggy Pop	1977	83.9	77.4	92	82	82.2	88.6	80	85.4
608	This Is Happening - LCD Soundsystem	2010	83.7	78.8	84	88	85.4	90	82	78
715	Jeopardy - The Sound	1980	83.3	77.4	95	81.7	82	90.2	77	80
725	This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1978	83.3	75.8	98	80.1	76.2	87.8	81	84
728	So - Peter Gabriel	1986	83.3	76.8	92	82	80.2	87.8	80	84
790	No. 1 in Heaven - Sparks	1979	83	76	92	82.4	83.7	88	79	80
829	Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie	1980	82.9	76.8	89	82.8	81.3	87.4	81	82
836	Parallel Lines - Blondie	1978	82.9	76	93	82	80.6	85.6	81	82
845	Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears	1985	82.8	78.8	82	84.3	83.2	88.8	79	83.8
874	Permanent Waves - Rush	1980	82.8	77.4	80	82.5	83.8	89.6	80	86
938	Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order	1983	82.5	76.8	83	83	81.6	90.4	81	82
969	My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello	1977	82.5	74.2	93	78.9	78.1	88	81	84
1048	Dirty Mind - Prince	1980	82.2	76	97	81.6	77.1	87	77	80
1049	Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex	1978	82.2	76.2	91	81.7	77.4	89.4	78	82
1057	Tinderbox - Siouxsie & The Banshees	1986	82.2	78.6	80	85.1	84.4	87.4	78	82
1073	Black Sea - XTC	1980	82.2	77.2	86	82.6	83.5	87	79	80
1119	Rio - Duran Duran	1982	82.1	73	95	80.8	83.5	86.2	76	80
1131	Tin Drum - Japan	1981	82	74.2	90	77.9	84.4	87.8	78	82
1167	Low-Life - New Order	1985	81.9	77.2	80	83.8	82.6	88	80	82
1189	The New Abnormal - The Strokes	2020	81.9	77.2	75	86	85.4	92.6	83	74
1249	The Cars - The Cars	1978	81.8	74.6	90	79.4	79.1	88.2	81	80
1303	you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love - Olivia Rodrigo	2026	81.6	73.2	85	82.9	84.8	96.6	75	74
1308	More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads	1978	81.6	76.4	90	80.5	77.1	87.4	80	80
1439	His 'n' Hers - Pulp	1994	81.3	76.2	80	80.7	83.9	88.6	78	82
1441	Wide Awake! - Parquet Courts	2018	81.3	74.8	84	82.3	82.1	88.8	80	77.4
1507	Tigermilk - Belle and Sebastian	1996	81.2	75.4	86	80.2	78.7	87.4	80	80.6
1558	Greatest Hits - The Cure	2001	81.1	78	69	83	89.3	91.4	79	78
1559	The Head on the Door - The Cure	1985	81.1	77.2	75	83	82.6	88.8	81	80
1615	English Settlement - XTC	1982	81	76.2	80	80.7	80.9	88	79	82
1625	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo	1978	81	75.2	85	79	76.9	89.6	79	82
1745	Real Life - Magazine	1978	80.7	75.6	83	80.1	76.6	88.8	79	82
1761	Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1979	80.7	74	94	76.1	75.6	85.2	78	82
1782	Drums and Wires - XTC	1979	80.7	75.2	85	80.7	78.8	87	78	80
1784	Architecture & Morality - Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark	1981	80.7	75	92	79.5	78.4	83.8	76	80
1787	All Mod Cons - The Jam	1978	80.7	74	90	76.5	76.8	88.4	79	80
1836	Parklife - Blur	1994	80.6	73.2	82	81.6	79.6	87.8	80	79.8
1839	Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson	1979	80.6	74	93	79.5	76.1	83.4	78	80
1855	Replicas - Tubeway Army	1979	80.5	74.6	85	78.8	80.7	87.6	77	80
1919	Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1980	80.4	73.6	97	78	76.4	82.8	77	78
1924	The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan	1979	80.4	74	86	78.8	77.5	87.4	77	82
1925	St. Vincent - St. Vincent	2014	80.4	71.4	87	81.5	81.4	86.4	79	76
1931	Sound Affects - The Jam	1980	80.4	74.2	88	77.6	77.6	87.2	78	80
1960	Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan	1980	80.3	73.8	80	78.6	83.8	89	75	82
2002	Spirit Phone - Lemon Demon	2016	80.2	73.8	80	81.4	83.2	93.2	74	76
2023	Talking Heads: 77 - Talking Heads	1977	80.2	75	80	79	77.1	88.2	82	80
2076	Be the Cowboy - Mitski	2018	80.1	71.8	85	80.6	84.4	89.8	77	72
2101	Doble Vida - Soda Stereo	1988	80	70.4	80	78.5	81	92.4	76	82
2119	Setting Sons - The Jam	1979	80	75	80	78.4	78.2	87.4	79	82
2133	After Laughter - Paramore	2017	80	72.4	84	80.9	82.5	92	76	72
2134	War - U2	1983	80	73	88	79.6	77.8	84.4	79	78
2167	Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths	1987	79.9	74	81	78.6	78	88.8	81	78
2187	Avalon - Roxy Music	1982	79.9	74.8	85	78.4	75.8	86.2	79	80
2190	Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1982	79.9	73.6	91	76.7	76.3	84.6	77	80
2192	The Hurting - Tears for Fears	1983	79.9	76	75	81.6	80.3	88.2	78	80
2268	Forever Young - Alphaville	1984	79.7	71.8	90	77.6	79.8	86	73	80
2287	The Lexicon of Love - ABC	1982	79.7	73	93	76.6	77.4	83	77	78
2292	Synchronicity - The Police	1983	79.7	72.6	90	77.4	73.9	85	79	80
2324	Night Time - Killing Joke	1985	79.6	76.6	75	80.1	79.7	86	76	84
2331	Nightclubbing - Grace Jones	1981	79.6	73	80	80.3	78.7	86.4	79	80
2341	Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure	1987	79.6	73.2	80	80.6	79.6	87.8	78	78
2348	Pretenders - Pretenders	1980	79.6	73.2	93	74.8	71.5	84.6	78	82
2419	The Colour of Spring - Talk Talk	1986	79.5	77.4	68	80.9	80.4	89.6	80	80
2558	Trust - Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1981	79.2	72.4	93	76.3	75.9	81.8	77	78
2564	Only a Lad - Oingo Boingo	1981	79.2	73.8	75	80	83.5	88	74	80
2636	Little Dark Age - MGMT	2018	79	74.2	76	80.5	78.7	89.8	80	74
2693	Zenyattà Mondatta - The Police	1980	79	70.4	100	74.8	73.3	82.2	76	76
2705	Brotherhood - New Order	1986	78.9	73.6	79	80.7	79.2	86	78	76
2711	viagr aboys - Viagra Boys	2025	78.9	72	83	78.8	77	93.6	76	72
2721	Erotic Probiotic 2 - Nourished By Time	2023	78.9	73.4	91	78.2	74.3	91.4	72	72
2728	Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo	1985	78.9	77.2	60	83.9	84.7	90.4	76	80
2730	Forced Witness - Alex Cameron	2017	78.9	73.2	73	80	81	89.6	78	77.4
2731	Kaleidoscope - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1980	78.9	73.8	80	79.5	78.7	88.2	78	74
2740	A Kiss in the Dreamhouse - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1982	78.9	75.6	75	80.5	81.6	86.4	77	76
2744	Learning to Crawl - The Pretenders	1984	78.9	73	89	75.8	75.3	83	76	80
2763	A Secret Wish - Propaganda	1985	78.8	73.6	80	74.6	80.9	86.8	78	78
2775	Diesel and Dust - Midnight Oil	1987	78.8	72	85	79.4	79	83.4	75	78
2778	This Is Why - Paramore	2023	78.8	71.8	85	81	78.7	91.2	76	68
2832	Some Great Reward - Depeche Mode	1984	78.7	73.8	74	78.7	83.1	88.4	77	76
2911	High Land, Hard Rain - Aztec Camera	1983	78.6	71.8	90	79.1	74.6	82.4	76	76
2935	Rebel Yell - Billy Idol	1983	78.5	70.4	85	78.3	79.4	84.4	74	78
2951	Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunnymen	1984	78.5	74	73	78.1	76.9	88.2	79	80
2954	Night and Day - Joe Jackson	1982	78.5	73.2	83	77.3	77.7	82	76	80

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