New Wave Music of the 1980s
Albums released between 1980 and 1989 tagged as New Wave.
Remain in Light
Talking Heads · 1980
Songs From the Big Chair
Tears for Fears · 1985
Greatest Hits
The Police · 1986
Speaking in Tongues
Talking Heads · 1983
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure · 1980
She’s So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper · 1983
Synchronicity
The Police · 1983
Duran Duran
Duran Duran · 1981
Substance 1987
New Order · 1987
Little Creatures
Talking Heads · 1985
The Head on the Door
The Cure · 1985
Standing on a Beach: The Singles
The Cure · 1986
The Hurting
Tears for Fears · 1983
Upstairs at Eric’s
Yazoo · 1982
Boys Don’t Cry
The Cure · 1980
Disintegration
The Cure · 1989
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics · 1983
Substance
Joy Division · 1988
Rio
Duran Duran · 1982
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
The Cure · 1987
Pornography
The Cure · 1982
New Gold Dream (81‐82‐83‐84)
Simple Minds · 1982
English Settlement
XTC · 1982
Autoamerican
Blondie · 1980
Faith
The Cure · 1981
Decade
Duran Duran · 1989
Non‐Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell · 1981
Combat Rock
The Clash · 1982
Only a Lad
Oingo Boingo · 1981
The Golden Age of Wireless
Thomas Dolby · 1982
The Top
The Cure · 1984
Kaleidoscope
Siouxsie and the Banshees · 1980
Black Sea
XTC · 1980
Hunting High and Low
a‐ha · 1985
Juju
Siouxsie and the Banshees · 1981
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
Talking Heads · 1982
Too-Rye-Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners · 1982
Forever Young
Alphaville · 1984
Beauty and the Beat
Go‐Go’s · 1981
Soul Mining
The The · 1983