Showing posts with label Elvis Costello. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Blast From The Past: The sound of 1978

Ten amazing tracks selected from some of the best albums of 1978, the year that defined the sound we would later call "post-punk":


The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Album: All Mod Cons


Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea

Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

Public Image Limited - Public Image

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Metal postcard
Album: The Scream


X-Ray Spex - Oh! Bondage Up Yours! (Live At The Roxy)

Devo - Mongoloid

The Saints - Know your product

Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve & Danno


Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
Album: Real Life


Sunday, January 22, 2017

The 7s, part 2: 1977's Punk Rock debuts

Our time travel to past years ending in 7 continues: this time we're going back 40 years to 1977, the peak of the punk explosion, and we're selecting the Top 10 debut albums of that groundbreaking year for rock music:

 

Top 10 Debut Albums of 1977

 

1. Never Mind the Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - THE SEX PISTOLS

2. The Clash - THE CLASH

 
3. Damned Damned Damned - THE DAMNED

4. Pink Flag - WIRE

5. Marquee Moon - TELEVISION

6. My Aim Is True - ELVIS COSTELLO

7. In The City - THE JAM

8. Talking Heads: 77 - TALKING HEADS

9. (I'm) Stranded - THE SAINTS

10. Young Loud and Snotty - DEAD BOYS 

A vintage year indeed, have a listen:


Click here for part 1 of our trip to the 7s for a taste of 1987.