Album Genre: Post-Punk

On their second album, Scritti Politti essentially was Green Gartside, who directed drummer Fred Maher, keyboardist David Gamson, and a multitude of studio musicians through a state-of-the-art, immaculately constructed set of catchy synth pop on Cupid & Psyche 85. The results are as impressive as Songs to Remember and produced the hit singles “Perfect Way” … Read more

Forever Now is the third studio album by the English rock band The Psychedelic Furs. The Furs were augmented by producer Todd Rundgren’s house horn section and Flo & Eddie. The album was released in September 1982 on the CBS Records label. It included the hit single “Love My Way”.

The Flowers of Romance is the third studio album by English experimental rock band Public Image Ltd. It was released on 10 April 1981, through record label Virgin.

The Psychedelic Furs is the debut studio album by English post-punk band The Psychedelic Furs. It was released in February 1980 on Columbia Records.

First and Last and Always is the debut studio album by English gothic rock band the Sisters of Mercy. It was released on 11 March 1985 through the band’s self-financed Merciful Release label. The band was founded in 1980 by Andrew Eldritch and Gary Marx in Leeds. Up to 1983, the band produced five singles … Read more

Whiplash Smile is Billy Idol’s third full-length album. Released in 1986, it was supported by the singles “To Be a Lover”, “Sweet Sixteen”, and “Don’t Need a Gun”. “To Be a Lover” was the biggest hit from the album, peaking at #6 in the US, with the other two singles hitting the top forty in … Read more

Talk Talk Talk is the second studio album by the English rock band The Psychedelic Furs. It was released in 1981 on Columbia Records.

Closer is the second and final studio album by the English post-punk band Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980, following the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis two months earlier. When Closer came out, Sounds’ Dave McCullough remarked that there were “dark strokes of gothic rock”. The record was released on the Factory Records … Read more