Greatest Post Punk Album

TockTockTock · 02-02-2013, 12:44 AM

If Deceit by This Heat is considered post-punk, then that. If it isn't... then Wire's 154 (which I have been digging quite a bit lately). It's very atmospheric and ethereal... and there is so much going on in each song.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 02-02-2013, 01:12 AM

^ Dammit you beat me to it

Deceit is probably my number 1, maybe followed by Monkey Banana Kitchen

or idk maybe Entertainment! is the best

or "Real Life"

or **** my brain is melting

William_the_Bloody · 02-09-2013, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Forward To Death

Violent Femmes S/T is one of the better non-british post-punk albums. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth is one of the most influential alt rock albums ever made IMO.

I could go a lot of different routes here.

Yep second that, the Cramps first album isn't bad either.

Cyril Snear · 02-19-2013, 03:47 PM

Early Joy Division surely would come under that category, although I'm not sure about this being under the 'greatest' section

TockTockTock · 02-23-2013, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyril Snear

Early Joy Division surely would come under that category, although I'm not sure about this being under the 'greatest' section

Early Joy Division is more like punk rock, though. Are you referring to the days when they were under the name Warsaw? If so, I can't really see it being post-punk.

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Originally Posted by Hermione

^ Dammit you beat me to it

Deceit is probably my number 1, maybe followed by Monkey Banana Kitchen

or idk maybe Entertainment! is the best

or "Real Life"

or **** my brain is melting

All great albums. I've always found Real Life to sound sort of dated, though.

jonnymega · 02-28-2013, 06:42 PM

Fugazi really knocked it out...

theangrywhale · 04-27-2013, 07:51 PM

I thought a house in the suburbs was all that was after punk...

crazed · 04-27-2013, 08:59 PM

Always loved Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth. Not suie if it's the greatest post-punk album but I'd place it among the best.

edwardc77 · 04-27-2013, 09:08 PM

Minutemen : Double nickels on the dime. Maybe not the best,but surely one of the best.

Discovery · 05-06-2013, 06:28 AM

I find it hard to pin down just what Post-Punk is, and by the sound of it, so do most other people. It's one of those things that you know when you hear. Personally, my favorite Post-Punk album is Substance 1977-1980 by Joy Division. I know it's a compilation album, and it has some of their very early work on it (which takes some warming to), but it excels at being both a compilation album and work of post-punk. It's danceable, and very 70s, unlike what post-punk has evolved into now.

I used to be into the Editors, and WAY big into Interpol, but it's very shallow music to me when it comes down to it.

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~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	^ Dammit you beat me to it Deceit is probably my number 1, maybe followed by Monkey Banana Kitchen or idk maybe Entertainment! is the best or "Real Life" or **** my brain is melting Last edited by Sansa Stark; 02-02-2013 at 01:18 AM.

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TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	If Deceit by This Heat is considered post-punk, then that. If it isn't... then Wire's 154 (which I have been digging quite a bit lately). It's very atmospheric and ethereal... and there is so much going on in each song.

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Cyril Snear Groupie Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 5	Early Joy Division surely would come under that category, although I'm not sure about this being under the 'greatest' section

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jonnymega Groupie Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 8	Fugazi really knocked it out...

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theangrywhale Groupie Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 20	I thought a house in the suburbs was all that was after punk...

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crazed Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Indiana Posts: 552	Always loved Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth. Not suie if it's the greatest post-punk album but I'd place it among the best.

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Discovery Groupie Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: England Posts: 0	I find it hard to pin down just what Post-Punk is, and by the sound of it, so do most other people. It's one of those things that you know when you hear. Personally, my favorite Post-Punk album is Substance 1977-1980 by Joy Division. I know it's a compilation album, and it has some of their very early work on it (which takes some warming to), but it excels at being both a compilation album and work of post-punk. It's danceable, and very 70s, unlike what post-punk has evolved into now. I used to be into the Editors, and WAY big into Interpol, but it's very shallow music to me when it comes down to it.