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1. Wenn es sein muss - dann aber sofort (0:37)
2. Foyer des Arts - Familie Und Beatmusik (1:46)
3. Front 242 - Agressiva (5:00)
4. Helga Hahnemann - Wo Is Mein Jeld (3:43)
5. Innocence In Danger - Trouble In Heaven (4:09)
6. RMB - Love Is An Ocean (3:16)
7. The Dark - Lolita (4:54)
8. luka baumann - Emergence Nine (Makaton Remix) (6:09)
9. nachdenkliche wehrpflichtige - Arbeitereinheitsfrontlied (1:46)
10. Coinside - Zorn (5:10)
11. Neotek - Pink Nose (Edit) (3:48)
12. The Electric Hellfire Club - Light My Fire (3:36)
13. A(ci)d Absurdum - Die Welt Bergauf (Radio Edit) (4:39)
14. Stephan Remmler - Frauen Sind Böse (2:59)
15. Crown Of Jesus - Dust Of Ages (3:45)
16. Synergy - Experience Of Love (4:03)
17. Simbolo - Your Life (4:48)
18. King Uszniewicz & His Uszniewicztones - Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow (2:49)
19. Fektion Fekler - Effectively Dismembered (4:45)
20. The Neon Judgement - The Sea (4:19)
21. Garden of Delight - Sartyricon (4:24)
22. Imperial Violence - Ephemeral (5:47)
23. Force 21 - Warfare (4:03)
24. Die Skeptiker - Gnadenlos (3:30)
25. Be-Dash - Must Do (4:08)
26. Dark Arts - Follow Me Laura (4:12)
27. grosse freiheit - Wenn Ich Vergnügt Bin (4:13)
28. Placebo Effect - Hard Work (4:49)
29. Laibach - Zrcalo Sveta (Das Spiegelglas Der Welt) (6:02)
30. Vortex - The Axis (4:21)
31. The Arms of Someone New - Next Year In Jerusalem (4:01)
32. Gelatinous Citizen - Big Sounds For Happy Cows (4:00)
33. H.E.R.R. - Hopes Die In Winter (7:41)
34. Neuroactive - Space Divider (3:31)
35. Eerie Von - The Spy (4:58)
36. Cultivated Bimbo - Ready To Reveal (6:45)
37. Lemon Kittens - Kites (3:26)
38. Storm of Capricorn - Un Dernier Refuge (5:18)
39. Der Arbeiter - El Hijo Del Viudo (3:11)
40. Ostbrut - Eine Masse (2:57)
41. Cyborg Attack - Kalter Stahl (3:50)
42. Sabotage Q.C.Q.C.? - Break Away (5:11)
43. Fast Fashion - Op. Desert Storm (4:33)
44. The Voyagers - Distant Planet (6:24)
45. Stin Scatzor - Broken Mirror (Revoiced) (2:47)
46. Class Action - Blast Off (4:20)
47. The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (Dub Mix) (1:21)
48. Where's Lisse? - Red Light (2:53)
49. :wumpscut: - UK Decay (2:59)
50. Pitch Yarn Of Matter - Alles Schwarz (4:19)
51. Tubeway Army - Me! I Disconnect From You (3:22)
52. Mad-Alert - Drop Out (Atomix) (4:58)
53. Zinno - What's Your Name? (Long Version) (6:22)
54. Devil Machine - The Spirit Of Kyoto (4:36)
55. P.N.G. - Time (3:16)
56. Birmingham 6 - Israel (Original Version) (5:48)
57. Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew (3:32)
58. The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (Longer UltraTraxx Honey Mix) (7:22)
59. Run Level Zero - My Tormentor (4:07)
60. PP? - Ohnmacht (4:16)
61. Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon (4:02)
62. Download - Attalal (Remixed By Biosphere) (7:19)
63. IWIK 88 - Acid Messiah (Radio Edit) (5:30)
64. BC Gilbert & G Lewis - Ends With The Sea (4:48)
65. Star Wash - Disco Fans (3:17)
66. Incident Voyageur - Ibiza (Bien Dans Ta Peau) (4:18)
67. Music For Pleasure - Time (Extended) (5:43)
68. Hubert Kah - Sternenhimmel (Longer UltraTraxx Stars In Heaven Mix) (5:45)
69. Sheweird - Why You Stand (4:08)
70. Anhrefn - Defaid (1:45)

I've been working on this playlist since around 2005 or so, using many of these songs in Halloween mixes at my house, for friends, at my former school, events, etc., etc., and often on shuffle at various times of the year. I'm sure there is still a lot missing here, so suggesting artists, albums, and tracks that are Halloween-suitable (or just good for spookiness, haunting introspection and/or dark-ish party music in general) is very much welcome. Even if they're from artists that I have on here, because, in all probability, I've missed some glaringly obvious ones. What's more, if you're a subscriber you can play all the streamable ones I've listed from my Halloween tag-station here: http://www.last.fm/listen/usertags/mooglefan/halloween

Legend: # = my additions, ** = others' suggestions

Here's the list of Halloween tracks, LAST EDITED: 10/31/2008
Where Fools Go - 12 Rounds
Hell's Bells - AC/DC
That Voodoo! - Adam and the Ants
Vampires - Adam Ant
Dark Messages - Air
Ghost Song - Air
Empty House - Air
I Stay Away - Alice in Chains
Them Bones - Alice in Chains **
Curtains - Aphex Twin **
Icct Hedral (Philip Glass Orchestration) - Aphex Twin **
Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But... - Arctic Monkeys
St. James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five **
Planet Claire - The B-52's
Fats Revisited - Angelo Badalamenti **
Haunting & Heartbreaking - Angelo Badalamenti **
Laura Palmer's Theme - Angelo Badalamenti **
Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
The Sanity Assassin - Bauhaus
Hollow Hills - Bauhaus
Kick in the Eye - Bauhaus
The Gala Event - Beastie Boys
Black Candy - Beat Happening
Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive - Beat Happening
Gravedigger Blues - Beat Happening
Bonfire - Beat Happening
Nancy Sin - Beat Happening
Bewitched - Beat Happening
Helter Skelter - The Beatles **
Circles - The Beatles #
Left Foot Stepdown - The Bees (also known as A Band of Bees)
Dead Joe - The Birthday Party
Several Sins - The Birthday Party
Release the Bats - The Birthday Party
Scream - Black Flag **
Psychotic Girl - The Black Keys #
The Wizard - Black Sabbath
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Children Of The Grave - Black Sabbath
Kinski - Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Let You Down - The Blackouts
Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange
Wierd World - Blue Orchids
Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult **
Godzilla - Blue Öyster Cult **
Death Of A Party - Blur
Jack - Bone Orchard
Girl with a Gun - Bone Orchard
We Are the Dead - David Bowie
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) - David Bowie
Get Out of My House - Kate Bush
Waking the Witch - Kate Bush
Hammer Horror - Kate Bush
Ghost Story - John Cale
Aumgn - Can
Mushroom - Can **
Night Spots - The Cars
Black Crow King - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Avalanche - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Cabin Fever - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
All Tomorrow's Parties - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Carny - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Up Jumped the Devil - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
City of the Dead - Charlatans UK
The Architect - Charlatans UK
Under the Milky Way Tonight - The Church
This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers
Beatrix - Cocteau Twins
Snakes and Snails - Alma Cogan
Coffin Dagger - The Coffin Daggers #
Parasite - The Coffin Daggers #
Shark Attack - The Coffin Daggers #
Monsters From the ID - The Coffin Daggers #
Slur - Coil
Blood from the Air - Coil
The First Five Minutes after Death - Coil
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde
This House Is Haunted - Alice Cooper
Black Juju - Alice Cooper
Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
Devil's Food - Alice Cooper
Black Widow - Alice Cooper **
Dead Babies - Alice Cooper **
I Love the Dead - Alice Cooper **
Goo Goo Muck - The Cramps
I Was a Teenage Werewolf - The Cramps
Sunglasses After Dark - The Cramps
Zombie Dance - The Cramps
What's Behind the Mask - The Cramps
Strychnine - The Cramps
Strange Brew - Cream
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival **
Through The Hosiery - Crystal Castles #
The Holy Hour - The Cure
A Forest - The Cure
Descent - The Cure
A Short Term Effect - The Cure
Other Voices - The Cure
Treachery - Roger Daltrey
This is Halloween - Danny Elfman
Raven's Wing - Dark Day
Forced Landing - Dark Day
Arp's Carpet - Dark Day
trapped - Dark Day
Blue Moon Baby - Dave 'Diddle' Day
Dead Man's Chill - Danielle Dax
16 Candles - Danielle Dax
Up In Arms - Danielle Dax
The Passing of the Third Floor Back - Danielle Dax
Music From The Film 'Axel' - Danielle Dax
Fizzing Human Bomb - Danielle Dax
Brimstone in a Barren Land - Danielle Dax
House-Cat - Danielle Dax
Hammerheads - Danielle Dax
Pariah - Danielle Dax
Funtime - Danielle Dax
Fortune Cheats - Danielle Dax
Numb Companions - Danielle Dax
The Fatal Impact - Dead Can Dance
The Trial - Dead Can Dance
The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove - Dead Can Dance
Spirit - Dead Can Dance
Ascension - Dead Can Dance
From Beyond - Deadsy
Soul Auctioneer - Death in Vegas **
Fly On The Windscreen - Depeche Mode
Dressed in Black - Depeche Mode
Pimpf - Depeche Mode
Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode
A Pain That I'm Used To - Depeche Mode
Big Muff - Depeche Mode
World in My Eyes - Depeche Mode
Pot au Feu - Delia Derbyshire
The Pattern Emerges - Delia Derbyshire
Plodding Power - Delia Derbyshire
Season Of The Witch - Donovan
End of the Night The Doors
The End - The Doors
Strange Days - The Doors
People Are Strange - The Doors
Night Boat - Duran Duran
Friends Of Mine - Duran Duran
Lonely in Your Nightmare - Duran Duran
The Chauffeur - Duran Duran
Shadows On Your Side - Duran Duran
It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Bob Dylan **
Ballad Of A Thin Man - Bob Dylan #
Witchy Woman - The Eagles
Pictures On My Wall - Echo and the Bunnymen
Happy Death Men - Echo and the Bunnymen
Show of Strength - Echo and the Bunnymen
The Disease - Echo and the Bunnymen
No dark things - Echo and the Bunnymen
The Yo-Yo Man - Echo and the Bunnymen
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
Porcupine - Echo and the Bunnymen
The Order Form - Essential Logic
Back To Nature - Fad Gadget
The Box - Fad Gadget
For Whom The Bells Toll - Fad Gadget
New Face In Hell - The Fall
Hip Priest - The Fall
There's a Ghost in My House - The Fall
Masquerade - The Fall
Riddler! - The Fall
Before The Moon Falls - The Fall
Spectre vs. Rector - The Fall
Taurig - The Fall
I'm a Mummy - The Fall
Frightened - The Fall
Mansion - The Fall
Bombast - The Fall
Elves - The Fall
Psycho Mafia - The Fall **
Wolf Kidult Man - The Fall **
Mamie Is Blue - Faust
The Blob - The Five Blobs
The Wizard Turns On... - The Flaming Lips
Halloween on the Barbary Coast - The Flamign Lips
Werewolf - The Frantics
Van Tango - Franz Ferdinand
Shopping for Blood - Franz Ferdinand
Evil and a Heathen - Franz Ferdinand
I'm Your Villain - Franz Ferdinand
Sinners - Freddie And The Hitchhikers
Spiraling Down - Friend John
Double-0 Ghost 27 - John Frusciante **
Intruder - Peter Gabriel
I Don't Remember - Peter Gabriel
Suspiria - Goblin **
Necromancing - Gnarls Barkley
The Boogie Monster - Gnarls Barkley #
Slippage - Goldfrapp
Oompa Radar - Goldfrapp
Horse Tears - Goldfrapp
Last Living Souls - Gorillaz
Ghost Train - Gorillaz
Double Bass - Gorillaz
Dracula - Gorillaz
Electric Alice - Grinderman
Under the Mersey Wall - George Harrison
No Time or Space - George Harrison
I Put A Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Halloween - Helloween **
The Bathroom, The Murder, The Body, The Office, The Curtain, The Water, The Car, The Swamp - Bernard Herrmann **
Abra Cadaver - The Hives
Diabolic Scheme - The Hives
You vs. Me - HorrorPops
Walk Like a Zombie - HorrorPops
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Nightstick - Jake Fairley
Funeral Pyre - The Jam
Swing - Japan
Burning Bridges - Japan
Nightporter - Japan
Despair - Japan
Halloween - Japan
Ghosts - Japan
Still Life In Mobile Homes - Japan
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Nightmare (Please Wake Me Up) - John Entwistle
Demolition Man - Grace Jones
U.F.O. Expert - Half Japanese **
Rosemary´s Baby - Half Japanese **
Ted Just Admit It - Jane's Addiction **
See Evil - Japanther #
She's Lost Control - Joy Division
Dead Souls - Joy Division
Day of the Lords - Joy Division
I Remember Nothing - Joy Division
Colony - Joy Division **
Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine - The Killers
Midnight Show - The Killers
Bones - The Killers
Superstition - The Kills
Last Day of Magic - The Kills
Murdermile - The Kills
Delia Derbyshire - King of Woolworths #
Wicked Annabella - The Kinks
The Hall of Mirrors - Kraftwerk
Anna - KUKL
Moonbath - KUKL
Evil - Ladytron
High Rise - Ladytron
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
No Quarter - Led Zeppelin
I Dream Of Jeannie - The Legendary Pink Dots #
Expresso Noir - The Legendary Pink Dots #
Mylmus - Lemon Kittens
Kites - Lemon Kittens
This Kind of Dying - Lemon Kittens
The American Cousin - Lemon Kittens
(Afraid of Being) Bled by Leeches - Lemon Kittens
Pain Topics - Lemon Kittens
Reversal 2 - Lemon Kittens
Motet - Lemon Kittens
Throat Violence - Lemon Kittens
Scared - John Lennon
Tomblands - The Libertines
Mega Ghost - Lightning Bolt **
Scraper - Liquid Liquid
Lock Groove (Out) - Liquid Liquid
Bell Head - Liquid Liquid
You Must Be a Witch - The Lollipop Shoppe
Mirror People - Love and Rockets
Holiday on the Moon - Love and Rockets
Haunted When the Minutes Drag - Love and Rockets
We Keep On Getting There - Luxuria
Flesh - Luxuria
Mechanical Flattery - Lydia Lunch
Tied and Twist - Lydia Lunch
Atomic Bongos - Lydia Lunch
This Is Halloween - Marilyn Manson **
Grooving In Green - March Violets
Long Pig - March Violets
Snake Dance - March Violets
Dark Waters - Ingram Marshall
The Munsters Theme - Jack Mashall #
Terminal Twilight - Martha and the Muffins
Devil With the Green Eyes - Matthew Sweet
I'm Your Witchdoctor - John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers
ZZZZ Best - Melvins/Lustmord
This Time - Mesh
Monster Hospital - Metric
Dead Disco - Metric
Fulfill The Dream (Old Italy Remix) - Minus the Bear
[track artist=Misfits]Halloween[/track - Misfits **
Vampira - Misfits
Main Theme - Vic Mizzy #
[track artist=Moloko]If You Have a Cross to Bear You May as Well Use It as a Crutch[/track - Moloko **
[track artist=Modest Mouse]Satin in a Coffin[/track] - Modest Mouse
[track artist=Mudhoney]Halloween[/track] - Mudhoney **
[track artist=Muse]Supermassive Black Hole[/track] - Muse
[track artist=New Order]Truth[/track] - New Order
[track artist=New Order]Everything's Gone Green[/track] - New Order
[track artist=New Order]Dracula's Castle[/track] - New Order
[track artist=New York Dolls]Frankenstein[/track] - New York Dolls #
[track artist=Nico]All That Is My Own[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]Purple Lips[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]Sixty-Forty[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]It Has Not Taken Long[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]We've Got the Gold[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]The End[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]Prelude[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]Lawns of Dawns[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]No One is There[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]Facing the Wind[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]Julius Caesar (Memento Hodie)[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nico]Evening of Light[/track] - Nico
[track artist=Nicole Atkins]Carouselle[/track] - Nicole Atkins
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]6 Ghosts I[/track] - Nine Inch Nails
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]10 Ghosts II[/track] - Nine Inch Nails
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]11 Ghosts II[/track] - Nine Inch Nails
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]12 Ghosts II[/track] - Nine Inch Nails
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]15 Ghosts II[/track] - Nine Inch Nails
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]16 Ghosts II[/track] - Nine Inch Nails
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]29 Ghosts IV[/track] - Nine Inch Nails
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]Corona Radiata[/track] - Nine Inch Nails
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]Heresy[/track] - Nine Inch Nails **
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]Eraser[/track] - Nine Inch Nails **
[track artist=Nine Inch Nails]Metal[/track] - Nine Inch Nails #
[track artist=Gary Numan]Metal[/track] - Gary Numan
[track artist=Nurse With Wound]Optical Illusion Pad[/track] - Nurse With Wound
[track artist=Nurse With Wound]A Piece of the Sky is Falling[/track] - Nurse With Wound
[track artist=Ric Ocasek]Hello Darkness[/track] - Ric Ocasek
[track artist=Havel O' Connor]Monsters in Disguise[/track] - Hazel O' Connor
[track artist=Oingo Boingo]Dead Man's Party[/track] - Oingo Boingo
[track artist=Mike Oldfield]Tubular Bells (part one)[/track] - Mike Oldfield **
[track artist=Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]The New Stone Age[/track] - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
[track artist=Ozzy Osborne]Bark at the Moon[/track] - Ozzy Osborne **
[track artist=Outkast]Dracula's Wedding[/track] - OutKast
[track artist=Ray Parker Jr.]Ghostbusters[/track] - Ray Parker Jr.
[track artist=Bobby 'Boris' Pickett]Monster Mash[/track] - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett
[track artist=Pink Floyd]Astronomy Domine[/track] - Pink Floyd
[track artist=Pink Floyd]Lucifer Sam[/track] - Pink Floyd
[track artist=Pink Floyd]Empty Spaces[/track] - Pink Floyd **
[track artist=Pink Floyd]Interstellar Overdrive[/track] - Pink Floyd **
[track artist=Pink Industry]State of Grace[/track] - Pink Industry
[track artist=Pixies]Tame[/track] - Pixies **
[track artist=Plasticland]They Wore Sequined Masks[/track] - Plasticland
[track artist=Plasticland]Some Ghost Ship Lollipop[/track] - Plasticland
[track artist=Plasticland]Transparencies, Friends[/track] - Plasticland
[track artist=The Police]Bring on the Night[/track] - The Police
[track artist=The Police]Behind My Camel[/track] - The Police
[track artist=The Police]A Kind of Loving[/track] - The Police
[track artist=Iggy Pop]Sister Midnight[/track] - Iggy Pop
[track artist=Iggy Pop]Funtime[/track] - Iggy Pop
[track artist=Iggy Pop]Some Weird Sin[/track] - Iggy Pop
[track artist=Iggy Pop]Run Like a Villain[/track] - Iggy Pop
[track artist=Portishead]Humming[/track] - Portishead **
[track artist=Portishead]Sour Times[/track] - Portishead #
[track artist=Pulp]Fear[/track] - Pulp **
[track artist=Public Image Ltd.]Round[/track] - Public Image Ltd
[track artist=Public Image Ltd.]Ease[/track] - Public Image Ltd.
[track artist=Public Image Ltd.]Flowers of Romance[/track] - Public Image Ltd.
[track artist=Public Image Ltd.]Banging the Door[/track] - Public Image Ltd.
[track artist=Public Image Ltd.]Fodderstompf[/track] - Public Image Ltd.
[track artist=Public Image Ltd.]Graveyard[/track] - Public Image Ltd.
[track artist=Public Image Ltd.]The Pardon[/track] - Public Image Ltd.
[track artist=Queen]Death on Two Legs[/track] - Queen **
[track artist=Queen]Ogre Battles[/track] - Queen **
[track artist=Queens of the Stone Age]Burn the Witch[/track] - Queens of the Stone Age
[track artist=Queens of the Stone Ages]Someone's in the Wolf[/track] - Queens of the Stone Age **
[track artist=Radiohead]Suck Young Blood[/track] - Radiohead
[track artist=Radiohead]The Gloaming[/track] - Radiohead
[track artist=Radiohead]Treefingers[/track] - Radiohead
[track artist=Radiohead]In Limbo[/track] - Radiohead
[track artist=Radiohead]Knives Out[/track] - Radiohead **
[track artist=Radiohead]Climbing Up the Walls[/track] - Radiohead **
[track artist=The Rakes]Terror![/track] - The Rakes
[track artist=Ramones]Pet Sematary[/track] - Ramones
[track artist=Ramones]Chain Saw[/track] - Ramones **
[track artist=Django Reinhardt]Minor Swing[/track] - Django Reinhardt
[track artist=The Residents]Die in Terror[/track] - The Residents
[track artist=The Residents]Floyd[/track] - The Residents
[track artist=The Residents]The Nameless Souls[/track] - The Residents
[track artist=The Residents]The Coming of the Crow[/track] - The Residents
[track artist=The Residents]Sinister Exaggerator[/track] - The Residents
[track artist=Rock Kills Kid]Paralyzed[/track] - Rock Kills Kid
[track artist=Rock Kills Kid]Midnight[/track] - Rock Kills Kid
[track artist=The Rolling Stones]Sympathy For the Devil[/track] - The Rolling Stones
[track artist=The Rolling Stones]2000 Light Years from Home[/track] - The Rolling Stones
[track artist=The Rolling Stones]Paint it Black[/track] - The Roling Stones
[track artist=The Rolling Stones]Gimme Shelter[/track] - The Rolling Stones **
[track artist=The Rolling Stones]Dancing With Mr. D.[/track] - The Rolling Stones **
[track artist=Marilyn Roxie]Yomi[/track] - Marilyn Roxie
[track artist=Marilyn Roxie]In the Basement (At Night)[/track] - Marilyn Roxie
[track artist=Marilyn Roxie]Overshadowed[/track] - Marilyn Roxie #
[track artist=Marilyn Roxie]Green Leather[/track] - Marilyn Roxie #
[track artist=The Sabres of Paradise]Haunted Dancehall[/track] - The Sabres of Paradise
[track artist=Santana]Evil Ways[/track] - Santana
[track artist=Santana]Black Magic Woman[/track] - Santana
[track artist=Santogold]My Superman[/track] - Santogold
[track artist=Searchers]Love Potion No. 9[/track] - Searchers
[track artist=The Seeds]Evil Hoodoo[/track] - The Seeds
[track artist=The Seeds]Pictures and Designs[/track] - The Seeds
[track artist=Shonen Knife]Milky Way[/track] - Shonen Knife
[track artist=Shonen Knife]Devil House[/track] - Shonen Knife #
[track artist=Siglo XX]Silent House[/track] - Siglo XX
[track artist=Siglo XX]Autumn[/track] - Siglo XX
[track artist=Jumpin' Gene Simmons]Haunted House[/track] - Jumpin' Gene Simmons
[track artist=Siouxsie]Into a Swan[/track] - Siouxsie
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]Christine[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]Spellbound[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]Obsession II[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]A Sleeping Rain[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]Catwalk[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]Something Wicked (This Way Comes)[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]Blow the House Down[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]Halloween[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]Candyman[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]The Sweetest Chill[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]Night Shift[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Siouxsie and the Banshees]The Staircase (Mystery)[/track] - Siouxsie and the Banshees
[track artist=Sisters of Mercy]Nine While Nine[/track] - Sisters of Mercy
[track artist=Sisters of Mercy]This Corrosion[/track] - Sisters of Mercy
[track artist=65daysofstatic]I Swallowed Hard, Like I Understood[/track] - 65daysofstatic **
[track artist=Skid Row]Creepshow[/track] - Skid Row **
[track artist=Skinny Puppy]Worlocked[/track] - Skinny Puppy
[track artist=Skinny Puppy]Dig It[/track] - Skinny Puppy
[track artist=Skinny Puppy]Assimilate[/track] - Skinny Puppy
[track artist=The Slits]Liebe And Romanze (Slow Version)[/track] - The Slits
[track artist=The Smashing Pumpkins]Bullet With Butterfly Wings[/track] - The Smashing Pumpkins
[track artist=The Smashing Pumpkins]Zero[/track] - The Smashing Pumpkins **
[track artist=The Smiths]Oscillate Wildly[/track] - The Smiths
[track artist=The Smiths]Rubber Ring[/track] - The Smiths
[track artist=The Smiths]Shakespeare's Sister[/track] - The Smiths
[track artist=The Smiths]Pretty Girls Make Graves[/track] - The Smiths
[track artist=Snakefinger]The Model[/track] - Snakefinger
[track artist=Snakefinger]Kill the Great Raven[/track] - Snakefinger
[track artist=Snakefinger]8 1/4[/track] - Snakefinger
[track artist=Snakefinger]The Man in the Dark Sedan[/track] - Snakefinger
[track artist=Mark Snow]X-Files Theme[/track] - Mark Snow
[track artist=The Sonics]The Witch[/track] - The Sonics
[track artist=The Sonics]Psycho[/track] - The Sonics
[track artist=The Sonics]Strychnine[/track] - The Sonics
[track artist=Sonic Youth]The Burning Spear[/track] - Sonic Youth **
[track artist=Soundgarden]Jesus Christ Pose[/track] - Soundgarden **
[track artist=Soundgarden]Limo Wreck[/track] - Soundgarden **
[track artist=The Specials]Ghost Town[/track] - The Specials
[track artist=Squarepusher]Last Ap Roach[/track] - Squarepusher **
[track artist=Stevie Wonder]Superstition[/track] - Stevie Wonder
[track artist=The Strokes]Juicebox[/track] - The Strokes
[track artist=Suicide]Ghost Rider[/track] - Suicide
[track artist=Suicide]Che[/track] - Suicide
[track artist=Suicide]I Remember[/track] - Suicide
[track artist=Switchblade Symphony]Doll House[/track] - Switchblade Symphony **
[track artist=Switchblade Symphony]Gutter Glitter[/track] - Switchblade Symphony **
[track artist=Syd Barrett]Golden Hair[/track] - Syd Barrett
[track artist=Taco]Puttin' on the Ritz[/track] - Taco
[track artist=Talking Heads]Psycho Killer[/track] - Talking Heads
[track artist=Tiger Baby]Strangelove[/track] - Tiger Baby
[track artist=Tones on Tail]Movement of Fear[/track] - Tones on Tail
[track artist=Tones on Tail]Go![/track] - Tones on Tail
[track artist=Tones on Tail]You, the Night and the Music[/track] - Tones on Tail
[track artist=Tones on Tail]When You're Smiling[/track] - Tones on Tail
[track artist=Tones on Tail]Means of Escape[/track] - Tones on Tail
[track artist=Tones on Tail]Instrumental[/track] - Tones on Tail
[track artist=Tool]Useful Idiot[/track] - Tool **
[track artist=Pete Townshend]I Put a Spell on You[/track] - Pete Townshend
[track artist=Pete Townshend]Disguises[/track] - Pete Townshend
[track artist=TV on the Radio]Wolf Like Me[/track] - TV on the Radio
[track artist=Type O Negative]Dead Again[/track] - Type O Negative **
[track artist=U2]An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart[/track] - U2 **
[track artist=The Urinals]Hologram[/track] - The Urinals **
[track artist=The Vapors]Isolated Case[/track] - The Vapors
[track artist=The Velvet Underground]The Gift[/track] - The Velvet Underground **
[track artist=The Velvet Underground]The Black Angel's Death Song[/track] - The Velvet Underground #
[track artist=The Ventures]One Step Beyond (Fear) The Twilight Zone[/track] - The Ventures #
[track artist=Tom Verlaine]Souvenir from a Dream[/track] - Tom Verlaine
[track artist=Abe Vigoda]Lantern Lights[/track] - Abe Vigoda **
[track artist=Tom Waits]Underground[/track] - Tom Waits
[track artist=Tom Waits]Cemetery Polka[/track] - Tom Waits
[track artist=Tom Waits]Big Black Mariah[/track] - Tom Waits
[track artist=Tom Waits]Rain Dogs[/track] - Tom Waits
[track artist=Tom Waits]Trouble's Braids[/track] - Tom Waits
[track artist=Jason Webley]Map[/track] - Jason Webley
[track artist=The White Stripes]Seven Nation Army[/track] - The White Stripes
[track artist=The White Stripes]Blue Orchid[/track] - The White Stripes
[track artist=The White Stripes]Red Rain[/track] - The White Stripes
[track artist=The White Stripes]Catch Hell Blues[/track] - The White Stripes
[track artist=The White Stripes]St. James Infirmary Blues[/track] - The White Stripes #
[track artist=The White Stripes]Aluminum[/track] - The White Stripes #
[track artist=The Who]Run Run Run[/track] - The Who
[track artist=The Who]Disguises[/track] - The Who
[track artist=The Who]Boris the Spider[/track] - The Who
[track artist=The Who]Melancholia[/track] - The Who
[track artist=The Who]Hall of the Mountain King[/track] - The Who
[track artist=The Who]Heaven and Hell[/track] - The Who **
[track artist=The Who]Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde[/track] - The Who **
[track artist=The Edgar Winter Group]Frankenstein[/track] - Edgar Winter Group
[track artist=Wire]The Other Window[/track] - Wire
[track artist=Wire]A Mutual Friend[/track] - Wire
[track artist=Wire]Feed Me[/track] - Wire
[track artist=Wire]Strange[/track] - Wire **
[track artist=Wolfmother]Witchcraft[/track] - Wolfmother
[track artist=Sheb Wooley]The Purple People Eater[/track] - Sheb Wooley
[track artist=X]Hungry Wolf[/track] - X
[track artist=X]Real Child of Hell[/track] - X
[track artist=X]Devil Doll[/track] - X
[track artist=The Yardbirds]Evil Hearted You[/track] - The Yardbirds
[track artist=Yazoo]Winter Kills[/track] - Yazoo
[track artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs]Date With a Night[/track] - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[track artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs]Man[/track] - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[track artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs]Cold Night[/track] - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[track artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs]Gold Lion[/track] - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[track artist=Yeah Yeah Yeahs]Graveyard[/track] - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[track artist=Yello]Daily Disco[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]The Evening's Young[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Pinball Cha Cha[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Angel No[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]No More Roger[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]She's Got a Gun[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Cuad el Habib[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]The Lorry[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Night Flanger[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Reverse Lion[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Magneto[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Massage[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Desert Inn[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Stalakdrama[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Ciel Ouvert[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Lost Again[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Great Mission[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Swing[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Heavy Whispers[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Yello]Smile on You[/track] - Yello
[track artist=Warren Zevon]Werewolves of London[/track] - Warren Zevon **
[track artist=Rob Zombie]Call of the Zombie[/track] - Rob Zombie **

Catching up on an avalanche of new arrivals, this week’s Extended Play brings you Oz proto-releases from Swiss-Tas-Mex The Cumbia Cosmonauts, Melb-Tokyota Little Nobody, EP listener/contributor Silver Bone Tone and 2008 Electrofringe artists Ankle Pants.

It also makes an especially messy point of dropping a thumb-less OUCH fistful of greed-decade classics (OK, so it never really went away, did it…) courtesy of David Knight’s The Fast Set and his blood brothers/sisters Danielle Dax & Karl Blake in the Lemon Kittens, plus travelling doom salesmen Death in June and autumn-only recordists And Also the Trees.

Little Nobody - Robota (feat. Toshiyuki Yasuda)
(“Eat Tattoo Dead Tiger” web release - 2008, If?) #

Bomb the Bass - So Special (Toob's Special Special Mix)
(“So Special” single - 2008, k7)

The Cumbia Cosmonauts - Cumbianauts Incoming
(demo - 2008) #

Silver Bone Tone - Rum
(“No Iz” demo - 2008) #

Morgan Geist - Palace Life
(“Double Night Time” - 2008, Environ)

Ellen Allien - Elphine
(“Sool” - 2008, Bpitch Control)

Plastique de Rêve - Lost In Kyoto
(“Hosomaki: Mix 2” compilation - 2003, Mental Groove)

Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
(“Hercules And Love Affair” - 2008, DFA)

Des Peres - Sudden Thought
(“The Adventures Of Cowboy And Miniman” - 2008, House Of Pow) #

Faux Pas - Tim As A Brim
(“Entropy Begins At Home” - 2006, Faux Pas) (self-released) #

papiro - Spontodivagod
(“Papiro” - 2002, A Tree In A Field)

The Fast Set - King Of The Rumbling Spires
(“Some Bizzare Album” compilation - 1981, Some Bizzare)

Lemon Kittens - The Hospital Hurts The Girl
(“The Big Dentist” - 1982, Illuminated)

Death in June - The Calling
(“Nada!” - 1985, New European)

And Also the Trees - A Room Lives In Lucy
(“A Room Lives In Lucy” 12inch - 1986, Reflex)

Frank Tovey - A Place With The Pigs (Soundtrack Theatre Music)
(“Fad Gadget By Frank Tovey” box - 2006, Mute) (recorded 1999)

Ankle Pants - Speak You Little _ Face
(“Electrofringe 2008 Sampler” compilation - 2008, www.qwerty.net.au) #


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First, the list. Check out the list below... it's my "Burning" playlist... and see if you spot any glaring omissions if you feel like it. Though most of the songs on the list have a reference to burning, fire, or flame in the title, that wasn't really on purpose... any song about these things or with a prominent line about them would be good. Please, help me improve it? (More notes follow the list...)


1. Fire - Arthur Brown
2. Settin’ the Woods on Fire – Hank Williams, Sr.
3. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield- Etta James
4. I Love Playin' with Fire – Runaways
5. I'm on Fire - Chelsea
6. You've Got My Soul On Fire - Edwin Starr
7. Old Flame, New Fire - Hank Williams Jr.
8. Burn - Oxbow
9. Closer To The Flame - Dave Edmunds
10. Fire - Robert Gordon
11. Burnin' Love - Killdozer
12. the fire of love - Gun Club
13. Ring Of Fire - Social Distortion
14. Burnin' Love - Hickoids
15. Fuel to the Flame - Dolly Parton
16. Burning House Of Love - X
17. Love To Burn - Neil Young
18. Motor City Is Burning – MC5
19. Mr. Seigal – Tom Waits
20. House Burning Down - Jimi Hendrix
21. Burning Down the House - Talking Heads
22. All Fired Up - Tralala
23. Rome Burning - Lemon Kittens
24. Burning - Fugazi
25. Nation On Fire - Blitz
26. Burn It Down - D.O.A.
27. Burn, Baby, Burn - Dictators
28. You Will Miss Me When I Burn - Palace Brothers
29. Sonny's Burning - The Birthday Party
30. He's a Keeper of the Fire - Buffy Sainte-Marie
31. Jack On Fire - Gun Club
32. Still Burning - Lydia Lunch
33. Burn The City Down - Caesars Palace
34. London's Burning - The Clash
35. Great Balls of Fire - Misfits
36. Soul Fire - Tom Tom Club
37. Lake Of Fire - Meat Puppets
38. Fire Spirit - Gun Club
39. Trial By Fire - Judy Nylon
40. Baby's on Fire - Brian Eno
41. I Was in the House When the House Burned Down -
Warren Zevon
42. Fire Music - Lou Reed
43. Lake Of Fire - Nirvana
44. Blood and Fire - Manu Chao
45. Burn On - Randy Newman
46. Wall of Fire - The Kinks
47. My Clown's on Fire - The Lounge Lizards
48. Forest Fire - Swell Maps
49. Streets of Fire - New Pornographers
50. Babylon's Burning - The Ruts
51. Let's Burn Down the Cornfield - Randy Newman

Got into a mood. Done this before with songs about, for instance, kissing. This time wanted to build a playlist all about fire, burning, flame, etc. (Not a pyro, just happened to have shuffle going and three or four fire songs came along in a row and - uh - sparked my curiosity about how a playlist might look.

It doesn't quite flow the way I want... hoping to make it thematically flow and remain surprisingly eclectic in genre... I think it's kinda getting there.

Late additions were total winners like Tom Waits's Mr. Seigal - with the unforgettable line:

If I can find a book of matches,
I'm goin' to burn this hotel down

I think that's the kind I've most likely got in my collection that I've missed. The lazy way to start was to just search for titles with keywords relating to fire... missing many good candidates, no doubt.

Anyone reading this post is more than welcome to make recommendations of other cool, interesting artists with less than 50,000 and/or 100,000 listeners. The numbers here are those that appeared at the first posting of this journal entry. All the artists/bands on this page are ones that I like...I have noticed that, regarding artists/bands with 'few' listeners (thousands aren't really few, but they're not really world-wide fame like those artists and bands with 500,000+ have), there are patterns: 1) people aren't often interested in investigating artists' solo careers (unless you are Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop, or Lou Reed), 2) bands that weren't promoted correctly are going to have trouble, 3) artists/bands that are really, really weird aren't accessible to many, so they have trouble getting popular (Björk and The Flaming Lips are excempt from this). I'm going to take this opportunity also to plug my music, Marilyn Roxie, and the music of my friends, John Murphy Music, Mt. Moon, Panda steps in chocolate, Surukei, Streetxlite, and Voidfullness, which is all delightful instrumental stuff. EDIT: I have made additional connection and started alphabetizing (by first name, not last, at the moment), plus added artists formerly grouped with 'few listeners' which have now broken 100,000+! Thanks for the comments so far~! Now, on with the list:

LESS THAN 50,000
Alan Vega
Andrew Liles
Archie Bronson Outfit
Beat Happening
Bill Nelson
Blood Red Shoes
Blue Orchids
The Brides of Funkenstein
Butter 08
Coconut Records
Danielle Dax
Delia Derbyshire
Fad Gadget
Faust
Felt
The Fireman
The Flying Lizards
Glass Candy
Harry and the Potters
Henry Rollins
Holly Golightly
Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Ian McCulloch
John Entwistle
Josef K
Keith Moon
Koji Kondo
The Leather Nun
Lemon Kittens
Lene Lovich
Liquid Liquid
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Love and Rockets
Luxuria
Lydia Lunch
Magazine
March Violets
Martin Rev
Martha and the Muffins
Maximum Joy
Midnight Movies
thenewno2
Nicole Atkins
Nina Hagen
Pete Shelley
Pete Townshend
Peter Murphy
Phil Daniels + The Cross
Plasmatics
Plasticland
The Pop Group
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Ringo Starr
Roger Daltrey
Romeo Void
School of Fish
Shonen Knife
Siglo XX
Snakefinger
The Soft Boys
Strawberry Switchblade
The Glove
The Gun Club
The Legendary Pink Dots
The Monks
The Pretty Things
The Residents
The Seeds
The Swingers
Tim Fite
Tom Verlaine
Tones on Tail
Wall of Voodoo
Wendy O. Williams
YMCK

MORE THAN 50,000, LESS THAN 100,000
Cibo Matto
Client
Coil
Deee-Lite
France Gall
Grace Jones
Grinderman
Japan
John Cale
Lush
Mark Lanegan
Mark Mothersbaugh
Mission of Burma
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Ravi Shankar
Suicide
The Birthday Party
The Boomtown Rats
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
The Modern Lovers
The Sonics
Sparks
The Vapors
Wolfsheim
X

THOSE THAT BROKE 100,000+ AFTER ORIGINAL POSTING
Adam and the Ants
Kula Shaker
New York Dolls
Oingo Boingo
Public Image, Ltd.
The Small Faces
Yello

If you have any albums to suggest which are along the same lines as these, add a comment! Compilations count, as well, if they happen to be a good overview of the style I'm talking about; I'm particularly interested in albums like these, as strange as they might be. Try listening to them at 3am or so, alone, with all the lights out and try to feel sane while doing so. These are albums of madness, of insecurity, strangeness, bleak depression, and utter weirdness.
They're not really in order now, except perhaps for the first few, because I intend on expanding and elaborating later.

1. Flowers of Romance - Public Image, Ltd.

2. The Marble Index - Nico

3. From Her To Eternity - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

4. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

5. Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten

6. The Idiot - Iggy Pop

7. Suicide - Suicide

8. Best Of Fad Gadget - Fad Gadget

9. The Singles Collect - Skinny Puppy

10. Duck Stab - The Residents

11. Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance

12. Peter Gabriel (Melt) - Peter Gabriel

13. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

14. Greener Postures - Snakefinger

15. We Buy a Hammer for Daddy - Lemon Kittens

16. Faust So Far - Faust

17. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits

18. The Wall - Pink Floyd

19. Imperial Wax Solvent - The Fall

20. Mask - Bauhaus

21. Tago Mago - Can

EDIT: I'd also add 154 - Wire based on reccomendation, and Kid A -Radiohead because I just listened to it and feels it falls in this category. I'm still trying to locate the other reccomendations, so thanks for responding. ^_^

EDIT AGAIN: I'm adding Feast - The Creatures and Rid of Me - PJ Harvey to this.

EDIT: Also, Horse Rotovator - Coil; another EDIT; Atomizer - Big Black

Well, we pulled it off in good order.

Thanks to everyone who took part. :)

100 MORE GREAT POST-PUNK ALBUMS!
Compiled at MAC.



10,000 Maniacs - The Wishing Chair (1985)
Adam & The Ants - Dirk Wears White Sox (1979)
Anne Clark - Joined Up Writing (1984)
A Certain Ratio - The Graveyard and the Ballroom (1980)
Artery - Input (1981)
Aztec Camera - High land, hard Rain (1983)
Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside (1983)
bIG fLAME - Rgigour (1983-1986)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
Bongos - Drums Along the Hudson (1982)
The Chameleons - Strange Times (1986)
chris and cosey - Techno Primitiv (1985)
Chris Spedding - Hurt (1977)
Clan of Xymox - Medusa (1986)
The Church - Starfish (1988)
Cleaners From Venus - On Any Normal Monday (1982)
Cocteau Twins - Garlands (1982)
Colin Newman - A-Z (1980)
Coma - Same (1979)
The Comsat Angels - Waiting for a Miracle (1980)
Cowboys International - Original Sin (1979)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1979)
The Cure - Pornography (1982)
Department S - Is Vic There (recorded in 1982-1983)
Devo - Freedom of Choice (1980)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
The Durutti Column- LC (1981)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Eddie & The Hotrods - Life on the Line (1980?)
Eyeless in Gaza - Photographs as Memories (1982)
Fad Gadget - Under the Flag (1982)
The Fall - Grotesque (After the Gramme) (1980)
Fleshtones - Roman Gods (1981) or Hexbreaker (1983)
Fun Boy 3 - Waiting (1983)
Girls at Our Best! - Pleasure (1981)
Glaxo Babies - Nine Months to the Disco (1980)
The Glove - Blue Sunshine (1983)
Gun Club - Fire of Love (1981)
The Haters - A Song For Nihilism Now (1980)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - New Boots & Panties!! (1977)
Instant Music - Instant Music (1980)
John Foxx - The Garden (1981)
Joy Division - Closer (1980)
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth (1984)
Killing Joke- Killing Joke (1980)
The Legendary Pink Dots - Chemical Playschool (1981)
Lemon Kittens - We Buy A Hammer For Daddy (1980)
Lene Lovich - Flex (1980)
Lowlife - Rain (1985)
Ludus - The Visit/The Seduction (1980)
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap (1980)
Malaria! - Emotion (1982)
The March Violets - The Botanic Verses (1982)
Matt Johnson - Burning Blue Soul (1981)
The Members - At Chelsea Nightclub (1979)
Ministry - With Sympathy (1983)
The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Modern English - Mesh and Lace (1981)
The Names - Spectators of Life (1980)
The Neon Judgement - Mafu Cage (And Extras) (1984)
New Model Army - No Rest For The Wicked (1985)
New Order - Brotherhood (1986)
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust (1979)
The Normal - T.V.O.D./Warm Leatherette (1978)
The Organ - Grab That Gun (2004)
Pink Turns Blue - Meta (1988)
Polyrock - Polyrock (1980)
The Pop Group - Y (1979)
Public Image Ltd. - Compact Disc (1986)
The Royal Family & The Poor - Temple Of The 13th Tribe (1984)
The Scars - Author! Author! (1981)
Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember (1982)
Simple Minds - Sons & Fascination (1981)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju (1981)
The Sound - From the Lion's Mouth (1981)
Specials - The Specials (1979)
Stranglers - No More Heroes (1978)
Subway Sect - Trouble (1986)
Swans - Holy Money (1986)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)
The Teardrop Explodes - Wilder (1981)
Television Personalities - And Don't The Kids Just Love It (1980)
Tenpole Tudor - Eddie, Old Bob, Dick And Gary (1981)
The The - The Pornography of Despair (1982)
Theatre of Hate - Westworld (1982)
This Heat - Deceit (1981)
Tom Robinson Band - Sector 27 (1980)
Tom Verlaine - Tom Verlaine (1979)
Tones on Tail - Tones on Tail (1984)
Tubeway Army - Replicas (1979)
Various - A Tribute To Flexipop, Vol. 11
Various - The New Wave Complex, Vol. 4
Willie Alexander - W.A. & the Boom Boom Band (1978)
Wire - 154 (1979)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
XTC - Black Sea (1980)

Thanks to everyone at the Post-Punk Desk.

"Post-Punk" is a bullshit label. "Post-Punk" was a term coined by the music press to describe bands that "employed the punk ethic" but actively disassociated themselves from the "punk" scene and aesthetic.

Bands that have been referred to as "post-punk" include British ska outfits such as Madness and The Selecter, avante-garde acts like Virgin Prunes and Lemon Kittens, "goth" stuff like Bauhaus and The Cure and anything that was genuinely hard to categorise, like The Fall.

"Post-punk" doesn't mean anything more than "this is something that came after the '77 Punk Explosion". That's all it means.


Even "goth" can be genuinely described as bullshit these days because bands such as The Doors, who have employed many of the same musical techniques and effects as many early-1980s "Goth" bands are routinely denied, usually by self-proclaimed "Goths" (and, of course, those too old or "not with it" to mave taken notice of the Goth scene), any connections to the "Goth" scene other than being an influence on many early "Goth" bands. This is despite the fact that, if you edited out Jim Morrison's distince vocals from The Soft Parade album, it could very easily pass for Mission UK or Babylonian Tiles demos.

For all intents and purposes, The Doors played a wealth of prototypical Goth music, but all that really makes a band's music "Goth" these days is whether or not "Goths" are in the band or whether or not Goths call it Goth.