Paste: The 50 Best Post‐Punk Albums (by Josh Jackson 2016‐07‐13)

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#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1977	Marquee Moon	Television	Album	4.3	22
2	1986	The Queen Is Dead	The Smiths	Album	4.2	32
3	1978	Chairs Missing	Wire	Album	3.8	11
4	1980	Remain in Light	Talking Heads	Album	4.3	30
5	1979	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division	Album	4.3	29
5	1979	Entertainment!	Gang of Four	Album	4.5	17
7	1983	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	Album	4.15	22
8	1983	Power, Corruption & Lies	New Order	Album	4.4	25
9	1982	Pornography	The Cure	Album	4.4	22
10	1978	More Songs About Buildings and Food	Talking Heads	Album	4	21
11	1979	Cut	The Slits	Album	4	12
12	1983	Murmur	R.E.M.	Album	4.05	24
13	1980	Closer	Joy Division	Album	4.25	26
14	1979	Metal Box	Public Image Ltd.	Album	4	14
15	1984	From Her to Eternity	Nick Cave featuring the Bad Seeds	Album	3.6	14
16	1981	Juju	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Album	4.45	10
17	1983	Synchronicity	The Police	Album	3.9	53
18	1985	New Day Rising	Hüsker Dü	Album	4	5
19	1980	Boy	U2	Album	4.25	45
20	1984	Ocean Rain	Echo & the Bunnymen	Album	3.8	13
21	1985	Psychocandy	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Album	3.75	18
22	1978	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!	DEVO	Album	4.15	11
23	1984	The Smiths	The Smiths	Album	4.45	20
24	1978	Real Life	Magazine	Album	3.5	8
25	1986	Skylarking	XTC	Album	3.5	33
26	1979	The B‐52’s	The B‐52s	Album	4.5	20
27	1981	Stands for deciBels	The dB’s	Album		6
28	1982	Hex Enduction Hour	The Fall	Album	3.65	10
29	1988	Spirit of Eden	Talk Talk	Album	3.85	16
30	1979	Y	The Pop Group	Album	3.5	8
31	1980	Crazy Rhythms	The Feelies	Album	4.5	13
32	1984	Double Nickels on the Dime	Minutemen	Album	4.6	5
33	1987	Tallulah	The Go‐Betweens	Album	4	11
34	1980	Gyrate	Pylon	Album		7
35	1981	Tin Drum	Japan	Album	4.35	19
36	1978	Dub Housing	Pere Ubu	Album	3.65	10
37	1981	Prayers on Fire	The Birthday Party	Album	4.2	13
38	1980	Colossal Youth	Young Marble Giants	Album	4	9
39	1987	Sister	Sonic Youth	Album	3.75	15
40	1984	Treasure	Cocteau Twins	Album	3.8	11
41	1979	The Raincoats	The Raincoats	Album	4	9
42	1980	... In "Jane From Occupied Europe"	Swell Maps	Album	5	7
43	1986	The Big Shot Chronicles	Game Theory	Album	5	4
44	1982	Vs.	Mission of Burma	Album	3	7
45	1980	Underwater Moonlight	The Soft Boys	Album	3	8
46	1978	Germfree Adolescents	X‐Ray Spex	Album	3.65	13
47	1980	Grotesque (After the Gramme)	The Fall	Album	3	8
48	1981	What’s THIS For…!	Killing Joke	Album	3.65	7
49	1983	Lazy Ways	Marine Girls	Album		2
50	1982	Rip It Up	Orange Juice	Album	2.5	6

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