Pick a genre and represent it with 10 worthy albums

Strange definition of "genre" (though you certainly aren't alone in this thread ), but agreed about some brilliant music there.

 

The Carlton Scene

Skyhooks ~Living in the 70s
Bleeding Hearts ~ What Happened
Mark Gillespie ~ Only Human
The Sports ~ Reckless
Spare Change ~ Lonely Suits
Stiletto ~ Licence to Rage
Mondo Rock ~ Primal Park
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band ~ Smoke Dreams
Peter Lillie ~ Guitar Method
Paul Kelly & the Dots ~ Talk

 

Nederland Rock:

Earth and Fire- Atlantis
George Baker Selection- Little Green Bag
Kayak- See See The Sun
Golden Earring- Cut
Shocking Blue- Scorpio's Dance
Diesel- Watts In The Tank
George Baker Selection- Hot Baker
Focus- Moving Waves
Thijs Van Leer- Introspection
Golden Earring- Golden Earring LP

 

It was pretty simple back then:
safety pin = punk
skinny tie = new wave

 

what????

 

I had to read it about five times, too. it's a list of records from the late 70s and early 80s, some of which feature photographs taken of CRT screens on the sleeve.

not really a genre, but those are great albums. this thread in general is shaping up to be more like a top-ten lists thread than what I think the OP intended.

 

New Wave

Talking Heads – 77
Blondie – Parallel Lines
The Cars
Boomtown Rats – Tonic for the Troops
Elvis Costello – This Years Model
Devo - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!
Teenage Head – Frantic City
The Patty Smith Group – Easter
The B-52's
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour

 

90s and 00s jambands

Ominous Seapods - Matinee Idols
Perpetual Groove - Sweet Oblivious Antidote
Blues Traveler - Save His Soul
Percy Hill - Color In Bloom
Moses Guest - Moses Guest
Jiggle The Handle - In It Again
Ekoostik Hookah - Under Full Sail
Phish - Billy Breathes
Disco Biscuits - Otherwise Law Abiding Citizens (bit of an odd one out I guess)
Moe - No Doy

Honorable mentions:
Strangefolk - Weightless in Water
Jupiter Coyote - Here Be Dragons
Widespread Panic - Everyday
New Monsoon - V

 

Punk 1
The Clash
Ramones
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
The Ruts – The Crack
The Dead Boys - We Have Come for Your Children
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
Heartbreakers - LAMF
The Jam - This Is the Modern World

X - LA
The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle

 

Seems odd to group Patti Smith in new wave. That record always sounded like great rock and roll to me. Not saying you're wrong, just seems odd.

 

EAI (Electroacoustic Improvisation):

Annette Krebs & Taku Unami - Motubachii
Kaffe Matthews, Andrea Neumann & Sachiko M- In Case of Fire Take the Stairs
Keith Rowe, Thomas Lehn & Marcus Schmickler- Rabbit Run
Toshimaru Nakamura & English - One Day
Los Glissandinos- Stand Clear
Delicate Sen- Four Years Later (Since. Why Not)
Nmperign / Jason Lescalleet - Love Me Two Times
Jérôme Noetinger & Erik M - What a Wonderful World
Otomo Yoshihide, Park Je Chun & Mi Yeon- Loose Community
Voice Crack- Earflash

 

Gothic Rock
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
The Sisters Of Mercy - Some Girls Wander By Mistake
Fields Of The Nephilim - Dawnrazor
Christian Death - Only Theatre Of Pain
The Cure - Disintegration
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
UK Decay - For Madmen Only
The March Violets - Natural History
Swans - White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity
The Southern Death Cult - The Southern Death Cult

 

Well done.

Musica Elettronica Viva might be my only addition.

 

90's California punk the may or may not lean toward pop:

Descendents - Everything Sucks
The Offspring - Smash
Green Day - Dookie
Bad Religion- Stranger than Fiction
Pennywise - Full Circle
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves
NOFX - Punk in Drublic
Lagwagon – Trashed
No Use for a Name - ¡Leche con Carne

 

CBGB Bands

The Ramones
Talking Heads '77
The Cramps/Songs The Lord Taught Us
Television/Marquee Moon
Patti Smith/Horses
Richard Hell and the Voidoids/Blank Generation
Blondie/Parallel Lines
Dead Boys/We Have Come For Your Children
The Misfits/Walk Among Us

and visitors, The B-52's s/t

 

Yes, but The Knack didn't even have keyboards in any of their songs.

 

3 Lots of Singer-Songwriters (various sub-genres) Part 1 (A-M)

Al Stewart - Past Present and Future
Art Garfunkel - Everything Waits To Be Noticed
Badly Drawn Boy - About a Boy
Bill Fay - Time of The Last Persecution
Bob Lind - Don't Be Concerned
Bob Martin - Midwest Farming Disaster
Bridget St John - Jumblequeen
Bruce Cockburn - Sunwheel Dance
Colin Blunstone - One Year
Dala - Everyone is Someone

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Tanglewood Tree
Dave Loggins - Personal Belongings
David Wiffen - Coast To Coast Fever
Dirk Hamilton - Meet Me at The Crux
Dougie MacLean - Whitewash
Eastmountainsouth - Eastmountainsouth
Fishbaugh, Fishbaugh & Zorn - Self Titled
Gordon Lightfoot - The Way I Feel
Hank Dogs - Bareback
Hem - Eveningland

Ian Matthews - If You Saw Thro My Eyes
Iris Dement - Infamous Angel
Jane Siberry - Bound By The Beauty
Jesse Winchester - Jesse Winchester
Jim Post - Colorado Exile
Kate Wolf - Lines on The Paper
Lori Carson - Shelter
Mary McCaslin - Way Out West
Michael Nesmith - The Prison
Murray McLauchlan - Murray McLauchlan

 

Stoner Rock
1. Spine Of God - Monster Magnet
2. welcome to Sky Valley - Kyuss
3. Come My Fanatics - Electric Wizard
4. The Action Is Go - Fu Manchu
5. Blast Tyrant - Clutch
6. Hingsen Blues - Graveyard -
7.Flower Of Disease - Goatsnake
8. Houses Of The Unholy - Church Of Misery
9. s/t - Atomic Bitchwax
10. Holy Mountain - Sleep

 

But, what genre are they? Did you read the thread title?

 

I respect your opinion, but Prince's album does not belong in this group by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Powermetal:

Hellween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys pt1
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys pt2
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands
HammerFall - Glory To The Brave
Stratovarius - Visions
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Sabaton - Primo Victoria
Edguy - Mandrake

 

Neue Deutsche Welle (German new wave/post-punk)

Einstürzende Neubauten: '1/2 Mensch'
Fehlfarben: 'Monarchie und Alltag'
DAF: 'Alles ist Gut'
Palais Schaumburg: 'Parlez-Vous Schaumburg'
Malaria!: 'Emotion'
Ideal: 'Der Ernst des Lebens'
Peter Schilling: 'Fehler Im System'
Rheingold: s/t
Neon Babies: 'Harmlos'
Kraftwerk: 'Die Mensch-Machine'*

*= I know, the great and influential Kraftwerk has its own genre, still I perceive this album very new wave orientated with songs as 'Das Model'/'The Model'

 

Yes I did. Have you read the thread?

 

Hauntology

Mount Vernon Arts Lab ‎– The Seance At Hobs Lane
Belbury Poly ‎– From An Ancient Star
Belbury Poly ‎– The Belbury Tales
Advisory Circle, The ‎– As The Crow Flies
Advisory Circle, The ‎– Mind How You Go
Pye Corner Audio ‎– Black Mill Tapes Volumes 1 - 4
Pye Corner Audio ‎– Sleep Games
Broadcast & Focus Group, The ‎– Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age
Caretaker, The ‎– An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
English Heretic ‎– Anti-Heroes

 

Re: The Knack... I was big into the punk and new wave scene at the end of the 70's and beginning of the 80's. We always considered 'punk' to be more of the edgier, usually UK-based hard/fast groups, exception being bands like the Ramones. The Knack was considered 'New Wave' at the time. 'New Wave' later became associated with goofy haircut, synth-based euro-bands once MTV moved in and took over, so I've always lumped bands like The Knack, The Records, Tommy Tutone, so on as "Skinny Tie" bands. Usually these power pop, or new wave, or whatever you want to call them bands wore skinny ties, stripey shirts, often high top sneakers and straight leg jeans. That was the 'look' and the sound...Beatle-esque, 3 and 4 chord poppish, hookish tunes with a lot of energy.