The Ultimate New Wave Experience (vol. 2)

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Many people associate music with culture, movements or cliques, decade, or even places. The reason they usually tend to confine music genres within certain periods. I assert to differ. While I acknowledge the validity of such standards, I want to be able to classify music based on the characteristics of the sounds alone—the musicality. After all, stripped of all these nonmusical associations, music is but a combination of sounds that result in something subjectively beautiful and moving.

To further assert my point of view that New Wave music, or any genre for that matter, should not be limited to certain eras or decades, I decided to make a series of compilation of songs that I regard as classifiable as New Wave based on the sonic characteristics alone—without regard for the appearance of the artists, movement they belong to, years or decades the songs were released, nor the country where they originated. The primary basis is just the sonic characteristics of the songs themselves.

So, now, here’s volume TWO of a compilation of songs that will sonically illustrate that New Wave music is being produced constantly since the decade it has been established as a genre.

All a music enthusiast needs is a keen sense for details and the initiative to look way beyond commercial media.

Ultimate New Wave Experience

(Through the Decades)

Volume 2

Sample the songs; HERE they are.

01 Roxy Music – "Virginia Plain" (1972)

02 Kraftwerk – "Airwaves" (1975)

03 Blondie – "Heart of Glass" (1978)

04 Depeche Mode – "Two Minute Warning" (1983)

05 Gazebo – "Telephone Mama" (1984)

06 Naked Eyes – "What (In the Name of Love)" (1984)

07 Book of Love – "Boy" (1986)

08 I Start Counting – "Letters to a Friend" (1986)

09 The Essence – "Mirage" (1987)

10 Inspiral Carpets – "This Is How It Feels" (1990)

11 Blur – “Boys & Girls” (1994)

12 Monaco – "Shine" (1997)

13 Pet Shop Boys – "Home and Dry" (2002)

14 The Postal Service – "Such Great Heights" (2003) 

15 The Killers – "Human" (2008)

16 Men Without Hats – "Head above Water" (2012)

17 Tegan and Sara – "Closer" (2013)

18 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Night Café” (2013)