Apr 25, 2011

The Best Singles of 1981

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  1. Sex beat / Ghost on the highway - THE GUN CLUB
  2. Spellbound - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
  3. Once in a lifetime - TALKING HEADS
  4. That's entertainment - THE JAM
  5. Ghost town - THE SPECIALS
  6. Radio free Europe - R.E.M.
  7. Goo Goo muck - THE CRAMPS
  8. Romeo - WIPERS
  9. Lie dream of a casino soul - THE FALL
  10. What we all want - GANG OF FOUR
  11. Ceremony - NEW ORDER
  12. Reward - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
  13. Don't you want me - THE HUMAN LEAGUE
  14. The Jezebel spirit - BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE
  15. Flowers of romance - P.I.L.
  16. Primary - THE CURE
  17. Kick in the eye - BAUHAUS
  18. Follow the leaders - KILLING JOKE
  19. Too drunk to fuck - THE DEAD KENNEDYS
  20. Release the bats - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
  21. Demystification - ZOUNDS
  22. You're no good - ESG
  23. Things that go boom in the night - BUSH TETRAS
  24. Pretty in pink - THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
  25. Love song - SIMPLE MINDS
  26. Tainted love - SOFT CELL
  27. Rapture - BLONDIE
  28. We want the airwaves - RAMONES
  29. The magnificent seven - THE CLASH
  30. Inconvenience - THE AU PAIRS
  31. The art of parties - JAPAN
  32. The gospel comes to New Guinea - 23 SKIDOO
  33. Computer love / The Model - KRAFTWERK
  34. Der Mussolini - DAF
  35. (We don't need this) Fascist groove thang - HEAVEN 17
  36. O Superman - LAURIE ANDERSON
  37. Papa's got a brand new Pigbag - PIGBAG
  38. It must be love - MADNESS
  39. One in ten - UB40
  40. From a whisper to a scream - ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS
  41. Only the stones remain - THE SOFT BOYS
  42. The river - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
  43. Gloria - U2
  44. Respectable street - XTC
  45. A promise - ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
  46. Your turn, my turn - THE GO-BETWEENS
  47. Calcutta - THE NAMES
  48. The fish needs a bike - BLURT
  49. Sex bomb - FLIPPER
  50. Six pack - BLACK FLAG


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