The other day I was enjoying listening to their Post Punk Chronicles CD collection. I hadn't played those CDs in many years although most of the songs on them I have scattered around on various mixes. The series of three volumes was released in 1999. I picked them up one after another right after they came out. I knew most of the songs on the albums but each volume had a few things for me to discover.
Going Underground contained a lot of songs with distortion and pop melody with some Teardrop Explodes, The Smiths, The Lyres, Iggy Pop, Billy Bragg, Gang of Four, The Soft Boys, Rain Parade, Swell Maps, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth, The Three O'Clock, The Go-Betweens, Green On Red, Throbbing Gristle, The Jam and Pere Ubu.
Scared to Dance felt a lot like early 80's underground college rock and included song by Heaven 17, Ultravox, Simple Minds, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Stranglers, Iggy Pop, The Cult, Skids, Killing Joke, Medium Medium, The Pop Group, Magazine, Tuxedomoon, Japan, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark and Pigbag.
Left of the Dial was probably a good introduction to the era of music for someone who was experiencing it for the first time and included music from R.E.M., Joy Division, Wire, Modern English, Comstat Angels, Thomas Dolby, Mission of Burma, New Order, The Chills, The Church, The Raincoats, The Dream Syndicate, The Passions, The Chameleons, Bill Nelson and The Cocteau Twins.
The series:
- Various Artists - Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground, 1999
- Various Artists - Postpunk Chronicles: Scared to Dance, 1999
- Various Artists - Postpunk Chronicles: Left of the Dial, 1999
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