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Essential post-punk albums

From 1979's ground zero to the 2010s revival: 15 albums that define post-punk's angular, art-damaged lineage.

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  1. 1Unknown Pleasures coverUnknown PleasuresJoy Division · 19791979 · the genre's center of gravity
  2. 2Metal Box coverMetal BoxPublic Image Ltd. · 19791979 · dub bass, metallic guitar, no rules
  3. 3Entertainment! coverEntertainment!Gang of Four · 19791979 · funk as critique
  4. 4In the Flat Field coverIn the Flat FieldBauhaus · 19801980 · goth begins
  5. 5Juju coverJujuSiouxsie and the Banshees · 19811981 · dark psychedelia in full bloom
  6. 6Pornography coverPornographyThe Cure · 19821982 · despair as a wall of sound
  7. 7Vs. coverVs.Mission of Burma · 19821982 · American post-punk's loudest art
  8. 8Junkyard coverJunkyardThe Birthday Party · 19821982 · Nick Cave's feral first act
  9. 9Ocean Rain coverOcean RainEcho & The Bunnymen · 19841984 · orchestral post-punk grandeur
  10. 10This Nation's Saving Grace coverThis Nation's Saving GraceThe Fall · 19851985 · the Fall's sharpest hour
  11. 11Remain in Light coverRemain in LightTalking Heads · 19801980 · post-punk's rhythmic outer edge
  12. 12Turn On the Bright Lights coverTurn On the Bright LightsInterpol · 20022002 · the revival's defining record
  13. 13Relatives in Descent coverRelatives in DescentProtoMartyr · 20172017 · the form, renewed and furious
  14. 14Joy as an Act of Resistance. coverJoy as an Act of Resistance.IDLES · 20182018 · post-punk as group therapy
  15. 15Dogrel coverDogrelFontaines D.C. · 20192019 · Dublin's poetic new wave