Pulse Rankdown: 1983 Year-End Modern Rock Chart (complete)

[singingrulebritannia]

The next two songs were both in Tom's 80s Underground rankdown. This song is notable for being the first American single recorded entirely on a computer.
EXTRA

AEIOU Sometimes Y
EBN OZN

Estimated chart points: 140

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[singingrulebritannia]

a top 5 hit in Australia, top 25 in the UK and Germany, and #74 on the Hot 100
EXTRA

Shiny Shiny
Haysi Fantayzee

Estimated chart points: 143

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[singingrulebritannia]

Despite the title, this is not yet another version of the classic Austrian tango
EXTRA

Just A Gigolo
Barbie & The Kens

Estimated chart points: 166

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[singingrulebritannia]

Year-end Chart Closeness:

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Juanca 21.06666667
DadJokes 22.73333333
alexcuse 24.09333333
Doc Indie Party Rock 24.37333333
Mirago 26.4
Butterflies & Hurricanes 27.48
chanman 27.49333333
campbellssoup 27.96
singingrulebritannia 29
American Idiot 29.12
rowellfarm490 29.54666667
aerodynamite 29.77333333
Daryl the Beryl 29.96
tanooki 30.05333333
craziaskowboi 30.38666667
Sambalada 30.44
wheatsquares33 30.46666667
jamesflame 31.17333333
gonecountry 31.4
willapted33 31.70666667
Football 31.93333333
@trilogy 32.57333333
razorshark 33.24
Geometrical 33.30666667
peacebone 33.4
lyhom 33.44

Rankdown Closeness:

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rowellfarm490 12.34666667
singingrulebritannia 14.44
Daryl the Beryl 15.50666667
Football 15.77333333
American Idiot 17.01333333
Geometrical 17.06666667
lyhom 17.28
aerodynamite 17.29333333
@trilogy 17.8
Juanca 17.86666667
Sambalada 17.96
jamesflame 18.53333333
wheatsquares33 18.57333333
willapted33 18.72
peacebone 19.32
Mirago 19.81333333
DadJokes 19.93333333
Butterflies & Hurricanes 21.21333333
tanooki 22.05333333
craziaskowboi 22.62666667
alexcuse 22.73333333
gonecountry 23.37333333
campbellssoup 23.72
razorshark 24.28
Doc Indie Party Rock 25.86666667
chanman 26.64

Highest Loss:

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singingrulebritannia 12
rowellfarm490 11
willapted33 9
Geometrical 8
Daryl the Beryl 8
@trilogy 7
Sambalada 7
Juanca 5
peacebone 5
Butterflies & Hurricanes 4
aerodynamite 4
lyhom 4
campbellssoup 4
gonecountry 3
Football 3
Mirago 3
jamesflame 2
American Idiot 2
razorshark 1
DadJokes 1
Doc Indie Party Rock 1
wheatsquares33 1
alexcuse 1
chanman 1
craziaskowboi 1
tanooki 1

Lowest Remaining Ranking:

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Daryl the Beryl 50
rowellfarm490 57
Geometrical 63
American Idiot 64
Football 65
Mirago 66
lyhom 68
singingrulebritannia 70
Butterflies & Hurricanes 71
gonecountry 71
peacebone 71
jamesflame 79
DadJokes 79
@trilogy 79
campbellssoup 81
aerodynamite 82
alexcuse 82
Juanca 88
razorshark 90
willapted33 91
tanooki 93
wheatsquares33 95
Sambalada 95
craziaskowboi 96
Doc Indie Party Rock 97
chanman 99

Top 10s Remaining:

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singingrulebritannia 10
rowellfarm490 10
willapted33 9
Daryl the Beryl 9
Football 8
American Idiot 8
aerodynamite 8
@trilogy 8
Geometrical 8
Sambalada 8
peacebone 8
wheatsquares33 7
lyhom 7
jamesflame 6
DadJokes 6
alexcuse 6
campbellssoup 6
Juanca 6
Mirago 6
Butterflies & Hurricanes 5
gonecountry 5
tanooki 5
razorshark 4
Doc Indie Party Rock 3
craziaskowboi 3
chanman 2

Bottom 10s Remaining:

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Everyone else: 0
willapted33 1
wheatsquares33 1
Sambalada 1
craziaskowboi 1
tanooki 1
Doc Indie Party Rock 3
chanman 3

Top 50s Remaining:

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Daryl the Beryl 25
singingrulebritannia 24
DadJokes 24
rowellfarm490 23
willapted33 23
lyhom 23
Butterflies & Hurricanes 22
jamesflame 22
Football 22
@trilogy 22
Geometrical 22
Sambalada 22
Mirago 22
gonecountry 21
aerodynamite 21
campbellssoup 21
American Idiot 20
alexcuse 20
Juanca 20
peacebone 20
wheatsquares33 19
razorshark 18
craziaskowboi 18
tanooki 17
chanman 15
Doc Indie Party Rock 14

Perfect Rankings:

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rowellfarm490 4
willapted33 4
Geometrical 4
DadJokes 3
wheatsquares33 3
Sambalada 3
peacebone 3
singingrulebritannia 2
Butterflies & Hurricanes 2
gonecountry 2
Football 2
lyhom 2
chanman 2
tanooki 2
jamesflame 1
American Idiot 1
aerodynamite 1
@trilogy 1
alexcuse 1
Mirago 1
razorshark 0
Doc Indie Party Rock 0
Daryl the Beryl 0
campbellssoup 0
Juanca 0
craziaskowboi 0

[Verisimilitude]

Mar 23, 2021 21:55:00 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

Not the Weezer drummer. And I'm sure he's glad to not be responsible for this garbage
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Bop Girl
Pat Wilson

Estimated chart points: 139

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

Lest we not forget the video includes a pre-fame Nicole Kidman in there!

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

How cruel is this RD. We are really cleaning house on the songs that opened the modern rock sound to the top 40 world, and made New Wave and Synthpop acts house hold names. These are the songs that did what Glam Rock did for Metal. I just can't wrap my head around this kind of slaughter. 


40. Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
I thought I would be able to put all the pop cruise overs in my top 40. Love this one haunting melody this song has. The music video with the candles reminds me of the Victorian era.

39. Get The Balance Right! - Depeche Mode
This one of those Depeche Mode songs I overlook, but when I hear the synth magic it reminds me how 80's Depeche was better than 90's. At least for me they were.

38. One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
Everyone got this right. Pop, Alt and it even shows up on mainstream where I believe sounds right at home. The melody the song provides is every aggressive, but fitting to his vocals. I love the way they played the guitars in this one. It barely made the top 40 here which makes no sense to me, but I'm positive we will see it higher on mainstream.

37. The One Thing - INXS
A Fire catching good song of theirs' , but also one I can usually sacrifice when it appears on these rds. I love how he struts around the table in that seductive manner which also reflects in his vocals. The vid is a lot like Adam Ant's "Strip"

36. Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) - Icicle Works
This one is a classic one hit wonder, and one I was glad to squeeze into my top 40. Love the percussion in this song.

35. Our House - Madness
Another Mad fun house of a song. Pity this was their only pop cruise over, but it was the most catchy of the bunch.

34. Modern Love - David Bowie
Hands down my favorite David Bowie song of all eternity. It's upbeat, melodic and has brass all over it. He never quite captured this level of fun. The closest was with "Blue Jean". Another of my favorites, but this one has that stellar buildup in the intro with the guitars and drums. Untouchable. You all could have done so much better with this fun bop. 

33. She's In Parties - Bauhaus
This was a strange ,dark, unmelodic song. Never heard it ever on KROQ nor any movie soundtrack in the 80's. I don't know where all you heard it that it left such a big impression on your ranking, but I felt nothing.

32. Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
This is actually one of my favorite Punk jams. Mainstream would have been a better pace for me to play with it. Those lyrics are off the chart. It's pretty much some guy yelling at his parents about soft drinks and shit, but it was damn entertaining.

31. Send Me An Angel - Real Life
I would easily put this song in my top 10 no matter what format we rank. It's one of the most powerful, theatrical and epic New Wave songs ever written. Easily soared into my top 5.

30. Reap The Wild Wind - Ultravox
It's nice to have some synthpop wonders actually make the top 30. Easily my favorite song from the band. In's interesting how two of the most epic New Wave songs of the decade end up side by side.

29. Every Breath You Take - The Police
First off WTF did you post and why? That was a terrible mockery of a lyrically beautiful song. Even after hearing on radio, MTV, Elevators and J.C. Penny Intercoms hundredths of times I still couldn't keep it out of my top 20. Now mainstream Rock  might tell another story.

28. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
Nice to know you couldn't tank this ultra cool classic even if you tried. Something about this song is SEXY. Even without the video it's just so smooth and inviting at every corner.

27. Change - Tears For Fears
Don't know how this ends up lowest when it's clearly the best of the three. The star of this song is the instruments that sound like clanking bottles or shingles. That sound actually provides the melody the song rides on. There was this top 40 related radio station in L.A. called KIQQ in the 80's. It was literally the best new acts and songs in the Los Angeles area. That's were I first heard of most of the synthpop and new Wave bands. This song was the most popular from that TFF album. It peaked at #9 and made the KIQQ top 100 of 1983. I'll post that list once we are just outside the top 10.

26. Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) - A Flock Of Seagulls
I could write a boook about this song and where it takes me when I listen to it. Another epic song that should have been in the top 10. It's a beautiful song written in a way that space beings would write a love song. Idk how he did it, But Mike Score captured a picture perfect atmosphere with this songs synth riff. You need to listen to the extended version with earphones in the dark to be transported the realm this song is meant to take you on. BTW congratulations you all just gave this song the rank where it originally peaked on the HOT 100 chart. #26. The worst part for me is that this song appears on mainstream RD so I'm relying on you all to do with it what I won't be able to.



I'm not really feeling this top 25. There are still some cool classics, but I only have three of those left in my top 10, but also three swimming around at the bottom of my tank. I don't like those odds. 

[razorshark]

Flock Of Seaguls - Space Age Love Song(Prague Philaharmonic Orchestra) 10/10: Amazing, beautiful. Thanks for showing this to me.

Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise 5/10: Kinda meh. Could be the youtube quality though.

Pat Wilson - Bop Girl 7/10: Not sure what a bop girl is but this song is silly in such an 80s way, gotta love this.

Peter Godwin - Images Of Heaven 8/10: This is another song that is very 80s but in a completely different way than Bop Girl. I like this a bit more for it's dark atmosphere but on a different day my scores could switch.

Ebn-Ozn - Aeiou Sometimes Y 6/10: I get why this was almost 7 minutes long, it's for the dance floors but that doesn't help me when I am hanging with headphones on. I'm not in the right environment for this.

Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny 7/10: I feel like calling this Shiny Shiny is just begging for a joke about ADHD, especially because this is all over the blace. Like B-52's but even more out of control.

Barbie And The Kens - Just A Gigolo 5/10: This kinda reminded me of the Adam Ant songs we listened to earlier on. Except I like the musicianship a lot more. Not much to say besides this just isn't for me.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Stellar group of extras here. Two of these would have shaken up my top 20.

Tantalise (Wo Wo Ee Yeh Yeh) - Jimmy The Hoover
This is not one of those. First time listen. Sounds a bit hoky with all that tropical vibe. The disturbing aspect is that parts of this song sounds like an Adam Ant or Bow Wow Wow jam, but at the same time reminds me of Meco's "Ewok celebration" also from 1983 which I charted. My defense? I was a little boy.



Bop Girl - Pat Wilson
I remember this one from MTV. Didn't blow me away. Reminds me of Dwight Twilly and other acts that didn't really have anywhere else to go but Pop. I'm pretty sure I would have tanked this based on hokiness alone.

Images Of Heaven - Peter Godwin
Here is one of those songs that takes me into Italo Disco realms. He had another song "Baby's in The Mountains" , but this is the one that sits in my 12 inch collection. The bassline is melancholy like was early Italo disco, but his vocals were perfect New Wave like Phillip Oakey. The rest of the song relies on a haunting synths you could find in Human League or Real Life songs. Definitely a top 30 contender for me.

AEIOU Sometimes Y - EBN OZN
I knew this classic must be featured. This one would have been in my top 10 for many reasons. A few of those are. It was a #1 song on my own charts. It's my favorite rap song ever. It tells a story that I absolutely love with him, and the school teacher Lola, and it's picture perfect New Wave. I actually finally learned the vowels by heart by singing along to this one. Did I put this one as my #1 song on Tom's 80's RD? I 'm pretty sure I could have.

Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee
Another song that takes me back to my grade school days. I loved this one. Let's be real here. The song sounds like it was written for 8-10 year olds around the globe, and if it's intention was to get us jumping around in the H.R Pufnstuf  mode then it got its job done. Same reason I loved "Come On Eileen". The two have very similar music soundworlds. In the end this is a song you either love or despise, and I was lucky to be one of the many that flipped for it. Could I fit it into my top 10? It is a 100% certified wonder funbop. Tuff call, but I do know that I always felt a certain something whenever Kate Garner would do her little strut in the Mv. I could do Top 15 for that alone.

Just A Gigolo - Barbie & The Kens
This act was a Bobby Orlando production. He was best known in the New York area for his Hi-Energy disco club classics. A different sound for him. , but still very catchy. The chorus is very aggressive and reminds me a lot of "Rock Lobster". I wonder if we will see another certain Bobby "O" production from the Flirts in these EXTRAS?

[willapted33]

Mar 23, 2021 21:52:41 GMT -5 Butterflies & Hurricanes said:

there are a few bloody painful songs that have overstayed

and perhaps some blisteringly charming songs as well

no :)

[singingrulebritannia]

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{Colonel Reb Is Cryin}singingrulebritannia Butterflies & Hurricanes gonecountry razorshark jamesflame Football American Idiot rowellfarm490 DadJokes Doc Indie Party Rock willapted33 aerodynamite wheatsquares33 lyhom @trilogy Geometrical alexcuse Sambalada Daryl the Beryl chanman campbellssoup Juanca Mirago peacebone craziaskowboi tanooki

--#25

#1 Loss Alert!

Top 5s: 2
Top 10s: 2
Top 25s: 9
Top 50s: 21
Bottom 25: 4
Bottom 10s: 1

1 bottom 10 cleared

High point: 13
Low point: 33

[singingrulebritannia]

That marimba
my condolences, Mirago

---

25

King Of Pain
The Police

Year-End Position: #11

1702 Points
Standard Deviation: 25.14

Mirago - 1
campbellssoup - 3
singingrulebritannia - 11
peacebone - 12
aerodynamite - 14
rowellfarm490 - 15
razorshark - 15
wheatsquares33 - 21
@trilogy - 24
DadJokes - 26
Doc Indie Party Rock - 27
American Idiot - 27
Sambalada - 29
Geometrical - 31
lyhom - 33
gonecountry - 34
Juanca - 34
chanman - 38
alexcuse - 43
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 45
Daryl the Beryl - 50
Football - 52
jamesflame - 79
tanooki - 80
craziaskowboi - 89
willapted33 - 91

Performance History:
#29 Alt 1983 (Every Breath You Take) | #40 Alt 1983 (Wrapped Around Your Finger)

Movements:
18 24 13 27 33 31 27 23 21 28 26 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 25 22 21 19 18 21 25

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{Remaining songs}
In A Big Country
99 Luftballoons
Burning Down The House
Major Tom
Synchronicity II
Rebel Yell
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
New Year's Day
Let's Dance
Mad World
Pale Shelter
Blue Monday
Love My Way
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Save A Prayer
I Melt With You
This Is The Day
Radio Free Europe
Don't Change
Age Of Consent
Blister In The Sun
The Metro
Your Silent Face
This Charming Man

[Football]

Ayy, "Sychronicity II" highest of the Police songs, you love to see it.

I've had a bit of a complicated history with this one, but there's no denying that it's a good song, complicated feelings or not.

[razorshark]

The Police songs left in the order I wanted them to.

Oh ya this

[singingrulebritannia]

--#24

Top 10s: 1
Top 25s: 12
Top 50s: 20
Bottom 25: 2
Bottom 10s: 2

2 bottom 10s cleared

High point: 19
Low point: 47

[Football]

Mar 24, 2021 19:06:57 GMT -5 razorshark said:

TEdit: I don't know how to embed videos here but that video is just the Mudvayne cover of King Of Pain

[video.]YT video url[/.video]

Without the periods, of course.

[singingrulebritannia]

Stevie Ray Vaughan on Alt, what are the odds
Dropping 13 from the Hot 100 RD

---

24

Let's Dance
David Bowie

Year-End Position: #21

1707 Points
Standard Deviation: 24.20

Daryl the Beryl - 7
DadJokes - 11
Mirago - 13
Geometrical - 13
Juanca - 13
craziaskowboi - 14
rowellfarm490 - 16
@trilogy - 17
chanman - 17
lyhom - 21
campbellssoup - 22
aerodynamite - 24
alexcuse - 29
singingrulebritannia - 31
willapted33 - 34
jamesflame - 37
American Idiot - 38
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 40
razorshark - 48
Doc Indie Party Rock - 48
Sambalada - 51
gonecountry - 61
peacebone - 62
Football - 64
tanooki - 93
wheatsquares33 - 95

Performance History:
#6 AAA 2016 (Lazarus) | #29 Alt 1998 (I'm Afraid of Americans) | #34 Alt 1983 (Modern Love) | #34 Active 1985 (This Is Not America [w/ Pat Metheny Group]) | #39 Alt 1995 (The Hearts Filthy Lesson) | #58 Active 1984 (Blue Jean) | #62 Alt 1993 (Jump They Say) | #65 Alt 1984 (Blue Jean) | #66 Alt 1983 (China Girl) | #66 Active 1987 (Time Will Crawl) | #77 Alt 1987 (Never Let Me Down) | #84 Alt 1990 (Pretty Pink Rose w/ Adrian Belew) | #87 Active 1987 (Day-In Day-Out) | #88 Alt 1987 (Day-In Day-Out) | #100 Active 1985 (Dancing in the Street [w/ Mick Jagger])

Movements:
30 46 43 45 47 45 38 31 30 30 28 36 34 31 30 28 29 26 24 24 20 20 23 19 24

Spectators:
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{Remaining songs}
In A Big Country
99 Luftballoons
Burning Down The House
Major Tom
Synchronicity II
Rebel Yell
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
New Year's Day
Mad World
Pale Shelter
Blue Monday
Love My Way
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Save A Prayer
I Melt With You
This Is The Day
Radio Free Europe
Don't Change
Age Of Consent
Blister In The Sun
The Metro
Your Silent Face
This Charming Man

[Football]

Obviously iconic, but I just couldn't rank it any higher.

Thanks for shielding me, Tanooki and wheat.

[razorshark]

Stevie makes this song for me, and I usually don't care for Stevie very much.

[singingrulebritannia]

--#23

Top 5s: 1
Top 10s: 4
Top 25s: 9
Top 50s: 21
Bottom 25: 1

16th Lowest SD

High point: 15
Low point: 41

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

interesting that Peter Schilling, borrowing from the theme of a Bowie song, has outlasted all 3 Bowie songs in this rankdown

[singingrulebritannia]

so much better than "Take My Breath Away" it's not even funny

---

23

The Metro
Berlin

Year-End Position: #84

1731 Points
Standard Deviation: 18.54 (16TH LOWEST)

American Idiot - 5
wheatsquares33 - 6
aerodynamite - 8
Doc Indie Party Rock - 9
campbellssoup - 17
alexcuse - 20
gonecountry - 22
Geometrical - 25
razorshark - 25
craziaskowboi - 31
lyhom - 31
Football - 31
Mirago - 32
peacebone - 34
Juanca - 35
Daryl the Beryl - 37
singingrulebritannia - 39
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 41
willapted33 - 43
jamesflame - 46
tanooki - 46
rowellfarm490 - 55
Sambalada - 58
@trilogy - 59
chanman - 61
DadJokes - 79

Performance History:
Debut

Movements:
41 29 20 23 23 15 23 30 27 25 21 17 17 20 20 17 22 23 23 23 22 23 24 22 23

Spectators:
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{Remaining songs}
In A Big Country
99 Luftballoons
Burning Down The House
Major Tom
Synchronicity II
Rebel Yell
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
New Year's Day
Mad World
Pale Shelter
Blue Monday
Love My Way
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Save A Prayer
I Melt With You
This Is The Day
Radio Free Europe
Don't Change
Age Of Consent
Blister In The Sun
Your Silent Face
This Charming Man

[aerodynamite]

Speaking of covers:

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

when i was a teen, i always thought she was singing "swimming through a pile of cheese"

[Football]

Proud of you guys for getting this to the top 25, especially considering I had zero expectations going in.

I hope we get to see Berlin again next year. Fingers crossed.

[razorshark]

This was a top 5 discovery for me in this rankdown. Absolute banger.

[singingrulebritannia]

--#22

Top 5s: 1
Top 10s: 4
Top 25s: 12
Top 50s: 21
Bottom 25: 4
Bottom 10s: 1

12th Highest SD

High point: 11
Low point: 39

[singingrulebritannia]

Why does this song give me "THX logo" vibes

---

22

Your Silent Face
New Order

Year-End Position: #95

1733 Points
Standard Deviation: 27.74 (12TH HIGHEST)

alexcuse - 3
Football - 6
peacebone - 8
aerodynamite - 9
Geometrical - 12
@trilogy - 13
willapted33 - 16
tanooki - 17
singingrulebritannia - 18
campbellssoup - 19
Mirago - 19
rowellfarm490 - 23
gonecountry - 26
Sambalada - 27
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 28
Daryl the Beryl - 33
craziaskowboi - 34
lyhom - 34
DadJokes - 39
wheatsquares33 - 43
jamesflame - 47
American Idiot - 57


razorshark - 86
Juanca - 88
Doc Indie Party Rock - 89
chanman - 99

Performance History:
#1 Alt 1986 (Bizarre Love Triangle) | #1 Alt 1987 (True Faith) | #1 Alt 1993 (Regret) | #5 Alt 1985 (The Perfect Kiss) | #7 Alt 1989 (Round & Round) | #19 Alt 1984 (Love Vigilantes) | #24 Alt 1986 (Shell-Shock) | #32 Alt 1989 (Fine Time) | #33 Alt 1993 (World [The Price of Love]) | #60 Alt 1983 (Confusion) | #68 Alt 1990 (World in Motion)

Movements:
15 11 31 39 27 32 30 28 36 31 27 27 28 26 25 18 18 19 26 25 28 27 25 23 22

Spectators:
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{Remaining songs}
In A Big Country
99 Luftballoons
Burning Down The House
Major Tom
Synchronicity II
Rebel Yell
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
New Year's Day
Mad World
Pale Shelter
Blue Monday
Love My Way
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Save A Prayer
I Melt With You
This Is The Day
Radio Free Europe
Don't Change
Age Of Consent
Blister In The Sun
This Charming Man

[razorshark]

This is just a casualty of damn good list syndrome for me.

[campbellssoup]

Your Silent Face was one of my favorite first listens. Hopefully Age of Consent can outlast Blue Monday.

[singingrulebritannia]

--#21

Top 5s: 2
Top 10s: 4
Top 25s: 10
Top 50s: 20

High point: 21
Low point: 55