Nimzo Box Set - Post-Punk

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Post-punk is a deviation from the more common punk rock of the 70s; in fact, as a genre, it emerged in the late 1970s and continued to evolve throughout the 1980s as a reaction to the former genre. It features more elaborate production than typical of punk, with more attention to creating soundscapes while still keeping the angular guitar lines and rhythmic quality of punk rock. It also commonly features a more depressive quality to the songwriting than plain punk, and, to me, is more effective, relatable, and enjoyable.

Though the 80s are often considered its heyday, it continues to be a force to be reckoned with even today, due to the explosion of the post-punk revival movement of the late 1990s and early 2000s to the current day. Though the genres of post-punk and post-punk revival are technically distinct (primarily because of the strong influence of indie rock on the latter), I will be including both in this boxset. Additionally, ethereal wave, dance-punk, coldwave, and gothic rock often feature enough similarities with post-punk that they can be considered part of the genre. By my discretion, these may also be included.

Below is a box set of all post-punk albums that I would rate a 7/10 or higher, alphabetized.

Entries in green are the best of the best.

The format of this list: #. Artist - Album  ||  Relevant genres  ||  Release year  ||  Country  ||  Rating

1. A Frames - Black Forest  ||  Noise Rock, Post-Punk  ||  2005  ||  USA  ||  7/10

2. Algiers - Algiers  ||  Post-Punk, Dark Gospel  ||  2015  ||  USA  ||  9/10

3. Algiers - The Underside of Power  ||  Post-Punk, Post-Industrial  ||  2017  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

4. All About Eve - Touched by Jesus  ||  Gothic Rock, Ethereal Wave, Dream Pop  ||  1991  ||  UK  ||  7/10

5. Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out  ||  Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1982  ||  UK  ||  8.5/10

6. Be Forest - Knocturne  ||  Post-Punk, Shoegaze  ||  2019  ||  Italy  ||  8/10

7. The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire  ||  Noise Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1981  ||  Australia  ||  8/10

8. The Birthday Party - Junkyard  ||  Post-Punk, Noise Rock, Punk Blues  ||  1982  ||  Australia  ||  9/10

9. Black Country,  New Road - For the First Time  ||  Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock  ||  2021  ||  UK  ||  9/10

10. Glenn Branca - The Ascension  ||  Totalism, No Wave, Post-Rock  ||  1981  ||  USA  ||  9/10

11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Kicking Against the Pricks  ||  Post-Punk, Art Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Punk Blues  ||  1986  ||  Australia  ||  7/10

12. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral ... My Trial  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock  ||  1986  ||  Australia  ||  8/10

13. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream  ||  Punk Blues, Singer/Songwriter, Post-Punk  ||  1992  ||  Australia  ||  8.5/10

14. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Firstborn Is Dead  ||  Punk Blues, Post-Punk  ||  1985  ||  Australia  ||  7.5/10

15. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey  ||  Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1988  ||  Australia  ||  9.5/10

16. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Let Love In  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock, Alternative Rock  ||  1994  ||  Australia  ||  9.5/10

17. Nick Cave Featuring The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity  ||  Gothic Rock  ||  1984  ||  Australia  ||  7/10

18. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1983  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

19. The Chameleons - What Does Anything Mean? Basically  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock  ||  1985  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

20. Chastity Belt - I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone  ||  Post-Punk, Indie Rock  ||  2017  ||  USA  ||  7/10

21. Cocteau Twins - Garlands  ||  Ethereal Wave, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock  ||  1982  ||  UK  ||  8/10

22. Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels  ||  Post-Punk, Ethereal Wave, Gothic Rock  ||  1983  ||  UK  ||  9/10

23. Contortions - Buy  ||  No Wave, Post-Punk  ||  1979  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

24. Corpus Delicti - Sylphes  ||  Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1994  ||  France  ||  7/10

25. Crime & the City Solution - Room of Lights  ||  Post-Punk, Punk Blues  ||  1986  ||  Australia  ||  8/10

26. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1979  ||  UK  ||  7/10

27. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock  ||  1980  ||  UK  ||  9/10

28. The Cure - Faith  ||  Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1981  ||  UK  ||  8.5/10

29. The Cure - Pornography  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock  ||  1982  ||  UK  ||  10/10

30. The Cure - The Head on the Door  ||  Post-Punk, New Wave, Alternative Rock  ||  1985  ||  UK  ||  7/10

31. The Cure - Disintegration  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock  ||  1989  ||  UK  ||  10/10

32. Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance  ||  Ethereal Wave, Darkwave, Gothic Rock  ||  1984  ||  Australia  ||  7/10

33. Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine  ||  Dance-Punk, Post-Hardcore  ||  2004  ||  Canada  ||  8/10

34. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk, New Wave  ||  1978  ||  USA  ||  7/10

35. The Durutti Column - LC  ||  Art Rock, Dream Pop, Post-Punk  ||  1981  ||  UK  ||  8.5/10

36. Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1983  ||  UK  ||  8/10

37. Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1984  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

38. Echo and The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock  ||  1981  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

39. The Ex + Tom Cora  - Scrabbling at the Lock  ||  Art Punk, Post-Punk, Experimental Rock  ||  1991  ||  Netherlands  ||  9/10

40. The Fall - Grotesque: After the Gramme  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  1980  ||  UK  ||  8/10

41. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  1982  ||  UK  ||  8/10

42. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1985  ||  UK  ||  8.5/10

43. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  1980  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

44. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1  ||  Indie Rock, Alternative Dance, Dance-Punk  ||  2019  ||  UK  ||  7/10

45. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel  ||  Post-Punk  ||  2019  ||  Ireland  ||  7/10

46. Gang of Four - Entertainment!  ||  Post-Punk, Dance -Punk  ||  1979  ||  UK  ||  9/10

47. GOLD - Optimist  ||  Psychedelic Rock, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  2017  ||  Netherlands  ||  9/10

48. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness  ||  Post-Punk, Shoegaze  ||  2008  ||  USA  ||  10/10

49. Have a Nice Life - The Unnatural World  ||  Post-Punk, Shoegaze  ||  2014  ||  USA  ||  7/10

50. Have a Nice Life - Sea of Worry  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock  ||  2019  ||  USA  ||  7/10

51. Rowland S. Howard - Teenage Snuff Film  ||  Singer/Songwriter, Punk Blues, Post-Punk  ||  1999  ||  Australia  ||  9/10

52. Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance.  ||  Post-Punk, Post-Hardcore  ||  2018  ||  UK  ||  7/10

53. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights  ||  Post-Punk Revival  ||  2002  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

54. Interpol - Antics  ||  Post-Punk Revival  ||  2004  ||  USA  ||  8/10

55. The Jam - Sound Affects  ||  Mod Revival, New Wave, Post-Punk  ||  1980  ||  UK  ||  7/10

56. Lech Janerka - Historia podwodna  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1986  ||  Poland  ||  7/10

57. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1985  ||  UK  ||  8.5/10

58. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1979  ||  UK  ||  9/10

59. Joy Division - Closer  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1980  ||  UK  ||  10/10

60. Joy Division - Substance  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1988  ||  UK  ||  10/10

61. Just Mustard - Heart Under  ||  Post-Punk, Noise Rock, Shoegaze  ||  2022  ||  Ireland  ||  9/10

62. Killing Joke - Killing Joke  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1980  ||  UK  ||  8/10

63. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem  ||  Dance Punk, Indietronica  ||  2005  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

64. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver  ||  Dance Punk, Alternative Dance  ||  2007  ||  USA  ||  9/10

65. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening  ||  Dance Punk, Indietronica  ||  2010  ||  USA  ||  9/10

66. LCD Soundsystem - The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden  ||  Dance Punk, Indietronica, Alternative Dance  ||  2014  ||  USA  ||  10/10

67. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream  ||  Dance Punk, Post-Punk Revival, Alternative Dance  ||  2017  ||  USA  ||  7/10

68. Love and Rockets - Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven  ||  Post-Punk, Neo-Psychedelia, Gothic Rock  ||  1985  ||  UK  ||  7/10

69. Maanam - Maanam  ||  Post-Punk, New Wave  ||  1981  ||  Poland  ||  9/10

70. Maanam - Nocny patrol  ||  New Wave, Post-Punk  ||  1984  ||  Poland  ||  9/10

71. Magazine - Real Life  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  1978  ||  UK  ||  7/10

72. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible  ||  Alternative Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1994  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

73. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime  ||  Post-Punk, At Punk  ||  1984  ||  USA  ||  8/10

74. Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1981  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

75. Mission of Burma - Vs.  ||  Post-Punk, Post-Hardcore  ||  1982  ||  USA  ||  7/10

76. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody  ||  Noise Rock, Dance-Punk, Industrial Rock  ||  2023  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

77. The National - Alligator  ||  Indie Rock, Post-Punk Revival  ||  2005  ||  USA  ||  9/10

78. The National - Boxer  ||  Indie Rock, Post-Punk Revival  ||  2007  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

79. Colin Newman - A-Z  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1980  ||  UK  ||  9/10

80. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies  ||  Synth Pop, New Wave, Post-Punk  ||  1983  ||  UK  ||  8/10

81. Nudozurdo - Sintética  ||  Post-Punk Revival, Dream Pop  ||  2008  ||  Spain  ||  8/10

82. Paramore - This Is Why  ||  Post-Punk Revival  ||  2023  ||  USA  ||  7/10

83. Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota - Oktubre  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1986  ||  Argentina  ||  8.5/10

84. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance  ||  Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Art Punk  ||  1978  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

85. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix  ||  Post-Punk Revival, Indie Pop  ||  2009  ||  France  ||  9/10

86. PiL - Metal Box  ||  Post-Punk, Experimental Rock  ||  1979  ||  UK  ||  8/10

87. Pixies - Come On Pilgrim  ||  Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative Rock  ||  1987  ||  USA  
||  8/10

88. A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head  ||  Post-Punk, Shoegaze, Noise Rock  ||  2009  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

89. Iggy Pop - The Idiot  ||  Art Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1977  ||  USA  ||  8/10

90. Pottery - No. 1  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  2019  ||  Canada  ||  7.5/10

91. Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent  ||  Post-Punk  ||  2017  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

92. Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  2020  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

93. Psychic TV - Force the Hand of Chance  ||  Post-Punk, Psychedelic Rock  ||  1982  ||  UK  ||  7/10

94. Public Image Ltd - Public Image  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  1978  ||  UK  ||  8/10

95. The Raincoats - The Raincoats  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  1977  ||  UK  ||  7/10

96. Republika - Nowe sytuacje  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1983  ||  Poland  ||  7/10

97. Rudimentary Peni - Death Church  ||  Deathrock, Anarcho-Punk, Hardcore Punk  ||  1983  ||  UK  ||  8/10

98. Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death  ||  Slowcore, Dream Pop, Gothic Rock  ||  2016  ||  USA  ||  9/10

99. Sad Lovers & Giants - Epic Garden Music  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1982  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

100. The Serfs - Sounds of Serfdom  ||  Post-Punk, Minimal Wave  ||  2020  ||  USA  ||  7/10

101. Siekiera - Nowa Aleksandria  ||  Coldwave  ||  1986  ||  Poland  ||  9/10

102. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox  ||  Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1986  ||  UK   ||  7/10

103. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Juju  ||  Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1981  ||  UK  ||  8/10

104. The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always  ||  Gothic Rock  ||  1985  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

105. The Sisters of Mercy - Floodlands  ||  Gothic Rock  ||  1987  ||  UK  ||  8.5/10

106. slowthai - UGLY  ||  Post-Punk, UK Hip Hop  ||  2023  ||  UK  ||  8/10

107. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight  ||  Jangle Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Punk  ||  1980  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

108. Soko - My Dreams Dictate My Reality  ||  Post-Punk, New Wave  ||  2015  ||  France  ||  8/10

109. Sonic-Youth - Bad Moon Rising  ||  Noise Rock, No Wave  ||  1985  ||  USA  ||  8/10

110. The Sound - Jeopardy  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1980  ||  UK  ||  9/10

111. The Sound - From the Lions Mouth  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1981  ||  UK  ||  9/10

112. The Sound - All Fall Down  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1982  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

113. The Sound - In the Hothouse  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1985  ||  UK  ||  8/10

114. Spectres - Nostalgia  ||  Post-Punk  ||  2020  ||  Canada  ||  7/10

115. Squid - Bright Green Field  ||  Experimental Rock, Art Punk, Post-Punk  ||  2021  ||  UK  ||  8/10

116. Sumo - Llegando los monos  ||  Post-Punk, New Wave  ||  1986  ||  Argentina  ||  7/10

117. Sunrise Patriot Motion - Black Fellflower Stream  ||  Gothic Rock, Death Rock, Post-Punk  ||  2022  ||  USA  ||  9/10

118. Swans - Filth  ||  Noise Rock, No Wave, Industrial Rock  ||  1983  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

119. Swans - Cop  ||  Noise Rock, No Wave  ||  1984  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

120. Swans - Public Castration is a Good Idea  ||  Noise Rock, No Wave, Industrial Rock  ||  1986  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

121. Swans - Holy Money  ||  Noise Rock, Industrial Rock, No Wave  ||  1986  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

122. Swans - Children of God  ||  Experimental Rock, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1987  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

123. Swans - The Burning World  ||  Neofolk, Gothic Rock  ||  1989  ||  USA  ||  7/10

124. Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity  ||  Gothic Rock, Neofolk  ||  1991  ||  USA  ||  9/10

125. Swans - Love of Life  ||  Gothic Rock  ||  1992  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

126. Swans - The Great Annihilator  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock, Experimental Rock  ||  1995  ||  USA  ||  9/10

127. Swans - Children of God · World of Skin  ||  Darkwave, Experimental Rock, Neofolk, Post-Punk  ||  1997  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

127. Swans - Various Failures  ||  Neofolk, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1999  ||  USA  ||  9/10

128. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food  ||  New Wave, Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  1978  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

129. Talking Heads - Fear of Music  ||  New Wave, Post-Punk  ||  1979  ||  USA  ||  9/10

130. Talking Heads - Remain in Light  ||  New Wave, Post-Punk, Afrobeat  ||  1980  ||  USA  ||  10/10

131. Talking Heads - The Name of This Band is Talking Heads  ||  New Wave, Post-Punk, Art Punk  ||  1982  ||  USA  ||  10/10

132. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense  ||  New Wave, Post-Punk, Film Soundtrack  ||  1984  ||  USA  ||  10/10

133. Television - Marquee Moon  ||  Art Punk, Art Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1977  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

134. These Immortal Souls - Get Lost (Don't Lie)  ||  Gothic Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1987  ||  UK  ||  7/10

135. This Burning Effigy - To Bestial Gods  ||  Gothic Rock  ||  1996  ||  Ireland  ||  7/10

136. This Heat - Health and Efficiency  ||  Experimental, Drone, Post-Punk, Tape Music  ||  1980  ||  UK  ||  8/10

137. This  Heat - Deceit  ||  Post-Punk, Experimental Rock  ||  1981  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

138. This Heat - Made Available: John Peel Sessions  ||  Post-Punk, Experimental Rock  ||  1996  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

139. This Heat - Live 80/81  ||  Experimental Rock, Post-Punk  ||  2006  ||  UK  ||  7/10

140. Le Tigre - Le Tigre  ||  Dance-Punk, Riot Grrrl  ||  1999  ||  USA  ||  7/10

141. Tones on Tail - Pop  ||  Post-Punk, Darkwave  ||  1984  ||  UK  ||  7/10

142. Tones on Tail - Everything!  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock, Darkwave  ||  1998  ||  UK  ||  10/10

143. Total Control - Henge Beat  ||  Post-Punk  ||  2011  ||  Australia  ||  7/10

144. Trance to the Sun - Atrocious Virgin  ||  Ethereal Wave, Gothic Rock  ||  2001  ||  USA  ||  7/10

145. Trisomie 21 - Le Repos des enfants heureux  ||  Coldwave  ||  1983  ||  France  ||  8.5/10

146. Tus Amigos Nuevos - Triunfo moral  ||  Dance-Punk, Indie Rock  ||  2015  ||  Chile  ||  7/10

147. Tuxedomoon - Half-Mute  ||  Post-Punk, Experimental Rock  ||  1980  ||  USA  ||  8/10

148. The Twilight Sad - It Won/t Be Like This All the Time  ||  Post-Punk Revival  ||  2019  ||  UK  ||  7/10

149. Ultravox! - Ha! Ha! Ha!  ||  Post-Punk, New Wave, Art Punk  ||  1977  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

150. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes  ||  Acoustic Rock, Post-Punk, Folk Punk  ||  1983  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

151. volcano! - Paperwork  ||  Art Rock, Post-Punk, Indie Rock  ||  2008  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

152. Whispering Sons - Image  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock  ||  2018  ||  Belgium  ||  7/10

153. Wind Atlas - Lingua Ignota  ||  Ethereal Wave, Gothic Rock  ||  2015  ||  Spain  ||  7.5/10

154. Wire - Chairs Missing  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1978  ||  UK  ||  10/10

155. Wire - 154  ||  Post-Punk  ||  1979  ||  UK  ||  8/10

156. Chelsea Wolfe - Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis)  ||  Gothic Rock, Ethereal Wave  ||  2011  ||  USA  ||  10/10

157. Chelsea Wolfe - Live at Roadburn  ||  Noise Rock, Gothic Rock, Ethereal Wave  ||  2012  USA  ||  10/10

158. Chelsea Wolfe - Prayer for the Unborn  ||  Ethereal Wave, Gothic Rock  ||  2013  ||  USA  ||  7/10

159. Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss  ||  Darkwave, Gothic Rock, Industrial Rock  ||  2015  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

160. Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun  ||  Gothic Rock, Post-Metal, Doom Metal  ||  2017  ||  USA  ||  9/10

161. Women - Public Strain  ||  Post-Punk, Shoegaze, Noise Pop  ||  2010  ||  Canada  ||  10/10

162. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is  ||  Post-Punk Revival, Garage Rock, Indie Rock  ||  2007  ||  USA  ||  9/10

163. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)  ||  Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Punk  ||  2023  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

164. Гражданская оборона [Grazhdanskaya Oborona] - Сносная тяжесть небытия  ||  Post-Punk, Psychedelic Rock  ||  2005  ||  Russia  ||  7/10