Punk/new wave, 1978

Artist Song
DEAD BOYS  3rd Generation Nation 
THE BOYS  Brickfield Nights 
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS  This Year's Girl 
BLONDIE  Pretty Baby 
MAGAZINE  Shot By Both Sides 
THE REZILLOS  (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures 
SHAM 69  If The Kids Are United 
RAMONES  I Wanna Be Sedated 
X-RAY SPEX  I Live Off You 
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.  Public Image 
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES  Nicotine Stain 
THE CARS  Just What I Needed 
THE POLICE  Roxanne 
THE CLASH  Safe European Home 
THE ADVERTS  No Time To Be 21 
X  We're Desperate 
THE BUZZCOCKS  Love You More 
GENERATION X  Promises Promises 

Comment:

Note on song #16: Although the song "We're Desperate" didn't appear on an X album until 1981's "Wild Gift", this is the single version, released on Dangerhouse Records in June, 1978.
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Barrydali
Date: 6/3/2007
I'm with ya.
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mahdishain
Date: 6/3/2007
fine year.
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fritz1
Date: 6/3/2007
great year!
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 6/4/2007
Excellent!
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gobi
Date: 6/4/2007
That Clash pic i amazing - going to go and listen myself . . . .
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nervous breakdance
Date: 6/5/2007
A track from the best Clash album (!) and a very good cut from Costello ; )