Compiled by French writer and journalist Olivier Cachin
The concept is 33 albums
There are a few French albums (and pretty obscure sometimes, even for a national like me).
No particular order
1981 gets the lion’s share. Definitely the new wave year.
1978
Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
Kraftwerk – The Man Machine
Devo – Q : Are We Not Men ?
1979
Casino Music – Jungle Love
The B-52’s - The B-52’s
Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Press Color
Les Garçons – Divorce
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Talking Heads – Fear of Music
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army – Replicas
The Cure – Three Imaginary Boys
1980
Jacno – Rectangle
Nina Hagen – Ubenhagen
Marquis de Sade – Dantzig Twist
The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs
The Specials – More Specials
1981
Soft Cell – Non-stop Erotic Cabaret
Taxi Girl – Sepuku
Visage – Visage
Mathématiques Modernes – Les Visiteurs du soir
New Order – Movement
Girls At Our Best – Pleasure
The Human League – Dare
Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
Depeche Mode – Speak and Spell
OMD – Architecture and Morality
Heaven 17 – Penthouse & Pavement
1982
Yazoo – Upstairs at Eric’s
Culture Club – Kissing To Be Clever
ABC – The Lexicon Of Love
1983
Spandau Ballet – True$
1984
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Les Rita Mitsouko – Rita Mitsouko