NME (New Musical Express) has been one of the definitive music magazines since the 1950’s. It was strongly influential during the punk rock years, particularly from the writing on Tony Parsons. Here is there list of the top 100 indie singles of the 1980’s. The songs are listed alphabetically below and broken into four pages for easier reading. This list was published in NME (New Music Express) in 1992.
1 – 25 | 26 – 50 | 51 – 75 | 76 – 100
- THE ADVERTS – One Chord Wonders ( Stiff 1976 )
- A CERTAIN RATIO – Shack Up ( Factory 1980 )
- AGE OF CHANCE – Kiss ( FON 1986 )
- ALTERNATIVE TELEVISION – Love Lies Limp ( Deptford Fun City 1977 )
- AND THE NATIVE HIPSTERS – Oh Look There Goes Concorde Again ( Heater Volume 1980 )
- AU PAIRS – Diet/It’ s Obvious ( Human 1980 )
- AZTEC CAMERA – Just Like Gold/We Could Send Letters ( Postcard 1981 )
- BAUHAUS – Bela Lugosi’ s Dead ( Small Wonder 1980 )
- THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – Release The Bats ( 4AD 1981 )
- BILLY BRAGG – Between The Wars ( Go! Discs 1985 )
- NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – The Mercy Seat ( Mute 1988 )
- JOHN COOPER CLARKE – Innocents EP ( Rabid 1977 )
- CICCONE YOUTH – Into The Groovey ( Blast First 1986 )
- COCTEAU TWINS – Pearly Dewdrops Drops ( 4AD 1984 )
- CLOCK DVA – Four Hours ( Fetish 1981 )
- ELVIS COSTELLO – Less Than Zero ( Stiff 1978 )
- CRASS – How Does It Feel To Be The Mother of 1,000 Dead ( Crass 1982 )
- THE CURE – Killing An Arab ( Small Wonder 1978 )
- COLOURBOX – The Official Coulourbox World Cup Theme ( 4AD 1986 )
- CARTER USM – Sheriff Fatman ( Big Cat 1990 )
- THE DAMNED – New Rose ( Stiff 1976 )
- DEAD KENNEDYS – Holiday In Cambodia ( Cherry Red 1980 )
- DEPECHE MODE – Everything Counts ( Mute 1983 )
- IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS – Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll ( Stiff 1977 )
- DISCHARGE – Why? ( Clay 1981 )