Best New Wave Albums
14 artists on TakeRank are tagged new wave on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 113 of their albums. Disintegration by The Cure leads right now, ahead of The New Abnormal by The Strokes and Station to Station by David Bowie. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.
14
Artists
113
Albums voted on
Top New Wave albums
- 1
Disintegration
The Cure (1989)
133336 votes
- 2
The New Abnormal
The Strokes (2020)
130986 votes
- 3
Station to Station
David Bowie (1976)
130958 votes
- 4
Is This It
The Strokes (2001)
128285 votes
- 5
Low
David Bowie (1977)
126654 votes
- 6
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
David Bowie (1972)
122448 votes
- 7
Scoundrel Days
a‐ha (1986)
119015 votes
- 8
“Heroes”
David Bowie (1977)
115754 votes
- 9
Wish
The Cure (1992)
115036 votes
- 10
★
David Bowie (2016)
114119 votes
- 11
Scary Monsters… and Super Creeps
David Bowie (1980)
112144 votes
- 12
Memorial Beach
a‐ha (1993)
112115 votes
- 13
Let’s Dance
David Bowie (1983)
112048 votes
- 14
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand (2004)
111915 votes
- 15
Earthling
David Bowie (1997)
111053 votes
- 16
Paramore
Paramore (2013)
110910 votes
- 17
Harry’s House
Harry Styles (2022)
110716 votes
- 18
Hot Fuss
The Killers (2004)
110318 votes
- 19
Sam’s Town
The Killers (2006)
109718 votes
- 20
Forever Young
Alphaville (1984)
10957 votes
Top New Wave songs
- 1
Ode to the Mets
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
11488 votes
- 2
One Way Trigger
The Strokes - Comedown Machine
11170 votes
- 3
Under Cover of Darkness
The Strokes - Angles
10901 vote
- 4
Call It Fate, Call It Karma
The Strokes - Comedown Machine
10781 vote
- 5
Hard to Explain
The Strokes - Is This It
10752 votes
- 6
Warszawa
David Bowie - Low
10611 vote
- 7
Starman
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
10611 vote
- 8
Someday
The Strokes - Is This It
10563 votes
- 9
The Adults Are Talking
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
10525 votes
- 10
Sound and Vision
David Bowie - Low
10471 vote
- 11
Alone, Together
The Strokes - Is This It
10470 votes
- 12
Lazarus
David Bowie - ★
10461 vote
- 13
Station to Station
David Bowie - Station to Station
10441 vote
- 14
Taken for a Fool
The Strokes - Angles
10351 vote
- 15
Selfless
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
10346 votes
- 16
Subterraneans
David Bowie - Low
10321 vote
- 17
Life Is Simple in the Moonlight
The Strokes - Angles
10321 vote
- 18
Machu Picchu
The Strokes - Angles
10311 vote
- 19
Moonage Daydream
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
10301 vote
- 20
Is This It
The Strokes - Is This It
10301 vote
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