Here are 30 New Wave/Post Punk/Alt Rock Albums that Turn 30 Years Old in 2016, if you’re like me you’re feeling old right now.
1. Public Image Ltd – ‘Album’
Released: January 27, 1986
Produced By: John Lydon, Bill Laswell
Group Members on this Album:
John Lydon
Bernard Fowler
Nicky Skopelitis
Steve Vai
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Jonas Hellborg
Tony Williams
Ginger Baker
2. Depeche Mode – ‘Black Celebration’
Released: March 17, 1986
Produced By: Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones, Daniel Miller
Group Members on this Album:
Martin Gore
Dave Gahan
Andy Fletcher
Alan Wilder
3. Pretty In Pink – ‘Soundtrack’ – February 28, 1986
4. Pet Shop Boys – ‘Please’ – March 24, 1986
5. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – ‘Flaunt It’ – March 1986
6. Hüsker Dü – ‘Candy Apple Grey’
Released: March 1986
Produced by: Bob Mould and Grant Hart
Group Members on this Album:
Bob Mould
Grant Hart
Greg Norton
7. Book Of Love – ‘S/T’ – April 1, 1986
8. The Blow Monkeys – ‘Animal Magic’ – April 7, 1986
9. Art Of Noise – ‘In Visible Silence’ – April 14, 1986
10. Cocteau Twins – ‘Victorialand’ – April 14, 1986
11. Siouxsie and the Banshees – ‘Tinderbox’
Released: April 21, 1986
Produced by: Siouxsie and the Banshees
Group Members for this release:
Siouxsie Sioux
Steven Severin
Budgie
John Valentine Carruthers
12. The Cure – ‘Standing on a Beach’
Released: May 6, 1986
Produced by: The Cure
Group Members for this release:
Robert Smith
Lol Tolhurst
Michael Dempsey
Simon Gallup
Matthieu Hartley
Steve Goulding
Phil Thornalley
Andy Anderson
Porl Thompson
Boris Williams
13. The Ramones – ‘Animal Boy’ – May 19, 1986
14. Laurie Anderson – ‘Home of the Brave’ – May 26, 1986
15. Sonic Youth – ‘EVOL’ – May 1986
16. The Smiths – ‘The Queen Is Dead’
Released: June 16, 1986
Produced by: Morrissey, Johnny Marr
Group Members on this release:
Morrissey
Johnny Marr
Andy Rourke
Mike Joyce
17. Crowded House – ‘S/T’ – June 1986
18. Ministry – ‘Twitch’ – July 8, 1986
19. 54-40 – ‘S/T’ – July 1986
20. Big Country – ‘The Seer’ – July 14, 1986
21. R.E.M. – ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’
Released on: July 28, 1986
Produced by: Don Gehman
Group Members on this release:
Bill Berry
Peter Buck
Mike Mills
Michael Stipe
22. Skinny Puppy – ‘Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse’
Released on: Sept 5, 1986
Produced by: Dave Ogilvie, cEvin Key
Group Members on this release:
Dwayne Goettel
Dave Ogilvie
cEvin Key
Nivek Ogre
23. Killing Joke – ‘Brighter Than a Thousand Suns’ – Nov 1986
24. Kate Bush – ‘The Whole Story’ – Nov 10, 1986
25. The The – ‘Infected’ – Nov 17, 1986
26. Kraftwerk – ‘Electric Café’ – Dec 16, 1986
27. New Order – ‘Brotherhood’
Released on: Sept 29, 1986
Produced by: New Order
Group Members on this release:
Bernard Sumner
Peter Hook
Stephen Morris
Gillian Gilbert
28. OMD – ‘The Pacific Age’ – Sept 29, 1986
29. Billy Bragg – ‘Talking with the Taxman About Poetry’ – Sept 1986
Sonic More Music 
you forgot…
Big Black-Atomizer
Cro-Mags-The Age of Quarrel
Naked Raygun-All Rise
New Model Army-The Ghost of Cain
Poison Idea-Kings of Punk
Pussy Galore-Groovy Hate Fuck
Moving Targets-Burning In Water
I was only posting 30 albums, but if it had been 40 I would have added those ones; especially the Big Black album.
Erasure’s debut album, “Wonderland”, is also 30 this year.
True, I always loved the track “Who Needs Love Like That”
True, I always loved the track “Who Needs Love Like That”
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The folks at Sonic More Music took the time to put together a list of 30 alternative albums turning 30 this year. What a great year of music!
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It was a very good year!
Ah, the music of my angst-ridden teen years!
Leaving out 2 major albums
Butthole Surfers – Rembrandt Pussyhorse and The Flaming Lips Debut album – Hear It Is
Another couple of great records!
Public Image’s “album” is really timeless, but the other ones?
Throwing Muses debut album 1986.