4 Rare 80s Albums [Part 65] Power Pop, New Wave

Here are four great power pop records. There's a very fine line between power pop and new wave but as these are more guitar-driven, they can safely be tagged as power pop. Enjoy and seed.



Nervus Rex - Nervus Rex [1980]





Tracklisting:



A1 There She Goes (2:45)

A2 Go Go Girl (3:35)

A3 Spies (2:29)

A4 Real Life (3:29)

A5 Start From The Start (3:02)

B1 The God Sheila (3:36)

B2 Don't Look (4:00)

B3 The Incredible Crawling Eye (3:40)

B4 Nobody Told Me (3:18)

B5 Venus (1:54)







Sharp Ties - Get That Beat [1981]



Tracklisting:



A1 "Ties" (3:51)

A2 Making Bombs (4:09)

A3 Get That Beat (3:08)

A4 Playing Jesus (3:28)

A5 Rock The Boat (3:19)

B1 Perfume (5:57)

B2 Black Wars (4:57)

B3 Just Five Minutes (3:58)

B4 My Girl (3:30)

B5 Ende... (0:52)







The Shoes - Silhouette [1984]



Tracklisting:



01 Get My Message 3:42

02 Will You Spin for Me? 3:56

03 When Push Comes to Shove 3:04

04 Shining 3:01

05 It's Only You 3:20

06 Twist and Bend It 2:45

07 I Wanna Give It to You 3:02

08 Turnaround 4:05

09 Running Wild 3:29

10 Oh, Angeline 3:20

11 Bound to Fade 3:33

12 Suspicion 3:19

13 Pieces of Glass

14 A New Sensation

15 Dormant Love







The Sinceros - Pet Rock [1981]



Tracklisting:



A1 Disappearing

A2 Memory Lane

A3 Socially

A4 Down Down

A5 Barcelona

B1 Falling In And Out Of Love

B2 Sleight Of Hand

B3 Nothing Changes

B4 Girl I Realise

B5 As The World Turns

B6 Midsong