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1981

1.	Joy Division	Atmosphere
2.	Sex Pistols	Anarchy In The UK
3.	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart
4.	New Order	Ceremony
5.	Joy Division	New Dawn Fades
6.	Undertones	Teenage Kicks
7.	Joy Division	Decades
8.	The Cure	A Forest
9.	Dead Kennedys	Holiday In Cambodia
10.	The Clash	White Man In Hammersmith Palais
11.	Joy Division	Dead Souls
12.	The Damned	New Rose
13.	The Jam	Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
14.	Joy Division	Transmission
15.	Altered Images	Dead Pop Stars
16.	Stiff Little Fingers	Alternative Ulster
17.	Sex Pistols	Holidays In The Sun
18.	The Clash	Complete Control
19.	The Birthday Party	Release The Bats
20.	Undertones	Get Over You
21.	Specials	Ghost Town
22.	Scritti Politti	The 'Sweetest' Girl
23.	The Jam	Going Underground
24.	Stiff Little Fingers	Johnny Was
25.	Theatre Of Hate	Legion
26.	Pil (Public Image Ltd)	Public Image
27.	Killing Joke	Requiem
28.	Killing Joke	Follow The Leaders
29.	Heaven 17	We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang
30.	The Fall	Fiery Jack
31.	The Ruts	In A Rut
32.	Stiff Little Fingers	Suspect Device
33.	The Fall	How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'
34.	Laurie Anderson	O Superman
35.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Jigsaw Feeling
36.	B-Movie	Remembrance Day
37.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Israel
38.	Sex Pistols	God Save The Queen
39.	Pigbag	Papa's Got A Brand-New Pigbag
40.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Icon
41.	The Only Ones	Another Girl, Another Planet
42.	Dead Kennedys	California Uber Alles
43.	Joy Division	Twenty-Four Hours
44.	Joy Division	Isolation
45.	Killing Joke	Psyche
46.	Echo & The Bunnymen	Over The Wall
47.	The Fall	Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul
48.	New Order	Procession
49.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Switch
50.	Altered Images	Happy Birthday
51.	Joy Division	She's Lost Control
52.	Bauhaus	Bela Lugosi's Dead
53.	Magazine	Shot By Both Sides
54.	New Order	In A Lonely Place
55.	Anti-Pasti	No Government
56.	The Fall	Totally Wired
57.	Specials	Gangsters
58.	Fire Engines	Candy Skin
59.	Sex Pistols	Pretty Vacant
60.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Hong Kong Garden

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