#brightside

We will celebrate last week’s historic Brexit vote by reminiscing fondly about the last time there was social, political, and economic upheaval in Britain. 

It wasn’t all bad.

We got The Clash, Joy Division, The Smiths, Buzzcocks, The Specials, The Jam, XTC…..

Good times.

Artist

	Song	Album		Year
Publicf Image Ltd.	Public Image	First Issue		1978
The Smiths	The Queen Is Dead	The Queen Is Dead		1986
Easterhouse	Out On Your Own	Contenders		1986
Buzzcocks	Sonething's Gone Wrong Again	A Different Kind of Tension		1979
++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++		+++++++
The Undertones	Jimmy Jimmy	The Undertones		1979
The Boomtown Rats	Nothing Happened Today	The Fine Art Of Surfacing		1979
Happy Mondays	24 Hour Party People	Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)		1987
Joy Division	Disorder	Unknown Pleasures		1979
The Chameleons	Up The Down Escalator	The Script Of The Bridge		1983
Echo & The Bunnymen	The Puppet			1980
++++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++	++++++++++++++++		+++++++++++
The Woodentops	Good Thing	Giant		1986
Aztec Camera	The Queen's Tattoos	High Land, Hard Rain		1983
Billy Bragg	A New England	Life's A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy		1983
The Clash	English Civil War	Give 'em Enough Rope		1978
The Housemartins	Flag Day	Now That's What I Call Quite Good		1988
Generation X	Kiss Me Deadly	Generation X		1978
++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++	+++++++++++++		++++++++
Julian Cope	World Shut Your Mouth	Saint Julian		1987
XTC	Generals & Majors	Black Sea		1980
The Jam	Going Underground	Setting Suns		1979
The Vapors	News At Ten	New Clear Days		1980
The Soft Boys	Positive Vibrations	Underwater Moonlight		1980
++++++++++++++++	++++++++++++++++	++++++++++++++++		++++++++
Ultravox	Fear In The Western World	Ha! Ha! Ha!		1977
The Sound	The Fire	From the Lions Mouth		1981
The Wedding Present	Getting Nowhere Fast	George Best Plus		1987
The Shop Assistants	Safety Net			1985
New Model Army	51st State	The Ghost Of Cain		1985
The Stranglers	Get A Grip On Yourself	Rattus Norvegicus		1977
Girls At Our Best	Getting Nowhere Fast			1980
++++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++++	++++++++++++		++++++++
The Damned	Love Song	Machine Gun Etiquette		1979
Sham 69	If The Kids Are United	The Adventures of the Hersham Boys		1979
The Specials	Rat Race	More Specials		1980
UB40	Food For Thought	Signing Off		1980
+++++++++++++	++++++++++++++	++++++++++++		+++++++++
Madness	House Of Fun			1982
The Selecter	Too Much Pressure	Too Much Pressure		1980