Links

• Who Made Who, by AC/DC
• The Razor's Edge, by AC/DC
• Women and Children First, by Van Halen
• 1984, by Van Halen
• Killer, by Alice Cooper
• School's Out, by Alice Cooper
• Welcome to My Nightmare, by Alice Cooper

• Def Leppard is finally available in digital! Hysteria's my favorite of their albums ("Armageddon It" in particular), but all the pre-'90s albums are fantastic, a good mix of NWOBHM blues-metal and pop, and the later ones are fine, just different without Clark. If anything, Rick Allen gets better without one arm slowing him down.

• "Humans from Earth", by T-Bone Burnett
• Hatful of Hollow, by the Smiths "I am Human and I need to be loved", claims Morrissey
• Crash, by the Human League "I was Human, too"
• Felt Mountain, by Goldfrapp "Are you Human, or do you make it up?"
• Replicas Redux, by Gary Numan "I Nearly Married a Human"
• Rock 'n Roll, by the New York Dolls "Human Being"
• Astro-Creep 2000, by White Zombie "More Human Than Human"

• Wizard Bloody Wizard, by Electric Wizard: New last year, I missed this coming out!
• Electric Wizard
• What Happens Next, by Joe Satriani: New album!
• Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, by Joe Satriani
• Wrong Creatures, by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: New album! Much more mellow, blues/distortion rock than the last few. I still largely listen to BRMC because I miss Michael Been's band The Call, and his son sometimes does a cover or a little Call-out.
• No Cross No Crown, by Corrosion of Conformity: NEW ALBUM by original lineup!

• Pop Goes the World, by Men Without Hats
• Folk of the '80s Part I, by Men Without Hats
• Kick, by INXS
• Power, Corruption, & Lies, by New Order
• Low-Life, by New Order
• Speak & Spell, by Depeche Mode
• Construction Time Again, by Depeche Mode
• Actually, by Pet Shop Boys

Most of these are "Retro-Wave", because New Wave is old. I miss the '80s. Anyway, have a better 2018 than, you know, the horrifying apocalyptic nightmare we can't wake from currently.

• Sentient, by Perturbator
• Please, by Lake Radio
• The Fourth, by Chris Malinchak
• Telefuture Theme, by Mitch Murder and on Apple Music
• Fantasy VHS, by Luxury Elite and on bandcamp
• Modern Love, by Kristine, Barretso Remix
• Hello Meteor
• FM-84
• Sellorekt/LA Dreams
• Cvltvre
• Silicon Love, by Lifelike
• Human, by the Human League - OK, some old New Wave.
• True, by Spandau Ballet

• Grave Dancers Union, by Soul Asylum
• Let Your Dim Light Shine, by Soul Asylum
• Gish, by Smashing Pumpkins
• Siamese Dream, by Smashing Pumpkins
• Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, by Smashing Pumpkins: Yeah, Bullet, but Jellybelly, Zero, and Ode to No One are fucking great, too.
• Girlfriend, by Matthew Sweet: On relisten, this is more christiany than I remember or like, and Sweet's technical skills are so obviously wasted on his G-rated pop music. Kinda tragic.
• Murmur, by REM
• Out of Time, by REM
• Document, by REM

• Ceremony and Devotion Live, by Ghost
• Opus Eponymous, by Ghost
• Jomsviking, by Amon Amarth
• Deceiver of the Gods, by Amon Amarth
• Twilight of the Thunder God, by Amon Amarth
• Ragnarok, by Tÿr