Wave Romantics: Dark Ballads and Underground Rock Classics

(You know the drill...click on the album cover image to download the album)

Another compilation I know nothing about, other than this double-disc came out in 1996.

Don't let the album title fool you. There's nothing romantic about these songs.

A cornucopia of the darker side of the musical ledger, this collection has some of the usual suspects: The Cult's "Edie (Ciao Baby)"..."Nightporter" by Japan..."Vienna"...Bauhaus, ...Joy Division...Killing Joke...

But there are just as many, if not more, undiscovered gems. My favourites have to be "Temples Of Desire" by Christian Death and Nick Cave's "Do You Love Me".

Be forewarned: this is not music to greet sunny mornings on the beach by.

"Funeral Procession" by the aptly named Dreadful Shadows is all you need to know.

Have A Nice Day!

1	Nick Cave	Do You Love Me	4:36
2	Depeche Mode	Waiting For The Night	6:06
3	Anne Clark	The Sitting Room	2:20
4	New Model Army	Ballad	3:53
5	The Mission	Like A Hurricane	4:57
6	Heroes Del Silencio	La Alacena	3:39
7	Christian Death	Temple Of Desire	5:05
8	Bauhaus	She's In Parties	5:44
9	Dreadful Shadows	Funeral Procession	7:20
10	Girls Under Glass	Reach For The Stars	5:27
11	Chandeen	Mysterious Clouds	5:23
12	Japan	Nightporter	6:56
13	Theatre Of Hate	Anniversary	5:25
14	The Cult	Edie (Ciao Baby)	4:00
15	Killing Joke	Love Like Blood	6:50
16	Love Spirals Downwards	Will You Fade	4:24
17	Das Ich	Jericho	5:08
18	Angina Pectoris	Disconsolate	5:10
19	Joy Division	Decades	5:19
20	Marc Almond	Tears Run Rings	4:18
21	Wolfsheim	The Sparrows & The Nightingale	3:09
22	Ultravox	Vienna	4:54
23	Stranglers	Strange Little Girl	2:42
24	And Also The Trees	Anchor Yard	4:00
25	Deine Lakaien	Lonely	3:46
26	Carmouflage	Where Has The Childhood Gone	3:37
27	Violent Vision	Day By Day	5:38