Best 80s New Wave

Yep, got that one (haven’t listened to it in an age though so you reminded me to dig it out) -- plus all the New Order singles, a full run of Stone Roses and Ride, every 12" Madonna ever put out (through 2005 or so) etc -- guess you can tell how old I am!

But in a slightly different vein, and on 10" and 12" -- these are both beautiful
https://www.discogs.com/Virginia-Astley-A-Bao-A-Qu/release/1752426
https://www.discogs.com/Virginia-Astley-Tender/release/1236406

@folkfreak Yep, I have the NO 12" singles and a few Madonna 12" singles from the 80s. I was also into OMD, Blancmange and Trevor Horn's ZTT project back then: 
-FGTH
-Propaganda
-Grace Jones
-Art of Noise

Good stuff!!!

@pdreher Good List!! I love OMD's Sugar Tax from '91 even though Paul Humphries wasn't on that release.

I used to despise all those bands. Gave my little sister no end of grief over those Duran Duran girly boys. (At the time I was into Led Zep, The Who, Rush, U2, REM, Sabbath and various other heavy metal stuff.)

But now I like some stuff by Squeeze, The Cure and Depeche Mode.

Also I saw a recent Duran Duran concert on TV and they put on quite a show. They were very precise, very tight and very energetic. Still not a DD fan but props to them for not just phoning it in the way a lot of older bands do there days.

Does A-Ha count as new wave? I liked them at the time.

My top 5 are:

1) Echo & The Bunnymen
2) Psychedelic Furs
3) Talking Heads
4) XTC
5) Crowded House