Albums released in 2010

A list of 40 new studio albums and 100 reissues, box sets and compilations that were released in 2010 by ’80s college rock veterans or their offshoots. You can vote for your favorites — on this list or not — in the Slicing Up Eyeballs Readers Poll 2010.

NEW ALBUMS:

Marc Almond, “Variete”
Alphaville, “Catching Rays on Giant”
Bad Religion, “The Dissent of Man”
Andy Bell, “Non-Stop”
Bomb the Bass, “Back to Light”
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim, “Here Lies Love”
The Charlatans, “Who We Touch”
Lloyd Cole, “Broken Record”
Edwyn Collins, “Losing Sleep”
Elvis Costello, “National Ransom”
Crowded House, “Intriguer”
The Cult, “Everyman and Woman is a Star” EP
Devo, “Something for Everybody”
Brian Eno, “Small Craft on a Milk Sea”
The Fall, “Your Future, Our Clutter”
Bryan Ferry, “Olympia”
Black Francis, “NonStopErotik”
Freebass, “Two Worlds Collide” EP
Freebass, “It’s a Beautiful Life”
Frontline Assembly, “Improvised Electronic Device”
Peter Gabriel, “Scratch My Back”
Grinderman, “Grinderman 2”
Robyn Hitchcock, “Propellor Time”
Hoodoo Gurus, “Purity of Essence”
INXS, “Original Sin”
James, “The Morning After the Night Before”
Killing Joke, “Absolute Dissent”
Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr, “Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr”
Meat Beat Manifesto, “Answers Come in Dreams”
Modern English, “Soundtrack”
Nitzer Ebb, “Industrial Complex”
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, “History of Modern”
Brendan Perry, “Ark”
Revolting Cocks, “Got Cock?”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “The Social Network”
Squeeze, “Spot the Difference”
Swans, “My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope in the Sky”
The Vaselines, “Sex With an X”
Paul Weller, “Wake Up the Nation”
Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3, “Northern Aggression”

REISSUES, COMPILATIONS, BOX SETS, LIVE ALBUMS:

A Certain Ratio, “Force”
a-ha, “Hunting High and Low”
a-ha, “Scoundrel Days”
a-ha, “25: The Very Best Of”
Marc Almond, “Open All Night: Deluxe Edition”
Arcadia, “So Red the Rose”
Art of Noise, “Influence: Hits, Singles, Moments, Treasures”
Big Audio Dynamite, “This is Big Audio Dynamite: Legacy Edition”
Big Country, “Peace In Our Time: Live in Moscow 1988”
Blondie, “Blondie at the BBC”
David Bowie, “A Reality Tour”
Claudia Brucken, “Love: And a Million Other Things”
Buggles, “Adventures in Modern Recording”
Buzzcocks, “Another Music in a Different Kitchen”
Buzzcocks, “Love Bites”
Buzzcocks, “A Different Kind of Tension”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “Tender Prey”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “The Good Son”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “Henry’s Dream”
The Charlatans, “Some Friendly: Expanded Edition”
The Church, “Deep in the Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection”
The Church, “Of Skins and Hearts”
The Church, “Blurred Crusade”
The Church, “Seance”
The Church, “Heyday”
Cocteau Twins, “Box Set 1”
The Colourfield, “Virgins & Philistines”
The Colourfield, “Deception”
Concrete Blonde, “Bloodletting: 20th Anniversary Edition”
Julian Cope, “Peggy Suicide: Deluxe Edition”
Elvis Costello, “Live at Hollywood High”
Crowded House, “The Very Very Best Of”
The Cure, “Entreat” (2LP)
The Cure, “Disintegration: Deluxe Edition”
Depeche Mode, “Tour of the Universe: Barcelona”
Devo, “Duty Now for the Future”
Dexy’s Midnight Runners, “Searching for the Young Soul Rebels”
The Dream Syndicate, “Medicine Show”
Duran Duran, “Duran Duran”
Duran Duran, “Seven and the Ragged Tiger”
Duran Duran, “Notorious”
Duran Duran, “Big Thing”
Einstürzende Neubauten, “Strategies Against Architecture IV”
The Fall, “The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall: Omnibus Edition”
John Foxx, “Metatronic”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, “Welcome to the Pleasuredome”
Galaxie 500, “Today”
Galaxie 500, “On Fire”
Galaxie 500, “This Is Our Music”
Heaven 17, “Penthouse and Pavement: Special Edition”
Nick Heyward, “North of a Miracle”
Robyn Hitchcock, “Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor”
INXS, “Platinum: Greatest Hits”
The Jam, “Sound Affects: Deluxe Edition”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Upside Down: The Best Of”
Joy Division, “+-: Singles 1978-1980“
The La’s, “Callin’ All”
Madness, “Absolutely”
Madness, “7”
Madness, “The Rise & Fall”
Madness, “Keep Moving”
Madness, “Mad Not Mad”
Madness, “Wonderful”
The Mission U.K., “Dum Dum Bullet”
Modern English, “Stop Start”
Morrissey, “Bona Drag: 20th Anniversary Edition”
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “Sinister Whisperz — Volume One: The ‘Wax Trax’ Years (1987-1991)”
Nine Inch Nails, “Pretty Hate Machine”
Nitzer Ebb, “Compilation”
Gary Numan and Tubeway Army, “78/79 Box Set”
Orange Juice, “Coals to Newcastle”
The Other Two, “The Other Two and You”
The Other Two, “Superhighways”
Pet Shop Boys, “Pandemonium”
Pet Shop Boys, “Ultimate”
The Plimsouls, “Live: Beg, Borrow & Steal: October 31, 1981, Whiskey A Go Go”
Propaganda, “A Secret Wish”
Rain Parade, “Beyond the Sunset”
Lou Reed, “Metal Machine Music”
R.E.M., “Fables of the Reconstruction: 25th Anniversary”
Sharpe + Numan, “Automatic”
The Soft Boys, “A Can of Bees”
The Soft Boys, “Underwater Moonlight”
Spandau Ballet, “Journeys to Glory: Special Edition”
Spandau Ballet, “Diamond: Special Edition”
Spandau Ballet, “True: Special Edition”
Spandau Ballet, “Parade: Special Edition”
Squeeze, “Argybargy”
The Stone Roses, “The Collection”
The Stranglers, “Decades Apart”
The Teardrop Explodes, “Kilimanjaro: Deluxe Edition”
U2, “Wide Awake in Europe” EP
Midge Ure, “The Gift”
Midge Ure, “Answers to Nothing”
The Wedding Present, “Live 1988”
The Wedding Present, “Live 1989”
Paul Weller, “Find the Torch, Burn the Plans”
XTC, “Skylarking” (2LP)
Yazoo, “Reconnected Live”