6a. New Order, 'Movement'

New Order's 1981 debut was the sound of three men rising from the ashes of Joy Division - and still processing their grief over the suicide of Ian Curtis. It's a somewhat uneven, but incredibly striking record, one which provides the template for nearly everything recorded by Interpol and their kin. This is angular, jittery dance-rock, and beats nearly every contemporary maker of it you can name, hands down. None of the poppiness found in their subsequent work is here; this is icy stuff, the honest-to-God bridge between "Atmosphere" and "Blue Monday." Much better than it has any right to be. A-