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New Romantic encyclopedia on MusicHeartsFM

New Romantic genre — history, bands and artists

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Geography of New Romantic

Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio

Landmark albums of New Romantic

Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre

Duran Duran1981
Duran DuranDuran Duran
Rio1982
RioDuran Duran
1981
DareThe Human League
1983
TrueSpandau Ballet
1980
ViennaUltravox
1981
Speak & SpellDepeche Mode
1989
Heart Like a SkySpandau Ballet

New in New Romantic

Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months

New Romantic by year

How many studio albums of the genre came out each year

Peak — the 1980s26 albums in all

New Romantic by country and decade

Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade

Overview

Genre relations

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Subgenres

Subgenres or what New Romantic is divided into

Origins

Genres from which New Romantic originated

Parent genre

New Romantic is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles

Derived genres

Genres that evolved from New Romantic

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