British Intervention: Soundtrack your winter with these 11 British albums

If you want to survive a long northern winter then music is your best bet. Without music we would all be shells. We would be pods rotting in a vegetable state without a proper soundtrack. Instead of starving your sun-deprived brain monster, toss that jerk a little snack with these soul-piercing ensembles hailing from the land formerly known as part of the EU.

1. The Cure – The Head on the Door

Mr. Smith hit the nail on the head on the door with this record. It is a must-have for any collection.

2. Depeche Mode – Violator

A record that elevated DM to EPIC rockstar status.

3. Killing Joke – Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

Killing Joke are pros at making tunes that curtail sad tendencies. Jaz Coleman is a genius.

4. T-Rex – The Slider

To put a bop in your brain.

5. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

One of my personal favorites by the late and great.

6. New Order – Movement

A band that has countless good records and a recognizable sound.

7. Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair

It is just perfect.

8. Echo and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain

Another great English band that has many memorable hits.

Honorable track mention not from Ocean Rain. Are you still paying attention?

9. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures

Ian Curtis is a legend and he is immortalized in this amazing record.

10. The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette

You cannot go wrong with a founding drummer named Rat Scabies.

11. Eurythmics – Revenge

Annie Lennox. It is enough said. She is a force stronger than failed relationships.