Your ▁Generation " ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁which ▁entered ▁the ▁U . K .' s ▁Top ▁ 4 0 ▁Singles ▁Chart . ▁The ▁band ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁release ▁two ▁long - play ers , ▁the ▁self - t itled ▁Generation ▁X ▁( 1 9 7 8 ) ▁and ▁Valley ▁of ▁the ▁D oll s ▁( 1 9 7 9 ), ▁and ▁several ▁singles , ▁all ▁but ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁chart ed , ▁and ▁through ▁a ▁hect ic ▁tour ing ▁schedule ▁increasing ly ▁gained ▁media ▁recognition ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁acts ▁with ▁a ▁potentially ▁bright ▁commercial ▁future ▁that ▁had ▁emer ged ▁from ▁the ▁punk - rock ▁scene . ▁However , ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁the ▁band ' s ▁internal ▁coh es ion ▁began ▁to ▁come ▁apart ▁after ▁the ▁relative ▁commercial ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁Valley ▁of ▁the ▁D oll s ▁L . P ., ▁which ▁had ▁gone ▁no ▁higher ▁than ▁# 5 1 ▁in ▁the ▁U . K . ▁Albums ▁Chart , ▁and ▁disag re ements ▁arose ▁within ▁it ▁about ▁its ▁future ▁musical ▁direction ▁in ▁London ' s ▁post - p unk ▁landscape , ▁the ▁writing ▁process ▁and ▁cred its ▁for ▁its ▁work , ▁augment ed ▁by ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁person ality ▁cl ash es . ▁These ▁came ▁to ▁a ▁head ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁during ▁the ▁recording ▁of ▁what ▁was ▁the ▁band ' s ▁( un fin ished ) ▁third ▁long - player ▁( ret ros pect ively ▁commer cially ▁released ▁ 2 0