My line of thought is if you try to do everything you end up doing not much of anything.

I relistened to that Bauhaus record and read up on Peter Murphy. It's very good. Pioneering and all that but not "all encompassing". Or maybe I'm being too literal.

I get where you're coming from and it's kind of why I haven't answered this thread yet--I wouldnt know where to begin. All encompassing isn't always the same as best or else the answer to this would be a lot easier. I imagine it would be a modern band, since they've had all the time for those influences to come together and be extrapolated on. On top of the fact that post punk reaches into so many directions, it's very likely that the all encompassing post punk album could be diluted by trying to fit them all in.

"Post-punk" is one of those super broad concepts that has never been defined overly succinctly, as is the case with pretty much any genre describer with the word "post" in it. As such, I'm not overly sure what constitutes "post-punk". Does Elvis Costello count? If so My Aim is True and Get Happy. I'd also say First Issue and Flowers of Romance by PiL and both the Television albums.