Various - England Songs 2010

Every World Cup we get a selection of England songs, some are good and lots are bad this year is no exception, Here are 20 I've found this time, the Good the Bad and the Ugly.
The Good - Skatoons, We are Scientists and maybe Rik Mayall and a few others.
The Bad - The Competition, The Squad and many others
The Ugly - Terry Venables murdering an Elvis classic.

There are a few that grow on you with a few listens, but chances are you'll only listen to them until England get knocked out anyway, hopefully I'll still be playing them after July 11th, enjoy it while it lasts.

01 Beach - We Are England (The Flames Of 66)
02 Dile - Skank For England
03 Rik Mayall - Noble England
04 Squad - Three Lions 2010
05 Dizzee Rascal And James Corden - Shout For England
06 Chris Martini - When England Rule The World
07 Mitch Benn - Win One Lose One
08 Skatoons - The World Cup's Waiting For You
09 Twenty Teners - Oh Mr Fabio Capello
10 We Are Scientists - Goal England
11 Swagga - The Victory Bus
12 Terry Venables - If I Can Dream
13 Scaredy Cats - England's Lion Hearted White Shirt Warriors
14 Competition - Fabio
15 Shuttleworth And Mark E Smith - England's Heartbeat
16 Three Brians - We Are Engerland
17 Young Stanley - Sing It For England
18 England United With Spike - Grab A Stella Nelson Mandela
19 Barker And Hartley - It's Time For England
20 Chenille Steele - Come On You Lions

New Order - (The Best Of) New Order

Titled the best of New Order but I don't agree, personally I would expect the originals of songs like Blue monday and true faith rather than the later remixes but that's my opinion.
Don't get me wrong this is an excellent compilation of New Order's back catalogue and includes most of the finest songs of their first 14 years.
I still have the vinyl version of this which was one of the last new vinyl albums I bought before finally going down the CD route.
Also it has the classic "world in motion" at track 16 as it's world cup time again.

01 - True Faith 94
02 - Bizarre Love Triangle 94
03 - 1963 94
04 - Regret
05 - Fine Time
06 - The Perfect Kiss
07 - Shell Shock
08 - Thieves Like Us
09 - Vanishing Point
10 - Run 2
11 - Round And Round 94
12 - World (Price Of Love)
13 - Ruined In A Day
14 - Touched By The Hand Of God
15 - Blue Monday 88
16 - World In Motion

Various - Kerrang The Devil's Music Volume 4

It's from Kerrang so you know what type of music it is, a pretty good compilation and it was free :)

01 A - Took It Away
02 Pitchshifter - Down
03 Echobrain - Spoonfed
04 Lit - Everything's Cool
05 Bad Religion - The Defense
06 Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
07 Fu Manchu - Hang On
08 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Shakin Rock N Roll Tonight
09 Dukes Of Nothing - War And Wine
10 Thirty Six Crazyfists - Slit Wrist Theory
11 Black Label Society - Demise Of Sanity
12 Five Pointe 0 - Double X Minus
13 Cyclefly - Crowns
14 Cooper Temple Clause - Panzer Attack
15 Ace And Benji - Back Up
16 Soil - Breaking Me Down
17 Decapitated - Babylon's Pride
18 December - Waiting For Rain
19 Alec Empire - Everything Starts With A Fuck

Various - The Heartbeat Singles Collection 1978-1981

Following on from the Avon calling comp here are some more from similar bands from the Heartbeat label.
Great stuff again from the best of the Bristol scene, Glaxo Babies were actually called Gl*xo Babies here but my computer doesn't like asterisks.

01 Social Security - I Don't Want My Heart To Rule My Head
02 Social Security - Choc Ice
03 Europeans - Europeans
04 Europeans - Voices
05 Glaxo Babies - This Is Your Life
06 Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee
07 Numbers - Alternative Suicide
08 X Certs - Blue Movies
09 Joe Public - Hotel Rooms
10 48 Hours - Back To Ireland
11 Glaxo Babies - Christine Keeler
12 Glaxo Babies - Nova Bossa Nova
13 Private Dicks - She Said Go
14 Private Dicks - Private Dicks
15 Apartment - The Car
16 Apartment - Winter
17 Glaxo Babies - Shake
18 Letters - Nobody Loves Me
19 Letters - Don't Want You Back
20 Art Objects - Showing Off To Impress The Girls
21 Final Eclipse - Birdsong
22 Final Eclipse - New Dawn
23 Skodas - Everybody Thinks Everybody Else Is Dead Bad
24 Skodas - Mouth

Various - Avon Calling The Bristol Compilation

Was listening to an old John Peel show and he mentioned this which I'd forgotten about luckily I checked the old files and found I already had it.
Basically the best of Bristol's "new wave" scene from the late seventies and it sounds great :)
Strangely the first track starts with a Peel clip mentioning this album, although it says there are only 15 tracks? so I have to assume this is a later version.

01 Glaxo Babies - It's Irrational
02 Europeans - On The Continent
03 Private Dicks - Green Is In The Red
04 Moskow - Too Much Commotion
05 Essential Bop - Chronicle
06 Directors - What You've Got
07 Various Artists - Own Up
08 Sneak Preview - Slugweird
09 Stingrays - Sound
10 X Certs - Anthem
11 Apartment - The Alternative
12 Numbers - Cross Slide
13 Vice Squad - Nothing
14 Stereo Models - Move Fast-Stay Ahead
15 Double Vision - My Dead Mother
16 Apartment - Poison
17 Sneak Preview - Desire
18 Private Dicks - Don't Follow My Lead
19 Double Vision - List 99
20 Vitus Dance - Down At The Park
21 X Certs - You Have Been Warned
22 Simon Edwards - Interview DJ Announcements

Various - Spools Paradise RMC60 1985

Really pleased with the quality of this cassette considering the age of the tape and how many times it was played in the car.
A real good selection of alternative artists and styles which introduced me to several of these bands who went on to become famous for the first time.
A record Mirror compilation although I can't remember if this was cover mounted or I had to collect tokens for it, but I'm glad I got it either way.
Favourites for me were the Lloyd Cole, Win and Pogues tracks.

Win - You've Got The Power
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
Lizzie Tear - Kima (Hey! Ma Ma!)
Brilliant - Ruby Fruit Jungle
Colourbox - Arena
Chakk - Turn The Sound Out (Higher Than I Want To Be)
Pogues - A Pair Of Brown Eyes
Animal Nightlife - Love Is Just The Great Pretender (Undressing Mix)
James - Just Hip
ABC - Fear Of The World (In Cinemascope)
Tippa Irie - Complain Neighbour
Virginia Astley - I Live In Dreams
Hipsway - Forbidden
Del Amitri - Heard Through A Wall
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes (Live)

Various - Exposed No. III New Noise For The Nineties

Some of my old cassettes are virtually unplayable these days but a few like this one sound as good as ever luckily.
Another random selection of bands on this cover mounted cassette which I assume came with Exposed magazine although that's long gone.
The Bjork album track is the only one most people would have heard before.

Bjork - Come To Me
Wool - EFF
Goats - Typical American (Baked Potato Mix)
Wild Orchids - Traffic Of Tears
Frenzy - (It's A) Mad Mad World
Morphine - Good
Scuttlebutt - Magic Wand
Magic Dragon - Splash
Purple Dreams - Anywhere Else
Flowerdrum - The Heat Is On
Shining - My Hollywood

Various - Beserkley Anthology

A bonus disc with the Jonathan Richman one below, this includes most of the other Beserkley records to hit the playlists in the late seventies / early eighties era.
One surprise for me was the exclusion of the Smirks, I only owned records on this label by JR, The Rubinoos and The Smirks but have looked into it and it seems they fell out with the label after releasing the 2 songs I used to have, which probably explains it.
Of the rest I knew Greg Kihn and the Tyla Gang but the rest were new to me.

01 Earth Quake - Tall Order For A Short Guy
02 Greg Kihn - All The Right Reasons
03 Earth Quake - Mr Security
04 Rubinoos - Gorilla
05 Earth Quake - Friday On My Mind
06 Rubinoos - I Think We're Alone Now
07 Greg Kihn - Madison Avenue
08 Spitballs - I Can Only Give You Everything
09 Rubinoos - Rock N Roll Is Dead
10 Tyla Gang - The Young Lords
11 Greg Kihn - For You
12 Rubinoos - I Want To Be Your Boyfriend
13 Eleven Bloody Men - Better Watch Out
14 Greg Kihn - Valerie
15 Rubinoos - Hard To Get
16 Mrs Green - Hurry
17 Greg Kihn - Don't Expect To Be Right
18 Rubinoos - Leave My Heart Alone
19 Tyla Gang - Oakland Red
20 Spitballs - Way Over There
21 Rubinoos - Jennifer
22 Greg Kihn - Jeopardy

Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Home Of The Hits

Jonathan Richman another of those artists you tend to associate with punk rock but when you listen all these years later you wonder why?
Still love most of these, I remember buying the Modern Lovers live LP at the time and played it to death, but cringe slightly when singing along to “I’m a little aeroplane nyow nyow” haha

01 - Roadrunner
02 - She Cracked
03 - Girlfriend
04 - Modern World
05 - Hospital
06 - Rockin' Shoppin' Spree
07 - Back In The USA
08 - New England
09 - Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns
10 - Roller Coaster By The Sea
11 - Dodge Veg O Matic
12 - Egyptian Reggae
13 - I'm A Little Airplane
14 - Ice Cream Man
15 - My Little Kookenhaken
16 - The Morning Of Our Lives
17 - Back In Your Life
18 - I'm Nature's Mosquito
19 - Party In The Woods Tonight
20 - My Love Is A Flower

Various - Blues Brother Soul Sister

I’ve got the blues you can have them too.
This excellent compilation features some of the all time classic Blues and Soul tunes of the Sixties and early seventies.

Part 1
01 Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
02 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
03 James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
04 Aretha Franklin - Respect
05 Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
06 John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
07 Wilson Picket - In The Midnight Hour
08 Diana Ross And The Supremes - Love Child
09 Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
10 Jackie Wilson - I Got The Sweetest Feeling
11 Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
12 Tommy Tucker - Hi Heel Sneakers
13 Temptations - My Girl
14 Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
15 Edwin Starr - Stop Her On Sight
16 Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
17 Sam And Dave - Soul Man
18 Jr Walker And The Allstars - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
19 Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
20 Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You

Part 2
01 Marvin Gaye - Abraham Martin And John
02 Erma Franklin - (Take A Little) Piece Of My Heart
03 Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
04 Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign
05 Gladys Knight And The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
06 Otis Redding - (Sitting On The) Dock Of The Bay
07 Maxine Browne - Oh No Not My Baby
08 Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is
09 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears
10 Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
11 Ben E King - Stand By Me
12 Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
13 Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
14 Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
15 Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
16 Judy Clay And William Bell - Private Number
17 Nina Simone - Feeling Good
18 Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
19 B B King - The Thrill Is Gone
20 Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me

Various Artists - Oversell

This compilation from 1979 was only available after collecting tokens from the Record Mirror and sending off for it, and hopefully being around when the postie tried to cram it into your letterbox :)
A bit of a mix musically as all the artists were on the Virgin label, some excellent Punk/New Wave from the Skids, Members, Records and my own favourite "Gut feeling" by Devo which has one of the greatest intros ever, as well as some good reggae and even some great prog rock from Tangerine Dream.
I hadn't played it since the early eighties so I've just played it over and over for hours, great stuff.

Members - Soho-A-Go-Go
Records - Paint Your Face
Fingerprintz - Night Nurse
Gladiators - Get Ready
Tangerine Dream - Excerpt From Cloudburst Flight

Skids - Integral Plot
Devo - Gut Feeling
Culture - They Love In This Time
Supercharge - I Think I'm Gonna Fall In Love
Twinkle Brothers - King Pharoh
Julie Covington - Barbara's Song

Various Artists - Debut 03

These albums/magazines came out in the mid eighties and would have been a good collection, as it turns out I only bought 2 and the other wasn't as good (and is long gone).
Not sure how many were actually released (this is number 3) but I'm guessing it didn't have a very long run?
Nice collection of mixed songs with my highlights being the King Kurt and Bourgie Bourgie tracks and the strange but brilliant Blancmange track.
A few other well known artists thrown in such as the Bluebells and Prefab Sprout, as far as I know the Belouis Some track was the only one to hit the chart.

Bourgie Bourgie - Breaking Point
Friends Again - Moon 3
Bluebells - Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Folk Devils - Chewing The Flesh
Prefab Sprout - Spinning Belinda
Belouis Some - Some People

Shriekback - Suck
King Kurt - Riders In The Sky
Fashion - Hurricane
Red Guitars - Within Four Walls
Blancmange - Vishnu

Various - Mashed Punks

Thought about calling this selection "Sacrilege" as it didn't seem right to be using classic punk/new wave tunes in a dance orientated way, but from the first one I heard GHP's "Ray of Gob" I quickly changed my opinion Mark Vidler had made such a good job of it that I ended up searching for more.
Sort of lost interest when it became a bit more professional, so most of these are from about 5 years back and are mostly rough and ready mashes.
All have a punk/new wave link so hopefully you'll like them too.
I've credited the mash artist (in brackets) where I can remember them.

Basement Jaxx Vs Clash - Magnificent Romeo
Bjork Vs Cure - A Hidden Forest (Gordy Boy)
Buzzcocks Vs Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Boredom (Soundhog)
CC Peniston Vs Sex Pistols - Finally Did You No Wrong (Go Home Productions)
Clash Vs Gwen Stefani - Radio Hollaback
Clash Vs Moguai - U Know Y London Burns (IDC)
Cure Vs TLC - Scrub Cats (McSleazy)
Ejected Vs Pitman - Punk Pitman (LV15)
Electric Six V Sex Pistols - Problems At The Gay Bar (Go Home Productions)
Gwen Stefani Vs Lene Lovich - Waiting For My Lucky Number (Carty)
Kelly Rowland Vs Dead Kennedys - Drunken Fuck (LV15)
Madonna Vs Sex Pistols - God Save Madonna (Go Home Productions)
Madonna Vs Sex Pistols - Ray Of Gob (Go Home Productions)
Michael Jackson Vs Buzzcocks - Punky Jacko Party
Queen Vs Bad Manners - We Will Ska You
Ramones Vs Beastie Boys - Beastie Bop (Dinbot)
Sex Pistols Vs The Devil - Antichrist (Thrift Shop XL)
Sex Pistols Vs Visage - Fade To Pretty Vacant (Copycat)
Stranglers Vs Peaches - Peaches Peaches
XTC Vs Tweet - Making Plans For Vinyl

Various Artists - Cover Versions

I tend to either love or hate cover versions, if they are too similar to the original I'll label them as shite, or if a band has put their own distinctive mark on them I usually love them.
Here is a totally random selection, by no means the best and probably not even including all my favourites (just ones that sprung to mind without having to search too hard).
A lot with punk influence but enough of other genres to make it interesting.
Everyone has their favourites and their own opinions I looked up a couple of articles on top rated covers and to be honest hated most of them.

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Anti Nowhere League - Streets Of London
Bad Manners - The First Cut Is The Deepest
Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
Beat - Tears Of A Clown
Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
Bomb The Bass - Say A Little Prayer
Clash - Police And Thieves
Cramps - Route 66
Damned - Ballroom Blitz
Devo - (I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction
Dickies - Nights In White Satin
Echo And The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Elbow - Independent Woman
Fall - Gotta See Jane
Flying Lizards - What's New Pussycat
Green Day - Working Class Hero
Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs
Jam - Batman Theme
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Wheels On The Bus
King Kurt - Ghost Riders In The Sky
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Madness - It Must Be Love
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Leaving On A Jet Plane
Modettes - Paint It Black
Motorhead - God Save The Queen
Muse - Feeling Good
Ramones - What A Wonderful World
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Saints - Lipstick On Your Collar
Sid Vicious - My Way
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Helter Skelter
Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Television Personalities - Mr Brightside
Tenpole Tudor - Rock Around The Clock
Tori Amos - Rattlesnakes
Toy Dolls - Blue Suede Shoes
White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
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Abrasive Wheels - Jailhouse Rock
All Seeing I - Beat Goes On
Amateur Transplants - London Underground (Going Underground)
Amy Winehouse - Cupid
Avalanches - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
B52's - Downtown
Billy Bragg - She's Leaving Home
Bjork And PJ Harvey - Satisfaction (Live)
Buzzcocks - Ballroom Blitz
Cult - Born To Be Wild
Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas
Devo - Working In A Coalmine
Eddie And The Hot Rods - Gloria
Elvis Costello - She
Farmer's Boys - In The Country
Fatima Mansions - Everything I Do
Flying Lizards - Sex Machine
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Suffragette City
Fun Lovin Criminals - We Have All The Time In The World
Ian Brown - Billie Jean
Judge Dread - Al Capone
Kate Bush - Rocket Man
Little Nell - Fever
Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless (Theme From Mash)
OK Go - Ant Music
Plastic Bertrand - Sha La La La Lee
Presidents Of The USA - Video Killed the Radio Star
Rezillos - Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Rocket From The Crypt - Press Darlings
Sex Pistols - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
Specials - Return Of The Django
Splodgenessabounds - Two Little Boys
Stranglers - 96 Tears
Thirty Nine Lyon Street (Billy McKenzie) - Kites
Vice Squad - Teenage Rampage
Vinnie Jones - Wooly Bully
Wall Of Voodoo - Ring Of Fire
Weezer - Uptown Girl
Who - Summer Time Blues (Live)
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Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Anarchy In The UK
Bad Manners - Wet Dream
Beautiful South - Everybody's Talking At Me
Billy Bragg And The Blokes - Billericay Dickie
Carter USM - The Impossible Dream
Count Bishops - Route 66
Damned - Eloise
Dickies - Paranoid
Divine Comedy - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Faith No More - Easy
Fratellis - Solid Gold Easy Action
Jane Aire And The Belvederes - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache
Jet Bumpers - Radar Love
John Otway - Space Oddity
Leningrad Cowboys - These Boots Are Made For Walking
Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (Unplugged)
Offspring - I Wanna Be Sedated
Radio Stars - Dear Prudence
Ramones - Baby I Love You
Rezillos - I Like It
Selecter - James Bond
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah
Sex Pistols - Substitute
Sexgang Children - As Tears Go By
Sham 69 - You're A Better Man Than I
Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Passenger
Snow Patrol - Isolation
Soft Cell - What
Specials - Double Barrel
Spizzenergi - Virginia Plain
Splodgenessabounds - Wiffy Woman (Pretty Woman)
Stranglers - Walk On By
Stray Cats - Something Else
Suggs - Cecilia
Vandals - Hocus Pocus
Vic Reeves - Born Free
Wedding Present - Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Wreckless Eric - Clever Trevor
XTC - All Along The Watchtower
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Ataris - The Boys Of Summer
Billy Idol - Mony Mony
Bjork - You Only Live Twice
Blue Rondo A La Turk - I Spy (For The FBI)
Blues Brothers - Rawhide
Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So
Clash - I Fought The Law
Colourfield - Windmills Of Your Mind
Decemberists - Human Behaviour
Human League - Get Carter
J Church - Girlfriend In A Coma
Jam - David Watts
Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros - Redemption Song
Kaiser Chiefs - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Keane - With Or Without You
Killers - Shadowplay
Kirsty MacColl - A New England
L7 - Hanging On The Telephone
Lawnmower Deth - Up The Junction
Manic Street Preachers - Umbrella
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Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
Marilyn Manson - Down In The Park
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Seasons In The Sun
Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain
Morrissey - That's Entertainment
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
New York Dolls - (Give Him A) Great Big Kiss
No Doubt - It's My Life
No Way Sis - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
Rubinoos - I Think We're Alone Now
Siouxsie And The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire
Skids - All The Young Dudes
Stranglers - All Day And All Of The Night
Suggs - Alright
Supergrass - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Terry Hall - Music To Watch Girls By
The King - Come As You Are
Toyah - Echo Beach
U96 - Das Boot
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Ashes To Ashes - Series One

Ashes to Ashes is the follow up series to the highly rated "Life on Mars", which featured 2006 detective Sam Tyler being thrown back to 1973.
For this series replace Sam with female detective Alex Drake who is this time thrown back to 1981 to solve the mystery of her parents death.
All far fetched but good entertainment :)
Also the series featured some great 80's music, the official soundtrack only features 19 of the 66 tracks used plus some dialogue and title themes.
This should be every track that was featured, although I've read some people claim to have heard a few others (but these are those listed on the official website).

01
Ultravox - Vienna
Duran Duran - Careless Memories
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
The Passions - I'm In Love With a German Film Star
The Clash - I Fought The Law
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
02
Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men
Madness - The Prince
Imagination - Body Talk
The Flying Lizards - Money
Visage - Fade To Grey
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
Jon And Vangelis - I Hear You Now
Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear
Chas And Dave - Gertcha
03
The Ruts - Staring At The Rude Boys
Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
Roxy Music - Let's Stick Together
Roxy Music - Over You
Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
The Buzzcocks - Autonomy
The Beat - Doors Of Your Heart
04
Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
Shakin' Stevens - Green Door
Duran Duran - Girls On Film
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay
The Clash - London Calling
Human League - Love Action
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
The Clash - Police and Thieves
05
Madness - One Step Beyond
Simple Minds - I Travel
XTC - Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
Killing Joke - Turn To Red
Donna Summer - I Feel love
John Davis - Love Magic
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Sarah Brightman And Hot Gossip - I lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper
Soft Cell - Where Did Our Love Go
06
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
The Skids - Into The Valley
Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
Spandau Ballet - Chant No 1
Kim Wilde - Kids In America
Ultravox - Vienna *
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
Japan - Ghosts
07
The Clash - Police On My Back
Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes
The Beat - Whine And Grine
Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life
David Bowie - Fame
The Selecter - Too Much Pressure
Peaches and Herb - Reunited
Marshall Hain - Dancing In the City
Rossini - William Tell Overture
08
Tom Robinson Band - 2 4 6 8 Motorway
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes *
Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home
Bonus TracksIntroduction Dialogue - Alex Drake
Interlude Dialogue - You're Nicked
Edmund Butt - Gene Genie (Gene Hunt's Theme)
Edmund Butt - Title Music from Ashes To Ashes
Epilogue Dialogue - Fandabydozy

VA - X Files Movie Soundtrack

Being an X Files fan I bought the soundtrack album and was annoyed to find out none of the vocal tracks were on it (should've checked first).
As good as Mark Snow's music was it doesn't really maintain the interest, so here are the other tracks which are listed on the movie soundtrack.

01 Filter - One
02 Tonic - Flower Man
03 Foo Fighters - Walking After You
04 Ween - Beacon Light
05 Sting And Aswad - Invisible Sun
06 Cardigans - Deuce
07 Better Than Ezra - One More Murder
08 Cure - More Than This
09 Bjork - Hunter
10 Soul Coughing - 16 Horses
11 X - Crystal Ship
12 Sarah McLachlan - Black
13 Noel Gallagher - Teotihuacan
14 Dust Brothers - The X Files Theme

VA - Switched On (The Cool Sound Of TV Advertising)

Switched On (The Cool Sound Of TV Advertising)

Like the Essential soundtracks album I picked this up after collecting a pile of vouchers from some product that I can't actually remember?
So glad I did as this is a brilliant collection of songs.
I can't remember how many times I've only discovered bands just because one of their tracks was used in an advert and it's stuck in my head.
Not sure if it really works on an advertising level as I often can't think what the product was and it's only through compilations like this that I find the music, this is from around 2001.

Disc 1
01 - Supernaturals - Smile
02 - Loop Da Loop - What I Like About You
03 - Faithless - Drifting Away
04 - Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In La
05 - Leftfield - Original
06 - All Seeing I - Beat Goes On
07 - Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now
08 - Crustation With Bronagh Slevin - Purple
09 - Happy Mondays - Loose Fit
10 - Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
11 - Shaft - (Muncho Mambo) Sway
12 - KRS One - Sound Of Da Police
13 - CJ Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter
14 - Jimmy Smith - Organ Grinder's Swing
15 - House Of Pain - Jump Around
16 - Monk And Canatella - Enter The Monk
17 - Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
18 - Propellerheads And Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
19 - Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt
20 - Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
21 - Mr Oizo - Flat Beat

Disc 2
01 - Propellerheads - Dive
02 - Rob D - Clubbed To Death
03 - Le Hammond Inferno - Easy Leasing Superstar
04 - King Bee - Back By Dope Demand
05 - Stereo Mc's - Connected
06 - Moby - Run On
07 - New Order - Blue Monday 88
08 - David Holmes - Rodney Yates
09 - Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
10 - Freakpower - Turn On Tune In Cop Out
11 - James Clarke - Blow Up A Go Go
12 - Felix - Don't You Want Me
13 - Sash - Encore Une Fois
14 - Fat Boy Slim - Going Out Of My Head
15 - Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
16 - Urban DK - Have A Go Hero
17 - Les Rythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
18 - Pixies - Tame
19 - Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
20 - Blondie - One Way Or Another
21 - Wiseguys - Ooh La La
22 - Fun Lovin' Criminals - The Fun Lovin' Criminal

VA - Essential Soundtracks

Nice collection of tracks used in movies.

Disc 1
01 - Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
02 - Dick Dale And The Del Tones - Misirlou
03 - James Brown - The Payback
04 - The La's - There She Goes
05 - Stereophonics - Just Looking
06 - Leftfield - Shallow Grave
07 - Shirley Bassey - Big Spender
08 - Al Green - Let's Stay Together
09 - Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
10 - Bjork And David Arnold - Play Dead
11 - Bedrock And Kyo - For What You Dream Of
12 - Orbital - The Saint
13 - Stone Roses - Fools Gold
14 - Ash - A Life Less Ordinary
15 - Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City
16 - Velvet Underground - Heroin
17 - Santana - Oye Como Va
18 - Kool And The Gang - Jungle Boogie
19 - Commodores - Machine Gun
20 - Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

Disc 2
01 - Underworld - Born Slippy
02 - George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
03 - Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
04 - Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
05 - Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
06 - Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt (Main Title)
07 - Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet
08 - Johnny Mercer - Ac Cent Tchu Ate The Positive
09 - Roger Miller - King Of The Road
10 - Lavern Baker - Soul On Fire
11 - Barry White - You're The First The Last My Everything
12 - Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
13 - Emotions - Best Of My Love Boogie Nights
14 - Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
15 - Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
16 - Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
17 - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
18 - Booker T And The Mg's - Green Onions
19 - Angelo Badalamenti - Laura Palmer's Theme (Instrumental)
20 - Lou Reed - Perfect Day

VA - Flesh Fangs And Filigree

The label says "50 songs of darkness and torture by the original artists".
It's not as depressing as it sounds.
Tracks from The Damned, Stranglers, Penetration, Marc Almond, Iggy Pop, Nico, Bauhaus and many others make this a worthwhile compilation.

Disc 1
01 - Notwist - Torture Day
02 - Nico - Femme Fatale
03 - Sex Gang Children - Ecstasy And Vendetta
04 - Lydia Lunch - Stinkfist
05 - Mission - Stars Don't Shine
06 - Dominator - Swallow Me
07 - Alien Sex Fiend - Class Of 69
08 - Electric Sex Circus - Spanner Badge
09 - Blood Red Dogs - Lizzy Gone Bad
10 - Gene Loves Jezebel - Sweet Rain
11 - Scarehead - Plague Bones
12 - Morgans - Red Or Dead
13 - Christian Death - The Nascent Virion
14 - Specimen - Sharp Teeth Pretty Teeth
15 - Dark - The Pleasure Is Pain
16 - Iggy And The Stooges - Cock In My Pocket
17 - Damned - Torture Me

Disc 2
01 - Bauhaus - Boys
02 - Rita Lynch - Baby I Wonder
03 - Thirty Nine Clocks - Psychotic Louie Louie
04 - Penetration - Free Money
05 - Furyo - Legacy
06 - Sally Timms And Marc Almond - This House Is A House Of Trouble
07 - Skeletal Family - Alone She Cries
08 - Ghost Dance - Heart Full Of Soul
09 - Swarf Sisters - Pallastine
10 - Play Dead - Final Epitaph
11 - Ritual - Mind Disease
12 - Bone Orchard - Kicking Up The Sawdust
13 - Sunglasses After Dark - Morbid Silence
14 - Into A Circle - Seraphin Twin
15 - Drill - Uniforms
16 - Psychic Tv - Horror House

Disc 3
01 - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Beating My Head
02 - Stranglers - Peasant In The Big Shitty
03 - Creaming Jesus - The Skinny Head Fuck
04 - Actifed - Crucifixion
05 - Marionettes - Death Of A Friend
06 - Slug Bait - Karren Brady
07 - Lucyfix - Simon Says
08 - Baptism - Sex Hangover
09 - Die Lady Di - House Of Come
10 - March Violets - Essence
11 - Theatre Of Hate - Judgement Hymn
12 - Band Of Pain - The Correction Of Jennifer
13 - In Exelsis - Carnival Of The Gullible
14 - Bomb Party - Harry The Babysitter
15 - Zero Le Creche - Last Years Wife
16 - Pauline Murray - Screaming In The Darkness
17 - Screaming Dead - Creatures Of The Night

VA - The Lakes

Music from Jimmy McGovern's BBC series The Lakes.
The series starred John Simm who later found fame as Sam Tyler in "Life on Mars" and was recently seen as the master in Dr Who.
Nice collection of songs from the late 90's.

01 - Cast - Walkaway
02 - Charlatans - North Country Boy
03 - Blur - Song 2
04 - Republica - Bloke
05 - Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
06 - Squeeze - Tempted
07 - Echo And The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever
08 - Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind
09 - New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)
10 - Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
11 - Rollo Goes Spiritual With Pauline Taylor - Let This Be A Prayer
12 - Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter
13 - Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky
14 - Placebo - Bruise Pristine
15 - Stone Roses - Begging You
16 - Ocean Colour Scene - Travellers Tune
17 - Radiohead - Just
18 - Massive Attack - Protection
19 - Mansun - Stripper Vicar
20 - Space - Female Of The Species
21 - Terry Hall - Anywhere