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 - 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 - 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

Frankie - Relax on the Tube 1983

The first version of Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood as featured on "The Tube" back in 1983.
The song was then titled "Relax (In Heaven Everything Is Fine)" and obviously underwent a massive Trevor Horn overhaul before hitting the shops and becoming an all time classic.