Click the link above and you will be taken to the playlist hosted on this website.  Click once on the first song and the playlist will start.

1) “Listen to the Sirens” by Tubeway Army (3:05)
2) “Suburban Relapse” by Siouxsie & The Banshees (4:12)
3) “Whip in My Valise” by Adam & the Ants (4:00)
4) “My Girl” by Madness (2:45)
5) “Concrete Jungle” by Specials (3:21)
6) “There, There, My Dear” by Dexy’s Midnight Runners (3:31)
7) “Sleeping Gas” by Teardrop Explodes (3:47)
8) “A Day without Me” by U2 (3:13)
9) “Stigmata Martyr” by Bauhaus (3:47)
10) “Possessions” by Residents (1:08)
11) “Chihuahua” by Bow Wow Wow (6:04)
12) “Crazy to Exist” by Josef K (2:59)
13) “No Dark Things” by Echo & The Bunnymen (4:27)
14) “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” by Human League (5:01)
15) “Fame and Fortune” by Mission of Burma (3:35)
16) “Rise Above” by Black Flag (2:28)
17) “Rip It Up” by Orange Juice (3:46)
18) “Release the Bats” by Birthday Party (2:30)
19) “Ultraviolence” by New Order (4:51)
20) “Buffalo Gals” by Malcolm McLaren (4:24)
21) “Beat Box (Diversion One)” by Art of Noise (8:35)
22) “History Lesson – Part II” by Minutemen (2:12)
23) “Lake Of Fire” by Meat Puppets (1:57)
24) “Masochism World” by Hüsker Dü (2:47)

In this playlist you will find music ordered chronologically by year of release from 1980 to 1984 (with a few exceptions at the beginning). The playlist was inspired by the book Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds.  The book is split into two parts so I split the playlists up as well…  see and hear the playlist for Part One here.  Please also see my review of the book here.  Course you don’t need to read the book to enjoy it, please dig in regardless of your interest in the book.

Click the link above and you will be taken to the playlist hosted on this website.  Click once on the first song and the playlist will start.

1 ) “Aphrodisiac” by Bow Wow Wow (3:18)
2 ) “Where Do You Run To” by Vivian Girls (3:23)
3 ) “Lola – The Raincoats, Davies, Ray” by Raincoats (4:04)
4 ) “Strangers” by Kinks (3:22)
5 ) “Paper Tiger” by Spoon (3:07)
6 ) “Shout Me Out” by TV On The Radio (4:28)
7 ) “Armenia City in the Sky” by Who (3:48)
8 ) “Good To Sea” by Pinback (3:14)
9 ) “Tammie” by The Dø (3:15)
10 ) “Daisy Click Clack” by Stereolab (3:28)
11 ) “Time to Pretend” by MGMT (4:21)
12 ) “Golden Brown” by Stranglers (3:30)
13 ) “Up In Michigan” by Chappaquiddick Skyline (2:24)
14 ) “Calling And Not Calling My Ex” by Okkervil River (4:21)
15 ) “Folk Song” by Ash (4:13)
16 ) “Boots Of Chinese Plastic” by Pretenders (2:33)
17 ) “Boots of Spanish Leather” by Bob Dylan (4:40)
18 ) “I’ll Keep It With Mine” (Bob Dylan Cover) by Nico (3:20)
19 ) “Who Loves The Sun” by Velvet Underground (2:48)
20 ) “Perfect Day” by Lou Reed (3:49)
21 ) “Gila” by Beach House (4:46)

Contains tracks that I was obsessed with over the past year.  A mixture of great songs from 2008 and great tracks from the past.