TracksRadio Free Europe - R.E.M, Going Underground - the Jam, A Forest - the Cure, Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys, I'm in Love with a German Film Star - Passions, I Will Dare - the Replacements, That's When I Reach for My Revolver - Mission of Burma, Johny Hit and Run Paulene - X, Just Like Honey - the Jesus and Mary Chain, Black Celebration - Depeche Mode, Tell Me When It's Over - the Dream Syndicate, Hollywood (Africa) - the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Temptation - New Order, Ghosts - Japan, A Song from Under the Floorboards - Magazine, Oblivious - Aztec Camera, Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely - Husker Du, Rise Above - Black Flag, Back in Flesh - Wall of Voodoo, Cattle and Cane - the Go-Betweens, Message of Love - the Pretenders, Vienna - Ultravox, Freak Scene - Dinosaur JR, The Charming Man - the Smiths, Stigmata - Ministry, Ways to Be Wicked - Lone Justice, Wardance - Killing Joke, Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Mirror in the Bathroom - the English Beat, Fairytale in the Supermarket - the Raincoats, Behind the Wall of Sleep - the Smithereens, Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing - Minutemen, Punk Rock Girl - the Dead Milkmen, Still in Hollywood - Concrete Blonde, Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division, Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes, Lake of Fire - Meat Puppets, Amplifier - the DB's, When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout, Goo Goo Muck - the Cramps, This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy, Senses Working Overtime - XTC, The Cutter - Echo ; The Bunnymen, Pay to Cum! - Bad Brains, Birthday - the Sugarcubes, Madonna of the Wasps - Robyn Hitchcock 'N' the Egyptians, We Care a Lot - Faith No More, Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth, To Hell with Poverty - Gang of Four, Fa Ce-La - the Feelies, Ana NG - They Might Be Giants, Swamp Thing - the Chameleons Uk, The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave ; The Bad Seeds, I Look Around - the Rain Parade, All That Money Wants - Psychedelic Furs, Under the Milky Way - the Church, Rise - Public Image LTD, Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets, Gravity Talks - Green on Red, Adrenalin - Throbbing Gristle, She Bangs the Drums - the Stone Roses, Monkey Gone to Heaven - Pixies, Uncertain Smile (Original 7 Inch Version) - the the, Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus, Christine - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Straight Edge - Minor Threat, I Want to Help You Ann - the Lyres, Our Secret - Beat Happening, Jane Says - Jane's Addiction, World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope, Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush, Sex Beat - Gun Club, Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven, Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies, Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops - Cocteau Twins, 24 Hour Party People - Happy Mondays, I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus, Suburban Home - Descendents, A Pair of Brown Eyes - the Pogues, Jet Fighter - the Three O'Clock, Moving to Florida - Butthole Surfers, A New England - Billy Bragg
Sub-GenreBox Sets
NotesIn his notes for this passionately compiled box, producer Gary Stewart writes, "the diversity from the late-70s punk/new wave scene turned into a full-blown, variety-fueled, genre-busting orgy in the '80s... The music became, in the best sense of the words, more complex, more literate, a bit more serious, and as a result, made astrong impact on mainsteam rock culture." from funk punk to revisionist roots rock to hard-core to smart-ass clever pop-and every musical nook and cranny in-between-Left of the Dial presents many of the '80s' most important tracks. Savor the far more influential flip side of the "Where's the Beef?" decade's musical output!