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Though far from my usual style, I was quite partial to some of the Indie sounds that were around in 1984 and either side of it – memories of sneaky late-night listens to John Peel on Radio 1 on school nights.
Here’s a selection of favoured tunes which transport me right back to that era.
- THIS MORTAL COIL: SONG TO THE SIREN
- COCTEAU TWINS: PEARLY-DEWDROPS’ DROPS (12” VERSION)
- SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES: DEAR PRUDENCE (ALBUM VERSION)
- ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: THE KILLING MOON (EXTENDED VERSION)
- THE SMITHS: HOW SOON IS NOW (12” VERSION)
- BILLY IDOL: EYES WITHOUT A FACE
- FICTION FACTORY: FEELS LIKE HEAVEN
- THE ICICLE WORKS: LOVE IS A WONDERFUL COLOUR (LONG VERSION)
- NEW ORDER: THIEVES LIKE US
- SANDIE SHAW: HAND IN GLOVE
- THE FALL: C.R.E.E.P. (LONG VERSION)
- PROPAGANDA: DR. MABUSE (ORIGINAL 12” VERSION)
- ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN: SEVEN SEAS (MAGNUMS EXTENDED MIX)
- NEW ORDER: AGE OF CONSENT
- HUMAN LEAGUE: THE LEBANON (EXTENDED VERSION)
- EURYTHMICS: SEXCRIME (1984) (EXTENDED MIX)
- DEPECHE MODE: PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE (12” VERSION)
- PROPAGANDA: DUEL (EXTENDED VERSION)
- ALPHAVILLE: BIG IN JAPAN (EXTENDED VERSION)
- DEPECHE MODE: MASTER AND SERVANT (EXTENDED MIX)
- THE MIGHTY WAH: COME BACK
- THE CULT: SHE SELLS SANCTUARY (LONG VERSION)
- THE SMITHS: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE
- THE SMITHS: THIS CHARMING MAN