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1Lullaby for the Working ClassI Never Even Asked for Light1. 2. Show me how the robots dance 3. Irish wake 4. Jester's siren 5. Hypnotist (Song for Daniel H) 6. In Honour of my Stumbling 7. This is as close as we get 8. The Sunset & the electric bill 9. Bread crumbs 10. Descent 11. - 13. Man vs the tide
2Bright EyesCollection1. Invisible Gardener 2. Patient Hope in New Snow 3. Saturday as Usual 4. Falling Out of Love at This Volume 5. Exaltation on a Cool, Kitchen Floor 6. The Awful Sweetness of Escaping Sweat 7. Puella Quam Amo Est Pulchra 8. Driving Fast Through a Big City at Night 9. How Many Lights Do You See? 10. I Watched You Taking Off 11. A Celebration upon Completion 12. Emily, Sing Something Sweet 13. All of the Truth 14. One Straw (Please) 15. Lila 16. Few Minutes on Friday 17. Supriya 18. Solid Jackson 19. Feb. 15th 20. 'Feel Good' Revolution
3Super Furry AnimalsRadiator1. Furryvision 2. The Placid Casual 3. The International Language Of Screaming 4. Demons 5. Short Painkiller 6. She's Got Spies 7. Play It Cool 8. Hermann Loves Pauline 9. Chupacabras 10. Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir 11. Bass Tuned To D.E.A.D 12. Down A Different River 13. Download 14. Mountain People
4Jim WhiteWrong Eyed Jesus1. Book of angels 2. Burn the river dry 3. Still waters 4. When Jesus gets a brand new name 5. Sleepy town 6. Perfect day to chase tornados 7. Wordmule 8. Stabbed in the heart 9. Angel land 10. Heaven of my heart 11. Road that leads to Heaven
518 WheelerYear Zero1. The Hours And The Times 2. Crabs 3. Stay 4. Grease 5. Prozac Beats 6. The Ballad Of Paul Verlaine 7. Everythings Dead 8. Retard 9. Blue Eyed Son 10. Den Dagen, Den Sorgen 11. Planesong
6Elliott SmithEither/Or1. Speed trials 2. Alameda 3. Ballad of big nothing 4. Between the bars 5. Pictures of me 6. No name no 5 7. Rose parade 8. Punch and Judy 9. Angeles 10. Cupid's trick 11. 2.45am 12. Say yes
7Modest MouseLonesome Crowded West1. Teeth Like God's Shoeshine 2. Heart Cooks Brian 3. Convenient Parking 4. Lounge (Closing Time) 5. Jesus Christ Was An Only Child 6. Doin' The Cockroach 7. Cowboy Dan 8. Trailer Trash 9. Out Of Gas 10. Long Distance Drunk 11. Shit Luck 12. Truckers Atlas 13. Polar Opposites 14. Bankrupt On Selling 15. Styrofoam Boots/ It's All Nice On Ice, Alright
8Edward BallCatholic Guilt1. The Mill Hill self hate club 2. Love is blue 3. Docklands blues 4. Controversial girlfriend 5. The Hampstead therapist 6. Tilt 7. Trailblaze 8. Never live to love again 9. This is the story of my love 10. This is real
9PortisheadPortishead1. Cowboys 2. All Mine 3. Undenied 4. Half Day Closing 5. Over 6. Humming 7. Mourning Air 8. Seven Months 9. Only You 10. Elysium 11. Western Eyes
10Primal ScreamVanishing Point1. Burning wheel 2. Get Duffy 3. Kowalski 4. Star 5. If they move kill 'em 6. Out of the void 7. Stuka 8. Medication 9. Motorhead 10. Trainspotting 11. Long life
11GrandaddyUnder the Western Freeway1. Nonphenomenal lineage 2. A.M 180 3. Collective dreamwish of upperclass elegance 4. Summer here kids 5. Laughing stock 6. Under the Western Freeway 7. Everything beutiful is far away 8. Poisoned at Hartsy Thai Food 9. Go progress chrome 10. Why took your advice 11. Lawn and so on
12CornershopWhen I Was Born for the 7th Time1. Sleep on the left side 2. Brimful of Asha 3. Butter the soul 4. Chocolat 5. We're in yr corner 6. Funky days are back again 7. What is happening 8. When the light appears boy 9. Coming up 10. Good shit 11. Good to be on the road back home 12. It's Indian tabacco my friend 13. Candyman 14. State troopers 15. Norwegian wood
13Volume All StarClose Encounters of the Bump and Grind1. Subtle Fuse 2. Introducing My Volume 3. Ice Cream 4. Alpoboy 5. Night Owl 6. J. Grey 7. Death Race 1997 8. D-Spot 9. Girls Town 10. Return of the Nightowl 11. Puzzle Power 12. Beat Olympics 13. Bubble-Yummy 14. Final Exam
14Built To SpillPerfect From Now On1. Randy Described Eternity 2. I Would Hurt a Fly 3. Stop the Show 4. Made-Up Dreams 5. Velvet Waltz 6. Out of Site 7. Kicked It in the Sun 8. Untrustable/Part 2
15Wu Tang ClanWu Tang Forever1. Wu-Revolution 2. Reunited 3. For Heavens Sake 4. Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours (Still Don't Nothing Move But The Money) 5. Visionz 6. As High As Wu-Tang Get 7. Severe Punishment 8. Older Gods 9. Maria 10. A Better Tomorrow 11. It's Yourz 12. Intro 13. Triumph 14. Impossible 15. Little ghetto boys 16. Deadly melody 17. City 18. Projects 19. Bells of war 20. MGM 21. Dog shit 22. Duck seazon 23. Hellz wind staff 24. Heaterz 25. Black shampoo 26. Second coming 27. Closing Disc: 2 1. Intro 2. Triumph 3. Impossible 4. Little Ghetto Boys 5. Deadly Melody 6. The City 7. The Projects 8. Bells of War 9. The MGM 10. Dog Sh*t 11. Duck Season 12. Hellz Wind Staff 13. Heaterz 14. Black Shampoo 15. Second Coming 16. The Closing
16ZoobombsLet it Bomb1. 1-2-3 2. South Central Rock 3. Mo' Funky, Pt. 1 4. Mo' Dub 5. Pleasure Drop 6. 4190 7. Bomb the Bomb 8. Gimme Some Money 9. Ships Are Alright 10. Soul Bomb 11. Don's Dream
17Gorky's Zygotic MynciBarafundle1. Diamond dew 2. Barafundle bumbler 3. Starmoonsun 4. Patio song 5. Better rooms 6. Heywood lane 7. Pen gwag glas 8. Bola bola 9. Cursed coined and crucified 10. Sometimes the father is the son 11. Meirion wyllt 12. Wizard and the lizard 13. Miniature kingdoms 14. Dark night 15. Hwyl fawr I pawb 16. Wordless song
18Matt KeatingKilljoy1. Killjoy 2. Don't go the road alone 3. Bowery heights 4. Fruit you can't trust 5. Emily 6. You and me and this TV 7. Just to feel something 8. By the way 9. Roundabout way to get wise 10. While we fiddle 11. The L word 12. Happy again
19Grant McLennanIn Your Bright Ray1. In Your Bright Ray 2. Cave In 3. One Plus One 4. Sea Breeze 5. Malibu 69 6. Who Said Love Was Dead 7. Room for Skin 8. All Them Pretty Angels 9. Comet Scar 10. Down Here 11. Lamp by Lamp 12. Do You See the Lights? 13. Parade of Shadows
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