Various Artists – Britpop Influences

Last month, I posted a what-if compilation of The Beatles and what could have been their LP release of 1969, with additional singles. They were one of the bands mentioned by multiple artists during the Britpop era as a major influence. They even got back together (sort of) to release two new(six) songs during the mid 90s. So, wouldn’t it be interesting to put together a compilation of artists that were an influence on that period so this is what I put together. 

Britpop was a harking back to the great British song book of the 60s, 70s and 80s. It was also a rejection of American grunge music, so many of the songs writers from this period looked to write about Britishness in their lyrics. The 60s influences (especially Blur) ranged from The Kinks (especially when they were banned from the USA and their songs became more British in their lyrical content), The Beatles, and Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd. From the 70s, Noel Gallagher took inspiration from Slade. Art rockers such as Roxy Music were an influence on Suede. Bands from the late 70s such as The Strangers and Wire were such an influence on Elastica that the band lost plagiarism court cases due to the similarity of their songs to those of these earlier bands records. The indie scene of the 80s and very early 90s played a part in creating Britpop. The Madchester Scene where bands such as the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays played a part, incorporating dance beats and jangly guitars into their sound. With all this thrown into the mix, Britpop emerged. 

Whilst not all of these songs were the most inspirational in terms of Britpop, with The La’s and the song ‘There She Goes’ being called by Rolling Stone magazine, the foundation of Britpop, I did not want to use songs that were used on other compilations I have put together for this years celebration. If this compilation had actually been released back in the 90s, and I am surprised nothing like this was, then The Beatles and Pink Floyd would have been nowhere near it with those bands and/or record labels would not have released these songs for a compilation such as this. I also feel that compilers back in the day would have picked a Beatles song by John Lennon,  but I went with ‘The Inner Light’, a George Harrison number as I needed to have something with an Indian influence to cover Kula Shaker. 

Disc 1

  1. My Generation (Mono) – The Who
  2. The Last Time – Andrew Oldham Orchestra
  3. Arnold Layne – Pink Floyd
  4. The Inner Light – The Beatles
  5. Autumn Almanac – The Kinks
  6. Lazy Sunday – Small Faces
  7. Street Fighting Man (Single Mono Mix) – The Rolling Stones
  8. Starman (Single Mono Mix) – David Bowie
  9. Cum On Feel The Noize – Slade
  10. Do The Strand – Roxy Music
  11. 20th Century Boy – T.Rex
  12. No More Heroes – The Stranglers
  13. Take My I’m Yours – Squeeze
  14. Radio, Radio – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
  15. I Am The Fly (Single Version) – Wire
  16. Groovy Times – The Clash
  17. Cleopatra – Adam & The Ants
  18. Harmony In The Head – The Buzzcocks

Disc 2

  1. The Eton Rifles – The Jam
  2. Bloody Revolutions – Crass
  3. Treason – The Teardrop Explodes
  4. Do Nothing (Single Version) – The Specials (feat. Rico & the Ice Rink String Sounds)
  5. Senses Working Overtime (Single Edit) – XTC
  6. Our House (Radio Edit) – Madness
  7. The Cutter – Echo & The Bunnynmen
  8. This Charming Man – The Smiths
  9. 24 Hour Party People – Happy Mondays
  10. I Wanna Be Adored (Single Version) – Stone Roses
  11. Brassneck – The Wedding Present
  12. Def Con One – Pop Will Eat Itself
  13. Timeless Melody – The La’s
  14. Dragging Me Down – Inspired Carpets
  15. L.S.I. – The Shamen
  16. Cut Your Head – Pavement

Disc 2 could not be reproduced on Spotify due to one or more songs not being available.

The front cover images is adapted from pinterest user, Tim Benson. Virgin Records released several compilations during this era so I used their logo here. 

Various Artists – Now, It’s Not What I Would Call Britpop (1996-1997)

As I noted last month, I did spend the mid 90s listening to a lot of what we would now call Britpop, but that was not all that made its way onto my record player. There was a lot of other good music being produced at that time that was not Britpop and I thought I would put together another compilation of songs that reflected the period. Like last month, I could not produce a compilation for 1996 or 1997 individually so I have combined these years not a CD length playlist.

  1. Premiers Symptômes (Modular Mix) – Air
  2. Remember Me (Original 12” Version) – Blue Boy
  3. Drinking In L.A. – Bran Van 3000
  4. Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? – Paula Cole
  5. Who Do You Think You Are? – Spice Girls
  6. Mint Car – The Cure
  7. Oh Marie – Sheryl Cole
  8. Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) – The Beautiful South
  9. Someone’s Daughter (Single Version) – Beth Orton
  10. Black Eyed Boy – Texas
  11. The Bright Light – Tanya Donelly
  12. Don’t Speak – No Doubt
  13. Have You Seen Mary? – Sponge
  14. Kiss Me – Sixpence None The Richer
  15. Real Love – The Beatles
  16. Miss Misery – Elliott Smith
  17. My Love – Mark One
  18. Simple Beautiful – Briana Corrigan
  19. Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space – Spiritualised

Various Artists – Now, It’s Not What I Would Call Britpop (1994-1995)

I did spend the mid 90s listening to a lot of what we would now call Britpop, but that was not all that made its way onto my record player. There was a lot of other good music being produced at that time that was not Britpop and I thought I would put together a compilation of songs that reflected the period. I did try producing a compilation that would cover one year, but this proved to be a bit difficult. Therefore, both this and next months entry cover two years each. On reflection, this is a real mixed bag.

  1. Bizarre Love Triangle – Frente!
  2. Cornflake Girl (Edit) – Tori Amos
  3. Missing (Todd Terry Remix) – Everything But The Girl
  4. Stay (I Missed You) – Lisa Loeb
  5. Turn On Turn In Cop Out – Freak Power
  6. All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
  7. Sense – Terry Hall
  8. Patience Of Angels  – Eddi Reader
  9. Change – The Lightning Seeds
  10. Inside – Stiltskin
  11. Ode To Billy Joe – Sinead O’Connor
  12. Hallo Spaceboy – David Bowie
  13. Tongue – R.E.M.
  14. Streets Of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen
  15. Take It Back (Edit) – Pink Floyd
  16. ’74-’75 – The Connels
  17. Black Gold – Soul Asylum
  18. One Of US – Joan Osborne 
  19. Blackhole – Beck

Unlike the majority of my compilations, I have made this fit onto a CD with no vinyl equivalent. I also chose the title as it was a nice play on the ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ compilations that were also a mixed bag of genres, depending on what was selling that particular month.

I added the Virgin Records logo as they seemed to be kings of the compilation i the mid 90s if what I have in my record collection is anything to go by.

This playlist could not recreated on Spotify due to one or more of the songs not being available.

Various Artists – The Britpop Years Remixed

In compiling the playlists I have been posting since the beginning of the year, I have listened to a lot of what could be considered Britpop. Even though the term was an invention of the media to describe the musical landscape of the mid 90s, a lot of the bands that featured in it shared a few characteristics. These included being influenced by British music of the 60s and 70s, distancing themselves (at least initially) from US grunge music, championing the working class and for the most part, were guitar bands. 

However, not all was what it would seem and delving into the murky depths of the B-Sides revealed there was an attempt to appeal to clubbers and dance music. Not everyone got in on the act with Oasis being one such act who avoided a dance remix. This did not stop most of the others joining in, including Suede who enlisted Brian Eno to remix their song ‘Introducing The Band’, but as this was included on the ‘Lost Lullabies’ compilation from a few months back, I decided to not put it here as well. There are also a couple of acts that would not be described as Britpop (e.g. Paul Weller and Portishead) but all of these recordings came out in the era so, like the other volumes in the Britpop Years series, I feel that they can have a home here.  

Disc 1

  1. Wide Open Space (Perfecto Remix) – Mansun
  2. Govinda (Monkey Mafia Ten To Ten) – Kula Shaker
  3. The Man Don’t Give A Fuck (Howard Marks Mix)
  4. He’s On The Phone (Motif 8 Remix) – St Etienne
  5. Nighthood (Freaky Aspirin Remix) – Space
  6. Daydreamer (Dubdreamer) – Menswear
  7. Sun Hits The Sky (Bentley Rhythm Ace Remix) – Supergrass
  8. I Don’t Get Enough (PMFF Lite) (Went Down to ‘Frisco Just for the Disco Mix) – Theaudience
  9. Sleeper (The Mr Scruff Mix) – Audioweb
  10. Found You (Underground Excursion Mix) – Dodgy

Disc 2

  1. Jailbird (Sweeney 2 Mix) – Primal Scream
  2. You Showed Me (Attica Blues Vocal Mix) – The Lightning Seeds
  3. Begging You (Chic Mix) – The Stone Roses
  4. Girls & Boys (Pet Shop Boys 7” Remix) – Blur
  5. Science (Lynch Mob Remix) – Paul Weller
  6. Sour Times (Airbus Reconstruction) – Portishead
  7. Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys Remix) – David Bowie
  8. Wog (Witchmann Alternative Mix) – Cornershop
  9. Mulder & Scully (The Ex-Files) – Catatonia
  10. Kelly’s Heroes (The Milky Bar Kid Mix) – Black Grape
  11. Here Comes the Big Rush (Midfield General Vocal Remix) – Echobelly
  12. Everything Is Sorrow (Granby Remix) – The Boo Radleys

Various Artists – The Britpop Years Vol.7

The seventh and final instalment of the Britpop Year. With this edition, more obscure bands get an airing as well as album tracks and B-Sides.

  1. Joyriders – Pulp
  2. Sandstorm – Cast
  3. 500 (Shake Baby Shake) – Lush
  4. Rise & Shine – The Cardigans
  5. Car Song – Elastica
  6. London Girls – Duffy
  7. Perverts Servant – Elcka
  8. Another Flavour – The Sundays
  9. Guest List – Eels
  10. On Your Own – Blur
  11. Small Flowers That Grown In The Sky – Manic Street Preachers
  12. You Showed Me – The Lightning Seeds
  13. Statuesque – Sleeper
  14. Underground – Ben Folds Five
  15. Nosebleed – Chest
  16. No Time – Whiteout
  17. Uncle Pat – Ash
  18. Twinkle – Whipping Boy
  19. Download – Super Furry Animals
  20. Married With Children  – Oasis

Disc 2

  1. Haunted By You – Gene
  2. Come Back Brighter – Reef
  3. Hope Street – the Levellers
  4. Removables – Manic Street  Preachers
  5. Good Intentions – Livingstone
  6. Hypocrite – Lush
  7. Evening Angels – Space
  8. So Let Me Go Far (Remix) – Dodgy
  9. 20th Century Gods – Powder
  10. Sleeper – Audioweb
  11. Elevator Song – Dubstar
  12. Post Modern Sleaze (Album Version) – Sneaker Pimps
  13. Back Street Luv – Salad
  14. Marquis – Linoleum
  15. Violent Men – Marion
  16. Miss Modular – Stereolab
  17. Chasing Rainbows – Shed Seven
  18. A Million Miles – The Gyres
  19. I Got The Wherewithal – theaudiecne
  20. Mountain People – Super Fury Animals
  21. Dark Therapy (Single Version) – Echobelly

Various Artists – The Britpop Years Vol.6

It’s the first of the month so here is the sixth volume of music from the Britpop Years.

Disc 1

  1. I’d Like To Know – Supergrass
  2. Drink The Elixir – Salad
  3. Speeed King – These Animal Men
  4. Grateful Moon – Dodgy
  5. Life Is Sweet – The Chemical Brothers & Tim Burgess
  6. Are You Blue Or Are You Blind? – The Bluetones
  7. Neighbourhood – Space
  8. The Land of Do As You Please – Jocasta
  9. Love Is The Law – Seahorses
  10. Acrylic Afternoons – Pulp
  11. Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) – Skunk Anansie
  12. Solitary Party Groover – Drugstore
  13. Today Tomorrow Sometime Never (Live) – Echobelly
  14. Be My Light, Be My Guide – Gene
  15. Whipsnade – Suede
  16. X-Static – Foo Fighters
  17. I’ll Manage Somehow – Menswear
  18. On & On – Longpigs
  19. Safe Boy – Out Of My Hair
  20. Kelly’s Heroes – Black Grape

This playlist could not have reproduced on Spotify because of one or more songs was not available on that platform.

Disc 2

  1. Fade Away – Oasis & Friends
  2. How High – The Charlatans
  3. Insomnia – Salad
  4. Dolphin – Shed Seven
  5. Black Nite Crash – Ride
  6. There Will Never Be Another Me – Silver Sun
  7. Razzmatazz (Acoustic Version) – Pulp
  8. Monday Morning – The Candyskins
  9. Look Inside America – Blur
  10. This Man Don’t Give A Fuck – Super Fury Animals
  11. Kevin Carter – Manic Street Preachers
  12. Something For The Weekend – The Divine Comedy
  13. Let’s All Go Together – Marion
  14. Tears – The Stone Roses
  15. Lipgloss – Pulp
  16. Monochrome – The Sundays
  17. Planet Telex (Hexadecimal Mix) – Radiohead
  18. Fade In-Out – Oasis
  19. The Underdogs – Rialto

The Cure – Three Imaginary Boys (45th Anniversary Edition)

I am a couple of days early with this one but on 11th May 1979, The Cure released their debut album, ’Three Imaginary Boys’. The members of this first line up had all attended Notre Dame Middle School in Crawley and first appeared on stage together in a one-off school band called Obelisk. Eventually settling down into a four piece called Easy Cure consisting of Robert Smith (guitar, vocals), Porl Thompson (guitar), Michael Dempsey (bass) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). Entering and winning a competition that resulted in the band being signed to German label Hansa, a number of demos were recorded which have yet to see the light of day. The label soon dropped the band because they did not see eye to eye on what they wanted. The band wanted to record original material where as the label wanted them to be a covers band. Released from their contract, Thompson would leave due to conflict with Smith. Smith felt that Thompson’s guitar playing was too busy (or too good) for a punk band. Smith was also writing songs that were considerably more minimalistic than their earlier work. Thompson would rejoin the band in 1983 but for the time being, he was out of the picture.

Dropping the Easy part of the name, the three piece recorded a demo at Chestnut Studios in Essex for distribution to record labels. Eventually, Chris Parry at Polydor decided that he would sign them as one of the first acts on his newly formed Fiction label. The resulting album, ‘Three Imaginary Boys’ did not meet Robert Smith’s standard as he was not given control over the track listing and cover art. This is clearly shown by the inclusion of a cover of the Jimi Hendrix song, ‘Foxy Lady’, which the band used as a soundcheck. As far as I can tell, it is the only cover the band has ever released on one of its records. It also has the distinction of being the only song by The Cure that was not sung by Robert Smith. On this occasion, bass player Michael Dempsey took on vocal duties. Three singles were also recorded during these early days and none of the A-Sides appeared on this album. Dempsey would leave before the recording of the next album as the band would leave this post punk sound behind and go on a much darker path. 

The album has been re-released many times over the years but in 2004, a deluxe edition came out which contained a number of unreleased songs from those early days as well as the aforementioned single cuts*. Having been a bit of a Cure fan, and even more so of their earlier work, I knew that there was a number of songs that could have been included to round this collection out and make it more substantial. With this being (nearly) the 45th Anniversary of its release, I though this would be a perfect opportunity to do so.

On disc 1, the first twelve tracks are the same as the original album. We then have all of the Single A and B-Sides, including those recorded at the time but not released until ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ was rereleased with a different vocal in the mid 80s. This disc also includes a number of sessions outtakes, a Peel Session from 1978 and ‘The Weedy Burton’, a hidden track on the original album which sounds as though it should be at the end of the CD and not half way through. 

Disc 1

  1. 10:15 Saturday Night – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  2. Accuracy – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  3. Grinding Halt – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  4. Another Day – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  5. Object – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  6. Subway Song – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  7. Foxy Lady – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  8. Meat Hook – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  9. So What – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  10. Fire in Cairo – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  11. It’s Not You – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  12. Three Imaginary Boys – Three Imaginary Boys Album
  13. Killing an Arab – Single A-side
  14. Boys Don’t Cry – Single A-side
  15. Plastic Passion – Single B-side (Boys Don’t Cry)
  16. Pillbox Tales – Single B-side (Boys Don’t Cry Reissue)
  17. Do The Hansa – Single B-side (Boys Don’t Cry Reissue)
  18. Jumping Someone Else’s Train Single – Single A-side
  19. I’m Cold – Single B-side (Jumping Someone Else’s Train)
  20. Winter – Three Imaginary Boys Out-Take
  21. Faded Smiles (I Don’t Know) – Three Imaginary Boys Out-Take
  22. Play With Me – Three Imaginary Boys Out-Take
  23. World War – Three Imaginary Boys Out-Take
  24. 10:15 Saturday Night – Peel Session (11/12/1978)
  25. Killing an Arab – Peel Session (11/12/1978)
  26. Fire in Cairo – Peel Session (11/12/1978)
  27. Boy’s Don’t Cry – Peel Session (11/12/1978)
  28. The Weedy Burton – Three Imaginary Boys Album

Disc 2 is a deeper dive into the early years of the band, including songs that were recorded when they were still known as Easy Cure. The first four songs are, I believe, from the sessions recorded at Hansa. These show the band as a lot more of a punk band than the tunes included on ‘Three Imaginary Boys’. Opening song is ‘See The Children’ and it is easy to see why this one has never ‘officially’ seen the light of day as it tells the story of a man who prays on children. The demo that secured the band its record deal with Fiction Records is also included as well as few live tracks and another Peel Session. 

Disc 2

  1. See The Children – Easy Cure Demo
  2. Meathook – Easy Cure Demo
  3. I Just Need Myself – Easy Cure Demo
  4. I Want to be Old – Easy Cure Demo
  5. Listen (Pillbox Tales) – Easy Cure Demo
  6. I’m Cold – Sav Studio Demo
  7. The Cocktail Party – Group Home Demo
  8. Grinding Halt – Group Home Demo
  9. Heroin Face – Live At The Rocket Crawely, December 1977
  10. 10:15 Saturday Night – Robert Smith Home Demo
  11. I Just Need Myself – Psl Studio Demo
  12. Boys Don’t Cry – Chestnut Studios Demo
  13. Fire In Cairo – Chestnut Studios Demo
  14. It’s Not You – Chestnut Studios Demo
  15. 10:15 Saturday Night – Chestnut Studios Demo
  16. Killing an Arab – Demo
  17. Faded Smiles – Demo
  18. Plastic Passion – Demo
  19. Subway Song – Live
  20. Accuracy – Live
  21. 10:15 Saturday Night – Live
  22. Desperate Journalist in Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation – Peel Session (06/05/1979)
  23. Plastic Passion – Peel Session (06/05/1979)
  24. Grinding Halt – Peel Session (06/05/1979)
  25. Do the Hansa – Jensen Session (13/08/1979)
  26. Subway Song – Peel Session (06/05/1979)

It might seem a bit excessive, especially as the listener would have to listen to five different versions of ’10:15 Saturday Night’, but it is a more comprehensive package than the original Deluxe Edition from 2004. 

The front cover is the same as the one used on the 2004 Deluxe Edition reissue of the album. 

*Except for ‘Killing an Arab’. Even though it is an adaptation of ‘The Stranger’ by Albert Camus, the song has had a controversial history due to a view that is promotes violence against Arabs. The Cure have even changed the lyrics when performing it in the 21st Century to either ‘Kissing an Arab’ or ‘Killing Another’. This was not concluded on the 2004 re-release of this album. 

Various Artists – The Britpop Years Vol.5

We start this month with yet another two disc compilation of songs from the Briotpop Years.

Disc 1

  1. Breaking Into Heaven – The Stone Roses
  2. Yer Old (Young Version) – Reef
  3. Firestarter – The Prodigy
  4. Swallowed – Bush
  5. Change Me – Jocasta
  6. Does Your Mother Know – Ash
  7. Atomic – Sleeper
  8. If You Really Want To Know – Ether
  9. Travellers Tune (Original Version) – Ocean Colour Scene
  10. Sister Pain – Electrifixion
  11. Have You Seen Her Lately? – Pulp
  12. Country Salad Ballad Man – Blur
  13. High & Dry – Radiohead
  14. Blinded By The Sun – Seahorses
  15. Wild Wood (Sheared Wood Remix) – Paul Weller vs. Portishead
  16. Star – Primal Scream
  17. Whatever – Oasis

Disc 2

  1. Mysterons – Portishead
  2. Black Steel (Album Version) – Tricky
  3. Two Of Us – The Charlatans
  4. Cigarettes & Alcohol – Oasis
  5. Ciao! – Lush
  6. What A Beautiful Day – The Levellers
  7. Bluetonic – The Bluetones
  8. Mansize Rooster – Supergrass
  9. Driving South – The Stone Roses
  10. Milk  – Garbage feat. Tricky
  11. Whale – Catatonia
  12. Freeze The Atlantic – Cable
  13. Starrclub – Whiteout
  14. In The Meantime – Spacehog
  15. Tourniquet – Headswim
  16. How Can You Be Sure? – Radiohead
  17. Grassman – Dodgy
  18. No Surface All Feeling – Manic Street Preachers

The second disc could not be reproduced as one or more songs were not available on Spotify.

Various Artists – Unbelievable Too

Following on from last months ‘Unbelievable’ compilation, here we go with another set of songs from just before the Britpop era. The majority of the songs comes from 1992-1993 with the odd song from before this and just after, but these seemed to fit better on this compilation that the main Britpop Years ones. The only anomalies to all these are ‘The Shoe Of The Moon’ by The Waterboys and ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’ by Morrissey. The Waterboys songs originally came out in 1985, but I only became aware of it from the 1991 re-release so it fits in here better (for me anyway) than an 80s compilation. 

Disc 1

  1. Connected – Stereo MC’s
  2. Hit – The Sugarcubes
  3. Ebeneezer Goode – The Shaman
  4. Jump Around – House Of Pain
  5. Ain’t No Love (Radio Edit) – Sub Sub feat. Melanie Williams
  6. Regret – New Order
  7. Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
  8. For Love – Lush
  9. Sex Type Thing – Stone Temple Pilots
  10. Far Gone & Out – The Jesus & Mary Chain
  11. Rocks – Primal Scream
  12. Spin The Bottle – Juliana Hatfield 3
  13. No Rain  – Blind Melon
  14. Two Princes – Spin Doctors
  15. Lenny Valentino – The Auteurs
  16. Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms
  17. Is It Like Today – World Party
  18. So Glad (Single Version) – Thrum
  19. Creation – Stereo MC’s
  20. Haze On The Hills/The Majestic Song – The Tea Party

We were unable to recreate this playlist on Spotify due to one or more songs not being available on that platform.

Disc 2

  1. Born Of Frustration – James
  2. Good Morning Britain – Aztec Camera
  3. Friday I’m In Love – The Cure
  4. Movie’ On Up – Primal Scream
  5. Whole Of The Moon – The Waterboys
  6. Motorcycle Emptiness – Manic Street Preachers
  7. Alice, What’s The Matter – Terrorvision
  8. Shadow Of The Season – Strangelove
  9. Lucky You – The Lightning Seeds
  10. Welcome To The Cheap Seats – The Wonder Stuff
  11. Step It Up – Stereo MC’s
  12. Creep – Radiohead
  13. Babies – Pulp
  14. Put The Message In The Box – World Party
  15. Everyday Is Like Sunday – Morrissey
  16. Wild Wood – Paul Weller
  17. One – U2
  18. Me In Honey – R.E.M. 

The artwork is adapted from the compilation of the same name that came out in 2002.

Various Artists – The Britpop Years Vol.4

For the next set in The Britpop Years collection, there are less of the big hitters and more of the groups that would not be considered Britpop, especially those acts that were not from UK.

Disc 1

  1. Stuck On Amber (Original Mix) – The Boo Radley
  2. I Believe (Edit) – Booth & The Bad Angel
  3. Trash – Suede
  4. Slight Return – The Bluetones
  5. Sick & Tired – The Cardigans
  6. Where The Wild Roses Grow – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  7. In The Name Of The Father – Black Grape
  8. A Design For Life – Manic Street Preachers
  9. Buddy Holly – Weezer
  10. Caught By The Fuzz – Supergrass
  11. All Gone Away – Joyrider
  12. Better Day – Ocean Colour Scene
  13. This Is Hardcore – Pulp
  14. Your Star Will Shine – The Stone Roses
  15. Tom Petty Loves Veruca Salt – Terrovision
  16. Karma Police – Radiohead
  17. Waiting For The Sun – Thrum
  18. Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
  19. Stay Together (Full Length Version) – Suede

I cannot reproduce this play list here as one or more of these songs are not available on Spotify

Disc 2

  1. Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
  2. Sale Of The Century – Sleeper
  3. What’s In The Box (See Whatcha Got) – The Boo Radleys
  4. King Of New York – Fun Lovin’ Criminals
  5. Stutter – Elastica
  6. Queer – Garbage
  7. Govinda – Kula Shaker
  8. Marblehead Johnson – The Bluetones
  9. Summertime – The Sundays
  10. Sleep Well Tonight – Gene
  11. Pink Glove – Pulp
  12. Monday Morning 5:19 – Rialto
  13. Everyday Should Be A Holiday – The Dandy Warhols
  14. She’s A Star – James
  15. The Circle – Ocean Colour Scene
  16. Not So Manic Now – Dubstar
  17. Linger (Live) – Cranberries
  18. Champagnes Supernova – Oasis
  19. Time To Go – Supergrass