10,000 REM

1. Chills – Soft Bomb The Chills are a big favourite of mine. This song is in some ways a distillation of the perfect Chills song – the whole thing rhythmically chugging along, the bands cooking up a great sound, with Martin’s soft New Zealand tones supplying the vocals. Then, a hook appears…the whole thing…

1. Prefab Sprout – Scarlet Nights From the album Jordan: The Comeback, which I think represents peak-Prefab.It was either this track or Doo Wop In Harlem – 2 great tracks to finish the album with. 2. World Party – Ship Of Fools This ship of fools – couldn’t have put it better myself.We can’t get…

1. Gay Dad – To Earth With Love I don’t know why I like this one – I just do. Maybe it’s the beat-noise-scream combo. 2. The Mamas And The Papas – California Dreamin’ Of course everybody knows this one, but I never really appreciated it until I watched the film Chunking Express. In it…