Bowie’s album track Something In The Air from Hours was remixed with the addition of Mike Garson’s piano for the movie American Psycho.

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I vaguely remember Revolting Cocks appearing in the mid-Eighties but I’d forgotten all about this magnificent piece of provocation called Beers, Steers & Queers in 1992.

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What would happen if you mixed The Smiths, New Order and Pet Shop Boys together to form a supergroup? You’d come up with Getting Away With It because Electronic’s debut single really does sound exactly like the confluence of its components.

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Nick Cave’s chilling account of a man awaiting execution in the electric chair remains a highlight of his huge arena shows more than 30 years later.

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Mississippi bluesman Junior Kimbrough did not come to fame until he was in his sixties – but made a lasting impression with his Hill Country Blues.

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Here’s a funny thing: when I half-heard this on the radio the other day my mind told me I was listening to Tim Buckley. I think it’s the emotional pull of the music and the sorrowful sound of its melancholy melody that did it.

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This gentle, lilting tune is a classic example of the niche genre called Palm-wine and comes from an album with the memorable title Dead Men Don’t Smoke Marijuana. I think we can all agree with that.

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I’ve never heard of this band and I’m sure you’ve never heard of them either. Listening now, I’m not sure why 99 Tales didn’t make a bigger name for themselves.

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If I believed in guilty pleasures I’d list one of mine as cod reggae. Especially electro-reggae like this. But I don’t, so I’m very happy to own my love of this.

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The Blue Aeroplanes, led by the Langley brothers from Bristol, emerged in the early 1980s and are still going strong four decades later.

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