The Indie Scene 83: The Story of British Independent Music

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Nobody’s Diary
recording of:
Nobody’s Diary
lyricist and composer:
Alison Moyet
Yazoo3:53
2Never Never
recording of:
Never Never
lyricist and composer:
Vince Clarke (member of Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yazoo,…)
publisher:
Sonet (Scandinavia) (in 1983)
The Assembly3:40
3It’s a Fine Day
recording of:
It’s a Fine Day
lyricist and composer:
Owain A. Barton
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
Jane52:45
4Mexican Radio
engineer:
Jess Sutcliffe
producer:
Richard Mazda
mixer:
Robert Battaglia, Avi Kipper and Jess Sutcliffe
bass and synthesizer and background vocals:
Chas T. Gray
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Joe Nanini
guitar:
Marc Moreland
harmonica and keyboard:
Stan Ridgway
vocals:
Joe Nanini and Stan Ridgway
recording of:
Mexican Radio
writer:
Marc Moreland and Stan Ridgway
Wall of Voodoo4.654:08
5The Devil Has All the Best Tunes
producer:
Hal Remington
recording of:
The Devil Has All the Best Tunes
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
Prefab Sprout4:38
6Good Technology
recording of:
Good Technology
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Ross (UK producer/songwriter)
Red Guitars54:35
7Plain Sailing
recording of:
Plain Sailing
lyricist and composer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
publisher:
Cherry Red Records (UK indie label; for copyrights, use Cherry Red Records Ltd. instead, with an alias if needed)
Tracey Thorn2:01
8Some Things Don’t Matter
recording of:
Some Things Don't Matter
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
Ben Watt4:23
9Cattle and Cane
recording of:
Cattle and Cane
lyricist:
Grant McLennan
composer:
Robert Forster (Australian singer-songwriter & guitarist) and Grant McLennan
publisher:
Cherry Red Music (publisher), Complete Music Ltd., Complete Music USA Inc, Incomplete Music Inc. and Mushroom Music (Mushroom label's publishing company)
The Go‐Betweens3:35
10Jet Set Junta
recording of:
Jet Set Junta
writer:
Bid, Lester Square and Andy Warren (ex Adam & The Ants)
The Monochrome Set2:03
11Great Expectations
producer:
New Model Army (80s punk/goth rock)
bass:
Stuart Morrow
drums (drum set):
Robert Heaton
guitar:
Justin Sullivan
vocals:
Justin Sullivan
recording of:
Great Expectations
composer:
Stuart Morrow and Justin Sullivan
New Model Army3:15
12Crafty Fag
recording of:
Crafty Fag
writer:
Paul Apperley, Nick Beales, Andy Lloyd (of The Nightingales) and Robert Lloyd (UK producer/singer member of The Nightingales)
The Nightingales3:07
13AWOL
recording of:
AWOL
composer:
The Three Johns
The Three Johns3:26
14Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
recording of:
Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)
lyricist and composer:
Ian McNabb
The Icicle Works3:16
15Bruises
recording of:
Bruises
composer:
Jay Aston (Gene Loves Jezebel) and Michael Aston
Gene Loves Jezebel3:24
16Sonny’s Burning
recording of:
Sonny’s Burning
composer:
Nick Cave (Australian singer‐songwriter, musician and score composer), Mick Harvey, Rowland S. Howard (Australian rock musician) and Tracy Pew
The Birthday Party2:20
17Kicker Conspiracy
recording of:
Kicker Conspiracy
lyricist and composer:
Mark E. Smith (late lead singer of British post‐punk band The Fall)
The Fall3:25
18Blue Monday
producer:
New Order (UK synth pop band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1987)
samples:
Uran by Kraftwerk
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 61) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 235)
recording of:
Blue Monday
writer:
Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Fractured Music (publisher), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
New Order3.87:28
19Breakdown
recording of:
Breakdown
writer:
Ian Robbins and Martyn Young
Colourbox3:28
20Everything Counts
engineer:
Gareth Jones (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller (British music producer and founder of Mute Records)
recorded at:
The Garden (John Foxx's studio in London) in Shoreditch, Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983-05)
mixed at:
Hansa Mischraum in Berlin, Germany (in 1983-05)
recording of:
Everything Counts
lyricist and composer:
Martin L. Gore
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Germany (GmbH & Co. KG), Grabbing Hands Ltd. and Sonet Publishing
Depeche Mode4.153:57
21Lined Up
recording of:
Lined Up
writer:
Barry Andrews and Carl Marsh (Shriekback/Happyhead)
Shriekback4:03
22Yashar
recording of:
Yashar
composer:
Richard H. Kirk (English electronic / industrial musician), Stephen Mallinder (member of Cabaret Voltaire) and Chris Watson (experimental electronic musician)
Cabaret Voltaire2:56

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part of:The Indie Scene (History of (not only) British Independent Music) (number: 83) (order: 7)