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Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground

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  1. 1.
    Radio Free Europe – R.E.M. 04:05
  2. 2.
    Going Underground – The Jam 02:56
  3. 3.
    A Forest – The Cure 04:54
  4. 4.
    Holiday in Cambodia – Dead Kennedys 04:38
  5. 5.
    I'm in Love With a German Film Star – The Passions 04:01
  6. 6.
    I Will Dare – The Replacements 03:19
  7. 7.
    That's When I Reach for My Revolver – Mission of Burma 03:52
  8. 8.
    Johnny Hit and Run Pauline – X 02:49
  9. 9.
    Just Like Honey – The Jesus and Mary Chain 03:01
  10. 10.
    Black Celebration – Depeche Mode 04:53
  11. 11.
    Tell Me When It's Over – The Dream Syndicate 03:33
  12. 12.
    Hollywood (Africa) – Red Hot Chili Peppers 05:03
  13. 13.
    Temptation – New Order 05:43
  14. 14.
    Ghosts – Japan 04:32
  15. 15.
    A Song from Under the Floorboards – Magazine 04:11
  16. 16.
    Oblivious – Aztec Camera 03:11
  17. 17.
    Don't Want to Know If You're Lonely – Hüsker Dü 03:32
  18. 18.
    Rise Above – Black Flag 02:26
  19. 19.
    Back in Flesh – Wall of Voodoo 03:42
  20. 20.
    Cattle and Cane – The Go-Betweens 03:59
  1. 21.
    Message of Love – Pretenders 03:28
  2. 22.
    Vienna – Ultravox 04:39
  3. 23.
    Freak Scene – Dinosaur Jr. 03:37
  4. 24.
    This Charming Man – The Smiths 02:43
  5. 25.
    Stigmata – Ministry 05:44
  6. 26.
    Ways to Be Wicked – Lone Justice 03:25
  7. 27.
    Wardance – Killing Joke 03:48
  8. 28.
    Enola Gay – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 03:30
  9. 29.
    Mirror in the Bathroom – The English Beat 03:06
  10. 30.
    Fairytale in the Supermarket – The Raincoats 02:59
  11. 31.
    Behind the Wall of Sleep – The Smithereens 03:22
  12. 32.
    Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing – Minutemen 01:31
  13. 33.
    Punk Rock Girl – The Dead Milkmen 02:37
  14. 34.
    Still in Hollywood – Concrete Blonde 03:45
  15. 35.
    Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division 03:27
  16. 36.
    Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes 02:24
  17. 37.
    Lake of Fire – Meat Puppets 01:57
  18. 38.
    Amplifier – The dB's 03:07
  19. 39.
    When Love Breaks Down – Prefab Sprout 03:44
  20. 40.
    Goo Goo Muck – The Cramps 03:05
  21. 41.
    This Corrosion – The Sisters of Mercy 04:29
  22. 42.
    Senses Working Overtime – XTC 04:50
  1. 43.
    The Cutter – Echo & the Bunnymen 03:53
  2. 44.
    Pay to ****** – Bad Brains 01:26
  3. 45.
    Birthday – The Sugarcubes 03:59
  4. 46.
    Madonna of the Wasps – Robyn Hitchcock 03:06
  5. 47.
    We Care a Lot – Faith No More 04:03
  6. 48.
    Teen Age Riot – Sonic Youth 06:57
  7. 49.
    To Hell With Poverty – Gang of Four 04:59
  8. 50.
    Fa Cé-La – The Feelies 02:01
  9. 51.
    Ana Ng – They Might Be Giants 03:20
  10. 52.
    Swamp Thing – The Chameleons UK 05:56
  11. 53.
    The Mercy Seat – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 05:08
  12. 54.
    I Look Around – Rain Parade 03:06
  13. 55.
    All That Money Wants – The Psychedelic Furs 03:47
  14. 56.
    Under the Milky Way – The Church 04:59
  15. 57.
    Rise – Public Image Ltd. 06:18
  16. 58.
    Kundalini Express – Love and Rockets 05:51
  17. 59.
    Gravity Talks – Green on Red 02:37
  18. 60.
    Adrenalin – Throbbing Gristle 03:55
  19. 61.
    She Bangs the Drums – The Stone Roses 03:43
  1. 62.
    Monkey Gone to Heaven – Pixies 02:56
  2. 63.
    Uncertain Smile [Original 7" Version] – The The 04:54
  3. 64.
    Bela Lugosi's Dead – Bauhaus 09:34
  4. 65.
    Christine – Siouxsie and the Banshees 02:59
  5. 66.
    Straight Edge – Minor Threat 00:46
  6. 67.
    I Want to Help You Ann – Lyres 02:30
  7. 68.
    Our Secret – Beat Happening 02:48
  8. 69.
    Jane Says – Jane's Addiction 04:53
  9. 70.
    World Shut Your Mouth – Julian Cope 03:34
  10. 71.
    Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush 05:00
  11. 72.
    Sex Beat – The Gun Club 02:48
  12. 73.
    Take the Skinheads Bowling – Camper Van Beethoven 02:30
  13. 74.
    Institutionalized – Suicidal Tendencies 03:49
  14. 75.
    Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops – Cocteau Twins 04:11
  15. 76.
    24 Hour Party People – Happy Mondays 04:38
  16. 77.
    I Want You Back – Hoodoo Gurus 03:11
  17. 78.
    Surburban Home – Descendents 01:42
  18. 79.
    A Pair of Brown Eyes – The Pogues 04:53
  19. 80.
    Jet Fighter – The Three O'Clock 03:27
  20. 81.
    Moving to Florida – ****** Surfers 04:31
  21. 82.
    A New England – Billy Bragg 02:13

Alternative rock of the 1980s was such a large and diverse scene that any box set documenting the genre is bound to be the cause of debate as to what is and isn't included, even a four-CD, 82-track production such as this one. Despite the inevitable exclusions, Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground does a decent job of collecting representative cuts from all spectrums of the style, even if it does tilt toward the more mainstream of such acts. Of course, artists like R.E.M., the Cure, Aztec Camera, the Pretenders, Ultravox, Lone Justice, the Smithereens, Concrete Blonde, Echo the Bunnymen, and the Church (all sampled on this box) were "mainstream" only by the standards of the more left-leaning college radio programmers; by the measurements of the actual mainstream, they were still pretty "alternative," even "underground" in some cases. And the set doesn't neglect the edgier side of '80s underground rock, with tracks by the Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Throbbing Gristle, the Minutemen, Black Flag, Nick Cave the Bad Seeds, Gun Club, the ****** Surfers, the Raincoats, and Beat Happening as well. Between the poles are numerous slices of music of different shades of anti-mainstreamdom, from the paisley underground (the Three O'Clock, the Rain Parade, the Dream Syndicate) and an iconoclastic singer/songwriter (Billy Bragg) to British guitar-grounded sounds (the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Stone Roses, XTC), goth (Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus), folk-punk (the Violent Femmes), retro-garage (the Lyres), ska (the English Beat), and even punk novelty (the Dead Milkmen).Naturally, there's room for argument about some of the choices: Prefab Sprout's alt-rock credentials are certainly specious, for instance, and the roll call of missing notables includes the Fall, Shonen Knife, the Chills, Romeo Void, the Television Personalities, the Wipers, the Mekons, and many others. There are few real surprises or underexposed gems: the Passions' 1981 single "I'm in Love With a German Film Star" is about the only item by a group that hasn't been canonized in the '80s alternative rock pantheon, though actually that song was a British hit. On the other hand, the astute and eclectic programming makes for a better listen than other attempts that have been made to compile '80s alternative rock. It's sort of like listening to an actual '80s college radio station, but one that's more listenable than any college radio stations actually were, both because of the catholic stylistic assortment and the selection of some of these artists' very best songs. If you did listen to this sort of music devotedly back in the '80s, in fact, much of this will be like revisiting familiar hits and standards, even if few of them actually made the charts as actual hits (and then usually in the U.K.): R.E.M.'s "Radio Free Europe," the Dead Kennedys' "Holiday in Cambodia," the Jesus and Mary Chain's "Just Like Honey," Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart," the Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun," XTC's "Senses Working Overtime," the Sugarcubes' "Birthday," Faith No More's "We Care a Lot," the Church's "Under the Milky Way," Siouxsie the Banshees' "Christine," Gun Club's "****** Beat," and Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized," for instance, all fall into that category. And if you didn't experience the music directly during the era, this box set still gives you a pretty good idea of what was going on, and what paths to travel down for further investigation. Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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