SteveM

👍 thanks - not heard this, will give it a listen.

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#18 (random order)

Temple of Love
(1983 original version)
The Sisters of Mercy

youtu.be/txzPdqWPY2M?...

YouTube video by Buffalo Tom - Topic Sunday Night

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Day 13
Sunday Night
Album: Sleepy Eyed

Bit of a fluke of timing I’m posting this tonight as it was always in this position on the list…great song, love it 🩶

youtu.be/XX4LaiTbikU?...

😍 saw them on that tour too (in Birmingham). Brilliant gig, still one of my favourites. I remember they did a cover of Ghost Town. One drunk wag shouted out ‘you’re not as good as The Specials’ to which one of the band replied ‘you just don’t get it man, do you’…couldn’t have put it better myself.

#nowplaying
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev

Chasing a Bee, where a pretty flute melody is overwhelmed by a nuclear explosion of guitar noise halfway through, sets the tone and in Frittering it has one of all time favourite songs. A warped masterpiece of an album
🤩🤩

YouTube video by New Order - Topic This Time of Night (2015 Remaster)

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#19 (random order)

This Time of Night
New Order

Low-Life was the first New Order album I bought and it’s still my favourite…
youtu.be/YEvyfCT99tw?...

YouTube video by Buffalo Tom - Topic Staples

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Day 12
Staples

youtu.be/KsRdUPTog1A?...

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A darkwave classic.…and the first chapter in an extraordinary musical partnership. Ocean still gives me chills each time I hear it 🖤🎶

Great song from a great album. Funnily enough I’ve only got about 5 or 6 cassette tapes left these days but this is one of them!

YouTube video by Metallica - Topic For Whom The Bell Tolls (Remastered)

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#20 (random order)

For Whom The Bell Tolls
Metallica

youtu.be/B_HSa1dEL9s?...

This is it so far…

YouTube video by Buffalo Tom - Topic Late At Night

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Day 11
Late at Night

My fave track from Big Red Letter Day…
youtu.be/tsf9pQHpNt4?...

YouTube video by Department S - Topic Is Vic There?

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#21 (random order)

Is Vic There?
Department S

🖤🎶
youtu.be/8_n33KNJD5Y?...

YouTube video by Buffalo Tom - Topic Sunflower Suit

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Day 10
Sunflower Suit
Album: Buffalo Tom

youtu.be/ueIF6C-ZrYs?...

YouTube video by Echo & the Bunnymen - Topic Ocean Rain

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#22 (random order)

Ocean Rain
Echo & the Bunnymen

“All hands on deck at dawn
Sailing to sadder shores
Your port in my heavy storms
Harbours the blackest thoughts”
🩶🎶

youtu.be/p_AsT8Ney4A?...

YouTube video by Buffalo Tom - Topic Frozen Lake

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Day 9
Frozen Lake
Album: Let Me Come Over

“Give up my whole world…”

youtu.be/8oU4c8iZnkw?...

YouTube video by Blancmange Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling (Official Video)

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#23

Living On The Ceiling
Blancmange

R.I.P. Stephen Luscombe, Blancmange co-founder who sadly passed away last month. Loved this song back in the day.

youtu.be/cL0NXKprKnQ?...

YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records Buffalo Tom - Fortune Teller HD

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Day 8
Fortune Teller
Album: Birdbrain

youtu.be/qYawVoOx5cY?...

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Cracking stuff, love it 🎶🎸

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#24

Never Take Me Alive
Spear of Destiny

Loved this…

youtu.be/rmtyOGm7i3g?...

YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records Buffalo Tom - I'm Allowed HD

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Day 7
I’m Allowed
Album: Big Red Letter Day

I guess the thing I love most about BT is there was no ego, drama or gimmicks, just genuine heartfelt emotion and a lot of beautiful songs…like this 🩶

youtu.be/N_erydVaGk4?...

YouTube video by Buffalo Tom - Topic Mineral

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Day 6
Mineral
Album: Let Me Come Over

youtu.be/wE4mUt-FJiM?...

YouTube video by Soft Cell - Topic Bedsitter (Remastered 2023)

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#25

Bedsitter
Soft Cell

🎶Dancing,laughing, drinking, loving,
…and now I’m all alone in bedsit land my only home 🎶

youtu.be/dsPYdQbPQBE?...

YouTube video by alexpasserini Simple Minds - Love Song

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#26

Love Song
Simple Minds

youtu.be/5wp6J4JDO6Y?...

YouTube video by Buffalo Tom - Topic Come Closer

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Day 5
Come Closer
Album: Jump Rope (2024)

Most of these picks will be from their 90’s heyday but last year’s Jump Rope is a fine album and this is a beautiful track.

youtu.be/uHYdyWrzy5k?...

👍 great band Kev, hugely underrated. This list will be mainly 90’s. I like their newer stuff but it’s not ingrained on my brain like the first five or six albums.

YouTube video by Buffalo Tom - Topic Crueler

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Day 4
Crueler
Album: Sleepy Eyed (1995)

Another of my favourite BT albums with a mighty fine closing track.
youtu.be/rE-vvHHzKw4?...

YouTube video by theprimitivesVEVO The Primitives - Crash (Audio)

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#27

Crash
The Primitives

youtu.be/skQNAGXKeq0?...

Ooh this is a nice surprise, #newmusic from the wonderful Emma Pollock (The Delgados). Lovely voice, great songwriter, her three previous solo albums are excellent…a warm, comforting listen on a grim, stormy evening.

Begging The Night To Take Hold
Emma Pollock