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A selection of lesser-known gems and crucial album cuts. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.
Depeche Mode
Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
Speak & Spell
New Order
Love Vigilantes
New Order
Low-Life
R.E.M.
These Days (Remastered)
R.E.M.
Lifes Rich Pageant (Deluxe Edition)
The Smiths
Well I Wonder
The Smiths
Meat Is Murder
The Cure
Charlotte Sometimes (Single Version)
The Cure
Faith (Deluxe Edition)
Devo
Uncontrollable Urge
Devo
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Pixies
I’ve Been Tired
Pixies
Come On Pilgrim
Blondie
Rip Her to Shreds
Blondie
Blondie (Bonus Tracks Edition)
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Happy When It Rains
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Darklands
Echo & The Bunnymen
My Kingdom
Echo & The Bunnymen
Ocean Rain
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Dear Prudence
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Hyaena (Remastered and Expanded)
Joy Division
Insight
Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures (Collector's Edition)
Buzzcocks
I Believe
Buzzcocks
A Different Compilation
Public Image Ltd.
This Is Not a Love Song
Public Image Ltd.
This is What You Want ... This Is What You Get
my bloody valentine
(When You Wake) You're Still In a Dream
my bloody valentine
Isn't Anything
The Specials
Concrete Jungle (2015 Remaster)
The Specials
The Specials (Deluxe Version)
The Psychedelic Furs
Mr. Jones
The Psychedelic Furs
Talk Talk Talk
Hoodoo Gurus
What's My Scene
Hoodoo Gurus
Blow Your Cool
The Replacements
Unsatisfied
The Replacements
Let It Be
Sonic Youth
Schizophrenia
Sonic Youth
Sister
XTC
Ball and Chain
XTC
English Settlement
The Jam
Man in the Corner Shop (Remastered)
The Jam
Sound Affects (Deluxe Version)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Big Tears (2021 Remaster)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This Year's Model (2021 Remaster)
The Go-Betweens
The Wrong Road (Remastered)
The Go-Betweens
Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express (Remastered)
Simple Minds
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) [Remastered]
Simple Minds
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Hüsker Dü
Books About UFOs
Hüsker Dü
New Day Rising
Suicide
Ghost Rider
Suicide
Suicide (Remastered)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Acid Bird
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Gotta Let This Hen Out
R.E.M.
Gardening At Night
R.E.M.
Chronic Town - EP
The House of Love
Destroy the Heart (Remastered Edition)
The House of Love
The House of Love (Deluxe Edition)
The Mighty Lemon Drops
Inside Out
The Mighty Lemon Drops
World Without End
The Fall
Couldn't Get Ahead
The Fall
This Nation's Saving Grace
The Chills
I Love My Leather Jacket
The Chills
Kaleidoscope World
The Sisters of Mercy
Floorshow
The Sisters of Mercy
Some Girls Wander By Mistake
The Birthday Party
Nick the Stripper
The Birthday Party
Prayers on Fire
Billy Bragg
To Have and to Have Not
Billy Bragg
Back to Basics
The Clash
Groovy Times
The Clash
Sound System
Killing Joke
Wardance
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
The Dream Syndicate
Halloween
The Dream Syndicate
The Days of Wine and Roses
Tones On Tail
O.K. This Is the Pops (Mixed)
Tones On Tail
Beats In Space 008: Tim Sweeney (DJ Mix)
Talking Heads
Artists Only (Live)
Talking Heads
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Live)
The The
Perfect (Original 7" Version 1983)
The The
45 RPM - The Singles of The The
Bauhaus
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Bauhaus
The Sky's Gone Out
This Mortal Coil
Song to the Siren
This Mortal Coil
It'll End in Tears (Remastered)
Rain Parade
Talking In My Sleep
Rain Parade
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
Throwing Muses
Fish
Throwing Muses
Lonely Is an Eyesore
Yo La Tengo
The Pain of Pain
Yo La Tengo
Ride the Tiger
The Soft Boys
Queen of Eyes
The Soft Boys
Underwater Moonlight
Delta 5
Mind Your Own Business
Delta 5
Mind Your Own Business
Gene Loves Jezebel
Cow
Gene Loves Jezebel
Immigrant
Wire
Our Swimmer (Single Version)
Wire
Document & Eyewitness 1979-1980
The Teardrop Explodes
Bouncing Babies
The Teardrop Explodes
Kilimanjaro (Deluxe Edition)
Magazine
Give Me Everything
Magazine
Scree
Ramones
Bad Brain
Ramones
Road to Ruin
The Smithereens
House We Used to Live In
The Smithereens
Green Thoughts
Strawberry Switchblade
Deep Water
Strawberry Switchblade
Strawberry Switchblade
Gang of Four
Outside the Trains Don't Run On Time (2021 Remaster)
Gang of Four
Solid Gold (2021 Remaster)
Blake Babies
Lament
Blake Babies
Earwig
Cabaret Voltaire
Just Fascination (7" Version)
Cabaret Voltaire
#7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978-1985)
Iggy Pop
Some Weird Sin
Iggy Pop
Lust For Life
Prefab Sprout
Appetite (Acoustic Version)
Prefab Sprout
Steve McQueen (Legacy Edition)
The Legendary Pink Dots
Love Puppets
The Legendary Pink Dots
Curse
The Three O'Clock
A Day in Erotica
The Three O'Clock
Sixteen Tambourines
The Waterboys
A Girl Called Johnny (2002 Remaster)
The Waterboys
The Waterboys
Guadalcanal Diary
Trail of Tears (LP Version)
Guadalcanal Diary
Walking In the Shadow of the Big Man
Mission of Burma
Einstein's Day
Mission of Burma
Vs.
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
Charlotte Street
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
Rattlesnakes (Deluxe Edition)
Dumptruck
Going Nowhere
Dumptruck
For the Country
Cocteau Twins
Because of Whirl-Jack
Cocteau Twins
Lullabies to Violaine, Vol. One
Danielle Dax
Cat House
Danielle Dax
Dark Adapted Eye
Pylon
Stop It (Remastered)
Pylon
Gyrate (Remastered)
The Raincoats
No One's Little Girl
The Raincoats
Extended Play - EP
Scruffy The Cat
Mybabyshe'sallright
Scruffy The Cat
Tiny Days
Ultra Vivid Scene
Mercy Seat
Ultra Vivid Scene
Ultra Vivid Scene
The Verlaines
Joed Out
The Verlaines
Juvenilia
Minutemen
Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
Minutemen
Introducing the Minutemen
Meat Puppets
Swimming Ground
Meat Puppets
Up on the Sun
Julian Cope
Sunspots
Julian Cope
Fried
The Smiths
You've Got Everything Now
The Smiths
The Smiths
The Bangles
James
The Bangles
All Over the Place
Camper Van Beethoven
Still Wishing to Course
Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven
Galaxie 500
Oblivious
Galaxie 500
Today
Soul Asylum
Closer to the Stars
Soul Asylum
While You Were Out
The Long Ryders
Too Close to the Light
The Long Ryders
Native Sons (Expanded Edition)
Dead Can Dance
in Power We Entrust the Love Advocated
Dead Can Dance
Wake
Robert Görl
Darling Don't Leave Me
Robert Görl
Night Full of Tension
Descendents
Myage
Descendents
Somery
Let's Active
Waters Part
Let's Active
Waters Part - Single
The Teardrop Explodes
Poppies
The Teardrop Explodes
Kilimanjaro (Deluxe Edition)
The Chameleons
In Shreds
The Chameleons
What Does Anything Mean? Basically (2009 Remaster)
The Feelies
Slipping (Into Something)
The Feelies
The Good Earth
Dinosaur Jr.
Repulsion
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur
ESG
Ufo
ESG
Esg
The Jazz Butcher
Partytime (Hard 12" B - Side)
The Jazz Butcher
Dr Cholmondley Repents: A - Sides, B - Sides and Seasides
Scritti Politti
Skank Bloc Bologna
Scritti Politti
Early
New Order
Everything's Gone Green
New Order
Substance
The Stranglers
5 Minutes
The Stranglers
Essential
97 Songs, 6 Hours, 10 Minutes

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