'80s Indie
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- The Basics
Punk kicked down the door in the late '70s, and flicked two grubby fingers at the major labels, sparking a fiercely autonomous, D.I.Y. approach to rock that would catch fire . . . and the '80s saw the rise of the indie movement, in its purest form, as a genuine alternative to the status quo. These landmark Essentials are drawn from indie's most glorious, creatively intense decade, which gave us a fistful of classics from the north of England — including "How Soon Is Now?" by the Smiths and Joy Division's "She's Lost Control" — and a pair of belters out of Sydney: "The Girl in the Sweater" by the Hard-Ons and the Sunnyboys' "Alone With You." Gruff English rock shows its soft side, in our '80s indie Next Steps.
$39.87 The Basics
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Cattle and Cane (2002 Remaster) The Go-Betweens 4:20 $1.19 View In iTunes 2 How Soon Is Now? The Smiths 6:46 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses 4:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 W.F.L. (Think About the Future Mix) Happy Mondays 6:12 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 She's Lost Control Joy Division 3:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Doledrums The Chills 3:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Upside Down The Jesus and Mary Chain 3:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Johnny and Dee Dee The Eastern Dark 3:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Where's Captain Kirk? Spizzenergi 2:18 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Song to the Siren This Mortal Coil 3:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 The Girl In the Sweater Hard-Ons 2:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Dreaming of Me Depeche Mode 3:46 $2.19 View In iTunes 13 Comedy Shack 5:27 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Debaser (Cliff Norrell Mix) Pixies 2:59 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Tupelo Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 5:12 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 Aikea-Guinea Cocteau Twins 3:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 The Friend Catcher The Birthday Party 4:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Too Drunk to F**k Dead Kennedys 2:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 ExplicitSuicide Alley Manic Street Preachers 2:28 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Alone With You Sunnyboys 3:58 $1.19 View In iTunes 21 Requiem (Single Version) Killing Joke 3:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Ivy Ivy Ivy Primal Scream 3:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Pillar to Post Aztec Camera 4:01 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Next Steps
Independent music celebrated its differences in the '80s — that's why you'll find a huge contrast in sound and style here, from the gruff, rough-edged (but emotionally vulnerable) rock of the Wedding Present ("Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?) to the undulating layers of Vini Reilly's virtuoso guitar on "Otis" by the Durutti Column (Reilly would go on to work with post-Smiths Morrissey). The House of Love delivered the euphoric, softly psychedelic rock classic "Shine On"; Robert Wyatt gave us the definitive version of Elvis Costello's subtle Falklands War protest song, "Shipbuilding"; and Simple Minds opened the decade with the brilliant-but-overlooked single "Changeling." Goth-rock, post-punk-funk, industrial . . . our '80s indie Deep Cuts changed rock forever.
$40.18 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 Death and The Maiden The Verlaines 4:28 $1.69 View In iTunes 2 Asylums In Jerusalem Scritti Politti 3:14 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 My Lighthouse Pulp 3:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Changeling Simple Minds 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 5 Second Skin The Chameleons 6:50 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Candyskin Fire Engines 2:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 No One's Little Girl The Raincoats 3:38 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Shine On The House of Love 4:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Wide open Road The Triffids 4:08 $2.19 View In iTunes 10 Otis The Durutti Column 4:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Abstract Reality (Godstar Movie Mix) Psychic TV 3:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Omega Amigo Shamen 4:41 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Swans On Glass (AD 6A) Modern English 4:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Snake Dance The March Violets 4:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Point That Thing Somewhere Else (EP Version) The Clean 5:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Shipbuilding (Remastered) Robert Wyatt 3:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 Jesus On T.V. The Celibate Rifles 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Baby Turns Blue Virgin Prunes 3:42 $2.19 View In iTunes 19 Fatman The Southern Death Cult 3:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Mind Your Own Business Delta 5 3:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Yashar Cabaret Voltaire 5:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 22 Gone Dead The Moodists 3:36 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 22 Songs - Deep Cuts
British-based gothic rock reached its zenith in the hands of Fields of the Nephilim, whose propulsive early track "Preacher Man" from 1987's Dawnrazor proved hugely influential, while the Railway Children reached the top of the U.K. Indie Album chart in the same year with Reunion Wilderness, featuring the perfect burst of happy-sadness "Brighter." The Higsons added a splash of witty funk to the indie landscape with "I Don't Want to Live With Monkeys," industrial outfit Nizter Ebb scored a dance hit with the bass-boosted "Join in the Chant," and Colourbox added "Breakdown" to the 4AD label's influential indie canon.
$40.87 Deep Cuts
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Collapsing New People Fad Gadget 4:14 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Night and Day Everything But the Girl 2:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Almost Prayed The Weather Prophets 2:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 ExplicitIgnore the Machine Alien Sex Fiend 6:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Plain Sailing Tracey Thorn 2:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Preacher Man Fields of the Nephilim 4:53 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Breakdown (Original 12" Mix) Colourbox 6:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Stand Up Throwing Muses 2:56 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 At First Sight The Stems 4:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 The 3rd Time We Opened the Capsule Kitchens of Distinction 3:19 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Shatter Shelleyan Orphan 3:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Join In the Chant Nitzer Ebb 6:04 $2.19 View In iTunes 13 Marimba The Red Guitars 5:23 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Primitive Painters Felt 5:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Sunset Hotel The Apartments 3:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 I Don't Want to Live With Monkeys (7" Version) The Higsons 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Well Well Well The Woodentops 4:22 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Ironmasters The Men They Couldn't Hang 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 19 Holy Joe Laughing Clowns 3:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 How I Wrote Elastic Man The Fall 4:21 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Song for Whoever The Beautiful South 6:09 $2.19 View In iTunes 22 Wise Up Sucker Pop Will Eat Itself 3:21 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Brighter The Railway Children 4:53 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Complete Set
As time goes by, the '80s indie scene continues to reveal itself in all its innovative, groundbreaking glory — this was the era when rock 'n' roll's dial was set to constant reinvention (from the trippy reverb of My Bloody Valentine to the smelting plant feedback of the Jesus and Mary Chain); when the vinyl cowboys of rave formed an alliance with the rough riders of rock (via Happy Mondays, the Stone Roses); when funk was reimagined by the likes of the Higsons; and when the Go-Betweens took their cultured, captivating brand of jangle rock from Brisbane to the international stage on the back of gorgeous tracks like "Cattle and Cane" (which was recorded in England and released on Rough Trade, one of the decade's most influential indie labels).
$120.92 Complete Set
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Cattle and Cane (2002 Remaster) The Go-Betweens 4:20 $1.19 View In iTunes 2 How Soon Is Now? The Smiths 6:46 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses 4:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 W.F.L. (Think About the Future Mix) Happy Mondays 6:12 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 She's Lost Control Joy Division 3:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Doledrums The Chills 3:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Upside Down The Jesus and Mary Chain 3:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Johnny and Dee Dee The Eastern Dark 3:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Where's Captain Kirk? Spizzenergi 2:18 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Song to the Siren This Mortal Coil 3:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 The Girl In the Sweater Hard-Ons 2:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Dreaming of Me Depeche Mode 3:46 $2.19 View In iTunes 13 Comedy Shack 5:27 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Debaser (Cliff Norrell Mix) Pixies 2:59 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Tupelo Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 5:12 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 Aikea-Guinea Cocteau Twins 3:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 The Friend Catcher The Birthday Party 4:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Too Drunk to F**k Dead Kennedys 2:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 ExplicitSuicide Alley Manic Street Preachers 2:28 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Alone With You Sunnyboys 3:58 $1.19 View In iTunes 21 Requiem (Single Version) Killing Joke 3:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Ivy Ivy Ivy Primal Scream 3:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Pillar to Post Aztec Camera 4:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 24 Death and The Maiden The Verlaines 4:28 $1.69 View In iTunes 25 Asylums In Jerusalem Scritti Politti 3:14 $2.19 View In iTunes 26 My Lighthouse Pulp 3:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 27 Changeling Simple Minds 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 28 Second Skin The Chameleons 6:50 $1.69 View In iTunes 29 Candyskin Fire Engines 2:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 30 No One's Little Girl The Raincoats 3:38 $1.69 View In iTunes 31 Shine On The House of Love 4:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 32 Wide open Road The Triffids 4:08 $2.19 View In iTunes 33 Otis The Durutti Column 4:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 34 Abstract Reality (Godstar Movie Mix) Psychic TV 3:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 35 Omega Amigo Shamen 4:41 $1.69 View In iTunes 36 Swans On Glass (AD 6A) Modern English 4:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 37 Snake Dance The March Violets 4:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 38 Point That Thing Somewhere Else (EP Version) The Clean 5:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 39 Shipbuilding (Remastered) Robert Wyatt 3:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 40 Jesus On T.V. The Celibate Rifles 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 41 Baby Turns Blue Virgin Prunes 3:42 $2.19 View In iTunes 42 Fatman The Southern Death Cult 3:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 43 Mind Your Own Business Delta 5 3:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 44 Yashar Cabaret Voltaire 5:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 45 Gone Dead The Moodists 3:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 46 Collapsing New People Fad Gadget 4:14 $2.19 View In iTunes 47 Night and Day Everything But the Girl 2:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 48 Almost Prayed The Weather Prophets 2:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 49 ExplicitIgnore the Machine Alien Sex Fiend 6:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 50 Plain Sailing Tracey Thorn 2:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 51 Preacher Man Fields of the Nephilim 4:53 $1.69 View In iTunes 52 Breakdown (Original 12" Mix) Colourbox 6:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 53 Stand Up Throwing Muses 2:56 $1.69 View In iTunes 54 At First Sight The Stems 4:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 55 The 3rd Time We Opened the Capsule Kitchens of Distinction 3:19 $1.69 View In iTunes 56 Shatter Shelleyan Orphan 3:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 57 Join In the Chant Nitzer Ebb 6:04 $2.19 View In iTunes 58 Marimba The Red Guitars 5:23 $1.69 View In iTunes 59 Primitive Painters Felt 5:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 60 Sunset Hotel The Apartments 3:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 61 I Don't Want to Live With Monkeys (7" Version) The Higsons 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 62 Well Well Well The Woodentops 4:22 $1.69 View In iTunes 63 Ironmasters The Men They Couldn't Hang 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 64 Holy Joe Laughing Clowns 3:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 65 How I Wrote Elastic Man The Fall 4:21 $1.69 View In iTunes 66 Song for Whoever The Beautiful South 6:09 $2.19 View In iTunes 67 Wise Up Sucker Pop Will Eat Itself 3:21 $1.69 View In iTunes 68 Brighter The Railway Children 4:53 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 68 Songs
Customer Reviews
What's the difference between Alternative and Indie?
Some of the songs are in both essentials lists, What's the difference?
confused prices
the song list is great but the variation of price is questionable.
To promote the history - all of it - make the price more reasonable.
