Compilation assembled by acclaimed musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, Steven Wilson. 'This is my personally-curated attempt to redress the balance, and to perhaps introduce any '80s-sceptics out there to the idea that conceptual thinking and ambition didn't suddenly evaporate after '77. Ambitious, weird and thrilling music was all around you in the '80s - if you looked in the right places.' - Steven Wilson. Featuring 19 tracks, the collection explores the creativity, experimentation and progressive spirit of alternative British music from 1979-1989. Artists include XTC, The Stranglers, Ultravox, The Durutti Column, Cocteau Twins and many more.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.A Better Home in the Phantom Zone

Bill Nelson's Red Noise

2.Back to Nature

Magazine

3.Complicated Game (Steven Wilson 2014 Mix)

XTC

4.The Raven

The Stranglers

5.Puppet Life

Punishment of Luxury

6.Astradyne (Steven Wilson Stereo Mix)

Ultravox

7.Sketch for Summer

The Durutti Column

8.Health and Efficiency

This Heat

9.Cognitive Dissonance (Steven Wilson 2022 Mix)

Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen

10.Three Dancers (Steven Wilson 2021 Mix)

Twelfth Night

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.Airwaves

Thomas Dolby

2.Knife Slits Water

A Certain Ratio

3.Donimo

Cocteau Twins

4.Beehead (7" Version)

Perennial Divide

5.No Motion

Dif Juz

6.Gutter Busting

SLAB!

7.The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance

8.R.E.S.

Cardiacs

9.Night Sky, Sweet Earth

No-Man

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