To commemorate the 20th
anniversary of my Music Library, I have compiled the '20'
series. This will list my favorite 200 tracks from the first
two decades. To qualify, the track must have been included
on my Music Library and/or the "Best
Of".."Decade"
or "Year-End"
series, between September 24, 1982 and September 1,
2002. For each track, the
artist will receive (10) bonus points that will be reflected
on the "Top
Artists" chart...
The year shown is when
the track appeared on my Music Library, not necessarily the
year of release.
Library column indicates the original Music Library number
that the track appeared on.
If the Year and Library column are blank, this indicates the
track only appears on the "Best Of" or "Decade"
series.
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A Matter Of Time |
Tangerine Dream |
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In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated |
Dead Can Dance |
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Exit |
Tangerine Dream |
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Poema |
In The Nursery |
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High Hopes |
Pink Floyd |
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Vanishing Blue |
Tangerine Dream |
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Liberty |
Patrick O'Hearn |
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Caribbean Blue |
Enya |
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Frozen |
Madonna |
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Par Avion |
Mike & The Mechanics |
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Acid, Bitter Sad |
This Mortal Coil |
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Avalon |
Roxy Music |
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Enjoy The Silence |
Depeche Mode |
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Exile |
Enya |
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More Than This |
Roxy Music |
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Forever Autumn |
Justin Hayward |
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I Believe In You |
Talk Talk |
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Miracles And Wonders |
The Chameleons |
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Wicked Game |
Chris Isaak |
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This Big Hush |
Shriekback |
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Church Theme |
Tangerine Dream |
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Two Continents |
Patrick O'Hearn |
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Kiew Mission |
Tangerine Dream |
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Stripped |
Depeche Mode |
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Fall In The Light |
Lori Carson & Graeme Revell |
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Take A Chance With Me |
Roxy Music |
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White Eagle |
Tangerine Dream |
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A Strange Kind Of Love |
Peter Murphy |
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It's My Life |
Talk Talk |
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Mercy Street |
Peter Gabriel |
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Take On Me |
A-ha |
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Strangelove |
Depeche Mode |
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I Feel You |
Depeche Mode |
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Yours Truly, 2095 |
Electric Light Orchestra |
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Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm |
Crash Test Dummies |
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The Main Thing |
Roxy Music |
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In A Lifetime |
Clannad |
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Caislean Oir |
Clannad |
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Woman |
In The Nursery |
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So Flows The Current |
Patrick O'Hearn |
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Rubberbandman |
Yello |
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Here Is The News |
Electric Light Orchestra |
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Silence |
Delerium |
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Little By Little |
Robert Plant |
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This Love |
Craig Armstrong |
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The Rainbow |
Talk Talk |
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Now Is Here |
Clannad |
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It's Getting Late In The Evening |
Talk Talk |
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Tonight, Tonight, Tonight |
Genesis |
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In The Net |
Hex |
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Leave It |
Yes |
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True Faith |
New Order |
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April 5th |
Talk Talk |
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Has To Be |
Madonna |
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Na Laethe Bhi |
Clannad |
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Footbridge To Heaven |
Tangerine Dream |
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Harbour |
Moby |
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Domino |
Genesis |
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How Soon Is Now? |
The Smiths |
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Incantations - Pt IV |
Mike Oldfield |
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The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove |
Dead Can Dance |
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Fine Time |
New Order |
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Black Box (Complete) |
Recoil |
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The Name Of The Wave |
Strange Cargo (William Orbit) |
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Sacrifice |
Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke |
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Mothers Of Rain |
Tangerine Dream |
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There's Never A Forever Thing |
A-ha |
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Policy Of Truth |
Depeche Mode |
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The Unforgettable Fire |
U2 |
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Vanishing Point |
New Order |
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Zoolook |
Jean-Michel Jarre |
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Million Town |
Strange Cargo (William Orbit) |
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Orpheus |
David Sylvian |
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Never Let Me Down Again |
Depeche Mode |
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The Power Of Love |
Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
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Brothers In Arms |
Dire Straits |
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Manhattan Project |
Rush |
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Heroine |
The Edge with Michael Brook |
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87 Dreams Of A Lifetime |
Patrick O'Hearn |
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Loved By The Sun |
Jon Anderson |
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Sweet Harmony |
The Beloved |
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Man Of Colours |
Icehouse |
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Smile |
Tangerine Dream |
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The Great Commandment |
Camouflage |
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Such A Shame |
Talk Talk |
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Shake The Disease |
Depeche Mode |
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Subdivisions |
Rush |
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The Party's Over |
Talk Talk |
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Sweet Lullaby (Ambient Mix) |
Deep Forest |
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I Want To Live |
This Mortal Coil |
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Peacemaker |
Maire Brennan |
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Dreamwheel |
Eden |
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The Host Of Seraphim |
Dead Can Dance |
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Only Time Will Tell |
Mike Oldfield |
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Prophecy Theme |
Brian Eno w/ D. Lanois & R. Eno |
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How Fortunate The Man With None |
Dead Can Dance |
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Mystic Rhythms |
Rush |
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Theme From Harry's Game |
Clannad |
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Another Heart Breaks |
Electric Light Orchestra |
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Magnetic |
Yello |
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Title |
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Live To Tell |
Madonna |
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Heroes |
Camel |
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Blasphemous Rumours |
Depeche Mode |
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Oxygene 13 |
Jean-Michel Jarre |
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Chrome Waves |
Ride |
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Money For Nothing |
Dire Straits |
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Looking Glass |
Yanni |
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Piece In The Old Style 3 |
William Orbit |
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The Friends Of Mr. Cairo |
Jon & Vangelis |
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Secret Messages |
Electric Light Orchestra |
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Gone |
Madonna |
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Motherland |
Single Gun Theory |
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West End Girls |
Pet Shop Boys |
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A Man I'll Never Be |
Boston |
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Cottage |
Tangerine Dream |
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Blood On The Rooftops |
Genesis |
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The Old Ways |
Loreena McKennitt |
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The World Spins |
Julee Cruise |
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Lament |
Ultravox |
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Gortoz A Ran-J'Attends |
Hans Zimmer |
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While The Earth Sleeps |
Peter Gabriel & Deep Forest |
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New Jerusalem |
Pyramid |
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The Living Tongue |
In The Nursery |
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May It Be |
Enya |
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Athair Ar Neamh |
Enya |
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Late Night, Maudlin Street |
Morrissey |
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That Smiling Face |
Camouflage |
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Feel |
The House Of Love |
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Sowing The Seeds Of Love |
Tears For Fears |
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Comfortably Numb |
Pink Floyd |
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Dangerous |
Yes |
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Relax |
Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
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Surrender Your Heart |
Missing Persons |
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Coba |
Patrick O'Hearn |
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Crush |
Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark |
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Mama |
Genesis |
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Mysterious Ways |
U2 |
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Owner Of A Lonely Heart |
Yes |
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The Carpet Crawlers 1999 |
Genesis |
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Evening Falls... |
Enya |
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I've Got A Friend |
Minor Detail |
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Lost Again |
Yello |
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Dancing With Tears In My Eyes |
Ultravox |
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I've Been Losing You |
A-ha |
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Don't Give Up |
Peter Gabriel |
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Vienna |
Ultravox |
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Rakim |
Dead Can Dance |
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Into The Fire |
Sarah McLachlan |
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Perfect |
Lightning Seeds |
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Abraham's Theme |
Vangelis |
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Title |
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Opportunities |
Pet Shop Boys |
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Roses And Rocketships |
Bill Nelson |
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The Other Side Of Life |
The Moody Blues |
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Miserablism (Electro Mix) |
Pet Shop Boys |
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Blackwater |
Rain Tree Crow |
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Looks Like We're Shy One Horse |
Colourbox |
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Woman In Chains |
Tears For Fears |
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Myth |
Delerium |
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Minor Earth Major Sky |
A-ha |
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Sense |
Lightning Seeds |
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A View To A Kill |
Duran Duran |
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Spirits In The Material World |
The Police |
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Removed From Darkness |
Eden |
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This Side Of Paradise |
Ric Ocasek |
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Cherry Coloured Funk |
Cocteau Twins |
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An Ending (Ascent) |
Brian Eno w/ D. Lanois & R. Eno |
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Turning Ground |
Caroline Lavelle |
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Matjora Is Still Alive |
Johannes Schmoelling |
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At The End Of The Day |
Mike Rutherford |
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The Dream / Have You Heard Pt. 1 /Voyage / Have You Heard Pt. 2 |
The Moody Blues |
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Teardrop |
Massive Attack |
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Ordinary World |
Duran Duran |
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Stay On These Roads |
A-ha |
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Shout |
Tears For Fears |
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Slave To Love |
Bryan Ferry |
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Hey You |
Pink Floyd |
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Rinne Tu |
Maire Brennan |
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Cigarettes & Lies |
Lightning Seeds |
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Homeward (The Ladder) |
Yes |
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Imagination |
Xymox |
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Your Ghost |
Kristin Hersh |
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Close (To The Edit) |
Art Of Noise |
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Doot Doot |
Freur |
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Sadeness Pt. 1 |
Enigma |
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All Things End |
David Helpling |
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Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime |
The Korgis |
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To Live And Die In L.A. |
Wang Chung |
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Talk About Your Life |
Mike Oldfield |
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Ashes To Ashes |
David Bowie |
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20th Century Dreaming |
David Sylvian & Robert Fripp |
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Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft |
Klaatu |
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Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
Sarah McLachlan |
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Streets Of Philadelphia |
Bruce Springsteen |
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Sample And Hold |
Neil Young |
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Compulsion |
Martin L. Gore |
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The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part 1) |
Alan Parsons Project |
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Laura Palmer's Theme |
Angelo Badalamenti |
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The Romance Of The Telescope |
Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark |
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Rock Me Gently |
Erasure |
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Major Tom |
Peter Schilling |
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Tangerine Dream |
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Patrick O'Hearn |
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Mike Oldfield |
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Depeche Mode |
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ELO |
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William Orbit |
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Talk Talk |
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Madonna |
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Pet Shop Boys |
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A-ha |
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Roxy Music |
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Pink Floyd |
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Clannad |
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Yes |
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Rush |
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Dead Can Dance |
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In The Nursery |
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Tears For Fears |
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Enya |
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Lightning Seeds |
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Ultravox |
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Genesis |
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New Order |
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Yello |
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