Side A.

1. “Pop Doormat,” The Dancing Cigarettes.
2. “Changing Hearts,” Polyrock.
3. “Johnny and Mary,” Robert Palmer.
4. “How Can U Luv Me,” Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
5. “Bad Lover,” Small Black.
6. “The Hardest Walk,” The Jesus and Mary Chain.
7. “Off Your Face.” My Bloody Valentine.
8. “Why Baby,” The Aislers Set.
9. “Waste Away,” Those Darlins.
10. “Today It’s You,” Marmoset.

Side B.

1. “Tractor Rape Chain,” Guided By Voices.
2. “Give it Up,” Talk Talk.
3. “I Can’t Stay Here Tonight,” Clem Snide.
4. “Raindrops,” Tindersticks.
5. “I Tried to Leave You,” Leonard Cohen.
6. “I’m Loving Nothing,” The Impressions.
7. “Too Tired,” DeVotchKa.
8. “Dirty Dishes,” Deer Tick.

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Side A.

1. “Thunder Road,” Tortoise and Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
2. “Graceland,” Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.
3. “The Garden,” Robin Washburn and Jill McNamara.
4. “Hybrid Moments,” Elf Power.
5. “Another Girl, Another Planet,” The Replacements.
6. “Teenage Riot,” Red House Painters.
7. “Here Comes My Baby,” Yo La Tengo.
8. “Can’t Hardly Wait,” Justin Townes Earle.
9. “Revelator,” Nick Jaina.
10. “Wayfairing Stranger,” Neko Case.
11. “Use Me,” Jim White.
12. “Fortunate Son,” Cat Power.

Side B.

1. “Down in the Valley,” Otis Redding.
2. “I Love How You Love Me,” Bryan Ferry.
3. “Leave Me Alone,” Destroyer.
4. “Mercy Street,” Fever Ray.
5. “So Cruel,” Depeche Mode.
6. “Breakin’ the Law,” Yacht.
7. “Paranoid,” Girl Crisis.
8. “Voice in Headphones,” Mount Eerie.
9. “So Long Maryanne,” Bill Callahan.
10. “A Little Lost,” Jens Lekman.
11. “Ceremony,” Galaxy 500.

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Side A.

1. “Don’t Wanna Be Liked By You,” [Excerpt], Julie Doiron.
2. “On Guard,” Atlas Sound.
3. “Vive Solo,” Juana Molina.
4. “Freak Love,” Toro Y Moi.
5. “Danger,” Serge Gainsbourg.
6. “No Good Trying,” Syd Barrett.
7. “Pushin’ Too Hard,” Seeds.
8. “Boundary Rider,” The Go-Betweens.
9. “I Don’t Want Love,” The Antlers.

Side B.

1. “No,” Vivian Girls.
2. “Be Your Bro,” Those Darlins.
3. “No Love Lost,” Polyrock.
4. “Autonomy,” Buzzcocks.
5. “Damaged Goods,” Gang of Four.
6. “Don’t Touch Me,” Zs.
7. “None of Dem,” Robyn.
8. “Nothing’s Going to Happen,” Elf Power.

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Side A.

1. “Leave the Planet,” Galaxy 500.
2. “Universal Traveler,” Air.
3. “Planet Caravan,” Black Sabbath.
4. “Will There Be Stars,” Blonde Redhead.
5. “Planet Queen,” T. Rex.
6. “Souvlaki Space Station,” Slowdive.
7. “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space,” Spiritualized.
8. “The Rocket Builder (Io Pan!),” Johann Johannsson.
9. “Something Stirring In Space,” Glass Candy.
10. “Rocket Ship,” Daniel Johnston.

Side B.

1. “The Eve of the War [Excerpt],” Jeff Wayne.
2. “Rocket Number Nine,” Sun Ra.
3. “Intro/Cosmic Drama,” Flying Lotus.
4. “Wanderlust,” Björk.
5. “Cosmic Country Noir,” Stereolab.
6. “Praying to the Aliens,” Tubeway Army.
7. “Stars,” Mr. Fingers.
8. “Moonshake,” Can.
9. “Spaced Cowboy,” Sly & The Family Stone.
10. “The Universe is Shown,” Mount Eerie.
11. “Going Home,” Alice Coltrane.

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Side A.

1. “Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do,” Roybn.
2. “Ashes to Ashes,” David Bowie.
3. “Alcohol,” The Kinks.
4. “God’s Away on Business,” Tom Waits.
5. “Waving My Arms,” The Birthday Party.
6. “Sense of Guilt,” Josef K.
7. “Can’t Stand the Pain,” Pretty Things.
8. “Long Distance Drunk,” Modest Mouse.
9. “Too Drunk to Dream,” The Magnetic Fields.

Side B.

1. “Cure for Pain,” Morphine.
2. “Going Once, Going Twice,” Ramona Falls.
3. “A Threaded Needle,” Lotus Plaza.
4. “Fall Down Drunk,” Summer at Shatter Creek. 
5. “Still Be Around,” Uncle Tupelo.
6. “The Battle,” Caitlin Cary and Ryan Adams.
7. “Black Out,” Grouper.
8. “Treatment Bound,” The Replacements.

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Side A.

1. “Barbed Wire Love,” Stiff Little Fingers.
2. “Strange Pursuits,” Devo.
3. “Bad Penny,” Big Black.
4. “Dream of My Love,” Abe Vigoda.
5. “Heartbeats,” The Knife.
6. “Hate Crime,” Austra.
7. “This Time of Night,” New Order.
8. “Love so Lonely,” Suicide.

Side B.

1. “Milky Teeth,” Tindersticks.
2. “Don’t Call Me Pain,” The Pop Group.
3. “Talking Time,” Cabaret Voltaire.
4. “Physical (You’re So),” Adam and the Ants.
5. “The Tinderbox (of a Heart),” Cocteau Twins.
6. “This is Hardcore,” Pulp.

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Side A.

1. “As You Turn to Go,” The 6ths.
2. “Brompton Oratory,” Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
3. “Took You Two Years to Win My Heart,” Final Fantasy.
4. “All My Little Words,” The Magnetic Fields.
5. “Empty Room,” Marmoset.
6. “All You Need is a Wall,” The Books.
7. “Three Wishes,” Television Personalities.
8. “24 Hours,” Joy Division.

Side B.

1. “Doubt,” Wye Oak.
2. “The Darker Days of Me & Him,” PJ Harvey.
3. “Water & Air,” Cat Power.
4. “I Wish I Knew,” Sharon Van Etten.
5. “Ave Maria,” Clara Rockmore.
6. “Let it Die,” Feist.
7. “The End,” Sibylle Baier.
8. “All the Best Wishes,” Jana Hunter.

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Side A.

1. “Hanging on the Telephone,” Blondie.
2. “Your Phone’s Off the Hook, but You’re Not,” X.
3. “Every Other Word,” The Joggers.
4. “Girl on the Phone,” The Jam.
5. “Chatterboxes,” Deerhoof.
6. “Trying to Reach You,” Nurses.
7. “Calling Out of Context,” Arthur Russell.
8. “Waiting to Talk,” Andrew Bird.
9. “Bad Communication,” Sufjan Stevens.

Side B.

1. “Pick up the Phone,” Notwist.
2. “The Telephone is Empty,” Love and Rockets.
3. “Talk-Action=Shit,” The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
4. “Conversation off Floral Street,” The Zombies.
5. “I Wanna be Your Telephone,” Jamie Lidell.
6. “Listen,” The Clash.
7. “You Speak My Language,” Morphine.
8. “I Can’t Hear You,” The Dead Weather.
9. “The Mute Speaks Out,” Mission of Burma.

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Side A.

1. “1,2,3 Partyy!,” Mission of Burma.
2. “2/4,” Clinic.
3. “3rd Movement: Music For a Large and Happy Sunshine Flower/Dance in Three Part Celebration,” Gods on Safari.
4. “Hot 4 U,” A Tribe Called Quest.
5. “A Handful of Fives,” Roland Kirk.
6. “Six Different Ways,” The Cure.
7. “The Magnificent Seven,” The Clash.
8. “After Eight,” Neu!
9. “9-9,” R.E.M.
10. “10 Mile Stereo,” Beach House.
11. “11 of Diamonds,” Grass Widow.
12. “12XU,” Minor Threat.

Side B.

1. “13,” The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
2. “14 Unreleased Backgrounds,” The Beach Boys.
3. “The 15th,” Wire.
4. “16 Years,” Josef K.
5. “Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl,” Broken Social Scene.
6. “The Moon is the Number 18,” Silver Jews.
7. “1969,” The Stooges.
8. “20th Century Boy,” The Replacements.
9. “21 Ghosts III,” Nine Inch Nails.
10. “November 22nd, 2003,” Kallikak Family.
11. “A 23,” Guidance Counselor.
12. “24-24,” Cabaret Voltaire.
13. “NYC-25,” The Olivia Tremor Control.
14. “Olv 26,” Stereolab.

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Side A

1. “New Directions,” Jens Lekman.
2. “Get Lost,” Tom Waits.
3. “Run it,” The Replacements.
4. “Driving South,” The Stone Roses.
5. “Red Light, Green Light,” The Fresh & Onlys.
6. “Car Radio,” Spoon.
7. “Disappearer,” Sonic Youth.
8. “Sundialing,” Caribou.
9. “Drive it all Over Me,” My Bloody Valentine.

Side B

1. “Yellow Brick Road,” Captain Beefheart.
2. “Driving Me Backwards,” Brian Eno.
3. “5:15 Train,” A Sunny Day in Glasgow.
4. “Keep Your Eyes on the Road,” K.
5. “Road,” Nick Drake.
6. “Lost Coastline,” Okkervil River.
7. “On a Highway,” Animal Collective.
8. “Out of Gas,” Modest Mouse.

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