#ArtistFave15 Duran Duran 11. Girl Panic!

#Top31DavidBowie 27. Seven Years in Tibet

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 2025 16. The Laughing Chimes - High Beams

#SimpleMindsTop30 26. Alive and Kicking

#1985AlbumsTop20 2. REM - Fables of the Reconstruction A little bit darker than its predecessors but just as good. Maybe even better…

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 5 A song with a number in the title The Cure - 39

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 4 A song with four words in the title The Stone Roses - I Wanna be Adored

#1985AlbumsTop20 3. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair. Another cassette I played all the time at 10 y/o. Many great singles on this but the best song here is The Working Hour. I’ve always liked it the most.

#SimpleMindsTop30 27. Sanctify Yourself

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 2025 17. Hot Chip - Devotion

#ArtistFave15 Duran Duran 12. Palomino I just love side B of Big Thing, atmospheric and introspective.

#Top31DavidBowie 27. Sound and Vision

#SpotifyWrapped is fine, I like it. But also support the bands you like. Buy their music so they can make more. Streaming is unfair to bands. Get merch, go to their shows but most of all buy their music when you can.

#Top31DavidBowie 28. New Killer Star

#ArtistFave15 Duran Duran 13. Come Undone

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 2025 18. Ladytron - I Believe in You

#SimpleMindsTop30 28. Somebody Up There Likes You

#1985AlbumsTop20 4. a-ha - Hunting High and Low. I wore my cassette out in 1985. The title track, Train of Thought, Here I Stand and Face the Rain and Living a Boy’s Adventure Tale are just fantastic songs. Shame that most people just know the main single of this.

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 3 - A Cover Version David Bowie - Try Some Buy Some

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 2 A song from this year Just Mustard - Dandelion

#SimpleMindsTop30 29. Pleasantly Disturbed

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 2025 19. The New Division - Argyle

#ArtistFave15 Duran Duran 14. My Antarctica

#1985AlbumsTop20 5. New Order - Low Life

#Top31DavidBowie 30. Fame

#1985AlbumsTop20 6. Soda Stereo - Nada Personal

#ArtistFave15 Duran Duran 15. Leave a Light On

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 2025 20. Just Mustard - We Were Just Here

#SimpleMindsTop30 30. Up On the Catwalk

#Top31DavidBowie 31. Sense of Doubt

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 1 A favourite song Nine Inch Nails - As Alive as You Need Me to Be. My favorite from 2025

#Top31DavidBowie My honorable mentions. What can I say that hasn’t been said already. Impressive discography and some amazing songs were always going to be left behind. I think he is the most influential artist of my lifetime.

#SimpleMindsTop30 Of course I have known Simple Minds since I was 10. They had two huge songs that year. My 30 is mostly of their first 6 albums as I have been discovering their discography for the past year and a half. Still have plenty to discover. Here are my honorable mentions.

#90sTop30 1. Depeche Mode - World in My Eyes. One of my favorite songs of all time, I still remember playing Violator for the first time and it blowing me away. Three albums in the 90s for DM, all amazing but no other choice for this list for me. Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social for hosting.

#NewWaveNovember Split Enz - I Got You Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social for hosting

#1985AlbumsTop20 7. The Smiths - Meat is Murder

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Connections - Day 30 Front 242 - Don’t Crash The connection: PTP were on the legendary Wax Trax! label as was Front 242 Thanks @dmiddleham.bsky.social for hosting, it was fun.

Ahora suena Suede - Bloodsports #NowPlaying #CDs #PhysicalMedia

Ahora suena Suede - Antidepressants #NowPlaying #CDs #PhysicalMedia

Ahora suena Soft Cell - The Art of Falling Apart #NowPlaying #CDs #PhysicalMedia

#90sTop30 2. The Cure - This Twilight Garden I got the High single when it came out and this song stood out immediately. I listened to Wish all year long but always missed this one. It has slowly become my favorite Cure song. Should have been on the album.

#1985AlbumsTop20 8. Arcadia - So Red the Rose