#MusicChallenge 🎶 #B-SidesandBonusTracks Day 15 Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out youtu.be/lj_BzlYdBoU?... Released in 1979 as the B-side of ‘Don't Tell Me, Tell Her’. It didn’t chart, but when someone flipped it over, the song spent 2 weeks at No. 1 in the UK during 1980. #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #3rdMMC Day 15 ~ 2015 Richard Hawley - I Still Want You youtu.be/v2bmgTXkGeQ?... From his 8th studio album ‘Hollow Meadows’ released in September 2015 #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #302020S Day 14 The Sherlocks - City Lights youtu.be/Q0g3vimCa10?... From their 2022 album ‘World I Understand’ #WMIM #music #musicsky #2020s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotKnownEnough Day 15 We Were Strangers - Unforgiving War youtu.be/hwz_jM1dkM4?... We know little about this band, just that they re-appear every now and then with some excellent new songs. A single in 2016 & on their only album ‘Beneath a Broken Sky’ in 2017 #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NewWaveNovember Day 15 The Professionals - 1-2-3 youtu.be/xUzaM_prLII?... After the demise of The Sex Pistols, Paul Cook & Steve Jones formed this band in an attempt to keep the punk sound going. They didn’t really achieve that, but did made some enjoyable songs. #WMIM #music

Absolutely loving this music, and they have just followed us.

With the vote for #5debutalbums1014 now taking place on the weekend of November the 21st, we have some extra days to promote our favourite albums. From his 2013 debut album 'Life In Easy Steps' ♫ Robert Vincent ♫ - My Pill youtu.be/clfG9zCEu24?... #WMIM #music

Hi folks, a quick note for everyone planning on taking part in #5debutalbums1014 unfortunately I’ve now got to work on Saturday and Sunday so I’ll have to delay the start of this one by a week. Voting will now start on Friday 21st November. Apologies for any inconvenience.

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotYourFavourite November Day 169 ~ Chuck Berry Rock n Roll Music (with Tina Turner) youtu.be/F1LZuQ9E4JQ?... #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #B-SidesandBonusTracks Day 14 Zager And Evans – Little Kids youtu.be/4TsivwPW6aY?... ‘In The Year 2525’ is one of the most famous ‘one-hit-wonders’, so of course, it has to have a B-side, and here it is. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #3rdMMC Day 14 ~ 2014 Marissa Nadler - Was It A Dream youtu.be/BQ0zn6jqRdc?... From her excellent 6th studio album ‘July’, released in February 2014 #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #302020S Day 14 Yola - Stand For Myself youtu.be/SMa2jthBS3Y?... The title track from her 2021 album. #WMIM #music #musicsky #2020s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotKnownEnough Day 14 Iain Morrison - To the Horizon, Sir youtu.be/PAW16LIWXQk?... From the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, he's been releasing music (on Bandcamp) since 2008 and has just released a new EP ‘clò’. This is the title track from his 2012 album. #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NewWaveNovember Day 14 Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation youtu.be/v9FkQLjOSZ8?... The song has existed since Richard was in 'Television' but not released as a single until forming his own band in 1976. Also the title track from their 1977 debut album #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotYourFavourite November Day 168 ~ The B-52’s Roam youtu.be/iNwC0sp-uA4?... #WMIM #music #musicsky

1985 was a quite ridiculous year for excellent albums #1985AlbumsTop20 We have reduced our contenders down to a short-list of 32. But a lot of seriously great albums are going to miss out on our Top 20. (including more than 1 or 2 from this picture)

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #B-SidesandBonusTracks Day 13 Hozier - In The Woods Somewhere youtu.be/XlfCfEfbO48?... Our favourite song from Hozier’s self-titled debut album in 2014, was only released on disc 2 of the ‘Special Edition’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #3rdMMC Day 13 ~ 2013 Local Natives - Colombia youtu.be/hJ0khpACShA?... A wonderful live performance of this very moving song from their 2nd album ‘Hummingbird’ released in January 2013 #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #302020S Day 13 Asian Dub Foundation - Stealing the Future youtu.be/wCqBUzMlIq4?... From their 2020 album 'Access Denied' #WMIM #music #musicsky #2020s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotKnownEnough Day 13 SHEL - Rainbow youtu.be/Yuz12qcUIF4?... The 4 Holbrook sisters from Colorado have been releasing albums & EPs since 2012, with this heartwarming song from their 2020 EP ‘Wild Child’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NewWaveNovember Day 13 Eddie & The Hot Rods - The Power & The Glory youtu.be/st9RadgsA20?... Comfortably our favourite song by this band. Released as a single in 1979 but didn’t chart. Also, on their 3rd album ‘Thriller’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

Here are 12 debut albums from 2014 which we think are worthy for consideration when voting commences on November the 14th for #5debutalbums1014 (listed by release date) Artists are listed in a reply

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #B-SidesandBonusTracks Day 12 The Dear Hunter - Owls youtu.be/90wXjid-pGk?... Our favourite song by this band, only existed as a digital bonus track on their ‘Migrant Reprise’ album. This version of the album doesn’t appear to exist anymore either. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #3rdMMC Day 12 ~ 2012 Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny - Sweet Tooth Bird youtu.be/C0Ih6uPvYGs?... From her debut album ‘Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose’ released in February 2012 #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #302020S Day 12 The Dark Flowers (Feat. Jim Kerr & The Anchoress) - Indian Summer youtu.be/lJR4CADzLuA?... The title track from one of our favourite albums of 2025 (featuring 6 different guest vocalists) #WMIM #music #musicsky #2020s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotKnownEnough Day 12 Al Lewis - The Arsonist youtu.be/7BYj6BpZnPc?... Beginning with a number of EPs, since 2007 Mr. Lewis has released 3 English language albums and 5 Welsh language albums. This is from his 2010 English debut 'In The Wake'. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NewWaveNovember Day 12 Television Personalities - Part Time Punks youtu.be/_pKkOOQR7_o?... Originally a self-financed EP in 1978, thanks to John Peel airplay, it received a release from Rough Trade in 1980. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #B-SidesandBonusTracks Day 11 Dexys Midnight Runners - Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache youtu.be/TaApSBnBKPA?... The B-side of their smash hit No. 1 song ‘Geno’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #3rdMMC Day 11 ~ 2011 The Civil Wars - Poison & Wine youtu.be/fNlxKH9Jtmc?... From their debut album ‘Barton Hollow’ released in February 2011 #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #302020S Day 11 Beth Gibbons - Lost Changes youtu.be/sXRJWVvSGIs?... From her 2024 album ‘Lives Outgrown’ #WMIM #music #musicsky #2020s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotKnownEnough Day 11 Robert Vincent – My Pill youtu.be/clfG9zCEu24?... Since 2013 Mr. Vincent has released 5 albums & many EPs. This from his debut ‘Life in Easy Steps’ is one of our favourite songs of this century. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NewWaveNovember Day 11 Secret Affair – Time For Action youtu.be/ooHB2kySxFw?... Partly influenced by Quadrophenia & also The Jam regularly citing then unfashionable mod bands as their influences, there was a crossover between new wave and the mod revival #WMIM #music #musicsky

Here are 12 debut albums from 2013 which we think are worthy for consideration when voting commences on November the 14th for #5debutalbums1014 (listed by release date) Artists are listed in a reply

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #B-SidesandBonusTracks Day 10 Crass - Shaved Women youtu.be/0Sieh9aokS0?... Our favourite song by this band is the B-side of their highly controversial 1979 single ‘Reality Asylum’ (originally titled ‘Asylum’) #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #3rdMMC Day 10 ~ 2010 Manic Street Preachers & Ian McCulloch - Some Kind Of Nothingness youtu.be/RmkNDHr9hQI?... From their 10th studio album ‘Postcards From A Young Man’ released in September 2010 #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #302020S Day 10 Public Image Ltd. - Car Chase youtu.be/OQZCI3Uk35s?... We loved this song from his 2023 album ‘End Of World’ #WMIM #music #musicsky #2020s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotKnownEnough Day 10 Cactus World News – The Bridge youtu.be/Ki6NH0pEPWQ?... In 1986 there was no doubt these 4 young Dublin lads were going to be the biggest band of all time…. Something along the way must have gone amiss and we weren’t exactly proved correct. #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NewWaveNovember Day 10 Splodgenessabounds - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please youtu.be/R8g4dBRmwUU?... Led by Max Splodge, their debut single reached No. 7 in June 1980. They had 2 more Top 75 chart entries, ‘Two Little Boys’ & ‘Cowpunk Medlum’ #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #B-SidesandBonusTracks Day 9 Placebo - Slackerbitch youtu.be/sA14ZgJKu10?... Our favourite song by this band, which happens to be on the other side to our 2nd favourite song by them ‘Nancy Boy’ in January 1997 #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #3rdMMC Day 9 ~ 2009 Alicia Keys - Unthinkable (I'm Ready) youtu.be/8IKC4tK-Z24?... Studio version from her 4th studio album, ‘The Element of Freedom’ released in December 2009 #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #302020S Day 9 Embrace - Up youtu.be/uMKa1hts6Nc?... From one of our favourite albums of 2022 ‘How To Be A Person Like Other People’ #WMIM #music #musicsky #2020s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotKnownEnough Day 9 Lemolo - Swansea youtu.be/Ey5GHCt8thY?... Meagan Grandall from Seattle has self-released 3 albums, including this in 2019 which is the title track. Not written about the city in Wales (but she did post her previous album to us there in 2015) #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NewWaveNovember Day 9 John Otway and Wild Willy Barratt - Really Free youtu.be/wkYOZyNocrw?... From their self-titled debut album, released in 1976, this became a hit single, reaching No. 27 in December 1977 #WMIM #music #musicsky

So my last Countdown will be celebrating the brilliant albums of 1985 ! It's a fantastic year of music to bow out on ! Hopefully as many of you legends as possible can join in? Starting Monday 17th November #1985AlbumsTop20 Retweet & Share 🙌🙌

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #B-SidesandBonusTracks Day 8 The Beatles - Rain youtu.be/cK5G8fPmWeA?... Hard to imagine this song as ‘just’ a B-side. Although the A-side ‘Paperback Writer’ wasn’t too bad either. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #3rdMMC Day 8 ~ 2008 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition youtu.be/jxKjOOR9sPU?... Released as a single in September 2008, although it didn’t take off until it was included in the 2009 film ‘500 Days of Summer’. Also on the album ‘Conditions’ #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #302020S Day 8 John Grant - The Only Baby youtu.be/Lit7cPfkUYo?... Released as a single in January 2021 and included on the album ‘Boy from Michigan’, five months later. #WMIM #music #musicsky #2020s

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotKnownEnough Day 8 Kaśka Sochacka - Spokojnie youtu.be/ZyurBojaQd4?... In Poland this weekend, she has sold out dates for her next tour in the countries largest arenas, in a matter of seconds. But so far, for most of the planet, she remains a hidden secret. #WMIM #music

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NewWaveNovember Day 8 U2 – I Will Follow youtu.be/-sLzV00gNUo?... Their natural evolution was to fill the largest stadiums in the world. But in 1980 they emerged on the scene as the latest exciting new-wave band. #WMIM #music #musicsky

#MusicChallenge 🎶 #NotYourFavourite November Day 163 (catch-up) ~ Elvis Costello Tokyo Storm Warning youtu.be/34sX3LxffM0?... #WMIM #music #musicsky