Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The '80s Underground

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Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The '80s Underground
Compilation by Various Artists
First released October 4, 2004 Tracks 82
Label Rhino Records / WEA <R2 76490> Length 308:15

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Track listing[edit]

Disc 1[edit]

# Title Artist Length
1 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 4:05
2 Going Underground The Jam 2:56
3 A Forest The Cure 4:54
4 Holiday in Cambodia Dead Kennedys 4:38
5 I'm In Love With A German Film Star Passions 4:01
6 I Will Dare The Replacements 3:19
7 That's When I Reach For My Revolver Mission Of Burma 3:52
8 Johny Hit And Run Paulene X 2:49
9 Just Like Honey The Jesus And Mary Chain 3:01
10 Black Celebration Depeche Mode 4:53
11 Tell Me When It's Over The Dream Syndicate 3:33
12 Hollywood (Africa) The Red Hot Chili Peppers 5:03
13 Temptation New Order 5:43
14 Ghosts Japan 4:32
15 A Song From Under The Floorboards Magazine 4:11
16 Oblivious Aztec Camera 3:11
17 Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely Husker Du 3:32
18 Rise Above Black Flag 2:26
19 Back In Flesh Wall Of Voodoo 3:42
20 Cattle And Cane The Go-Betweens 3:59

Disc 2[edit]

# Title Artist Length
1 Message Of Love The Pretenders 3:28
2 Vienna Ultravox 4:39
3 Freak Scene Dinosaur Jr. 3:37
4 The Charming Man The Smiths 2:43
5 Stigmata Ministry 5:44
6 Ways To Be Wicked Lone Justice 3:25
7 Wardance Killing Joke 3:48
8 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 3:30
9 Mirror In The Bathroom The English Beat 3:06
10 Fairytale In The Supermarket The Raincoats 2:59
11 Behind The Wall Of Sleep The Smithereens 3:22
12 Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing Minutemen 1:31
13 Punk Rock Girl The Dead Milkmen 2:37
14 Still In Hollywood Concrete Blonde 3:45
15 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 3:27
16 Blister In The Sun Violent Femmes 2:24
17 Lake Of Fire Meat Puppets 1:57
18 Amplifier The dB's 3:07
19 When Love Breaks Down Prefab Sprout 3:44
20 Goo Goo Muck The Cramps 3:05
21 This Corrosion Sisters Of Mercy 4:29
22 Senses Working Overtime XTC 4:50

Disc 3[edit]

# Title Artist Length
1 The Cutter Echo & The Bunnymen 3:53
2 Pay To Cum! Bad Brains 1:26
3 Birthday The Sugarcubes 3:59
4 Madonna Of The Wasps Robyn Hitchcock 'n' The Egyptians 3:06
5 We Care A Lot Faith No More 4:03
6 Teen Age Riot Sonic Youth 6:56
7 To Hell With Poverty Gang Of Four 4:59
8 Fa Ce-La The Feelies 2:01
9 Ana Ng They Might Be Giants 3:21
10 Swamp Thing The Chameleons UK 5:56
11 The Mercy Seat Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 5:08
12 I Look Around The Rain Parade 3:06
13 All That Money Wants Psychedelic Furs 3:47
14 Under The Milky Way The Church 4:59
15 Rise Public Image Ltd. 6:18
16 Kundalini Express Love And Rockets 5:51
17 Gravity Talks Green On Red 2:38
18 Adrenalin Throbbing Gristle 3:55
19 She Bangs The Drums The Stone Roses 3:43

Disc 4[edit]

# Title Artist Length
1 Monkey Gone To Heaven Pixies 2:56
2 Uncertain Smile (Original 7 Inch Version) The The 4:54
3 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus 9:34
4 Christine Siouxsie And The Banshees 2:59
5 Straight Edge Minor Threat 0:46
6 I Want To Help You Ann The Lyres 2:30
7 Our Secret Beat Happening 2:48
8 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 4:53
9 World Shut Your Mouth Julian Cope 3:34
10 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 5:00
11 Sex Beat Gun Club 2:48
12 Take The Skinheads Bowling Camper Van Beethoven 2:30
13 Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies 3:49
14 Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops Cocteau Twins 4:11
15 24 Hour Party People Happy Mondays 4:38
16 I Want You Back Hoodoo Gurus 3:11
17 Suburban Home Descendents 1:42
18 A Pair Of Brown Eyes The Pogues 4:53
19 Jet Fighter The Three O'Clock 3:27
20 Moving To Florida Butthole Surfers 4:32
21 A New England Billy Bragg 2:13