Artist	Song
Rowland S. Howard	(I Know) a Girl Called Jonny
from Pop Crimes (2009)
Rowland S. Howard	Nothin
from Pop Crimes (2009)
Rowland S. Howard	Exit Everything
from Teenage Snuff Film (1999)
Rowland S. Howard	White Wedding
from Teenage Snuff Film (1999)
These Immortal Souls	Hyperspace
from I'm Never Gonna Die Again (1992)
These Immortal Souls	Crowned
from I'm Never Gonna Die Again (1992)
Shotgun Wedding	Pigeon Town
from Shotgun Wedding (1991)
These Immortal Souls	These Immortal Souls
from Get Lost (Don't Lie!) (1987)
These Immortal Souls	"Blood and Sand" She Said (alternate version)
from Get Lost (Don't Lie!) (1987)
Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard	Some Velvet Morning
from Some Velvet Morning (1982)
The Birthday Party	Ho-Ho
from Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Birthday Party	Figure of Fun
from Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Birthday Party	Blundertown
from Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Boys Next Door	Faint Heart
from Hee Haw (e.p.) (1979)
The Boys Next Door	The Hair Shirt
from Hee Haw (e.p.) (1979)
The Boys Next Door	The Nightwatchman
from Door Door (1979)
The Boys Next Door	Somebody's Watching
from Door Door (1979)
The Boys Next Door	Shivers
from Door Door (1979)

Comment:

It amazes me how many people remain unaware of Rowland S. Howard's hand in the shaping of alternative music today. Despite the inevitable damnation to a life under the megalithic shadow of Nick Cave's oeuvre, he has managed to quietly (or not so) go about his business, working with, and influencing some of the biggest movers and shakers in indie music of the last 20 or so years.

Although his latest solo album `Pop Crimes' has kept us waiting 10 years since his last, this compilation (which barely scratches the surface of his body of work) proves Howard has given us all plenty to be grateful for.

I've put these tracks in reverse chronological order. It made sense at the time, and it means the CD finishes with the classic tearjerker 'Shivers', the song Howard wrote when he was but a sweet 16 year old.

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