Side A
Artist	Song
Supergrass	I'd Like To Now
U2	Zoo Station
Warren Zevon	Sentimental Hygiene
Erasure	A Little Respect
Oasis	Hello
Hole	Celebrity Skin
Beach Boys	Wouldn't It Be Nice
Beatles	Taxman
Travis	All I Wanna Do Is Rock
Paul Simon	The Boy In The Bubble
Bryan Adams	One Night Love Affair
Shack	Natalie's Party
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
INXS	Days Of Rust
Guns N' Roses	Welcome To The Jungle
REM	What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
Stereophonics	A Thousand Trees
Sheryl Crow	My Favourite Mistake
Boo Radleys	I Hang Suspended
Ben Folds Five	Jackson Cannery
Teenage Fanclub	The Concept
Billy Joel	Easy Money
World Party	Kingdome Come
Supergrass	In It For The Money

Comment:

A couple of weeks ago the mix of the week was a tape entirely made up of last songs on albums. European Son was on it, but I can't remember any of the rest. I've always thought a good opener was more important. If you listen to CDs, then it'll be the track you hear most often, because you'll hear it every time you put it on. A good opener can also set the tone for an album in a way that even a classic last track (Desolation Row, for example) can't do. Things like hearing Oasis sing 'it's good to be back' as they were turning into the biggest thing in Britain. Taxman highlighting the new grown up Beatles (whingeing about money rather than singing about girls). Travis' All I Wanna Do Is Rock, after which their entire career has been downhill. I think my favourite opening track, though, is 'Kenneth', in the way that it basically states that the mandolin has gone out of the window and the band are doing what they do best. It made sense that they opened with it on the tour. The title is from the World Party song - 'the best lack all conviction, while the worst is yet to come'. It seemed the most appropriate.

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