Artist	Song
Echo & The Bunnymen	Bring On the Dancing Horses
from Songs to Learn and Sing (2004)
The Smiths	There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
from The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] (2008)
The Church	Under the Milky Way
from Under the Milky Way - The Best of The Church (1999)
Kate Bush	This Woman's Work
from The Sensual World (1989)
The Dream Academy	Life In a Northern Town
from The Dream Academy (2005)
Cowboy Junkies	Sweet Jane
from Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Cocteau Twins	Heaven or Las Vegas
from Stars and Topsoil - A Collection (1982-1990) (2000)
The Sundays	Here's Where the Story Ends
from Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (1990)
The Psychedelic Furs	The Ghost In You
from The Psychedelic Furs: Greatest Hits (2001)
The Style Council	My Ever Changing Moods
from The Singular Adventures of the Style Council (1999)
Scritti Politti	Perfect Way
from Cupid & Psyche 85 (2005)
Swing Out Sister	Breakout
from It's Better to Travel (1987)
The Blow Monkeys	Digging Your Scene
from Atomic Lullabies: Very Best of The Blow Monkeys (1999)
The The	Uncertain Smile
from Soul Mining (2002)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Shipbuilding
from Punch the Clock (2007)
Jane Siberry	The Life Is the Red Wagon
from Bound by the Beauty (1989)
10,000 Maniacs	Hey Jack Kerouac
from In My Tribe (2007)
Japan	Nightporter
from Gentlemen Take Polaroids (2003 Remaster) (2008)
Sam Phillips	What Do I Do
from The Indescribable Wow (1988)
Prefab Sprout	Appetite
from Two Wheels Good (1985)
The Blue Nile	Let's Go Out Tonight
from Hats (2003)
Lloyd Cole	Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?
from Lloyd Cole and the Commotions: 1984-1989 (1989)
The Go-Betweens	Streets of Your Town
from 16 Lovers Lane (1996)
World Party & Anthony Thistlethwaite	Ship of Fools
from Private Revolution (2006)
The Rain Parade	This Can't Be Today
from Emergency Third Rail Power Trip (2006)
This Mortal Coil	Song to the Siren
from It'll End in Tears (1986)
Galaxie 500	Blue Thunder
from On Fire (1989)
Aztec Camera	The Crying Scene
from Stray (2005)

Comment:

Sure, college gave us frat rock, but over on the [i]other[/i] side of campus, a more graceful, refined, high-gloss sound played to sophisticated ears. The Church's dream-pop masterpiece, "Under the Milky Way," paved the way for a generation of shoegazers, as Steve Kilbey's little-boy-lost vocal and Marty Willson-Piper's jangly acoustic guitar balance delicately against — get this — a synthesized [i]bagpipe solo[/i]. Thank director John Hughes' [i]Pretty In Pink[/i] for introducing America to Echo and the Bunnymen's ghostly, beautiful "Bring on the Dancing Horses," with Ian McCulloch's reverb-drenched vocals floating over the shimmering waves of guitar like feathers on an angel's wing. Is there such a thing as pop perfection? Paul Weller comes close in the Style Council's slice of Continental café soul, "My Ever-Changing Moods," its horn section crisp as an Armani shirt, every drum fill and four-bar guitar solo set in place with the cool precision of James Bond at a Monte Carlo baccarat table. From Elvis Costello to Kate Bush, we have every track you need to earn your grad-pop diploma — with honors — just a mouse-click away.

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