Artist	Song
The Stone Roses	She Bangs the Drums
from The Stone Roses (1989)
The Smiths	There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
from The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] (2008)
Happy Mondays	Step On
from Happy Mondays: Greatest Hits (2005)
Echo & The Bunnymen	Lips Like Sugar
from Echo & the Bunnymen (2004)
The Psychedelic Furs	Pretty In Pink
from All of This and Nothing (1988)
Cocteau Twins	Heaven or Las Vegas
from Stars and Topsoil - A Collection (1982-1990) (2000)
The La's	There She Goes
from The La's (1990)
The Jesus and Mary Chain	April Skies
from 21 Singles (2002)
The Sundays	Here's Where the Story Ends
from Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (1990)
XTC	Dear God
from Skylarking (2003)
The Charlatans	The Only One I Know
from Melting Pot (1997)
The Dream Academy	The Edge of Forever
from The Dream Academy (2005)
The Blue Nile	The Downtown Lights
from Hats (2003)
Inspiral Carpets	This Is How It Feels
from The Singles (1995)
Wire	Kidney Bingos
from A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck (2000)
Prefab Sprout	Cars and Girls
from A Life of Surprises - The Best of Prefab Sprout (1992)
The Wonder Stuff	Don't Let Me Down, Gently
from Hup (2000)
The Go-Betweens	Was There Anything I Could Do?
from 16 Lovers Lane (1996)
The Mighty Lemon Drops	My Biggest Thrill
from Happy Head (2007)
Spacemen 3	I Love You
from Recurring (2004)
Trashcan Sinatras	Obscurity Knocks
from Cake (1990)
Shop Assistants	Somewhere In China
from Shop Assistants Anthology (1985-1986) (2007)
Felt	Primitive Painters
from Gold Mine Trash (1985)

Comment:

Even more than [i]Rolling Stone[/i] or [i]Spin[/i], Britain’s [i]NME[/i] and [i]Melody Maker[/i] topped every modern music junkie’s must-read list. As the second British Invasion — originally started by punk — gave way to a slicker, poppier sound, college radio traded in its Chuck Taylors for Doc Martens and once again set trends that the mainstream would, eventually, embrace. Ian McCulloch's swoon-inducing vocals swirl into the stratosphere on Echo and the Bunnymen's dreamy, dance-y “Lips Like Sugar,” a sumptuous slice of post-punk pastry. Gorgeous waves of synth and guitar wash over the desolation beach of Cure frontman Robert Smith’s heartbreak in “Pictures Of You.” And even the chirpy cheer of a Farfisa organ can’t break through the grey-sky gloom of Madchester architects Inspiral Carpets in their sad-bastard ballad “This Is How It Feels.” From the Smiths to XTC, all of Her Majesty’s finest musical exports have docked right here . . . after passing through the port of college radio.

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