Artist	Song
Jazz Butcher	Jazz Butcher v. Prime Minister
"	Southern Mark Smith (original)
"	Real Men
"	Chickentown
"	Roadrunner
"	Big Saturday
"	She's On Drugs
"	Death Dentist
"	The Devil Is My Friend
"	Living in a Village
"	Sweet Jane
"	President Reagan's Birthday Present
"	She's a Yo-Yo
"	The Human Jungle
"	Mister Odd
"	Domestic Animal
"	Red Pets
"	Rain
"	Ghosts
"	The Best Way
"	Down The Drain

Comment:

Everything that matters from a criminally underappreciated band. In their '80's heyday, they mixed a jazzy, Euro-janglepop sound (maybe akin to the Smiths or the Housemartins) with humorous, whimsical lyrics (i.e. a less twisted Robyn Hitchcock) to come up with some great, memorable tunes. The swirling pop ditty "Southern Mark Smith" was one of those songs I heard once and still can't get out of my head 20 years later. They also wrote the most original (ok, the only) ode to neutered pets ("Domestic Animal"); a terrific dig on fratboys & rednecks ("Real Men"); and a twisted faux hip-hop number (a la Blondie's "Rapture") that will make you think twice about eating chicken ("The Best Way"). In the '90's their sound became more straightforward powerpop/rock, and they lost some of their originality, but they still arrived at the occasional winner ("Mister Odd," "Ghosts").

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