LEFT OF THE DIAL: DISPATCHES FROM THE '80S UNDERGROUND (2004)

Tracks

Disc 1:

1. Radio Free Europe (4:05) - R.E.M.
2. Going Underground (2:56) - The Jam
3. A Forest (4:54) - The Cure
4. Holiday In Cambodia (4:38) - Dead Kennedys
5. I'm In Love With A German Film Star (4:01) - Passions
6. I Will Dare (3:19) - The Replacements
7. That's When I Reach For My Revolver (3:52) - Mission Of Burma
8. Johny Hit And Run Paulene (2:49) - X
9. Just Like Honey (3:01) - The Jesus & Mary Chain
10. Black Celebration (4:53) - Depeche Mode
11. Tell Me When It's Over (3:33) - The Dream Syndicate
12. Hollywood (Africa) (5:03) - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
13. Temptation (5:43) - New Order
14. Ghosts (4:32) - Japan
15. A Song From Under The Floorboards (4:11) - Magazine
16. Oblivious (3:11) - Aztec Camera
17. Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely (3:32) - Hüsker Dü
18. Rise Above (2:26) - Black Flag
19. Back In Flesh (3:42) - Wall Of Voodoo
20. Cattle And Cane (3:59) - The Go-Betweens

Disc 2:

1. Message Of Love (3:28) - The Pretenders
2. Vienna (4:39) - Ultravox
3. Freak Scene (3:37) - Dinosaur Jr.
4. This Charming Man (2:43) - The Smiths
5. Stigmata (5:44) - Ministry
6. Ways To Be Wicked (3:25) - Lone Justice
7. Wardance (3:48) - Killing Joke
8. Enola Gay (3:30) - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
9. Mirror In The Bathroom (3:06) - The English Beat
10. Fairytale In The Supermarket (2:59) - The Raincoats
11. Behind The Wall Of Sleep (3:22) - The Smithereens
12. Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing (1:31) - The Minutemen
13. Punk Rock Girl (2:37) - The Dead Milkmen
14. Still In Hollywood (3:45) - Concrete Blonde
15. Love Will Tear Us Apart (3:27) - Joy Division
16. Blister In The Sun (2:24) - The Violent Femmes
17. Lake Of Fire (1:57) - Meat Puppets
18. Amplifier (3:07) - The dB's
19. When Love Breaks Down (3:44) - Prefab Sprout
20. Goo Goo Muck (3:05) - The Cramps
21. This Corrosion (4:29) - Sisters Of Mercy
22. Senses Working Overtime (4:50) - XTC

Disc 3:

1. The Cutter (3:53) - Echo & The Bunnymen
2. Pay To Cum! (1:26) - Bad Brains
3. Birthday (3:59) - The Sugarcubes
4. Madonna Of The Wasps (3:06) - Robyn Hitchcock 'N' The Egyptians
5. We Care A Lot (4:03) - Faith No More
6. Teen Age Riot (6:57) - Sonic Youth
7. To Hell With Poverty (4:59) - Gang Of Four
8. Fa Cé-La (2:01) - The Feelies
9. Ang Ng (3:20) - They Might Be Giants
10. Swamp Thing (5:56) - The Chameleons UK
11. The Mercy Seat (5:08) - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
12. I Look Around (3:06) - The Rain Parade
13. All That Money Wants (3:47) - The Psychedelic Furs
14. Under The Milky Way (4:59) - The Church
15. Rise (6:18) - Public Image Ltd.
16. Kundalini Express (5:51) - Love And Rockets
17. Gravity Talks (2:37) - Green On Red
18. Adrenalin (3:55) - Throbbing Gristle
19. She Bangs The Drums (3:43) - The Stone Roses

Disc 4:

1. Monkey Gone To Heaven (2:56) - Pixies
2. Uncertain Smile (original 7" version) (4:54) - The The
3. Bela Lugosi's Dead (9:34) - Bauhaus
4. Christine (2:59) - Siouxsie & The Banshees
5. Straight Edge (0:46) - Minor Threat
6. I Want To Help You Ann (2:30) - The Lyres
7. Our Secret (2:48) - Beat Happening
8. Jane Says (4:53) - Jane's Addiction
9. World Shut Your Mouth (3:34) - Julian Cope
10. Running Up That Hill (5:00) - Kate Bush
11. Sex Beat (2:48) - Gun Club
12. Take The Skinheads Bowling (2:30) - Camper Van Beethoven
13. Institutionalized (3:49) - Suicidal Tendencies
14. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (4:11) - Cocteau Twins
15. 24 Hour Party People (4:38) - Happy Mondays
16. I Want You Back (3:11) - Hoodoo Gurus
17. Suburban Home (1:42) - Descendents
18. A Pair Of Brown Eyes (4:53) - The Pogues
19. Jet Fighter (3:27) - The Three O'Clock
20. Moving To Florida (4:31) - Butthole Surfers
21. A New England (2:13) - Billy Bragg

Releases

• 4CD - Rhino Records R2 76490 (USA) - Oct. 12, 2004

Notes

Includes 64 page book with photos, essays and track by track commentary. Includes this write-up on The Church:

Here's a case where a band's most popular song is arguably its best. Eight years into a career largely unnoticed outside their native Australia, The Church didn't want to make another jangly psych-pop record—they wanted an edge. So who better to produce than L.A. soft-rock session guitarist Waddy Wachtel, whose name graced the sleeves of Stevie Nicks and Linda Ronstadt? The parties clicked all the same, delivering an album that shows no signs of creative compromise. Starfish, released in 1988 and previewed by this Top 40 U.S. single, brings rich sonics to one of the band's best-written batches of songs.

Also included is this photo of The Church (clockwise from top: Peter Koppes, Steve Kilbey, Richard Ploog, Marty Willson-Piper):