1. Bonnie „Prince“ Billy – I See A Darkness
2. Leonard Cohen – Last Year’s Man
3. The Rolling Stones – Love In Vain
4. The Smiths – I Know It’s Over
5. Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
6. The Pogues – The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda
7. Bob Dylan – Visions Of Johanna
8. Tom Waits – Downtown Train
9. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
10. The Cure – Close To Me
11. Element Of Crime – Fallende Blätter
12. Elvis Costello – Shipbuilding
13. Porter Wagoner – The Cold Hard Facts Of Life
14. The Beach Boys – Heroes & Villains
15. Joni Mitchell – Free Man In Paris
16. Regina Spektor – Fidelity
17. Scott Walker – Montague Terrace
18. Squeeze – Up The Junction
19. Fairport Convention – Reynardine
20. Black Box Recorder – The Facts Of Life
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror. Oscar Wilde