Or, "things you make up when you're bored and not wanting to listen to the same old music again in the same order". I decided to make an alphabetical playlist, straight A-Z, with no letters missing, and I was quite surprised to find I could do it with the music on my hard drive. In fact, I could probably do many of them. What I do know is that the difficult letters are D, I, Q X, and Z.

  1. ABC - Tears Are Not Enough (3:31)
  2. Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young (4:04)
  3. Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love And Listen Death From Above (Diplo remix) (4:14)
  4. DAF - Der Mussolini (3:55)
  5. Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic (4:29)
  6. Freur - Hold Me Mother (12' Mix) (5:40)
  7. Go! Team - Get It Together (3:24)
  8. Human League - Empire State Human (3:17)
  9. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful (4:45)
  10. Japan - Still Life In Mobile Homes (5:34)
  11. Klaxons - Magick (3:30)
  12. LFO - Mentok 1 (4:18)
  13. M.I.A- XR2 (4:20)
  14. New Order - Your Silent Face (6:00)
  15. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir (3:39)
  16. Pluramon - Hello Shadow (3:55)
  17. Queen - You're My Best Friend (2:51)
  18. Rational Youth - Coboloid Race (5:18)
  19. Scott Walker - Boy Child (3:38)
  20. Talk Talk - Today (3:30)
  21. Ultravox - All Stood Still (4:22)
  22. Vitalic - Poney Part 1 (5:23)
  23. Wire - Outdoor Miner (1:44)
  24. XTC - Sgt Rock (Is Going to Help Me) (3:55)
  25. Yello - Pinball Cha Cha (3:37)
  26. Zapp - It Doesn't Really Matter (5:29)

Yes, I am an 80s boy.

I've re-created this playlist as a mix on Mixcloud.