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05/08/2010

Be part of the Best Time of the Day Show with Alex by requesting a tune from Listener's Library or adding to the chat topics. Album & Record of the Week tracks included also.

Alex is here to keep you entertained with his unique brand of witty chat accompanied by a great selection of tunes. National Boredom Week continues, there are more suggestions for the perfect TV vehicle to make Alex rich, and there is a new thread in which you can pick the foodstuff of your choice to replace your fingers. There are more attention-seeking, slop-scoffing newcomers allowed into the 4.15 One-Off Canteen, and more Pause for Thought at 3.20.
The Dark Lord plays a new track by Interpol and a tune by Dwight Yoakam from Lester's Library, plus a classic Oasis song suggested by you from the Listener's Library. You can hear another tune from Album of the Week by Earth, Wind & Fire, plus another chance to hear the Record of the Week from Phil Collins. Buffoons are go!

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Music Played

  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • The Feeling

    Never Be Lonely

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Lady A

    I Run to You

    • Need You Now.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    High School Confidential

    • The Essential One & Only Jerry Lee Le.
    • Trax Records.

  • Yazoo

    Nobody's Diary

    • The Indie Scene: 1983 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • The Gaslight Anthem

    The Diamond Church Street Choir

    • American Slang.
    • Side One Dummy.
    • 1.

  • Change

    A Lover's Holiday

    • (Single).
    • WEA.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "GOING BACK" (Warners) released on September 9th

    • Phil Collins

      (Love is Like a) Heatwave

      • (CD Single).
      • Atlantic.
      • 1.

  • City Boy

    5-7-0-5

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • B.B. King

    Better Not Look Down

    • BB King: His Definitive Greatest Hits.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "INTERPOL" (softlimit) out September 13th

    • Interpol

      Barricade

  • George Michael

    Fastlove

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Amy Macdonald

    This Pretty Face

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Band On The Run

    • (Single).
    • Apple.
    • 3.

  • Whitney Houston

    It's Not Right But It's Okay

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Diane Birch

    Valentino

    • Bible Belt.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Depeche Mode

    Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.

  • Lou Rawls

    Lady Love

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Eliza

    Pack Up

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • UB40

    Breakfast In Bed (feat. Chrissie Hynde)

    • Now 13, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Temptations

    My Girl

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Gabriella Cilmi

    Sweet About Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "TIME FLIES: 1994 - 2009" (Big Brother) suggested by Michael Murray

    • Oasis

      The Masterplan

      • Stop The Clocks E.P..
      • Creation.

  • Tom Jones

    Strange Things

    • (CD Single).

  • Zoë

    Sunshine On A Rainy Day

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Labelle

    Lady Marmalade

    • Soul Chartbusters (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Muse

    Starlight

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Rumer

    Slow

    • Atlantic.

  • Lucy Pearl

    Don't Mess With My Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • U2

    Pride (In The Name Of Love)

    • U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Thea Gilmore

    You're the Radio

    • (CD Single).
    • Fullfill Records.
    • 1.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "GREATEST HITS" (Sony) out now

    • Earth, Wind & Fire

      Fantasy

      • The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
      • CBS.
      • 5.

  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

    • Rock Anthems Volume 2 (Various).
    • Dino.

  • Patty Smyth & Don Henley

    Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE VERY BEST OF DWIGHT YOAKAM" (reprise)

    • Dwight Yoakam

      Little Ways

  • Fleetwood Mac

    The Chain

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 010.

  • Beverley Knight

    Come as You Are

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Aug 201002:00
    BBC Radio 2

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