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FESTIVE
50S

1982

1.	New Order	Temptation
2.	Robert Wyatt	Shipbuilding
3.	Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5	The Message
4.	Echo & The Bunnymen	The Back Of Love
5.	Tears For Fears	Mad World
6.	The Clash	Straight To Hell
7.	Wah!	The Story Of The Blues
8.	Theatre Of Hate	Do You Believe In The West World
9.	Artery	Into The Garden
10.	Wild Swans	Revolutionary Spirit
11.	The Jam	Town Called Malice
12.	Yazoo	Only You
13.	Scritti Politti	Faithless
14.	Associates	Party Fears Two
14.	Bauhaus	Ziggy Stardust
16.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Fireworks
17.	New Order	Hurt
18.	Scritti Politti	Asylums In Jerusalem
19.	Dexy's Midnight Runners	Come On Eileen
20.	Killing Joke	Empire Song
21.	The Farmer's Boys	Whatever Is He Like?
22.	China Crisis	African & White
23.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Slow Dive
24.	Aztec Camera	Pillar To Post
25.	The Cure	The Hanging Garden
26.	The Clash	Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
27.	The Clash	Know Your Rights
28.	The Cure	The Figurehead
29.	The Psychedelic Furs	Love My Way
30.	Simple Minds	Promised You A Miracle
31.	The Redskins	Peasant Army
32.	Simple Minds	Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
33.	The Cure	A Strange Day
34.	Blancmange	Living On The Ceiling
35.	Blancmange	Feel Me
36.	Musical Youth	Pass The Dutchie
37.	Cocteau Twins	Wax & Wane
38.	Serious Drinking	Love On The Terraces
39.	The Jam	The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
40.	The Clash	Rock The Casbah
41.	The Passage	XOYO
42.	Chameleons	In Shreds
43.	Weekend	A View From Her Room
44.	Shambeko! Say Wah!	Remember
45.	Simple Minds	Glittering Prize
46.	Bauhaus	Third Uncle
47.	The Higsons	Conspiracy
48.	Action Pact	Suicide Bag
49.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Melt
50.	The Farmer's Boys	I Think I Need Help
51.	Stranglers	Strange Little Girl
52.	Josef K	The Missionary
53.	Gregory Isaacs	Night Nurse
54.	Everything But The Girl	Night & Day
55.	Associates	Club Country
56.	Stranglers	Golden Brown
57.	Theatre Of Hate	The Hop
58.	The Fall	Look/Know
59.	Captain Sensible	Happy Talk
60.	Yazoo	Don't Go

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED IN 1982?

Peel Biography 1980-1984: New Decade, New Music

Festive 50 All Time Chart

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