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11/11/2010

The Best Time of the Day show with Alex, more laughs and top tunes than you can poke a stick at. Record & Album of the Week, Listener's and Lester's Library tracks are included.

Tune in for another serving of the show that will simply refuse to let you sleep. This morning there are more unexpected answers to those questions asked by ghastly nice people in "When Manners Go Wrong"; further lessons on the things you need to know in life that they don't teach in school in "Advice for Life"; and we continue to get one over on Hollywood as we identify clumsy clichΓ©s in films and TV. Andrew Martlew provides Pause for Thought at 3.20am and the rotting doors to the 4.15 One-Off Canteen swing wide open once more. All of this, plus the second Half-Time Hooter of the week.

Alex continues to celebrate the week of the Country Music Awards in Lester's Library, this time playing a track from nominee, Miranda Lambert. There is also a track from the latest posthumous release by Solomon Burke. Your choice from Listener's Library comes from 90s power-balladeers, Saigon Kick. Record of the Week is from KT Tunstall, and there is also another track from Album of the Week by James Blunt.

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Music Played

  • The Bangles

    Walk Like An Egyptian

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • The Turtles

    Happy Together

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • Annie Lennox

    Universal Child

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • ABBA

    Mamma Mia

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 004.

  • JLS

    Love You More

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Chuck Berry

    No Particular Place To Go

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.

  • Def Leppard

    Pour Some Sugar On Me

    • More Monkey Business From Catalogue Marketing (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Hurts

    Stay

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

  • Susan Cadogan

    Hurt So Good

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "HOLD ON TIGHT" (Universal)

    • Solomon Burke

      Hold on Tight

  • Soul Asylum

    Runaway Train

    • Drivin' With Johnnie Walker (Various).
    • Eastwest Records.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "TIGER SUIT" (Relentless) out now

    • KT Tunstall

      Fade Like A Shadow

      • Tiger Suit.
      • Relentless.
      • 1.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

    • ELO's Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Epic.

  • Carly Simon

    Why

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Josh Groban

    Hidden Away

    • Illuminations.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers

    Tomorrow People

    • Dancing On Sunshine - 22 Reggae Hits.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    I'm A Man

    • The 60's Album (Various Artists).
    • Fontana.
    • 4.

  • Duffy

    Well Well Well

    • (CD Single).

  • Commodores

    Brick House

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Dr. Feelgood

    Milk And Alcohol

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Paloma Faith

    Smoke & Mirrors

    • Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?.
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Bobby Vinton

    Blue Velvet

    • Swingers (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE LIZARD" (Atlantic) suggested by Daryl from Lincolnshire

    • Saigon Kick

      Love is on the Way

  • Womack & Womack

    Teardrops

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.

  • Sheryl Crow

    My Favorite Mistake

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Paolo Nutini

    10/10

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    The Chain

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

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Sister Marie Says

    • History Of Modern.
    • 100% Records.
    • 2.

  • Chicago

    25 Or 6 To 4

    • (Single).
    • CBS.

  • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

    Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

    • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
    • Motown.

  • Westlife - Safe

  • Van McCoy

    The Hustle

    • Golden Hits Of The 70's (Various Artists).
    • BR Music.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "SOME KIND OF TROUBLE" (Atlantic) out now

    • James Blunt

      No Tears

      • Some Kind Of Trouble.
      • Atlantic.
      • 4.

  • Joan Armatrading

    Drop The Pilot

    • The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading.
    • A&M.

  • Dion & The Belmonts

    Teenager In Love

    • Dion & The Belmonts - The EP Collecti.
    • Capitol.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND" (Sony)

    • Miranda Lambert

      Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

  • Odyssey

    Inside Out

    • Happy Together.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 008.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Some Kind Of Nothingness (feat. Ian McCulloch)

    • Postcards From A Young Man.
    • Columbia.
    • 17.

  • P!nk

    Please Don't Leave Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Nov 2010 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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