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02/05/2011

The best way to start the week with brilliant music and hilarious chat on the Best Time of the Day Show. There's a new Record and Album of the Week, plus more Library selections.

Start another week with Alex who will entertain you in the small hours with his eclectic playlist and unique brand of conversation. This morning marks the beginning of National Spillage Week; tales of humiliation and horror at the hands of wayward cups and excitable pets. It's not just the Royals who love a title, we are decorating ourselves in hyphens and fake exotic sounding words in "Title Time", and in "Reunion Rules" we point out those inevitable occurrences at every reunion.

There is a brand new Album of the Week from Sade, a new Record of the Week from Michael Franti and Spearhead, Lester's Library tracks from Janis Joplin and a new one from Bedouin Soundclash, your Listener's Library track from Matchbox 20 and Pause for Thought at 3.20am.

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Music Played

  • Meat Loaf

    Dead Ringer for Love

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Odyssey

    Native New Yorker

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

  • Train

    Marry Me

    • Save Me, San Francisco.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Erasure

    Sometimes

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • Carpenters

    Only Yesterday

    • The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
    • A&M.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE SOUND OF SUNSHINE" (EMI)

    • Michael Franti & Spearhead

      The Sound Of Sunshine

      • The Sound Of Sunshine.
      • EMI.
      • 1.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.

  • Hawkwind

    Silver Machine

    • The Best Prog Rock Album In The World.
    • Virgin.

  • Take That

    Happy Now

    • Progress.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "LIGHT THE HORIZON" (Pirates Blend Records)

    • Bedouin Soundclash

      Mountain Top

  • Corinne Bailey Rae

    Trouble Sleeping

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Iron Lion Zion

    • (CD Single).
    • Tuff Gong.

  • The Penguins

    Earth Angel

    • New Millennium Doo Wop Party (Various.
    • Rhino.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Who's Zoomin' Who?

    • Nightlife II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.

  • The Dave Clark Five

    Glad All Over

    • Glad All Over Again.
    • EMI.

  • Brooke Fraser

    Something In The Water

    • Flags.
    • Wood & Done.
    • 1.

  • The J. Geils Band

    Centrefold

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

  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Barry Manilow

    Bring On Tomorrow

    • 15 Minutes.

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Led Zeppelin

    D'Yer Mak'er

    • Mothership.
    • Atlantic.

  • Aloe Blacc

    I Need A Dollar

    • Good Things.
    • Stones Throw Records.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE" (Atlantic) suggested by Paul in South-East Wales

    • Matchbox Twenty

      Unwell

      • (CD Single).
      • Atlantic.

  • P.P. Arnold

    The First Cut Is The Deepest

    • Sweet Talkin' Guy - Sound Of 60's Gal.
    • Old Gold.

  • Hue and Cry

    Looking For Linda

    • Eternal Love (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.

  • The Elgins

    Heaven Must Have Sent You

    • Motown Hits Of Gold Vol.5 (Various).
    • Motown.
    • 6.

  • Madonna

    Papa Don't Preach

    • Madonna - The Immaculate Collection.
    • Sire.
    • 4.

  • Marillion

    Kayleigh

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Noah and the Whale

    Tonight's The Kind Of Night

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

  • The Temptations

    The Way You Do The Things You Do

    • The Temptations - The Ultimate Collec.
    • Motown.

  • Dawn Penn

    You Don't Love Me (No No No)

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION" (RCA) Out May 9th

    • Sade

      The Sweetest Taboo

      • All Woman 2 (Various Artists).
      • Quality Television.

  • Whitesnake

    Fool For Your Loving

    • Whitesnake - The Best Of Whitesnake.
    • Geffen.

  • R. Dean Taylor

    Gotta See Jane

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.

  • Clare Maguire

    The Shield And The Sword

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "PEARL" (Legacy)

    • Janis Joplin

      Move Over

  • Joe Cocker

    With a Little Help From My Friends (Radio 1 Session, 7 Oct 1968)

    • Rediscover The 60's - With A Little H.
    • Old Gold.

  • Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

    Where Is The Love

    • The Best Of Roberta Flack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 May 2011 02:00
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