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Courteeners frontman Liam Fray chooses his penultimate Tracks Of My Years. Plus another round of Ten To The Top.

Best known as the front man of indie rock band Courteeners, Liam Fray chooses his penultimate Tracks Of My Years this week.

Courteeners formed in 2006 and since then, all six of their albums have reached the Top 10 on the UK albums chart. Their debut album 'St Jude' reached number one in 2023 - 15 years after its original release - after the band dropped an anniversary edition. That was a record for the longest time between release and charting at the top spot – 14 years, 9 months and 13 days.

They're back now with new single 'Pink Cactus Cafe', the title single from their upcoming album which is out on 25th October. Liam has co-produced all of the tracks and it features contributions from friends of the band such as DMAs, Brooke Combe, James and Ian Skelly (The Coral).

Plus Vernon has the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, a trip in to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the Record and Album Of The Week

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you’d like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 3 Oct 2024 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • John Paul Young

    Love Is In The Air

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • Destiny’s Child

    Bootylicious

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Haircut One Hundred

    The Unloving Plum

    • (CD Single).
    • H100 / Absolute Label Services.

  • The KLF

    Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)

    • (CD Single).
    • K.L.F. Communications.

  • Blossoms

    Perfect Me

    • Gary.
    • EMI.

  • The Supremes

    Baby Love

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Katrina and the Waves

    Walking On Sunshine

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Sabrina Carpenter

    Taste

    • Short n' Sweet.
    • Polydor.

  • The Beatles

    Act Naturally

    • Help!.
    • Parlophone.
    • 8.

  • Coldplay

    Higher Power

    • Music Of The Spheres.
    • Parlophone.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Lights Camera Action

    • Tension II.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Wham!

    Young Guns (Go For It)

    • Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
    • Epic.

  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

    • (Single).
    • A&M.

  • Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

    Die With A Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • M People

    Sight For Sore Eyes

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.

  • Madonna

    Like A Prayer

    • (CD Single).
    • Sire.
    • 9.

  • Sting

    I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)

    • (CD Single).
    • Cherrytree Music Company/Interscope Records.

  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It?

    • Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Pixie Lott

    Vintage

  • Ronan Keating

    Life Is A Rollercoaster

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Jungle

    Let's Go Back

    • (CD Single).
    • Caiola Records.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Dog Days Are Over

    • Moshi Moshi.

  • Lou Reed

    Perfect Day (Instrumental)

    • Single.
    • BMG.
    • 1.

  • Courteeners

    Bide Your Time (Instrumental)

    • St Jude.
    • A & M Records.
    • 3.

  • Lou Reed

    Perfect Day

    • Lou Reed - NYC Man.
    • BMG.

  • Teddy Swims

    Bad Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Oct 2024 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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