The listening party : artists, bands and fans reflect on 100 favourite albums

The Charlatans' Tim Burgess invites you to the greatest listening party of all time. In 2020 when the world was forced to hit pause on live in-person gigs, Tim Burgess found an ingenious way to bring people together by inviting artists and bands, from Paul McCartney and New Order to Michael Kiwanuka and Kylie, to host real-time album playbacks via Twitter. Relive 100 of the most memorable listening parties here with stories from bands and fans, rarely seen backstage images, and unique insider info from those who created these iconic albums. "Hey Twitter, let's all say a big thanks to Tim for these brilliant events this year! We really needed them. So much great music being talked about.'" - Sir Paul McCartney "Twitter being used for something really positive." - Mary Beard Contents Strange Days Introduction A Note From Pete Paphides The Charlatans Some Friendly Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Blur Parklife Ride Going Blank Again Oasis Definitely Maybe Duran Duran Rio The Fall The Wonderful and Frightening World of... Cocteau Twins Heaven Or Las Vegas The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin Orange Juice You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever The Beta Band The Three E.P.’s Pulp Different Class Suede Dog Man Star The Libertines Up The Bracket The Style Council Our Favourite Shop Fontaines D.C. Dogrel Mark Ronson Version Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Rattlesnakes Supergrass I Should Coco The Cult Love Joan As Police Woman Real Life Billy Bragg Don’t Try This At Home Gomez Bring It On Wolf Alice My Love Is Cool The Chemical Brothers Dig You Own Hole Leftfield Leftism The Avalanches Since I Left You The Breeders Last Splash Midlake The Trials Of Van Occupanther Belle and Sebastian The Boy With The Arab Strap Sleaford Mods English Tapas Aztec Camera High Land, Hard Rain Foals Holy Fire Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasuredome Kaiser Chiefs Employment Lush Lovelife Gene Olympian The Specials The Specials Throwing Muses University The Horrors Primary Colours Chastity Belt No Regrets UNKLE War Stories Culture Club Colour By Numbers John Grant Pale Green Ghosts Mercury Rev Deserter’s Songs Rufus Wainwright Want One Tim Burgess I Love The New Sky The Streets Original Pirate Material Dexys Midnight Runners Searching For The Young Soul Rebels Anna Meredith FIBS Ezra Furman Transangelic Exodus Spandau Ballet TRUE Camera Obscura Let’s Get Out Of This Country Mogwai Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Badly Drawn Boy The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Liam Gallagher MTV Unplugged Theophilus London Bebey The Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Kate Nash Made Of Bricks David Bowie Aladdin Sane Nadine Shah Kitchen Sink Marika Hackman Any Human Friend Madness One Step Beyond Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Faithless Reverence Shabazz Palaces Black Up Caribou Swim Joy Division Closer Talking Heads Fear Of Music The The Soul Mining Doves The Last Broadcast Hot Chip A Bath Full Of Ecstasy New Order Technique Shirley Collins Heart’s Ease Siouxsie And The Banshees Kaleidoscope Julia Holter Have You In My Wilderness Cate Le Bon Reward Chvrches Every Open Eye Pixies Doolittle Royal Blood Royal Blood The Strokes Is This It Laura Marling Song For Our Daughter Moses Boyd Dark Matter Michael Kiwanuka KIWANUKA Run The Jewels RTJ4 The Smiths Strangeways Here We Come Cornershop When I Was Born For The 7th Time Róisín Murphy Róisín Machine Saint Etienne So Tough The Cure Pornography Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Round House Buzzcocks Another Music In A Different Kitchen Teenage Fanclub Songs From Northern Britain Scritti Politti Cupid & Psyche 85 Kylie Minogue Disco Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair Tanita Tikaram To Drink the Rainbow Ghostpoet I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep Paul McCartney McCartney III Fatboy Slim You’ve Come a Long Way Baby Index About the Music Venue Trust "The Charlatans' Tim Burgess invites you to the greatest listening party of all time. Experience 100 of the most memorable Listening Parties with stories from bands and fans, rarely seen backstage images, and unique insider info from those who created these iconic albums"--Back cover