Just Around The Corner – Cock Robin
There's a quiet confidence running through Just Around The Corner. A sort of melodic assurance that never wants attention but always commands it
Get Together – Madonna
Wrapped in a beat that seems constant and interior, like a faint beat below the skin, a synth loop revolves with gentle insistence
Bring On The Night – The Police
The restlessness in Bring on the Night hangs like neon on damp pavement. It crawls slowly
Common People – Pulp
It starts with a synthetic drone that mimics the buzz of fluorescent lights above a pile of microwave-ready dinners
Then It All Goes Away – Dayglow
Dayglow freezes a fleeting mood into a sun-soaked groove in Then It All Goes Away
Alive And Kicking – Simple Minds
Cool and calm, the opening synths flow in like morning fog over a Scottish hillside
I’ve All I Need – Liam Gallagher
Like a memory that never asked to be recalled, I've All I Need finds its beat.
Ghost Stories – Coldplay
The album opens the sea. Always in my head floats in like a half-formed memory colored in delicate pulses and see-through echoes
Head Over Heels – Tears For Fears
The synth glides almost weightless, nearly carried on the breath of a dream. Published in 1985 on Songs from the Big Chair
China Girl – David Bowie
Far from the glossy brilliance of her 1983 rebirth, China Girl started life. First penned in Berlin in 1977 during Bowie's collaboration with Iggy Pop