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The AL-X List
Check out our brand new Breakfast Show feature, Al-X List; our special collection of stonkin musical treats that you haven't heard in donkeys' years.
We're resting Monsters of Rock for a while, but do not fear we still want to play an absolute classic every morning that you would never normally hear on the show. A banging song-a-day to get you on your way.
Every morning at 6.50am - when you are clearing out those cob-webs, dragging yourself out of bed or on your merry way - we'll be adding one more classic track to Al-X List.
With two clear intentions we will be playing a tune-a-day that meets the following criteria:
1) It's bloomin' brilliant
2) We haven't heard it in bloody ages
The song will then get officially added to Al-X List which will go on and on and on...like so...
Smashmouth 'All Star' (March 31)
Cake 'The Distance' (April 1)
The Offspring 'Self-Esteem' (April 2)
Rolling Stones 'Jumping Jack Flash' (April 3)
Terrorvision 'Middleman' (April 4)
Pulp 'Lipgloss' (April 7) [chosen by Cheeky Pete]
David Bowie 'Sound & Vision' (April 8) [chosen by Marc]
Seahorses 'Love is the Law' (April 9) [chosen by Producer Bob]
Jurassic 5 'Concrete Schoolyard' (April 11)
Fountains of Wayne 'Radiation Vibe' (April 14) [Chosen by Cheeky Pete)
Neil Diamond 'Sweet Caroline' (April 15) [Chosen by studio vote against Alex's wishes]
Sleeper 'Sale of the Century' (April 16)
Echobelly 'King of the Kerb' (April 17)
Blink 182 'Feeling This' (April 18)
The Jam 'Going Underground' (April 21) [Chosen by Dave Berry]
The Bluetones 'If' (April 22)
Billy Bragg 'A New England' (April 23)
KLF 'Last Train To Trancentral' (April 24)
Lynyrd Skynyrd 'Freebird' (April 25)
Presidents Of The USA 'Lump' (April 28) [Chosen by listener Claire Louise Conway]
Faith No More 'Epic' (April 29)
Sultans Of Ping FC 'Where's me Jumper?' (April 30) [Chosen by listener Bob- short for Kate]
Supergrass 'Mansize Rooster' (May 1) [Chosen by listener Louise]
Electric 6 'Danger! High Voltage' (May 2)
The Pipettes 'Pull Shapes' (May 6)
Pixies 'Where Is My Mind' (May 7) [Picked by listener Lyndsy Roberts]
Beastie Boys 'Sabotage' (May 8)
Suede 'The Drowners' (May 9) [Picked by listeners Mark Orchard]
Cornershop 'Brimful Of Asha' (May 12)
AC/DC 'You Shook Me All Night Long' (May 13)
Violent Femmes 'Blister In The Sun (May 14)
Carter USM 'Trouble' (May 15)
Aerosmith 'Love In An Elevator' (May 16)
Harvey Danger 'Flagpole Sitta' (May 19)
Pulp 'Do You Remember The First Time' (May 20) [Picked by listener Sarah]
The Distillers 'City Of Angels' (May 21)
The Longpigs 'She Said' (May 22) [Listener Elliot Selwood's choice]
L7 'Pretend We're Dead' (May 23)
Death In Vegas 'Aisha' (May 27) [Cheeky Pete's "Back from NY" choice]
Mansun 'Wide Open Space' (May 28) [Listener Cheesy Peas's choice]
Yes 'McAlmont and Butler' (May 29) [Listener John Owen's choice]
Terrorvision 'Pretend Best Friend' (June 2) [Listener Marmite's choice]
OPM 'Heaven Is A Half Pipe' (June 3) [Cheeky Pete's controversial choice]
Lynnyrd Skynnyrd 'Freebird' (only half due to corrupted CD) (June 6)
James 'Laid' (June 9) [Listener Claire's Choice]
The Breeders 'Cannonball' (June 10) [Listener Esther's choice]
Jay Z '99 Problems' (June 11) [Cheeky Pete's choice]
Eels 'Mr Eels Beautiful Blues!' (June 12) [Listeners Phil Gough & Steve "The Fish"'s choice!]
Meatloaf 'Bat Out Of Hell' (June 13) [Listener Mike's choice]
Blind Melon 'No Rain' (June 16) [Listener Joolsa from Birmingham's choice]
Avalanches 'Frontier Psychiatrist' (June 17) [Listener Diemo's choice]
Lit 'My Own Worst Enemy' (June 18) [Listener Kylia Price's choice]
Spacehog In the Meantime' (June 19) [Listener Paul Waites' choice]
Beck 'Sexx Laws' (June 23)
Stone Roses 'Love Spreads' (June 24) [Listener Elliot Selwood's choice]
Weezer - Say it ain't so (June 25) [Listener Tom Byrne's choice]
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 'The impression that I get' (June 26) [Listener Kenny's choice for his dad Ross]
Carter USM 'Is Wrestling Fixed' (June 27)
Cake 'Short Skirt/Long Jacket' (June 30) [Listeners Paul n' Mandy's choice]
The Divine Comedy 'National Express' (July 1) [Listener Croydon Paul's choice]
Iron maiden 'Run to the Hills' (July 2)
Iggy Pop 'The Passenger' (July 3) [Dave Berry's choice because Alex was ill]
The Black Crowes 'Hard to Handle' (July 4) [Posh Marc's choice]
Dirty Pretty Things 'Deadwood' (July 7)
ZZ Top 'La Grange' (July 8) [Listener The Obelisk's choice]
Polyphonic Spree 'Soldier Girl' (July 9)
Kiss 'Crazy Crazy Nights' (July 10) [Guitarist George's choice]
Len 'Steal My Sunshine' (July 11) [Irish Shane's choice]
Hot Hot Heat 'Bandages' (July 14) [Listener Slim's choice]
Flaming Lips 'Race for the Prize' (July 15) [Producer Bob's choice]
Ian Brown 'F.E.A.R.' (July 16) [Listener Annabel's choice]
Justice vs Simian 'We are your friends' (July 17)
Shed Seven 'Getting Better' (August 4)
AC/DC 'You shook me all night long' (August 5) [Controversial 3rd appearance - Alex's choice!]
Sneaker Pimps '6 Underground' (August 6) [Listener Adam's choice]
The Clash 'Bank Robber' (August 7)
Johnny Cash 'Hurt' (August 8) [Cheeky Pete's excellent choice]
Telegram Sam 'T-rex' (August 11) [Teacher sam's choice]
The Walkman 'The Rat' (August 12) [Dom Rooney's choice]
The Primitives 'Crash' (August 13) [Steve Finch's choice]
Sum 41 'Fat Lip' (August 14) [Tom Byrne's choice]
Lynard Skynard 'Freebird' (August 15)
The Strokes 'The Modern Age' (August 18) [Posh Marc's back-from-holiday-in-NY-choice]
Happy Mondays 'Step On' (August 19) [John from Gerrard's Cross choice]
Gomez 'Whippin Piccadilly' (August 20)
Thin Lizzy 'The Boys Are Back In Town' (September 1)
Foo Fighters 'Everlong' (September 2) [Listener Captain Awesome's choice]
The Presidents Of The United States 'Peaches' (September 3) [Keith in Maidstone's choice]
Stone Roses 'Waterfall' (September 4) [Listener Fantastic Mr Fox's choice]
System of a Down 'Chop Suey' (September 5) [Listener Min Tendo's choice]
Guns N Roses 'Welcome To The Jungle' (September 8) [Listener Guitarist George choice]
Blur 'Popscene' (September 9) [Listener James Restall's choice]
Rage Against The Machine 'Killing In The Name Of' (September 10) [Listener John's End of the World today choice]
Black Grape 'In The Name Of The Father' (September 11)
Whale 'Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe' (September 12) [Listener Dave in High Wycombe's choice)
Smashing Pumpkins '1979' (September 15) [Listener Neil Laurence's choice]
Alien Ant Farm 'Movies' (September 16) [Listener Kylie's choice]
Weezer 'Hash Pipe' (September 17) [Listener Saz in Twikenham's choice]
Aerosmith 'Love in an Elevator' (September 18)
Def Leppard 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' (Septmeber 19) [Listeners Level 2 Greg and Shel's choice]
Jane's Addiction 'Just Because' (September 22) [Listener Gavin Helmore's choice]
Smashmouth 'Why Can't We Be Friends?' (September 23) [Alex's choice]
Placebo 'Nancy Boy' (September 24) [Listener Wayne and Listener Sam's choice]
Led Zeppelin 'Immigrant Song' (September 25) [Long time listener Viking Ben's birthday choice]
Oasis 'Do you know what I mean' (September 26) [Producer Bob's excellent epic Friday choice]
Joan Jett 'I love Rock n Roll' (September 29) [Listener Captain Awesome's choice]
Kraftwerk 'The Model' (September 30) [Listener Falco Amadeus's choice]
The Kingsmen 'Louie Louie' (October 1st)
Metallica 'Enter Sandman' (October 2nd) [Listener James in Traffic's choice]
R.A.T.M. 'Killing in the name of' (October 3rd) [An "Oops we played it again" choice from Alex]
Black Sabbath 'Paranoid' (October 6th) [Listener Jamie the White Van Man's choice]
The Charlatans 'Can't Get Out Of Bed' (October 7th) [Listener Billy the Hammer's choice]
Soundgarden 'Black Hole Sun' (October 8th) Listener Agent Hightower AKA Kirsty Walker, Lovely Amy and Tristan in London Bridge's choice...
Pearl Jam 'Alive' (October 9th) [A 6 listener mega combo pick... Engineer Dean, Uncle Gripper, Brandy, Ryder, Suburbian Snoozer & Lovely Amy's choice]
Jet 'Are you gonna be my girl' (October 14th) [Listener Eddie in London's choice]
Andrew WK 'Party Hard' (October 15th) [Listener Mandy Inglis's choice]
Papa Roach 'Last Resort' (October 16th) [Listener Rosie's horny naked choice]
T Rex 'Get it on' (October 20th) [Listener Rob in Hampton's choice]
The Kinks 'You really got me' (October 21st) [Listener Sammy's choice]
Pink Floyd 'Another Brick In The Wall' (October 22nd) [Listener Falco Amadeus's choice]
Modest Mouse 'Float On' (October 23rd) [Listener Robin's choice]
The Beatles 'I am the Walrus' (October 27th) [Another choice from Listener Falco Amadeus]
James 'Laid' (October 28th) [Listener Chris in Norwood's choice]
Guns and Roses 'Live and Let Die' (October 29th) [Listener Ian in Hemel's Bond Premiere inspired choice]
U2 'Discotheque' (October 30th) [Listener Jay's choice]
The Specials 'Ghost Town' (October 31st) [Halloween choice]
The Streets 'Let's push things forward' (November 3rd) [Listener Iain the white van man's choice]
Blondie 'Call Me' (November 4th) [Listener Jamie R's choice]
The Beatles 'Revolution' (November 5th) [Producer Bob's Obama election victory dawn of a new era choice]
Jane's Addiction 'Been Caught Stealing' (November 6th) [Listener John from Eltham's choice]
Doves 'Pounding' (November 10th) [Listener Pippa's choice]
Beck 'Devils Haircut' (November 11th) [Listener Stunt Girl's choice]
Supergrass 'Richard III' (November 12th) [Listener Kid from Kibble's choice]
Jimi Hendrix 'Foxy Lady' (November 13th) [Mitch Mitchell, drummer in the Jimi Hendrix Experience died yesterday so we played this in tribute]
Led Zeppelin 'Black Dog' (November 17) [Listener Steph AKA Queen of the Fairies choice]
The Cult 'She Sells Sanctuary' (November 18) [Listener Niamh from Wanstead's choice]
Maximo Park 'Apply Some Pressure' (November 19) [Listener Neil's choice]
Want to hear your choice on the Al-X-List? Either drop us a line in the box below or e-mail us your favourite song and the reason why you love it. It could be you getting your tune on air!
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Could you add anything by the Cocteau Twins please, to the A-X-List please. I feel they were (and still are in my opinion) a great band who don't get enough (if any at all) airplay. I listen to the "X-list" nearly every day, and I'm amazed they haven't been featured yet. Though they are longer together as a band, they should not be forgotten. If you are stuck for a selection, try "Peppermint Pig." Grrreat classic track. thanx, Terry D.C.
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I can't believe there is no Sublime on here yet!!! could we have Santeria by Sublime its such a great track and i will probably be hung over friday morning and this would greatly improve my chances of getting to work on time. Many thanks.
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It's time we had some Queen on there. How about something off the beaten track? The beauty about this band is that they had soooo many excellent songs tucked away on albums. I would like you to play 'It's Late' from the News of the World album. It's one of my top 3 songs EVER. You won't be disappointed. This song proves that Freddie was a genius and portrays him at his best.
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as its friday, & you need a big choon, why not play deep purple, smoke on the water, or prodigy & smack my bitch-up!
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jonny b good by chick berry!! that is CHOOONNN, please play it cos i haven't heard it in ages, and i love it!!!
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Rocket from the Crypt: "On a Rope"
Because the tune is 'audio caffeine' - it will get me out of bed and jumping with air guitar moves, instead of feeling like hiding under the duvet. I am not a morning person. -
please alex play wont get fooled again no who song on the al-x list. this is a top tune.
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would help if I told you which Queens of the Stone Age song I would like to hear.... Little Sister please x
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No Queens of the stone age!!!! shock shock, horror,horror...guys please play because I LOVE it and you have not played it on th mighty A-LIST. FACT!
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Ziggy Stardust! Is there any song which is better?
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