Tim Burgess - The Listening Party: Artists, Bands and Fans Reflect on 100 Favorite Albums

This book is dedicated to each and every artist and album that made the Listening Parties into what they have become to all the people who joined in from around the world and to those amazing front line workers who kept the world turning while we listened to records.

A huge thanks to Andrew Brindle, Mat Broughton & Matt Sephton.

The publisher would like to thank the artists and contributors who have made this book possible. The publisher has endeavoured to trace all copyright holders but if any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publisher would be pleased to make the necessary amendments. This publication has not been endorsed, sponsored or authorised by any individual or organisation named in the publication except the author.

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 Cant 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
Dont 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
Deserters 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
Lets 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
Hearts 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

Risn Murphy
Risn Machine

Saint Etienne
So Tough

The Cure
Pornography

Nick Masons 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

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
Youve Come a Long Way Baby

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Well, the music is your special friend,
Dance on fire as it intends,
Music is your only friend,
Until the end.

Jim Morrison sang these words on a song called When the Musics Over on the album Strange Days in 1967. Fast forward 53 years and Im sat in my studio in the middle of a global pandemic. Strange days, but the musics not over.

In February 2020 I had just finished a European tour with Liam Gallagher, playing to thousands of people each night in arenas from Scandinavia right down to Italy and back up again, ending in Paris at the end of the month. COVID-19 was following behind us throughout Europe, I think it really hit Italy just after we left and the country went into a full lockdown, and by the time we landed in the UK cases were on the rise here too. Then we went into lockdown in mid-March, which saw shops close, venues close, workplaces close, and schools close.

Around the 20th of March, Tim Burgess texted me to say that he was doing some listening parties on Twitter. Id seen hed done a few Charlatans ones a couple of years earlier, Id listened in at the time, pressed play and followed the tweets as we listened back in real time. Now we were in the middle of a full UK lockdown and he asked would I do a listening party for Definitely Maybe, hed already done one with Franz Ferdinand and I think the next one was with Dave Rowntree for Blur.