The 100 Greatest Ever Artrock Tracks: 60-41

We celebrated our 100th Issue by compiling The Top 100 Greatest Ever Artrock Tracks for you, our lovely readers. Chosen by our wonderful writers, advisers and readers, you won’t find a more complete snapshot of artrock than this.



60. Non Allignment Pact (1981) - Pere Ubu 
From ‘The Modern Dance’ debut album.





59. Totally Wired (1980) - The Fall
And Mr Smith remains totally wired 30 years later.





58. Typical Girls (1979) - The Slits 
From the debut album ‘Cut’, these girls knew how to rock.





57. At Home He’s a Tourist (1979) - Gang Of Four 
A corker of a track from the band’s debut album, ‘Entertainment’.





56. Plaster Casts of Everything (2007) - Liars
It’s not always the debut albums that contain the gems, this track is from the band’s self-titled fourth album.





55. This Is Pop (1978) - XTC 
Pop that's been fed through the art machine that is.





54. Disco 2000 (1995) – Pulp 
The first of two appearances by one of the only great bands to come out of the 90s Britpop scene.
 




53. New Rose (1976) - The Damned 
The first-ever punk track to be released from a UK band. The Sex Pistols, never heard of them, these are the true British punk pioneers.





52. This Charming Man (1983) - The Smiths 
The band’s second single on the legendary indie label Rough Trade.





51. Monkey Gone To Heaven (1989) - Pixies 
A defining track from one of America’s finest exports and featured on album ‘Doolittle’.






50. Monkey On Your Back (1998) – Clinic 
Our second monkey-related track. Who’d have thought it?!





49. Damaged Goods (1978) - Gang Of Four 
The debut single from the fantastical Gang Of Four.





48. How Soon Is Now? (1984) - The Smiths 
Originally released as the b-side to 1984 single ‘William, It Was Really Nothing’, the track also appeared on the band’s second album ‘Meat Is Murder’ in 1985 and was released as a single, reaching number 24 in the charts.





47. Weekends and Bleak Days (Hot Summer) (2005) – (The) Young Knives
 Originally the lead track on the ‘Junky Music Make My Heart Beat Faster’ EP, the song got its own independent release as a single from the band’s full debut album, ‘Voices of Animals and Men’, in 2006.





46. Mind Your Own Business (1979) - Delta 5
 Important figures in the Rock Against Racism movement, this track is the debut single from Leeds’ greatest ever post-punk band.





45. Apply Some Pressure (2005) - Maximo Park 
The band’s second single and a top 20 hit! Those were the days.





44. She's Lost Control (1979/1980) - Joy Division 
Two entries in one here as Joy Division gave as the guitar dominated original version on debut album, ‘Unknown Pleasures’, and the subsequent heavy and more electronic ditty in 1980, which was released as a 12” single with ‘Atmosphere’.





43. Molly’s Chambers (2003) - Kings of Leon 
From the ‘Holy Roller Novocaine EP’ before they became international, Grammy Award winning mega rockstars, this lil ole band from Nashville blew our minds with the best and most original white boy blues in many a year.





42. Common People (1995) - Pulp 
From ‘A Different Class’, the album title certainly described Pulp’s standing amongst their Britpop contemporaries. Pure class.





41. Ashes To Ashes (1980) - David Bowie
The first track, and subsequent number 1 single, from Bowie’s classic ‘Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)’ album.


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