Henrik Alsterbo

#1984AlbumsTop15 11. The Raincoats: Moving The Raincoats took inspiration from dub and reggae and developed a mid-80s sound that still sound fresh and inspiring.

#1984AlbumsTop15 12. Skinny Puppy: Remission The Vancouverites’ debut album is a winner pretty much from start to finish, and features the seminal cyberpunk-funk monster ’Glass Houses’.

#1984AlbumsTop15 13. Harold Budd & Brian Eno: The Pearl The second collaboration between two of the masters of ambient music is just as good as one could expect!

#1984AlbumsTop15 14. Twice A Man: From A Northern Shore On their third album, the Gothenburg synthpop masterminds entered their imperial phase. Brisk, barren and uncompromising.

#1984AlbumsTop15 15. Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen

#TheCureAnthology Songs Of A Lost World (2024) A mighty fine comeback. Musically it’s a mix btw Kiss Me x3, Disintegration and Wish and undoubtedly their strongest effort in 30 years 🎶 1. All I Ever Am 2. A Fragile Thing 3. Drone:Nodrone 4. Warsong 5. Alone

#PetShopBoysTop30 1. Being Boring Without a doubt one of the single greatest artistic statements in ’90s music. Thanks @tansleyjames for the challenge 🙏 youtu.be/NVC-jusXGno?si=G6Vb…

#PetShopBoysTop30 2. Two Divided By Zero Quite possibly my all time fave debut album opener. Just an incredible amount of sonic forward momentum. youtu.be/VWiC_DiGQGA?si=U38p…

#PetShopBoysTop30 3. It Couldn’t Happen Here A lament for the victims of the 80s AIDS pandemic embedded in subtle poetry and masterclass string arrangements. So devastatingly powerful. youtu.be/kJRTjR2QJVo?si=QYEJ…

#PetShopBoysTop30 4. Nervously Most underrated song in the PSB catalogue? This is my pick. So achingly tender and earnest it almost hurts. ’I was nervous when we stopped to speak, and the world came crashing around my feet’. youtu.be/vhhMf8vhUaA?si=zfVf…

#PetShopBoysTop30 5. One More Chance An electro-tinted less-is-more masterpiece with outstanding drum programming. Great use of sound effects too. youtu.be/prntbdZiJSg?si=CQ6j…

#PetShopBoysTop30 6. My October Symphony One of the band’s very finest compositions, with an elaborate, first rate string arrangement. youtu.be/yTgrMRV2qGA?si=nJbg…

#PetShopBoysTop30 7. I Want A Lover Full speed ahead, propulsive excellence, and the overblown orchestra hits just add to the feeling this song is an unstoppable force. youtu.be/2HMYnIK4big?si=eAJF…

#PetShopBoysTop30 8. King’s Cross ”Shortly after its release there was a lethal fire in KC underground station in which 31 people were killed. The lines ’dead and wounded on either side, You know it’s only a matter of time’ resonated eerily” /Neil youtu.be/u69lnNfmSoc?si=PFnV…

#PetShopBoysTop30 9. Jealousy An expertly arranged mid-tempo ballad and an emotional roller coaster where the protagonist finds himself on his bare knees begging for love of any kind in order to ease his pain. 💔 youtu.be/GOHWr4R1Z_E?si=1pjH…

#PetShopBoysTop30 10. Always On My Mind Another epic PSB cover version that shatters the original into pieces 🔥 youtu.be/bDMCwSP5nf0?si=Z9hL…

#PetShopBoysTop30 11. Left To my Own Devices Iconic and pretty much flawless despite its grandiosity. youtu.be/Ed1tv_gCOUA?si=K_ki…

#PetShopBoysTop30 12. Rent This is just such a gorgeous pop tune. Supposedly it was originally recorded as a high-NRG song, but it’s hard to imagine any other rendition could have been better than the one they finally settled for. youtu.be/NTHi-p7l3KM?si=rRmm…

#PetShopBoysTop30 13. I’m Not Scared This pop-house gem with its animated strings is just an absolute joy from start to finish. youtu.be/55ZjdZDQqpw?si=kMGC…

#PetShopBoysTop30 14. So Hard The song that instantly made me a die-hard fan. Multiple people have already posted THAT line, and yeah, it really hits so hard. youtu.be/jFAA6Z_YIEM?si=qb2Y…