One of the more delightful IMP mixes to've come down the line. Much of it is made up of actual 'alternative' music - that is, music that was called 'alternative' back when the term seemed to have some kind of meaningful denotation - and so classic songs and legendary artists are scattered throughout ("Bizarre Love Triangle", "Just Like Heaven", "She Sells Sanctuary", "It's the End of the World as We Know It", "Girlfriend in a Coma", etc). But that makes the mix sound much less fun than it actually is, for those cuts are mixed in with a cross-section of others which cover a lot of ground, albeit still focusing on the 80s, while retaining a thematic consistency. Indie and alternative-edged disco and dance is a recurring theme ("Personal Jesus", Erasure's "A Little Respect", "West End Girls" and others including a Berlin song that isn't "Take My Breath Away"!), as is jangle/power pop stuff (Voice of the Beehive, the Primitives, Sinead O'Connor's churning, vivid "Mandinka"); all told, it's also a reminder of just how gloriously Pop so much of that kind of music was/is. (Speaking of pop, the shimmering, sinuous "Kiss Them For Me" is a side of Siouxsie and the Banshees that I'd never suspected existed - it's really good, too.)
(from Aimee in Alt. Spqs [?], FL)
