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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
Pitchfork8.3/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Stylus MagazineA[7]
Uncut[8]

Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground is a four-disc alternative rock compilation album released by Rhino Records in 2004.

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Radio Free Europe"R.E.M.4:06
2."Going Underground"The Jam2:56
3."A Forest"The Cure4:55
4."Holiday in Cambodia"Dead Kennedys4:39
5."I'm in Love with a German Film Star"The Passions4:01
6."I Will Dare"The Replacements3:19
7."That's When I Reach for My Revolver"Mission of Burma3:53
8."Johnny Hit and Run Paulene"X2:50
9."Just Like Honey"The Jesus and Mary Chain3:02
10."Black Celebration"Depeche Mode4:53
11."Tell Me When It's Over"The Dream Syndicate3:33
12."Hollywood (Africa)"Red Hot Chili Peppers5:03
13."Temptation"New Order5:44
14."Ghosts"Japan4:32
15."A Song from Under the Floorboards"Magazine4:11
16."Oblivious"Aztec Camera3:12
17."Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely"Hüsker Dü3:32
18."Rise Above"Black Flag2:26
19."Back in Flesh"Wall of Voodoo3:43
20."Cattle and Cane"The Go-Betweens4:01
Disc two
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Message of Love"The Pretenders3:26
2."Vienna"Ultravox4:40
3."Freak Scene"Dinosaur Jr.3:37
4."This Charming Man"The Smiths2:44
5."Stigmata"Ministry5:45
6."Ways to Be Wicked"Lone Justice3:26
7."Wardance"Killing Joke3:47
8."Enola Gay"Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark3:32
9."Mirror in the Bathroom"The English Beat3:08
10."Fairytale in the Supermarket"The Raincoats3:00
11."Behind the Wall of Sleep"The Smithereens3:24
12."Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing"Minutemen1:32
13."Punk Rock Girl"The Dead Milkmen2:39
14."Still in Hollywood"Concrete Blonde3:45
15."Love Will Tear Us Apart"Joy Division3:27
16."Blister in the Sun"Violent Femmes2:26
17."Lake of Fire"Meat Puppets2:00
18."Amplifier"The dB's3:08
19."When Love Breaks Down"Prefab Sprout3:46
20."Goo Goo Muck"The Cramps3:07
21."This Corrosion"The Sisters of Mercy4:29
22."Senses Working Overtime"XTC4:36
Disc three
No.TitleArtistLength
1."The Cutter"Echo & the Bunnymen3:55
2."Pay to Cum"Bad Brains1:28
3."Birthday"The Sugarcubes3:59
4."Madonna of the Wasps"Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians3:07
5."We Care a Lot"Faith No More4:05
6."Teen Age Riot"Sonic Youth6:58
7."To Hell with Poverty"Gang of Four3:28
8."Fa Cé-La"The Feelies2:03
9."Ana Ng"They Might Be Giants3:21
10."Swamp Thing"The Chameleons UK6:00
11."The Mercy Seat"Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds5:12
12."I Look Around"Rain Parade3:07
13."All That Money Wants"The Psychedelic Furs3:52
14."Under the Milky Way"The Church4:59
15."Rise"Public Image Ltd.6:08
16."Kundalini Express"Love and Rockets5:51
17."Gravity Talks"Green on Red2:34
18."Adrenalin"Throbbing Gristle3:58
19."She Bangs the Drums"The Stone Roses3:45
Disc four
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Monkey Gone to Heaven"Pixies2:56
2."Uncertain Smile"The The4:54
3."Bela Lugosi's Dead"Bauhaus9:34
4."Christine"Siouxsie and the Banshees2:59
5."Straight Edge"Minor Threat0:46
6."Help You Ann"Lyres2:30
7."Our Secret"Beat Happening2:48
8."Jane Says"Jane's Addiction4:53
9."World Shut Your Mouth"Julian Cope3:34
10."Running Up That Hill"Kate Bush5:00
11."Sex Beat"The Gun Club2:48
12."Take the Skinheads Bowling"Camper Van Beethoven2:30
13."Institutionalized"Suicidal Tendencies3:49
14."Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops"Cocteau Twins4:11
15."24 Hour Party People"Happy Mondays4:38
16."I Want You Back"Hoodoo Gurus3:11
17."Suburban Home"Descendents1:42
18."A Pair of Brown Eyes"The Pogues4:53
19."Jet Fighter"The Three O'Clock3:27
20."Moving to Florida"Butthole Surfers4:31
21."A New England"Billy Bragg2:13

References

  1. ^ "Reviews for Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The '80s Underground by Various Artists". Metacritic. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground – Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  3. ^ Powers, Ann. "Various Artists: Left of the Dial: Dispatches the 80's Underground". Blender. Archived from the original on December 10, 2004. Retrieved September 22, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Weingarten, Marc (October 29, 2004). "Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  5. ^ Dahlen, Chris (October 19, 2004). "Various Artists: Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the 80s Underground". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  6. ^ "Various Artists: Left of the Dial: Dispatches the 80's Underground". Rolling Stone: 104. October 28, 2004.
  7. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (October 19, 2004). "Various Artists – Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the Underground – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  8. ^ "Various Artists: Left of the Dial: Dispatches the 80's Underground". Uncut (93): 94. February 2005.
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