1985 Festive Fifty

Broadcast Dates
16 December 1985 #50 - 41 17 December 1985 #40 - 31 18 December 1985 #30 - 21 23 December 1985 #20 - 11 25 December 1985 #10 - 1


 * 1. Jesus & Mary Chain: Never Understand
 * 2. Jesus & Mary Chain: Just Like Honey
 * 3. Fall: Cruiser's Creek
 * 4. Cult: She Sells Sanctuary
 * 5. Cocteau Twins: Aikea-Guinea
 * 6. Chumbawamba: Revolution
 * 7. Felt: Primitive Painters
 * 8. Smiths: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
 * 9. New Order: Perfect Kiss
 * 10. Housemartins: Flag Day
 * 11. Men They Couldn't Hang: Ironmasters
 * 12. Jesus and Mary Chain: You Trip Me Up
 * 13. Pogues: Sally Maclennane
 * 14. Three Johns: Death Of The European
 * 15. Wedding Present: Go Out And Get 'Em Boy
 * 16. New Order: Love Vigilantes
 * 17. Shop Assistants: All That Ever Mattered
 * 18. New Order: Sub-culture
 * 19. Woodentops: Move Me
 * 20. Pogues: A Pair Of Brown Eyes
 * 21. Echo & The Bunnymen: Bring On The Dancing Horses
 * 22. That Petrol Emotion: V2
 * 23. Fall: Spoilt Victorian Child
 * 24. New Order: Sunrise
 * 25. Pogues: I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
 * 26. Rose of Avalanche: L.A. Rain
 * 27. Cure: InBetween Days
 * 28. James: Hymn From A Village
 * 29. Smiths: The Headmaster Ritual
 * 30. Age of Chance: Motor City
 * 31. Smiths: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
 * 32. Smiths: Meat Is Murder
 * 33. Fall: Gut Of The Quantifier
 * 34. Beloved: 100 Words
 * 35. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tupelo
 * 36. Sisters of Mercy: Marian
 * 37. Vibes: I'm in Pittsburg and it's raining
 * 38. Prefab Sprout: Faron Young
 * 39. Fall: Couldn't Get Ahead
 * 40. Billy Bragg: Between The Wars
 * 41. Smiths: Well I Wonder
 * 42. Fall: L.A.
 * 43. Sisters of Mercy: Some Kind Of Stranger
 * 44. Primal Scream: It Happens
 * 45. New Order: Face Up
 * 46. Husker Du: Makes No Sense At All
 * 47. Robert Wyatt: The Wind Of Change
 * 48. Woodentops: Well Well Well
 * 49. One Thousand Violins: Like One Thousand Violins
 * 50. Shop Assistants: All Day Long