The Moods & Occasions Hotdesk:

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Need a piece of music to fill a mood or occasion?

Put us to the test, we won't let you down!

Alternatively, visit one of the following desks:

Downbeat:

Chill
Downbeat
Ethereal
Psychedelia
Study
Travel

Upbeat

Driving
Party
Summer
Upbeat

L'Amour:

Love
Valentines

Festive:

Christmas

Heartbroken.

I meant, the M&O is: Hearbroken

Ooh? The Smiths aren't heartbroken, they're too-frustrated-to-force-my-heart-onto-anybody-in-the-first-place :D heartbreak's all The Wedding Present (David Gedge must have owned and discarded more hearts than forty years' worth of Doctor Whos). Try Spangle (okay, I don't know why it's not linking but it's on the "Watusi" album) for mournful moments and Brassneck for "grr" and a good two thirds of the "George Best" album for all in between with a nice sense of self-pitying humour. With that band in your pocket there is close to no romantic disaster you won't be prepared for.

Ah yeah, you see, back in my time we sometimes used to keep a band or song name in mind for a couple of days and buy their records when we got into town, so I can sometimes be a little oblivious to these problems you youngsters have ... sorry 'bout that! If you do ever find them, try them, though ;)

Speaking of bloody weddings...

"100 Supercharged Tunes"

Curve - Super Blaster (1993, Cuckoo)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Her Way of Praying (1989, Automatic)
Stereolab - Analogue Rock (1993, Transient Random)

List: 100 Supercharged Tunes, Count: 3

Bikini Kill - Sugar (1994, Pussy-Whipped)
Cassius - The Sound Of Violence (2002, Au Reve)
Curve - Super Blaster (1993, Cuckoo)
Girls Aloud - Swinging London Town (2005, Chemistry)
Hüsker Dü - Pink Turns To Blue (1984, Zen Arcade)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Her Way of Praying (1989, Automatic)
The Knife - We Share Our Mothers' Health (2006, Silent Shout)
Sonic Youth - Catholic Block (1987, Sister)
Stereolab - Analogue Rock (1993, Transient Random)

Last count: 9

Tracks that generate a certain energy (a fireworks display in your head).

They could be loud, intense, or just plain clever. Anything with a presence.

Supercharged...

Bikini Kill - Sugar (Pussy-Whipped, 1994)
Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Ill Communication, 1994)
Bjork - There's More To Life Than This (Debut, 1993)
Cassius - The Sound Of Violence (Au Reve, 2002)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Is This Love? (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, 2006)
CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above (CSS, 2006)
Curve - Super Blaster (Cuckoo, 1993)
The Dears - Lost In The Plot (No Cities Left, 2004)
Diana Ross - Chain Reaction (Eaten Alive!, 1986)
Ellen Allien - Open (Berlinette 2003, 2003)
Feist - Let It Die (Let It Die, 2004)
The Field Mice - Sensitive (Sensitive, 1989)
Girls Aloud - Swinging London Town (Chemistry, 2005)
God Is An Astronaut - Route 666 (The End of the Beginning, 2004)
Goldfrapp - Strict Machine (Black Cherry, 2003)
Hüsker Dü - Pink Turns To Blue (Zen Arcade, 1984)
Interpol - Narc (2004, Antics)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Her Way of Praying (Automatic, 1989)
The Knife - We Share Our Mothers' Health (Silent Shout, 2006)
Mercury Rev - Frittering (Yerself Is Steam, 1991)
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod (Psalm 69, 1992)
Prodigy - Breathe (The Fat Of The Land, 1997)
Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize (Metal Health, 1983)
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine, 1992)
Skunk Anansie - Skunk Song (Selling Jesus, 1995)
Sonic Youth - Catholic Block (Sister, 1987)
Stereolab - Analogue Rock (Transient Random, 1993)
Strangelove - Living With the Human Machines (Love & Other Demons, 1996)
The Strokes - Reptilia (Room on Fire, 2003)
Underworld - Born Slippy (Second Toughest In The Infants, 1996)
The Violets - Foreo (single, 2007)
The Who - Baba O'Riley (Who's Next, 1971)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Tick (Fever To Tell, 2003)

List: 100 Supercharged Tunes, Count: 33