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The AL-X List

added 31 March 2008 at 10.34

We're resting Monsters of Rock for a while, but do not fear we still want to play an absolute classic every morning that you would never normally hear on the show.  A banging song-a-day to get you on your way.

Every morning at 6.50am - when you are clearing out those cob-webs, dragging yourself out of bed or on your merry way - we'll be adding one more classic track to Al-X List.

With two clear intentions we will be playing a tune-a-day that meets the following criteria:

1) It's bloomin' brilliant
2) We haven't heard it in bloody ages

The song will then get officially added to Al-X List which will go on and on and on...like so...

Smashmouth 'All Star' (March 31)
Cake 'The Distance' (April 1)
The Offspring 'Self-Esteem' (April 2)
Rolling Stones 'Jumping Jack Flash' (April 3)
Terrorvision 'Middleman' (April 4)
Pulp 'Lipgloss' (April 7) [chosen by Cheeky Pete]
David Bowie 'Sound & Vision' (April 8) [chosen by Marc]
Seahorses 'Love is the Law' (April 9) [chosen by Producer Bob]
Jurassic 5 'Concrete Schoolyard' (April 11)
Fountains of Wayne 'Radiation Vibe' (April 14) [Chosen by Cheeky Pete)
Neil Diamond 'Sweet Caroline' (April 15) [Chosen by studio vote against Alex's wishes]
Sleeper 'Sale of the Century' (April 16)
Echobelly 'King of the Kerb' (April 17)
Blink 182 'Feeling This' (April 18)
The Jam 'Going Underground' (April 21) [Chosen by Dave Berry]
The Bluetones 'If' (April 22)
Billy Bragg 'A New England' (April 23)
KLF 'Last Train To Trancentral' (April 24)
Lynyrd Skynyrd 'Freebird' (April 25)
Presidents Of The USA 'Lump' (April 28) [Chosen by listener Claire Louise Conway]
Faith No More 'Epic' (April 29)
Sultans Of Ping FC 'Where's me Jumper?' (April 30) [Chosen by listener Bob- short for Kate]
Supergrass  'Mansize Rooster' (May 1) [Chosen by listener Louise]
Electric 6 'Danger! High Voltage' (May 2)
The Pipettes 'Pull Shapes' (May 6)
Pixies 'Where Is My Mind' (May 7) [Picked by listener Lyndsy Roberts]
Beastie Boys 'Sabotage' (May 8)
Suede 'The Drowners' (May 9) [Picked by listeners Mark Orchard]
Cornershop 'Brimful Of Asha' (May 12)
AC/DC 'You Shook Me All Night Long' (May 13)
Violent Femmes 'Blister In The Sun (May 14)
Carter USM 'Trouble' (May 15)
Aerosmith 'Love In An Elevator' (May 16)
Harvey Danger 'Flagpole Sitta' (May 19)
Pulp 'Do You Remember The First Time' (May 20) [Picked by listener Sarah]
The Distillers 'City Of Angels' (May 21)
The Longpigs 'She Said' (May 22) [Listener Elliot Selwood's choice]
L7 'Pretend We're Dead' (May 23)
Death In Vegas 'Aisha' (May 27) [Cheeky Pete's "Back from NY" choice]
Mansun 'Wide Open Space' (May 28) [Listener Cheesy Peas's choice]
Yes 'McAlmont and Butler' (May 29) [Listener John Owen's choice]
Terrorvision 'Pretend Best Friend' (June 2) [Listener Marmite's choice]
OPM 'Heaven Is A Half Pipe' (June 3) [Cheeky Pete's controversial choice]
Lynnyrd Skynnyrd 'Freebird' (only half due to corrupted CD) (June 6)
James 'Laid' (June 9) [Listener Claire's Choice]
The Breeders 'Cannonball' (June 10) [Listener Esther's choice]
Jay Z '99 Problems' (June 11) [Cheeky Pete's choice]
Eels 'Mr Eels Beautiful Blues!' (June 12) [Listeners Phil Gough & Steve "The Fish"'s choice!]
Meatloaf 'Bat Out Of Hell' (June 13) [Listener Mike's choice]
Blind Melon 'No Rain' (June 16) [Listener Joolsa from Birmingham's choice]
Avalanches 'Frontier Psychiatrist' (June 17) [Listener Diemo's choice]
Lit 'My Own Worst Enemy' (June 18) [Listener Kylia Price's choice]
Spacehog In the Meantime' (June 19) [Listener Paul Waites' choice]
Beck 'Sexx Laws' (June 23)
Stone Roses 'Love Spreads' (June 24) [Listener Elliot Selwood's choice]
Weezer - Say it ain't so (June 25) [Listener Tom Byrne's choice]
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 'The impression that I get' (June 26) [Listener Kenny's choice for his dad Ross]
Carter USM 'Is Wrestling Fixed' (June 27)
Cake 'Short Skirt/Long Jacket' (June 30) [Listeners Paul n' Mandy's choice]
The Divine Comedy 'National Express' (July 1) [Listener Croydon Paul's choice]
Iron maiden 'Run to the Hills' (July 2)
Iggy Pop 'The Passenger' (July 3) [Dave Berry's choice because Alex was ill] 

Want to hear your choice on the Al-X-List? Either drop us a line in the box below or e-mail us your favourite song and the reason why you love it. It could be you getting your tune on air!   

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1. Who remembers the Von Bondies? - no neither do I. But they had a good song called C'mon C'mon - be good to here that

   Posted by Ant R on 26/06/2008 11:02:22 | report abuse

2. argh!
   just checked the al-x list to see whats been goin down recently as i sometime dose back in the world of slumber before 7. and spied that my song was chosen over a month ago and i missed it!!!!!!!!!
   blooming ech
   rubbish

   Posted by Lynsey Roberts on 11/06/2008 12:56:31 | report abuse

3. Belle and Sebastien Lazy line Painter Jane. it's a great song, i have not heard it on thje radio for ages and it makes me happy and smily

   Posted by Sarah on 03/06/2008 22:58:38 | report abuse

4. Putting 'Epic' by Faith No More on was pretty lame as it get's played virtually every day on Xfm anyway.

   Posted by Dark Lord of Barnet on 05/05/2008 16:05:03 | report abuse

5. Can you switch the list to be the other way round - so the most recently played one is first. As the list gets longer this could make it easier to find the recent one you're looking for.

   Posted by Chiropractor of the year on 22/04/2008 21:46:51 | report abuse

6. Would love to hear The Rat by The Walkmen

   Posted by Anthony R on 21/04/2008 10:53:41 | report abuse

7. MUST HAVE A BIT OF RUTS OR SLF IF I WAS A GAMBLING MAN LIKE ZANE IT WOULD BE A ODDS ON WINNER!
   ALL THE BEST ROB IN RUISLIP

   Posted by ROBERT BALKIN on 12/04/2008 19:13:08 | report abuse

8. On the x-list this morning(07/04/08), a track was played by badly drawn boy. I've tried looking for it on the playlists, but to no avail. PLEEEEAASE help!!

   Posted by robert mckenzie on 07/04/2008 22:17:14 | report abuse