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The Best Alternative Albums

Screamadelica from Primal Scream is 35. So tonight, what's the alternative album you'd add to your desert island list? From some Parklife to Psychocandy - what's your favourite?

As Screamadelica celebrates with 35 birthday candles, we want to know the alternative albums you'd add to your desert island list - from some Parklife to Psychocandy - it's your essential alternative albums. You can text us live on 80295, email the show at getiton@bbc.co.uk, join us on Whatsapp at 0800 92 95 00 or just ask your smart speaker to ask BBC Sounds to send a comment to Radio Scotland.

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Music Played

  • The Stone Roses

    Waterfall

    • (CD Single).
    • Silvertone.
    • 8.

  • Garbage

    Only Happy When It Rains

    • Garbage.
    • Mushroom Records.
    • B1.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Bring On The Dancing Horses

    • Echo & The Bunnymen - Ballyhoo.
    • Korova.

  • The The & Jools Holland

    Uncertain Smile

    • London Town 1983-1993.
    • Epic.
    • 4.

  • Saint Etienne

    Only Love Can Break Your Heart

    • Crush (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 1.

  • Visage

    Fade To Grey

    • Friends reunited The Eighties.
    • Universal.
    • 4.

  • Cat Power

    The Greatest

    • (CD Single).
    • Matador.
    • 1.

  • Arcade Fire

    Wake Up

    • Funeral.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 7.

  • Talking Heads

    Once In A Lifetime

    • Talking Heads - Remain In Light.
    • Sire.

  • Pulp

    Common People

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • The Farm

    All Together Now

    • Smash Hits Massive! (Various Artists).
    • Dover Records.

  • The Clash

    London Calling

    • London Calling.
    • Columbia.

  • The Bluetones

    Slight Return

    • The Singles.
    • Superior Quality Recordings.
    • 003.

  • Hamish Hawk

    Big Cat Tattoos

    • single.
    • So Recordings.

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Welcome To The Pleasure Dome

    • (Single).
    • ZTT.

  • The Cure

    Pictures of You

    • Disintegration.
    • Fiction.

  • The Smiths

    The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

    • The Smiths - Singles.
    • WEA.
    • 13.

  • Aztec Camera

    Pillar to Post

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner.esp.
    • 7.

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Spellbound

    • The Best Of Siouxsie & The Banshees.
    • Universal.
    • 11.

  • Primal Scream

    Movin' On Up

    • Dirty Hits.
    • Columbia Records.
    • 002.

Broadcast

  • Wed 23 Sep 2026 18:00
    BBC Radio Scotland