Fab Fifty Spotify Playlists

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Fanning’s Fab Fifty Spotify playlists courtesy Tadhg who has promised that more are on the way. Full listings here, if you have any of the missing years please get in touch.

1984 1986 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2002

Notes: A number of tracks especially earlier one are not available on Spotify. Some of the more famous examples are My Bloody Valentine and Rollerskate Skinny. Then of course there are a number of incomplete listings which we can hopefully eventually update. Here is a list of the missing tracks.

1984 (46 songs)

50. Auto Da Fe – Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart
27. Those Nervous Animals – Just What The Sucker Wanted
25. In Tua Nua – Coming Thru
05. The Fountainhead – Rhythm Method

1986 (44 songs)

46. In Tua Nua – Ballad Of Irish Love
42. Blue In Heaven – I Just Wanna
41. The Subterraneans – Maxi Joy (Demo)
36. The Fountainhead – Rhythm Method
31. Tuesday Blue – I’m So Scared (Demo)
17. Tuesday Blue – Tunnel Vision

1988 (44 songs)

45. the slowest clock – turning green (fanning session)
44. missing link – shake it up
42. cypress mine – sugarbeet god
40. burning embers – sweet young lady
37. subterraneans – slum
30. belsonic sound – the silent people (demo)

1989 (47 songs)

18. The Golden Horde – 100 Boys
15. The Dixons – I Have Fun
08. An Emotional Fish – Gray Matter

1990 (47 songs)

49. My Bloody Valentine – Soon
47. Fatima Mansions – Blues for Ceauseau
42. Golden Horde – 100 boys

1991 (48 songs)

33. The Blue Angels – Candy
05. The Golden Horde – 100 Boys

1992 (49 songs)

16 Sometimes – My Bloody Valentine

1993 (39 songs – listing incomplete)

47 Modern World – The Belsonic Sound
46 End of Green – Kerbdog
40 Sometimes – My Bloody Valentine
37 ?
34 ?
27 ?
26 ?
25 ?
22 ?
21 ?
20 ?

1996 (47 songs – 1 duplicate entry)

23 Speed To My Side – Rollerskate Skinny
21 Bad (Live) – U2 [PRESENT TWICE!!]

1997 (49 songs)

23 Speed To My Side – Rollerskate Skinny