As I turned 30, winter 2008 became “the season of DEVO”. There’s a few old favourites here, but mostly these are new purchases, the most notable being the new releases by Peter Gabriel (Big Blue Ball) and Byrne & Eno (which essentially amounts to a new Talking Heads album).

1. “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” - Sting (from Ten Summoner’s Tales, 1993)
2. “Wrong” - Lindsey Buckingham (from Out of the Cradle, 1992)
3. “Modern Love” - David Bowie (from Let’s Dance, 1983)
4. “Big Time” - Peter Gabriel (from So, 1986)
5. “Kiss the Bride” - Elton John (from Too Low For Zero, 1983)
6. “Errol” - Australian Crawl (from Sirocco, 1981)
7. “Sensation” - Bryan Ferry (from Boys and Girls, 1985)
8. “Photograph” - Def Leppard (from Pyromania, 1983)
9. “Come On Come On Come On” - Cheap Trick (from Rockford, 2006)
10. “Tempus Fugit” - Yes (from Drama, 1980)
11. “Babooshka” - Kate Bush (from Never For Ever, 1980)
12. “Scare Easy” - Mudcrutch (from Mudcrutch, 2008)
13. “Longest Days” - John Mellencamp (from Life, Death, Love and Freedom, 2008)
14. “Big Blue Ball” - Big Blue Ball (from Big Blue Ball, 2008)
15. “I Feel My Stuff” - David Byrne & Brian Eno (from Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, 2008)
16. “Fade Away and Radiate” - Blondie (from Parallel Lines, 1978)
17. “Somebody” - Eagles (from Long Road Out of Eden, 2007)
18. “Beautiful World” - DEVO (from New Traditionalists, 1981)

Mean: 1992, Mode: 2008, Median: 1986—hey, we’re making progress!