Listed here for their thought-provoking lyrics or their value as great thinking-time background music.
Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
Read All About It – Emile Sande
Come Save Me – Jagwar Ma
This Woman’s Work – Kate Bush
Losing My Religion – REM
Run – Snow Patrol
River Man – Nick Drake (from the fabulous ‘Five Leaves Left’)
Catherine Wheels – Crowded House
Autobahn – Kraftwerk
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space – Spiritualized
Chicago – Sufjan Stevens (a lovely cover version by The Staves)
Life’s What You Make It – Talk Talk
Harder Than You Think – Public Enemy
Are Friends Electric – Tubeway Army
Going to a Town – Rufus Wainwright
Once In A Lifetime – Talking Heads
Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
We shall overcome – Joan Baez
Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley (beautiful spine-tingling version of the Leonard Cohen song)
Pictures of success – Rilo Kiley
