I thought I would throw together a calm….calm….positive…. playlist to listen to on the train up to my PhD viva on Monday morning. Any more suggestions are welcome; this is still a work in progress.

Thanks also for the top tips from Twitter folks: toastkid, deats, Big_Phil, tableturn, bindisdad, deb_max, RobMurrayUK & others

  • All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace! – Sufjan Stevens (Greetings From Michigan The Great Lake State)
  • Alright – Supergrass (I Should Coco)
  • Apply Some Pressure – Maximo Park (A Certain Trigger)
  • Au Grand Jour – Stereolab (Misc 3)
  • Begin The Begin – R.E.M. (Life’s Rich Pageant [UK Bonus Edition])
  • Breathe – The Prodigy (The Fat of the Land)
  • Bring It On Home – Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin 2)
  • Do It – The Beastie Boys (Ill Communication)
  • Enjoy – Bjork (Post)
  • Everything Will Be Alright – The Killers (Hot Fuss)
  • Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz (Demon Days)
  • Good Day – Dresden Dolls (The Dresden Dolls)
  • Happy Phantom – Tori Amos (Little Earthquakes)
  • Head up high – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
  • Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles (Abbey Road)
  • Holding My Own – The Darkness (Permission To Land)
  • I Am A Rock – Simon & Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits)
  • I Am A Scientist – Guided By Voices – Songs from the LHC (Songs from the LHC 1)
  • I Feel Alright – Screamin Jay Hawkins (Alligator Wine (The Best Of))
  • I’m A Believer – The Monkees (Anthology [Disc 1])
  • It’s Gonna Be (Alright) – Ween (The Mollusk)
  • Make It Easy on Yourself – Burt Bacharach (The Best of Burt Bacharach)
  • Mellotron – Stereolab (Peng!)
  • Pause – Stereolab (Transient Random Noise Bursts)
  • People Do It All the Time – Stereolab (Cobra & Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night Sky)
  • Perspective – Peter Gabriel (Peter Gabriel)
  • Nice Dr – Radiohead (The Bends)
  • Ready For The Floor (Album Version) – Hot Chip (Ready For The Floor (CDM))
  • Rock The House – Gorillaz (Gorillas)
  • Roll With It – Oasis (Roll With It)
  • Sex Goddess Of The Western Hemisphere – Maggie Estep (No More Mister Nice Girl)
  • She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby (The Golden Age Of Wireless)
  • Smile Like You Mean It – The Killers (Hot Fuss)
  • Step into My Office, Baby – Belle & Sebastian (Dear Catastrophe Waitress)
  • Take Me to the River – Talking Heads (More Songs About Buildings and Food)
  • Think For Yourself – The Beatles (Rubber Soul)
  • To The End – Blur (Parklife)
  • Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) – Janis Joplin (Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits)
  • Well That Was Easy – Franz Ferdinand (You Could Have It So Much Better With Franz Ferdinand [UK])
  • Where’s Your Head At – Basement Jaxx (Rooty)
  • Yeah Yeah Yeah Song – The Flaming Lips (At War With The Mystics)
  • You Can Have It All – Kaiser Chiefs (Employment)
  • You Can Make It If You Try – Sly & The Family Stone (Greatest Hits)
  • All I Want – Joni Mitchell (Blue)
  • Now It’s On – Grandaddy (Sumday)
  • Race For The Prize – The Flaming Lips (The Soft Bulletin)
  • Blow Wind Blow – Dr John (Dr John’s Gumbo)
  • The Go In The Go-For-It – Grandaddy (Sumday)
  • I’m Nervous – Daniel Johnston (Daniel Johnston)
  • Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel (Shaking The Tree)
  • Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing – Stevie Wonder (Innervisions)
  • Do You Realize – The Flaming Lips (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
  • Eleven O’Clock – Morphine (The Best Of Morphine)
  • Whip It (Live) – Devo (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo)
  • Please, please, please let me get what I want – The Smiths (Hatful Of Hollow)
  • Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  • Breathe – U2
  • Easy Muffin – Amon Tobin
  • There Goes the Fear – Doves
  • Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – Bob Marley
  • Clever Trevor – Ian Dury
  • Einstein A-Go-Go – Landscape