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Lacking Note

Another slice of inspired daftness and great music to keep you happy through the night. Plus, the Album and Record of the Week and Lester's and Listener's Library song choices.

There's only one way to get through the night with a smile and that's with Alex, AKA the Dark Lord, on the Best Time of the Day Show.

There will be another track from the Album of the Week, another spin of Record of the Week, two more tracks from Alex's eclectic CD collection in the Lester's Library, a selection from you from the Listener's Library and Pause for Thought.

Alex is armed with the Drums of Pun, the Mallet of Stupidity and the Squeal of Campery; you won't get the chance to even think about sleeping!

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Wed 8 Jan 2014 02:00

Music Played

  • ABBA

    Does Your Mother Know

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 015.
  • Gary Barlow

    Face To Face (feat. Elton John)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.
  • Jeff Beck

    Love is Blue

  • Pat Benatar

    We Belong

    • Pat Benatar - Tropico.
    • Chrysalis.
  • James Blunt

    Heart to Heart

    • Moon Landing.
    • Atlantic.
    • 004.
  • David Bowie

    I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.
  • Boy & Bear

    Southern Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Nettwerk.
    • 001.
  • Nell Bryden

    All You Had

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records.
    • 1.
  • Carpenters

    Top Of The World

    • The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
    • A&M.
  • Beth Nielsen Chapman

    Simple Things

    • (CD Single).
    • BNC Records.
    • 001.
  • Cher

    I Walk Alone

    • Closer To The Truth.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.
  • Nat King Cole

    Route 66

    • The Nat King Cole Story (Disc 1).
    • Capitol.
  • Dido

    Hunter

    • (CD Single).
    • Cheeky Records.
  • Erasure

    Make It Wonderful

    • Snow Globe.
  • Foreigner

    Cold As Ice

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

    • Aretha Franklin - 30 Greatest Hits.
    • Atlantic.
  • Bobby Goldsboro

    Honey

    • The Hits Of 1968 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.
  • Gotye

    Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Stuck With You

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Living in a Box

    Living In A Box

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Madness

    Baggy Trousers

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • Paolo Nutini

    10/10

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • The O鈥橨ays

    I Love Music

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Billy Ocean

    Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.
  • CeCe Peniston

    Finally

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Paul Rodgers

    Down Don't Bother Me

  • The Rolling Stones

    It's All Over Now

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
  • Scritti Politti

    Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
  • The Searchers

    Sweets For My Sweet

    • The Searchers.
    • MFP.
  • Percy Sledge

    When A Man Loves A Woman

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    This Is Your Sword

    • High Hopes.
    • Columbia.
  • The Staple Singers

    I'll Take You There

    • Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Rod Stewart

    Beautiful Morning

    • Time.
    • Decca.
    • 001.
  • Tavares

    More Than A Woman

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • KT Tunstall

    Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.
  • U2

    New Year's Day

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Suzanne Vega

    Fool's Complaint

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 001.
  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Vanessa Williams

    Save The Best For Last

    • Now That's What I Call Music Vol.22.
    • Now.
  • Lauren Wood

    Fallen

    • Pretty Woman - Soundtrack.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Wed 8 Jan 2014 02:00

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