hackthis_archive | Trade: The Soundtrack

I had a request the other day for the full soundtrack to Trade, which you know, I thought was going to be a piece of cake. Yeah, no. Uploading 20-odd songs? It's very much like work, ~~but I'm only missing one song (Zero 7's 'In the Waiting Line') because the CD isn't with me, but I'll sort that out on Monday probably~~.

For the record, my idea when I include soundtracks is only to enhance the storyline, because I'm all about the interactive experience.

ETA: I lied before, they're all thematic -- but they're not really section-by-section themes, instead they tend(ed) to emphasise or high-light a particular emotion I was trying to convey at a given time. ;)

Trade: The Soundtrack

Trade

Chapter I:
Jamie Cullum 'Twentysomething' (Maybe I'll just fall in love/ That could solve it all/ Philosophers say that that's enough/ There surely must be more);
Zero 7 'In the Waiting Line' (Nine to five/Living lies/Everyday/Stealing time);
Pharrell feat. Jay-Z 'Frontin' (the original) (Don't wanna sound full of myself or rude, but you ain't lookin' at no other dudes, because you love me);
Jamie Cullum 'Frontin' (the cover)

Chapter II:
The Beatles 'A Day in the Life' (I read the news today, oh boy, about a lucky man who'd made the grade);
James Brown 'The Boss' (Pay the cost to be the boss);
Elbow 'Not a Job' (Pull the final splinters/ Of missing picture winters/ You have to give yourself a break)

Chapter III:
Radiohead 'Just' (Can't get the stink off/ It's been hanging round for days);
Catatonia 'Londinium' (London never sleeps, it just sucks, the life out of me, and the money from my pocket);
Zero 7 'Speed Dial No. 2' (Do you need me, I am here/ Can you ask, can you be clear/ Yes you need me, I appear/ Now you are me, I am here)

Chapter IV:
Morcheeba 'What New York Couples Fight About' (Once a label is on something, it becomes an it, like it's no longer alive);
Kanye West 'Family Business' (You tell me you ain't did it, then you ain't did it, and if you did then that's family business);
Damien Rice 'Delicate' (We might kiss when we are alone/ When nobody's watching/ We might take it home );
U2 'City of Blinding Lights' (And I miss you when you're not around...)

Chapter V:
Radiohead 'Packd like Sardines in a Tin Can' (I’m a reasonable man/ Get off, get off, get off my case);
Yeah Yeah Yeah's 'Maps' (Wait, they don't love you like I love you);
The Verve 'History' (I wandered lonely streets/ behind where the old Thames does flow)

Chapter VI:
Embrace 'One Big Family' (Have I shown you lately/What my clan can do? );
Radiohead 'Karma Police' (Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself...);
James Brown 'The Payback' (I can do wheelin', I can do dealin', But I don't do no damn squealin')

Chapter VII:
Rufus Wainwright 'Waiting for a Dream' (Yesterday I heard the plague is coming/ Once again, to find me);
Turin Brakes 'Self Help' (So tell yourself it'll be okay/ Remind yourself that you're not just in it for the money...);
Travis 'Re-Offender' (You say you love me, and then you do it again...);
Placebo 'Pure Morning' (A friend in need's a friend indeed/ A friend with weed is better);
Elbow 'Switching Off'' (You, the only sense the world has ever made/ This I need to save/ A simple trinket locked away)

Chapter VIII:
Jeff Buckley 'New Years Prayer' (Feel no shame for what you are);
Doves 'The Sulphur Man' (Through the streets and on your own/ Almost lost and almost home );
Carly Simon 'Nobody Does it Better' (the original) (Nobody does it half as good as you...)

*Original splash art for Trade created by