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Release Info

British sci-fi drama Ashes to Ashes, a follow-up to the popular Life on Mars series, follows the adventures of a time-traveling female police officer who suffers a gunshot wound in 2008, and is mysteriously transported back to 1981. The soundtrack for the show’s first season is appropriately retro, offering up one of the better U.K.-themed, early-'80s pop compilations. Highlights from the 24-track collection include cuts from the Teardrop Explodes (“Reward”), Dexy’s Midnight Runners (“Geno”), Ultravox (“Vienna”), and Joe Jackson (“It’s Different for Girls”). ~ James Christopher Monger

Tracks

1. Introduction: Dialogue - Drake, Alex
2. Ashes to Ashes - Bowie, David
3. Fade to Grey - Visage
4. Love Action (I Believe in Love) - Human League
5. Girls on Film - Duran Duran
6. Geno - Dexys Midnight Runners
7. Souvenir - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
8. No More Heroes - Stranglers
9. I Fought the Law - Clash
10. (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17
11. Interlude: Dialogue - You're Nicked
12. Gene Genie (Gene Hunt's Theme From Ashes to Ashes) - Butt, Edmund
13. In Love With a German Film Star - Passions
14. Happy Birthday - Altered Images
15. It's Different for Girls - Jackson, Joe
16. Money - Flying Lizards
17. Doors of Your Heart - Beat
18. Staring at the Rude Boys - Ruts
19. Reward - Teardrop Explodes
20. Swords of a Thousand Men - Tenpole Tudor
21. Let's Stick Together - Ferry, Bryan
22. Vienna - Ultravox
23. Title Music (From Ashes to Ashes) - Butt, Edmund
24. Epilogue: Dialogue - Fandabydozy