My 30 favorite PSB songs, period
- Being Boring
- I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing
- Tonight Is Forever
- To Step Aside
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- It Always Comes as a Surprise
- One in a Million
- Left to My Own Devices
- How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? (particularly the Brothers in Rhythm video mix)
- Birthday Boy
- King of Rome
- DJ Culture
- Liberation
- The End of the World
- I’m Not Scared
- Shameless
- I Didn't Get Where I Am Today*
- Integral
- It's a Sin
- Can You Forgive Her?
- Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
- The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
- Dreaming of the Queen
- Go West
- More Than a Dream
- Into Thin Air
- Will-o-the-wisp
- Burn
- Closer to Heaven (Nightlife album version)
- My October Symphony**
*My estimation of this song has grown tremendously in the years since it was released. During one of my "Rating Project" polls back in 2004, I personally gave it a rating of only 6. But if I were to rate it today, I'd give it a 9 or a 10. It just goes to show how tastes and evaluations change with time.
**In case you're wondering, if I were to extend this list to, say, my 40 favorite PSB songs, the very next one, #31, would be "Flamboyant." In fact, I desperately want to add it to the Top 30, but I simply can't bring myself to replace any of the ones already there.
To enumerate my 30 favorites on an album-by-album (first album release) basis:
- Please - 1
- Actually - 2
- Introspective - 2
- Behaviour - 4
- Discography - 1
- Very - 6 (not surprising since it is, after all, my favorite PSB album)
- Alternative - 2
- Bilingual - 2
- Nightlife - 1
- Release - 1
- Fundamental - 2
- Yes - 2
- Format - 1
- Elysium - 0
- Electric - 0
- Super - 2
- Hotspot - 1
- Nonetheless - 0
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