Songs to Remember

by Scritti Politti

Songs to Remember cover art

Marking Green Gartside's radical shift from abrasive DIY post-punk toward polished, soul-inflected pop, 'Songs to Remember' pairs Marxist philosophy with immaculate, radio-friendly hooks. The project subverted mainstream pop conventions by injecting dense academic theory into deeply accessible, melodic structures.

Genres

  • Sophisti-Pop
  • New Wave

Tracklist

  1. Asylums In Jerusalem
  2. A Slow Soul
  3. Jacques Derrida
  4. Lions After Slumber
  5. Faithless
  6. Sex
  7. Rock-A-Boy Blue
  8. Gettin' Havin' & Holdin'
  9. The Sweetest Girl