Book of the Month (December)

Rocket Science Top 100 Albums 2017

1: Sparks - Hippopotamus

2: LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

3: Morrissey - Low in High School

4: British Sea Power - Let The Dancers Inherit the Party

5: The National - Sleep Well Beast

6: Elbow - Little Fictions

7: The Waterboys - Out of All this Blue

8: Hurray for The Riff Raff - The Navigator

9: The Charlatans - Different Days

10: Maximo Park - Risk to Exist

11: Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution

12: St. Vincent - Masseducation

13: Peter Perrett - How the West Was Won

14: Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

15: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built the Moon?

16: U2 - Songs of Experience

17: The Selecter - Daylight

18: Beck - Colors

19: Phoenix - Ti Amo

20: Waxhahatchee - Out of the Storm

21: Jesus & Mary Chain - Damage and Joy

22: Weaves - Wide Open

23: Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle

24: War on Drugs - Aeeper Understanding

25: King Krule - The Ooz

26: Ryan Adams - Prisoner

27: Tinariwen - Elwan

28: Bjork - Utopia

29: Spoon - Hot Thoughts

30: Arcade Fire - Everyting Now

31: Flo Morrissey & Matthew E White - Gentle Woman , Ruby Man

32: Depeche Mode - Spirit

33: Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice

34: John Otway - Montserrat

35: Liam Gallagher - As You Were

36: The XX - I See You

37: Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest

38: Weather Station - Weather Station

39: Future Islands - The Far Field

40: Saint Etienne - Home Counties

41: Songhoy Blues - Resistance

42: Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song

43: Mogwai - Every Country's Sun

44: Horros - V

45: Wolf Alice - Visions of Life

46: Grandaddy - Last Place

47: Shins - Heartworms

48: Fleet Foxes - Crack Up

49: The Moonlandingz - Interplanetary Class Classics

50: Rostam - Half Light

51: The Fall - New facts Emerge

52: Haim - Something To Tell You

53: Grizzy Bear - Painted Ruins

54: Susanne Sundfor - Music for People in Trouble

55: Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder

56: Kasabian - For Crying out Loud

57: Passion Pit - Tremendous Sea of Love

58: Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody

59: Horse Thief - Trails & Truths

60: Laura Marling - Semper Femina

61: Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to The Surface

62: Stormzy - Gang Signs and Prayer

63: Iron & Wine - Beast Epic

64: Ratboy - Scum

65: Cribs - 24 7 Rock Star Shit

66: Everything Everything - A Fever Dream

67: Ghostpoet - Dark Days & Canapes

68: Hercules & The Love Affair - Omnion

69: Beth Ditto - Fake Sugar

70: Tennis - Yours Unconditionally

71: Ray Davies - Americana

72: Temples - Volcano

73: The Orwells - Terrible Human Being

74: Gorillaz - Humanz

75: Drums - Abysmal Thoughts

76: Jaosn Isbell - The Nashville Sound

77: Weezer - Pacific Daydream

78: Thieves Like Us - Thieves Like Us

79: Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway

80: Sleaford Mods - English Tapas

81: Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock

82: Pond - The Weather

83: Mark Eitzel - Hey Mr. Ferrymen

84: Roger Waters - Is This The Life

85: Real Estate - In Mind

86: Feist - Pleasure

87: Benjamin Gibbard - Bandwagonesque

88: Big Boi - Boomiverse

89: Mick Harvey - Intoxicated Women

90: The Feelies - In Between

91: Ride - Weather Diaries

92: Jeff Tweedy - Together at Last

93: Lorde - Melodrama

94: Alvvays - Antisocialites

95: Shout out Louds - Eas My Mind

96: Perfume Genius - No Shape

97: Neil Young - The Visitor

98: Angus 7 Julia Stone - Snow

99: Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
100: Lana Del Ray - Lust for Life

Book of the Month (November)

Rocket Science #9:11

"I Won't say goodbye my friend for you and I will meet again"


1: I Won't Back Down - Johnny Cash
2: Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty
3: So You Want to Be a Rock N Roll Star (Live from the Beacon Theatre) - Tom Petty
4: Holy Mountain - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
5: Wait in the Car - The Breeders
6: The Hammerhead Bar - The Waterboys
7: It Takes Two - Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
8: Who is It ? - Mantronix
9: Shadows (feat. Debbie Harry) - Future Islands
10: An Epic Story - Peter Perrett
11: She's Got You High - Mumm-Ra
12: Turtleneck (Paris 6-22-17) - The National
13: Frontline - The Selecter
14: Masseduction - St. Vincent
15: Handle With Care - Jenny Lewis
16: Kind Of Better - Mono Taxi
17: How Soon Is Now [12" Version] - The Smiths
18: Mantra - Susanne Sundfør
19: The Ballad of Jimmy McCabe - Paul Weller
20: Everything (But The Wah!) For Dennis Wilson - The Mighty Wah!
21: Blue Monday - Fats Domino

Book of the Month (October)

Nick Bell: Rocket Science #3

1: Bubble Car - Commuters
2: Newport State of Mind - Alex Warren & Terrema Wainwright
3: Place Your Bets - Exmagician
4: French Disko - Stereolab

5: Carry on up the Vicarage - Steve Hackett
6: Ipcress Files - Laika & The Cosmonauts
7: Rocket Man - Spotnicks
8: Sittin on a Fence - Rolling Stones
9: The Last Time - Andrew Oldman Orchestra
10: King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo
11: Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Tom Courtenay
12: Voyage Voyage - Desireless
13: You Better Move On - Arthur Alexander
14: England - Carter USM
15: Freedom or Choice - Devo

16: Strychnine - Sonics
17: Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
18: Davy Crockett - Thee Headcoatees
19: Don't Box Me In - Stan Ridgeway

20: Listen to Me - Steve Forbert
21: Paper Sun - Traffic
22: Pasadena - Temperance Seven
23: Sunspots - Julian Cope

Rocket Science #9:10

I don't need you, I don't need you

Besides I barely ever see you anymore

And when I do it feels like you're only halfway there

1: Coolverine - Mogwai

2: Spent the Day in Bed - Morrissey

3: Scandinavian Design - Sparks

4: Over Everything - Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
5: tonite - LCD Soundsystem

6: Magic Swimming Pants - Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?

7: Desire - Everything Everything

8: I Shouldn't Be Doing This - John Otway & the Big Band

9: Homicide - 999

10: Dear Life - Beck

11: Holding On - The War On Drugs

12: War Is Coming (If You Want It) - Car Seat Headrest

13: Bike Dream - Rostam

14: Crow Cries - Goat Girl

15: Sisters - Cate Le Bon

16: Baby You're Out - Mac DeMarco

17: Lollipop (Ode to Jim) - Alvvays

18: the gate - Bjork

19: Rubber Ring / What She Said / Rubber Ring (Live in Boston) - The Smiths

Book of the Month (September)

Rocket Science #9:09

Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat


1: Maskindans (feat. Det Gylne Triangel) - Todd Terje
2: Magpie Eyes - Saint Etienne
3: Bless This Acid House - Kasabian
4: If Before I Wake - The Districts

5: The Day My Pad Went Mad - John Cooper Clarke
6: Never Been Wrong - Waxahatchee
7: Sleeping Around The Corner - Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie
8: Mesopotamia - The B-52's

9: Machine - The Horrors
10: We Were Beautiful - Belle and Sebastian
11: Signs of Life - Arcade Fire
12: The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated To the Neo-Stalinist Regime) - Scott Walker
13: Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - David Bowie
14: Unforgiven - Young Rebel Set
15: The Maze - Manchester Orchestra
16: I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls

17: Somewhere up There - Passion Pit
18: New York - St. Vincent

Book of the Month (August)

Rocket Science #9:08

Don't you miss the girl?
Miss the girl
Seduced reflection in the chrome
There's petrol stains outside your home




1: Kill Jill - Big Boi
2: Verstärker - Blumfeld
3: Hug of Thunder - Broken Social Scene
4: Future History And The Irrelevance Of Time - The Sunshine Fix
5: Holding On - The War on Drugs

6: Brother (Vito Edit) - Meatraffle
7: Guilty Party - The National
8: Is It Always Binary - Soulwax
9: Out the Way - Nadine Shah
10: Cherry Lips - Archie Bronson Outfit
11: Political People - TOUTS
12: I Was Made for Loving You - Queen of Japan

13: We All Hurt  - Karl Hyde & Matthew Herbert
14: Home Is A Feeling - Ride
15: All I Wanna Do Is Fall In Love - Robyn Hitchcock
16: Computer Love - The Smith Garrett Band
17: Hot On Heels of Love - Throbbing Gristle

18: I Promise - Radiohead

Book of the Month (July)

Theme Time #9

1: Cities - Talking Heads

2: I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris - Morrissey

3: Baltimore - Nina Simone

4: Strange Day in Berlin - Sally Oldfield

5: Stockholm - Jason Isbell

6: Ohio - Neil Young

7: San Diego - Hinds

8: Pop Muzik - M

9: Life in Tokyo - Japan

10: We're From Barcelona - We're From Barcelona

11: Düsseldorf - Teleman

12: Bangkok - Alex Chilton

13: Bristol and Miami - The Selecter

14: Moscow - Orange Juice

15: New York, I Love You - LCD Soundsystem

16: Munich - Editors

17: New York, New York - Ryan Adams

18: Birmingham - Shovels & Rope

19: Cardiff Afterlife - Manic Street Preachers

20: Living For The City - Stevie Wonder

Rocket Science #9:07

1: Nova - Paul Weller

2: Three Rings - Grizzly Bear

3: Ants - Starcrawler

4: The Second Great Depression - Manic Street Preachers

5: Bamako - Songhoy Blues

6: I Am the Cosmos - Chris Bell

7: American Dream - LCD Soundsystem

8: The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness - The National

9: Ranking Full Stop - The Beat

10: Song Against Sex - Neutral Milk Hotel

11: Miedo - Guadalupe Plata

12: King Of The Kerb - Echobelly

13: How to Boil an Egg - Courtney Barnett

14: This Is the World of the Theatre - The New Pornographers

15: The Deal - Ray Davies

16: Sugar for the Pill - Slowdive

17: Jupiter - Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & James McAlister

18: Shine on Me - Dan Auerbach

19: Thirteen - Big Star

Book of the Month (June)

Rocket Science #9:06

1: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - John Barry
2: Program - Silver Apples
3: Fall Apart - Withered Hand
4: Controller (feat. Faris Badwan) - Hercules & Love Affair

5: Get High (No, I Don't) - Maxïmo Park
6: Plastic Machinery - The Charlatans
7: What You're Doing - British Sea Power
8: Smoke of Dreams - Thurston Moore

9: The Pink Panther Theme (Original Version) - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
10: Mountain - Dreadzone
11: Fall From Grace - Babyshambles
12: Flash Light - Parliament
13: Turtles Have Short Legs - Can
14: Settle - Hurray for the Riff Raff
15: Alligator - Wasuremono
16: Take This Bread - The Felice Brothers

17: To Leave Something Behind - Sean Rowe
18: Beehive - Mark Lanegan Band
19: Century - Feist

Book of the Month (May)

Rocket Science #9:05

You ain't like those other girls
There's nothing like you in this world
You got something more than curls
You ain't like those other girls

I think I'm always sad
I think I'm always sad
I think I'm always gonna be sad
'Cause you're the best I've ever had


A million miles between us now
Why can't we just work things out?




1: Jezahel - Shirley Bassey
2: Only God Knows (feat. Leith Congregational Choir) - Young Fathers

3: Always Sad - The Jesus and Mary Chain
4: Undying Love for Humanity - Laititia Sadier
5: Stupidity - Dr. Feelgood
6: Have I The Right - The Honeycombs
7: You're Wondering Now - Andy and Joey
8: We a Famly - The Flaming Lips
9: Progress (feat. Tracyanne Campbell) - Public Service Broadcasting

10: Nocturne - Mark Lanegan Band
11: I Want To Tell You About What I Want - Robyn Hitchcock
12: A Friend - Formation
13: Hypnotised - Aberfeldy
14: Ladies Don't Play Guitar - Tennis
15: Going Backwards - Depeche Mode
16: Missing - Everything But The Girl

17: Way Over (In Dub) - Tappa Zukie
18: Old Clash Fan Fight Song - Billy Bragg
19: Like a Rolling Stone (Live from London 5/26/66) - Bob Dylan
20: The Passenger - Iggy Pop



Rocket Science #9:04

1: Sinnerman - Nina Simone
2: Come On - Chuck Berry
3: Come Together - Spiritualized
4: Rip It Up (12" Version) - Orange Juice
5: The Body Electric - Hurray For The Riff Raff
6: All Join In - Temples
7: These Are the Days - Lift to Experience
8: Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
9: Boyfriend - Marika Hackman
10: Can I Sit Next to You - Spoon
11: Dead Alive - The Shins
12: Sweet - Little Dragon
13: Late Night - Foals
14: You are the Problem Here - First Aid Kit
15: Wild Once - Laura Marling
16: Third of May / Ōdaigahara - Fleet Foxes

Book of the Month (April)

Book of the Month (March)

Theme Time #8

1: Human Behaviour - Bjork
2: Disorder - Joy Division
3: Mysterons - Portishead
4: Just Like Honey - The Jesus & Mary Chain
5: Break On Through (to the Other Side) - The Doors
6: Janie Jones - The Clash
7: I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
8: So Young - Suede
9: Rock 'n' Roll Star - Oasis
10: 1969 - The Stooges
11: Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town - Talking Heads
12: Slash N' Burn - Manic Street Preachers
13: Rhymin & Stealin - The Beastie Boys
14: Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
15: Neat Neat Neat - The Damned
16: Mansard Roof - Vampire Weekend
17: Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club
18: A Message To You Rudy - The Specials
19: Is This It - The Strokes
20: Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground
21: Gloria - Patti Smith

Rocket Science #9:03

Each household appliance
Is like a new science in my town
And if the day came when I felt a natural emotion
I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump in the ocean

1: Lust for Life (The Prodigy Remix) - Iggy Pop

2: Men's Needs - The Cribs

3: Stendhal Syndrome - Idles

4: Only You - Steve Monite

5: Trouble - Girl Ray

6: Anarchy and Alchemy - Echobelly

7: Beatles And Stones - The House Of Love

8: Darling - Real Estate

9: Telephone - Sinkane

10: A Little Uncanny - Conor Oberst

11: When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys

12: Shotgun Mouthwash - High Contrast

13: Sweet Catatonia - Catatonia

14: Dad's Best Friend - The Rubberbandits

15: Red Hot Sand - Flat Worms

16: Sweep Me off My Feet - Pond

17: Creepin' - Moon Duo

18: Don't Ask Me - Public Image Ltd.

19: Puppet Of Wax, Puppet Of Song - Mick Harvey

20: No Fun - The Stooges

Rocket Science 2bi (c/o Nick Bell)

1: Heartburn - Just Jack
2: How Can We Hang Onto a Dream - Tim Hardin
3: Midnight in Moscow - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
4: Waiting Room - Fugazi
5: Kingdom Come - The Souljazz Orchestra
6: Train to Rainbow City - Pyramids
7: A Song From Under The Floorboards - Magazine
8: Know Your Product - Saints
9: Journey - Duncan Browne
10: Gassenhauer - Carl Orff
11: Death of a Tune - Hidden Cameras
12: March of the Zapotec/Holland - Beruit
13: La Mer - Charles Trénet
14: Theme One - George Martin & His Orchestra
15: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson
16: Fresh Garbage - Spirit
17: One Meatball (acoustic) - Calvin Russell
18: Ghost Squad - Philip Green

Book of the Month (February)

Rocket Science #9:02

1: B.H.S. - Sleaford Mods

2: Don't Go - The Donkeys

3: Strange Medicine - 485c

4: Bad Bohemian - British Sea Power

5: No Memory - Scarlet Fantastic

6: Gordon's Gin - The Human League

7: Grease - Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White

8: Soul Train - Swans Way

9: Highwayman - Willie Nelson

10: You Don't Send Me - Belle & Sebastian

11: Seventeen - Ladytron

12: Parks and Recreation - Emma Pollock

13: I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones

14: Bootcut Jimmy the G - Hooton Tennis Club

15: Clinic Hope - The Gift

16: At Most a Kiss - Blossoms

17: That Clown's Got a Gun - Uranium Club

18: Tall Glass of Water - Tim Darcy

19: Resolution - Desperate Journalist

20: Lonely At the Drop - Jimi Goodwin

21: Catherine The Great - The Divine Comedy

22: Sastanàqqàm - Tinariwen

23: Risk to Exist - Maxïmo Park