Backpacking Soundtrack 1993~1998
In the mid-nineties I backpacked around the world. These are the albums I listened to.
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Beck
Disorientating at first but there after brilliant.
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Portishead
One of the best albums ever made.
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Morcheeba
Bought a few months before leaving Hong Kong I think.
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My first real intro into Bowie. Not his usual stuff.
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The Verve
I shed a hidden tear to a track on the flight home from Hong Kong to the UK when I realised I was saying goodbye to Hong Kong and the backpacking life.
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Jamiroquai
Another Hong Kong album.
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The Charlatans
Another Hong Kong soundtrack. Bought in HMV Hong Kong where I used to spend my days off.
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The Chemical Brothers
On the dance floor in Boracay, the Philippines.
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Björk
I was infatuated with Björk.
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The Brand New Heavies
Another Hong Kong soundtrack.
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Radiohead
Legendary and they only got better after this.
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The Cruel Sea
Bus journeys up the east coast of Australia.
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The Stone Roses
Some say it's not as good as their first album but it's good enough for me.
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Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, …
One of the few films I've seen more than once at the cinema.
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Blur
I've recently started listening to this again. I thought it wouldn't hold up well but it does.
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Saint Etienne
Also my inter-railing soundtrack. Listened to this on the train from Dover to London.
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Pet Shop Boys
Inter-railing across Europe. Go West, but I went east.
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New Order
New Order aren't keen on this but Regret made me finally walk out the door with my backpack.
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Eels
Found this in HMV Hong Kong and bought it on a whim.
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Depeche Mode
Listened to while catching the bus home from work between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.
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Jamiroquai
The soundtrack to my first trip to Japan. One night in a pub in Kyoto. Bought it on MD (an awesome format) in Hong Kong. I loved my MD player.
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Jamiroquai
Another Aussie soundtrack. Switched between this and Incognito a lot.
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Corduroy
The soundtrack to cheap Aussie wine and free weekends in the Dandenongs.
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Pulp
The album for our generation.
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Incognito
Crossing the Australian Nullabor with this playing in the car. Not a care in the world.
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Electronic
The staple album for long Indian train journeys.
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