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30 Awesome Songs Inspired By Books

By NME

30 songs

  1. 1.
    Bed Of NailsWild Beasts • Smother
    4:180:30
  2. 2.
    Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love And To Be Loved)Bright Eyes • LIFTED Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
    10:070:30
  3. 3.
    Poor Little Rich BoyRegina Spektor • Soviet Kitsch
    2:270:30
  4. 4.
    This Is Just a Modern Rock SongBelle & Sebastian • Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
    7:120:30
  5. 5.
    Albert CamusTitus Andronicus • The Airing of Grievances
    6:200:30
  6. 6.
    Scentless ApprenticeNirvana • In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster
    3:480:30
  7. 7.
    Ballad of a Thin ManBob Dylan • Highway 61 Revisited
    5:560:30
  8. 8.
    Sylvia PlathRyan Adams • Gold
    4:100:30
  9. 9.
    Charlie + the Propaganda Myth MachineMillion Dead • A Song to Ruin
    3:250:30
  10. 10.
    TenderBlur • Blur: The Best Of
    7:410:30
  11. 11.
    I Am AhabMastodon • Leviathan
    2:450:30
  12. 12.
    In the Aeroplane Over the SeaNeutral Milk Hotel • In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
    3:220:30
  13. 13.
    Don't Look Back In AngerOasis • (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
    4:470:30
  14. 14.
    SchizophreniaSonic Youth • Sister
    4:380:30
  15. 15.
    SylviaThe Antlers • Hospice
    5:270:30
  16. 16.
    Ramble On - 1990 RemasterLed Zeppelin • Led Zeppelin II (1994 Remaster)
    4:230:30
  17. 17.
    For Whom The Bell Tolls - RemasteredMetallica • Ride The Lightning (Remastered)
    5:090:30
  18. 18.
    Killing An ArabThe Cure • Staring At The Sea - The Singles
    2:210:30
  19. 19.
    Venus In FursThe Velvet Underground, Nico • The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary
    5:120:30
  20. 20.
    Breezeblocksalt-J • An Awesome Wave
    3:470:30
  21. 21.
    Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A DreamSufjan Stevens • Illinois
    6:450:30
  22. 22.
    Wuthering HeightsKate Bush • The Kick Inside
    4:290:30
  23. 23.
    Off To The RacesLana Del Rey • Born To Die – Paradise Edition (Special Version)
    4:590:30
  24. 24.
    The Ghost of Tom JoadBruce Springsteen • The Ghost Of Tom Joad
    4:230:30
  25. 25.
    2 + 2 = 5Radiohead • Hail To the Thief
    3:190:30
  26. 26.
    FasterManic Street Preachers • National Treasures - The Complete Singles
    3:550:30
  27. 27.
    Atrocity Exhibition - 2007 RemasterJoy Division • Closer (Collector's Edition)
    6:040:30
  28. 28.
    Gravity's RainbowKlaxons • Myths Of The Near Future
    2:360:30
  29. 29.
    Sympathy For The Devil - 50th Anniversary EditionThe Rolling Stones • Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition)
    6:180:30
  30. 30.
    SomaThe Strokes • Is This It
    2:330:30

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