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Nineteen Eighty-Four Playlist
This playlist traces Winston Smith’s life in Airstrip One: the gray machinery of surveillance, his furtive bond with Julia, the brief hope of private freedom, and the crushing return to Party control. The instrumentals evoke telescreens, institutional dread, and the city’s claustrophobia; the vocal songs turn toward propaganda, watchfulness, rebellion, and the loss of individual identity.
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20 songs
1
Halloween Theme
John Carpenter · Halloween (Original 2018 Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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2
Lipstick To Void
Mica Levi · Under the Skin
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3
Bathroom Dance
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Joker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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4
Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses
Steve Reich · Music for 18 Musicians
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5
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
John Adams · Adams: Shaker Loops / Wound Dresser / Short Ride in A Fast Machine
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Rae
Autechre · LP5
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In C
Terry Riley · In C
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Kids Will Be Skeletons
Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People
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The Chairman Dances
John Adams · American Classics
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Handel / Orch. Hale: Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande
George Frideric Handel · Handel Sarabande
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1984 - 2016 Remaster
David Bowie · Diamond Dogs (2016 Remaster)
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Big Brother - 2016 Remaster
David Bowie · Diamond Dogs (2016 Remaster)
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13
Every Breath You Take
The Police · Synchronicity (Remastered 2003)
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14
Watching The Detectives
Elvis Costello · My Aim Is True
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15
Somebody's Watching Me
Rockwell · Somebody's Watching Me
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16
Clampdown
The Clash · London Calling (Expanded Edition)
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17
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron · Pieces of a Man
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18
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division · The Best Of
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19
Private Eyes
Daryl Hall & John Oates · Private Eyes (Expanded Edition)
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