Stuff and things and a playlist

I've got a number of things coming up soon, like the Red House Book Awards on Saturday, an appearance in Cardiff on the Scribblers Tour, and looking over a whole host of foreign-language versions of A Monster Calls (French, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Taiwanese...).  But I do too much business here.  I haven't done an iPod EP in ages, so here's one for you, yes?

One Day Like This, Elbow - A brilliant song to forget a winter's day.
Two Divided By Zero, Pet Shop Boys - Their best non-single.
Three Babies, Sinead O'Connor - At her best, she'll break your heart.
Four Seasons In One Day, Crowded House - Great song in concert, too.
Five Get Over-Excited, Housemartins - Makes no sense at all if you're not English.
Six Months in a Leaky Boat, Split Enz - I once used this in a story.
Seven Sisters, Tori Amos - Not usually a Tori fan, but this last album is quite good.
Dinner at Eight, Rufus Wainwright - If I could sing, I'd sing this.
Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four), Eurythmics - Not what it sounds like; from the Orwell novel.
There Goes A Tenner, Kate Bush - No one quite like Kate, though this also baffled me as a lad.
And welcome to all the new commenters!  I'm so sorry I can't answer all questions, but I do read them all and I love to see them.  More soon, I promise.