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The Monochrome Set

The Monochrome Set is a group from the UK, active since 1978.

Group GB since 1978 new wave indie rock post punk
TOTAL PLAYS
334
SONGS PLAYED
127
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-17 18:06 · 6 Music — "Espresso (BBC Session)"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "The Monochrome Set (I Presume)"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 334 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Espresso 33 2023-04-04
2 The Strange Boutique 12 2023-04-20
3 Jacob's Ladder 9 2021-04-05
4 Iceman 9 2016-12-10
5 He's Frank 8 2024-10-20
6 When I get to Hollywood 8 2015-11-12
7 The Monochrome Set 7 2024-10-27
8 The Jet Set Junta 7 2022-05-25
9 Lester Leaps in 7 2021-04-20
10 Jet Set Junta 7 2016-07-21
11 Hello, Save Me 6 2022-02-21
12 Love Zombies 6 2021-02-08
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-10 16:40 The Monochrome Set (I Presume) 6 Music
2025-09-04 21:09 Resplendent in a Darkness 6 Music
2025-09-03 21:20 Summer of the Demon (6 Music Session, 26 Sep 2019) 6 Music
2025-09-02 20:32 I Can't Sleep (6 Music Session, 26 Sep 2019) 6 Music
2025-09-01 20:25 Rest, Unquiet Spirit (6 Music Session, 26 Sep 2019) 6 Music
2024-10-27 09:53 The Monochrome Set 6 Music
2024-10-20 19:00 He's Frank 6 Music
2024-04-02 23:22 He's Frank (Slight Return) 6 Music
2024-03-25 21:12 The Lighter Side Of Dating (6 Music Session, 25 March 2024) 6 Music
2024-03-25 21:08 Jack (6 Music Session, 25 March 2024) 6 Music
2024-03-25 21:05 The Monochrome Set (6 Music Session, 25 March 2024) 6 Music
2024-03-25 21:03 The Great Barrier Riff (6 Music Session, 25 March 2024) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

127 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
405 Lines — 4 ▶
405 Lines (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 15 Apr 1980) — 3 ▶
405 Lines (Radio 1 Session, 15 Apr 1980) — 2 ▶
405 Lines - BBC Session 15/04/1980 — 2 ▶
Allhallowtide (6 Music session 12 May 2022) — 1 ▶
Alphaville — 5 ▶
Alphaville (6 Music session - 21st Feb, 2011) — 1 ▶
Alphaville - 6 Music Session 21/02/2011 — 1 ▶
Andiamo — 2 ▶
Apocalypso — 5 ▶
Apocalypso (Radio 1 Session, 15 Apr 1980) — 3 ▶
Apocalypso - BBC Session 15/04/1980 — 2 ▶
B.I.D Spells Bid — 6 ▶
B.I.D Spells Bid (Radio 1 Session, 15 Apr 1980) — 2 ▶
B.I.D Spells Bid - BBC Session 15/04/1980 — 2 ▶
Ballad of a Flaming Man — 1 ▶
Bid Spells Bid — 1 ▶
BID Spells Bid (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 15 Apr 1980) — 4 ▶
Cast a Long Shadow — 2 ▶
Cauchemar - 6 Music Session 20/03/2012 — 1 ▶
Cilla Black — 1 ▶
Come To Me Oh My Beautiful — 2 ▶
Come To Me, Oh My Beautiful — 1 ▶
Cosmonaut — 2 ▶
Darkly Sly — 1 ▶
Devil Rides Out — 1 ▶
Don't Touch — 2 ▶
Don't Wear That Look — 3 ▶
Eine Symphonie Des Grauens — 2 ▶
Eine Symphonie Des Grauens - 6 Music Session 21/02/2011 — 2 ▶
Espresso — 33 ▶
Espresso (BBC Session) — 3 ▶
Espresso (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Feb 1979) — 2 ▶
Expresso — 1 ▶
Expresso (Radio 1 Session, 14 Feb 1979) — 1 ▶
Expresso - BBC Session 14/02/1979 — 3 ▶
Fall Out (John Peel session 6th Sept 1979) — 1 ▶
Fat Fun — 1 ▶
Fele — 2 ▶
Give Me Your Youth — 3 ▶
Goodbye Joe — 2 ▶
He's Frank — 8 ▶
He'S Frank — 1 ▶
He's Frank (Slight Return) — 4 ▶
Hello, Save Me — 6 ▶
Hip Kiiten Spinning Chrome — 1 ▶
I Can't Control My Feet — 3 ▶
I Can't Sleep (6 Music session 26 Sept 2019) — 1 ▶
I Can't Sleep (6 Music Session, 26 Sep 2019) — 1 ▶
I Dream Of Spring — 1 ▶
I Feel Fine — 2 ▶
I Feel Fine (6 Music session 050218) — 1 ▶
I Feel Fine (Really) — 1 ▶
I'll Cry Instead (demo version) — 1 ▶
Iceman — 9 ▶
Ici Les Enfants — 1 ▶
Ici Les Enfants / Fat Funk (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Feb 1979) — 1 ▶
Ici Les Enfants / Fat Funk (Radio 1 Session, 14 Feb 1979) — 1 ▶
Ici Les Enfants / Fat Funk - BBC Session 14/02/1979 — 1 ▶
If I Could Be Woebegone — 2 ▶
Inside Your Heart — 1 ▶
J.D.H.A.N.E.Y. — 1 ▶
Jack (6 Music Session, 25 March 2024) — 1 ▶
Jacob's Ladder — 9 ▶
Jet Set Junta — 7 ▶
Lefty — 5 ▶
Lester Leaps in — 7 ▶
Lester Leaps In — 3 ▶
Letter From Viola — 1 ▶
Love Goes Down the Drain — 2 ▶
Love Goes Down The Drain (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Feb 1979) — 1 ▶
Love Goes Down The Drain (Radio 1 Session, 14 Feb 1979) — 1 ▶
Love Goes Down The Drain - BBC Session 14/02/1979 — 4 ▶
Love Zombies — 6 ▶
Love Zombies (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 15 Apr 1980) — 3 ▶
Love Zombies (Radio 1 Session, 15 Apr 1980) — 2 ▶
Love Zombies - BBC Session 15/04/1980 — 1 ▶
Maisieworld (6 Music session 050218) — 1 ▶
March Of The Eligible Bachelors — 1 ▶
Martians Go Home — 1 ▶
Martians Go Home (John Peel session 6th Sept 1979) — 1 ▶
Mein Kapitan — 1 ▶
Mein Kaptain — 1 ▶
Mrs Robot — 3 ▶
Mrs Robot (6 Music session 050218) — 1 ▶
Noise (Radio 1 Session, 14 Feb 1979) — 1 ▶
Noise - BBC Session 14/02/1979 — 2 ▶
Oh, you're such a Star — 5 ▶
On My Balcony — 1 ▶
Puerto Rican Fence Climber — 3 ▶
Rain Check - 6 Music Session: 16th March 2015 — 1 ▶
Really In The Wrong Time (6 Music session 12 May 2022) — 1 ▶
really in the wrong town — 3 ▶
Resplendent in a Darkness — 1 ▶
Resplendent In A Darkness (6 Music session 12 May 2022) — 1 ▶
Rest, Unquiet Spirit — 2 ▶
Rest, Unquiet Spirit (6 Music session 26 Sept 2019) — 1 ▶
Rest, Unquiet Spirit (6 Music Session, 26 Sep 2019) — 1 ▶
Silence Is Rusty — 1 ▶
Something About You — 1 ▶
Squirrel In A Hat — 1 ▶
Stage Fright — 4 ▶
Stick Your Hand Up If You're Louche — 6 ▶
Strange Boutique (John Peel session 6th Sept 1979) — 1 ▶
Strange Young Alien - 6 Music Session 07/10/2013 — 1 ▶
Summer of the Demon — 4 ▶
Summer Of The Demon (6 Music session 26 Sept 2019) — 1 ▶
Summer of the Demon (6 Music Session, 26 Sep 2019) — 1 ▶
The Bridge — 1 ▶
The Devil Rides Out — 1 ▶
The Great Barrier Riff (6 Music Session, 25 March 2024) — 1 ▶
The Jet Set Junta — 7 ▶
The Jet Set Junta - 6 Music session 21/02/2011 — 1 ▶
The Lighter Side Of Dating (6 Music Session, 25 March 2024) — 1 ▶
The Mating Game — 1 ▶
The Monochrome Set — 7 ▶
The Monochrome Set (6 Music Session, 25 March 2024) — 1 ▶
The Monochrome Set (I Presume) — 2 ▶
The Puerto Rican Fence Climber — 3 ▶
The Ruling Class — 3 ▶
The Strange Boutique — 12 ▶
They Call Me Silence — 1 ▶
Throw It out the Window — 2 ▶
Wating for Alberto — 4 ▶
When I get to Hollywood — 8 ▶
White Lightening — 1 ▶
White Lightning — 3 ▶