Home          A-Z by Topic          A-Z by Song          A-Z by Artist          Topic by Date

 

New to RR?RR WritersRR TriviaThe B ListRelated Topics
Topic IdeasTop ArtistsRR Community5 Years of RRGlossaryLinks
How to Guru

By Year

2005200620072008200920102011
2012

Top Listers

Top A Listers2009 A Listers2010 A Listers
2011 A Listers
2012 A Listers

 

Songs About Capital Punishment
July 11, 2013
Blog
Column
Writer: Andrew Morrissey (Makinavaja)

A List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Victor Jara's Hands

Calexico

DarceysDad

2

Roddy McCorley

 Heather Dale

sonofwebcore

3

Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman

Fairport Convention

treefrogdemon

4

Let Him Dangle

Elvis Costello

magicman

5

The Mercy Seat

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

suzi

6

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

Kalyr

7

Wide Eyed Boy From Freecloud

David Bowie

robbo100

8

25 Minutes to Go

Johnny Cash

suzi

9

Dead Man Walking

Bruce Springsteen

exiledMan

10

107 Steps

Björk

severin

11

A Journalist Falls in Love With Deathrow Inmate #16

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's

helenf888

12

Suspended Sentence

John Cooper Clarke

wilemena

B List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

La Hoguera

Javier Krahe

lambretinha

2

Gary Gilmore's Eyes

The Adverts

magicman

3

The Bloody Asizes

Julian Cope

BeltwayBandit

4

The Mercy Seat

Johnny Cash

BeltwayBandit

5

I've Gotta Get a Message to You

The Bee Gees

severin

6

El Preso Numero 9

Chavela Vargas

lambretinha

7

The Executioner's Song

Cass McCombs

RANTaGHOST

8

Heads Will Roll

Echo and the Bunnymen

Fuel

9

Stranded on Death Row

Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg, Lady of Rage, Kurupt

magicman

10

Jack Straw

The Grateful Dead

Chris7572

Spotify Playlist of Nominated Songs
Youtube Playlist

 

 

Website created and maintained by Marconius7
Readers Recommend and the actual topic lists are copyright
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2008-2012
and used by permission