Music For Your Tape Recorder

How does one reconcile the fact that I only bought 3 CDs this year, and yet managed to hear all the below listed? *cough*

Since there was no Christmas Top of the Pops this year, and everyone got along fine without it, see below my soundtrack of the year:

January
The Damned - Smash It Up ; Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979

Dragon Ash - Shizuka na Hibi no Kaidan Wo ; Lily Of Da Valley, 2000

Jeff Buckley - So Real ; Grace, 1994

February
John Foxx - This City ; Metamatic, 1980
Propaganda - P-Machinery ; A Secret Wish, 1986
Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy ; Mirage, 1982
Urban Myth Club - I Feel It ; Helium, 2006

March
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - This is Helena ; Dazzle Ships, 1983
Vangelis - Rachel's Song ; Blade Runner Soundtrack, 1992
Hue & Cry - Wide Screen ; 1988 B-Side

April
Kraftwerk - Morgenspaziergang ; Autobahn, 1974
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (12") ; New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
Human League - WXJL Tonight ; Travelogue, 1979

May
Rush - Tom Sawyer ; Moving Pictures, 1981
John Foxx - Pater Noster ; The Garden, 1981

June
Feeder - Descend ; Swim, 1996
The Slits - Typical Girls ; Cut, 1979
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way ; Frampton Comes Alive!, 1976

July
Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall (Live) ; Suzanne Vega, 1985
Ultravox - Alles Klar; 1980 B-Side
Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities ; Sister Feelings Call, 1981
Zero 7 - End Theme ; Simple Things, 2001

August
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker ; single, 1999
Ben Folds Five - Underground ; Ben Folds Five, 1995

September
Sabastian Boaz - Heart Error ; Audiocraft, 2003
Akira Yamaoka - Theme of Laura ; Silent Hill 2 OST, 2001
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - I Betray My Friends ; 1980 B-Side
Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls - The Visitor ; Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls, 1980

October
Howling Bells - Setting Sun ; Howling Bells, 2005
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind the Mask ; Solid State Survivor, 1979
Rush - Witch Hunt ; Moving Pictures, 1981

November
Doves - Sea Song ; Lost Souls, 2000
Deacon Blue - Raintown ; Raintown, 1987
Vangelis - Morning Papers ; The City, 1990
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly ; The Nightfly, 1982

December
Deacon Blue - Dignity ; Raintown, 1987
Simple Minds - Seeing Out The Angel ; Sons and Fascination, 1981