BIG BIG WARNING: Explicit Lyrics! Well, If you've played this game, that's no surprise.

A while ago, I came up with this list using a few parameters to fit the game soundtrack because I wanted to listen and immerse myself into it without most of the LIS music that makes it classic LIS. Well, I finally bit the bullet and made this guide. For a lack of a better name, it's an alternative personal selection of more contemporary type music. Most of the songs are the ones I grew up with, and for the most part sort of takes me back to those days so I could sort of pretend I was a Blackwell student at the time, and now you can too! Just hook up your headphones while you play, because there isn't a mod you can use to change the playlist (although maybe, some day....).

Using Bosterm's Life Is Strange Complete Soundtrack guide to outline the list, each song was selected to fit the mood, the subject and whatever else was necessary to use more familiar music set in the game. All of these tunes are listed to fit the period of the game, which means that the selection ensured that you will have all songs which were released up until 2013 - or October 2013, to be exact. In a way, it could be used in a cinematographic perspective. Whichever evokes emotions, or a tongue-in-cheek double entendre effect; I narrowed down my playlist to these songs and some were difficult enough to choose that I may make an honorable mentions playlist for another time.

Additional caveats: I also tried to avoid similar songs or repeating artists, but sometimes it can't be helped if I couldn't come up with a better one. By no means could I replace every song in the game, but I chose most of the sections in the game I felt could do with a different perspective as much as I may find possible.

I've had to learn to be content with my final choices with this caveat. It should be easy to see which songs should fit. It's best to hear them through their full length, regardless of what length the original songs locked to.

Without further ado, here's my list.

P.S. Primus sucks! I recommend turning your volume up to 11.

[2] Where Is My Mind - Pixies

[3] Take A Picture - Filter

[5] Butterfly With Bullet Wings - Smashing Pumpkins

[6] Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins

[13] Common People - Pulp

[19] World I Know - Collective Soul

[21] The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe


[25] Spacegrass - Clutch

[28] Santa Monica - Everclear

[29] My Girlfriend's Girlfriend - Type O Negative

[30] Father of Mine - Everclear

[31] Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies

[33] Tomorrow - Silverchair

[36] Seven - David Bowie

[37] Low - Cracker

[40] Picture Me Rollin' - 2Pac

[41] Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G.

[42] It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube

[43] Jesus Christ - Brand New

[45] Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

[46] My Name Is Mud - Primus

[47] Mellow Yellow - Donovan

[48] Juke Box Hero - Foreigner

[49] I Can't Dance - Genesis

[51] The Ghost Of You - My Chemical Romance


[59] Bound For The Floor - Local H

[60] Jumper - Third Eye Blind

[61/62] Informer - Snow

[63] Holy - Frightened Rabbit

[65] Ballad of Dwight Fry - Alice Cooper

[66] She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes

[67] Pink Panther Theme - Harry Mancini

[68] With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker

[69] Boom Boom Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker

[70] Money For Nothing - Dire Straits

[71] You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive

[72] Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

[73] Our House - Madness

[80] Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

[82] Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

[87] Hurt - Nine Inch Nails

[90] Mad World - Gary Jules

[93] Son of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

[94] For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

[95] Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

[96] Let Her Cry - Hootie And the Blowfish

[97] I'll Follow You - Shinedown

[98] Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus

[99] The Pusher - Steppenwolf


[101] A Forest - The Cure

[102] Asleep - The Smiths

[104] Swimming Pools - Kendrick Lamar

[105] Let Me Clear My Throat - DJ Kool

[106] The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground

[107] Thong Song - Sisqo

[108] Make It Bun Dem - Skrillex & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

[109] Pick Up The Phone - Dragonette

[110] Hot In Herre - Nelly

[111] Salt Shaker - Ying Yang Twins

[112] Work It - Missy Elliott

[113] Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

[114] (Can't You) Trip Like I Do - Filter & The Crystal Method

[115] Sail - Awolnation

[116] Satisfaction - Benny Benassi

[117] Call On Me - Eric Prydz

[118] My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) - Neil Young

[119] Everything Nice - Popcaan

[135] We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel

[138] The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

[140] Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger

[144] This Nothin' Town - Jason Aldean

[143] Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

Butterfly - Crazy Town

• This list corresponds to my AA hub I've been working on consisting of these links.
  
• I'm aware the last 2 songs on Episode 5 are in reverse order. This was sort of an intentional fault of mine. However, it's possible that either songs could work for one ending or another...sort of. So, that's not really such a big deal.