The Gossip: "Standing in the Way of Control" [Listen]
The Long Blondes and Oregon punk trio the Gossip toured together in early 2006. This track, about gay marriage, is Jackson's favorite. "Their objectives are the same as ours," she says, "to be the biggest pop band they can without compromising. And Beth [Ditto] has the best voice in music right now."

Transvision Vamp: "Baby I Don't Care"
"I bought this seven-inch in 1989 and haven't stopped playing it since," says Jackson of the Eighties alt-rockers' breakout hit. "The song is bubblegum punk but managed to get to Number Three on the U.K. charts."

Lee Hazlewood: Cowboy in Sweden
This 1970 project is the first of a string of LPs that the gravel-voiced auteur cut in Sweden."This album is perfect," Jackson says. "It's full of beautiful and humorous duets with Swedish singer Nina Lizell."

Suede: "Stay Together"
A single-only release from the Brit-pop innovators, which Jackson describes as "their best song. It encapsulates everything Suede were: escapist romantics with great guitars."