Yeah, "This Corrosion" should be on there.
If
I were making a newbie CD? Hmmm....
Mozart - Dies Irae (from his Requiem mass)
Bauhaus - Boys
Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
Morrissey - Girlfriend in a Coma (only because it's the only one of his songs I can tolerate)
Diamanda Galas - I Put a Spell on You
Depeche Mode - Master and Servant
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Last Beat of my Heart (it was our wedding song)
Cramps - Bikini Girls With Machine Guns
Android Lust - Sin
Ravel - La Mer
Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia, My Reflection (solely for the benefit of my ex; it's one of her favorites)
Cocteau Twins - Blood Bitch
And just because... Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine