I made this before reading the rest of the lists here. I really tried to focus on continuity by making sure the songs flowed into each other smoothly. Many times when I create a mixtape I'll group the sadder songs together (6,7,8) before bringing the listener back up with happier songs (9,10).

1."Get Innocuous" LCD Soundsystem
2."Unsolved Mysteries" Animal Collective
3."Accident & Emergency" Patrick Wolf
4."Balaclava" Arctic Monkeys
5."Du Ska Inte Tro Att Det Ordnar Sig" Dungen
6."On" Bloc Party
7."Reckoner" Radiohead
8."Little Cream Soda" The White Stipes
9."Fans" Kings of Leon
10."Girl Sailor" The Shins
11."Ada" The National
12."West" Menomena

I'd like to add that I think that while bloc party has been the whipping boy this year for crappy records, 'On' is quite a good song. Imagine if Radiohead wrote this song, people would probably like it a lot more and the violins don't sound like much of departure from 'Reckoner's violins anyway...

I haven't read many peeps lists yet, I wanted to make mine first. I'm pretty satisfied with it, even though I left out a few heavy hitters.

Also, I'm with EricG: one of my friends and I used to always go by the track 3 and 5 rule. They were THE songs. I honestly used to think it was a marketing thing.


1. Sleeping Lessons - The Shins
2. You Are My Face - Wilco
3. You Got Yr Cherry Bomb - Spoon
4. Myriad Harbour - New Porno's
5. Armchairs - Andrew Bird
6. A Sentence of Sorts in Konsvinger - Of Montreal
7. Ain't It Strange - Dr. Dog
8. Antichrist Television Blues - Arcade Fire
9. Rag & Bone - The White Stripes
10. Roll the Credits - Peter, Bjorn & John
11. Let the Wolves Howl at the Moon - Super Furry Animals

I made another list while trying to avoid all the "heavy hitters" for the most part, which ended up with a very Americana-esque theme to it:

1) Or, the Whale - "Call and Response"
2) Papercuts - "John Brown"
3) Phosphorescent - "Wolves"
4) John Vanderslice - "White Dove"
5) The Angels of Light - "Not Here, Not Now"
6) Magnolia Electric Co. - "A Little at a Time"
7) Vic Chesnutt - "Splendid"
8) Steve Earle - "Oxycontin Blues"
9) Deer Tick - "Not So Dense"
10) Nina Nastasia and Jim White - "I Come After You"
11) Ola Podrida - "Eastbound"
12) Blitzen Trapper - "Country Caravan"
13) Josh Ritter - "Empty Hearts"

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Very nice mix, Nmeiborg. I especially like this choice:

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Originally posted by nmeiborg:
1) Or, the Whale - "Call and Response"

That's a killer song.

Here's my go at this...

1. "The Perfect Me" - Deerhoof
2. "Unsolved Mysteries" - Animal Collective
3. "Useless Information" - Apparat
4. "Big Milk" - Dan Deacon
5. "10x10" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6. "Silent" - The Field
7. "The Past is a Grotesque Animal" - Of Montreal
8. "Dear Miami" - Róisín Murphy
9. "Finer Feelings" - Spoon
10."Miss Broadway" - Glass Candy
11."No Kings" - EL-P
12."The Lowest Bitter" - Les Savy Fav
13."Layer Cake" - Kano
14."Cabaret of the Seven Devils" - The Fiery Furnaces
15."Echoes" - Digitalism
16."Untitled Roadside Demo" - Black Moth Super Rainbow

Whenever I see this topic's title, I start singing the title to the tune of Outkast's "Dracula's Wedding".

It's Frank-enstein's Miiiixtape!

My mixtape so far looks like this:

1)The National - Fake Empire
2)Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance You
3)Spoon - You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
4)LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
5)Radiohead -All I Need
6)The Field -Silent
7)Arcade Fire - The Well and the Lighthouse
8)Shocking Pinks - Emily
9)Interpol -Who Do You Think?
10)Deerhunter - Hazel Street
11)Battles - Race Out

I'll probably add some more songs on the end later. But I haven't listened to many albums that have more than say, 11 or so, songs on them this year.

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I've put some thought into this...and I think the flow from song to song is right. Listening to PJ last night made me want to build around song 6: Broken Harp.

1. Wilco - Either Way
2. Bjork - Wanderlust
3. Of Monteal - Cato As A Pun
4. Dinosaur Jr. - Back To Your Heart
5. Modest Mouse - Parting Of The Sensory
6. PJ Harvey - Broken Harp
7. The New Pornograghers - Unguided
8. Crowded House - A Sigh
9. Low - Your Poison
10. Radiohead - Videotape
11. Amon Tobin - Straight Psyche
12. Wilco - On And On And On


#4 was tough....wanted Amon Tobin's Killer Vanilla
#9 was second toughest...Crowded HOuse -Silent House or The National's Guest Room was in contention

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Originally posted by jayman:
1. Wilco - Either Way
...
12. Wilco - On And On And On

You know, I used to like the Wilco album a lot more than I do now. But it is book ended by two awesome songs that respectively open and close the album very nicely. They are easily, two of the best songs of the year—for me.

I liked Jay's concept of building the mix around a song, so I started with PJ Harvey (just like he did ) then found that I could fit my favorite Spoon track of the year in there (I've been looking for a place to put it, but nothing seemed to mesh with it) so then, I get to Radiohead, then go to Blitzen Trapper, which made sense, but the last part of "Sci-Fi Kid" was extremely electronic, so I ran with that concept, then decided I was getting tired of the electronic bleeps and closed it out with some soulful hip hop. I'm not really sure what to think, but IMO it's unique to say the least.

1. "Wandering" World's End Girlfriend
2. "The Ghost of You Lingers" Spoon
3. "The Dress" Blonde Redhead
4. "When under Ether" PJ Harvey
5. "All I Need" Radiohead
6. "Sci-Fi Kid" Blitzen Trapper
7. "Opening Up (Ce Soir on Danse)" Chromeo
8. "Burst Generator" The Chemical Brothers
9. "Fire Riddim" EdIT
10. "The Pulse" Digitalism
11. "Simply Amazin" Blu and Exile
12. "Homecoming (Ft. Chris Martin)" Kanye West
13. "The Perfect Beat (Ft. Krs-One)" Talib Kweli
14. "There Is Danger" Wax Tailor
15. "Outro" Thes One


I know I've made a lot of mixes, so I'll probably just pick three, repost them, and disregard the others in my 'count.'

Here goes mine. This was tough...

1."God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" - Mark Ronson (Version)
2."Hip Hop A Lula" - Junior Senior (Hey Hey My My Yo Yo)
3."North American Scum" - LCD Soundsystem (Sound of Silver)
4."Idealistic" - Digitalism (Idealism)
5."Heart of Hearts" - !!! (Myth Takes)
6."Fear" - mind.in.a.box (Crossroads)
7."Road to Recovery" - Midnight Juggernauts (Dystopia)
8."Burst Generator" - The Chemical Brothers (We Are The Night)
9."DVNO" - Justice (†)
10."It's Not Over Yet" - Klaxons (Myths of the Near Future)
11."The Big Mash-Up" - Airiel (The Battle of Sealand)
12."New Day" - Kate Havnevik (Melankton)
13."Quantom Theory" - Jarvis Cocker (Jarvis)

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Can anyone make a mixtape to fall asleep to? Please..Thanks

(I have problems with falling asleep, maybe this could help)

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(I have problems with falling asleep, maybe this could help)

then Air is your friend!

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Originally posted by JACOK:
Can anyone make a mixtape to fall asleep to? Please..Thanks

(I have problems with falling asleep, maybe this could help)

1. The National - Fake Empire
2. The National - Mistaken For Strangers
3. The National - Brainy
4. The National - Squalor Victoria
5. The National - Green Gloves
6. The National - Slow Show
7. The National - Apartment Story
8. The National - Start A War
9. The National - Guest Room
10. The National - Racing Like A Pro
11. The National - Ada
12. The National - Gospel

. Just kidding, I did that to appease all the haters, and to ensure that Boxer had a track in every spot up to 12. I hope it crushes the shit out of Radiohead and Sunset Rubdown in the polls this year. Pleasant dreams...

On a serious note though, I've had problems falling asleep all my life. As much as I've experimented with it, music hasn't helped in the least no matter how soothing, or boring. Sorry.

Please take this in the spirit of fun, but wouldn't your Frankie Mix put you to sleep? My fave songs from the album are the last two, so I'd probably sequence those first. Remember, this is a joke, Son! I'm happy to see that half of your Top 10 looks suspiciously similar to mine, but even if I didn't feel that way, I'd be happy that you posted what you wanted.

1. "23" Blonde Redhead
2. "Nantes" Beirut
3. "Cato As A Pun" Of Montreal
4. "When Under Ether" PJ Harvey
5. "All I need" Radiohead
6. "Only ones who know" Arctic Monkeys
7. "Make It Wit Chu" Queens of the Stone Age
8. "Hate it Here" Wilco
9. "John Allyn Smith Sails" Okkervil River
10. "Black Like Me" Spoon
11. "What if I Knew" Dinosaur Jr.
12. "Catch Hell Blues" The White Stripes
13. "People As Places As People" Modest Mouse
14. "The Toro and the Toreador" Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

I've already posted this mix, except with a different 4, 6 and 11. But I listen to it before I go to bed a lot.

OK, I've finally got one made up:

1 - Jacob Golden - "Out Come the Wolves"
2 - Radical Face - "Welcome Home, Son"
3 - Spoon - "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb"
4 - Okkervil Rive - "Savannah Smiles"
5 - Efterklang - "Jojo"
6 - The Snake the Cross the Crown - "Behold the River"
7 - Jason Molina - "The Lamb's Song"
8 - Thee More Shallows - "Fly Paper"
9 - Or, the Whale - "Life and Death at Sea"
10 - Justice - "Stress"
11 - New Ruins - "Run Up the Walls"
12 - Stendeck – “The Massacre Of The Black Flying Horses”
13 - Beirut - "Untitled"
16 -
Black Moth Super Rainbow – “Untitled Roadside Demo

There were a few spots I found ridiculously deep and others very thin. 1,2,4, and 6 were just so deep it was almost impossible to pick a song, where as 5,8,9, and 11 were extremely thin.

Wow, challenges like this are the reason I first signed onto this forum, thanks Twinks. So here it is. I goofed with my top 12 until this came out. In general I'm pleased but the transition between 10 and 11 is rough and 7 messes up the RAG flow of 6 thru 9 but be that as it may here it is...... for now.... I reserve the right to update at the end 'o' the year.... okay?

1. 15 step - Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Up the Cuts - Against Me! - New Wave
3. Men's Needs - The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs. Whatever
4. Jimmy - M.I.A. - Kala
5. Sea Legs - The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
6. Eddie's Ragga - Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
7. Watch the Tapes - LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
8. Ragoo - Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
9. Rag & Bone - The White Stripes - Icky Thump
10 Everything I Am - Kanye West - Graduation
11. Ghostship - Menomena - Friend and Foe
12. 505 - Arctic Monkeys - Fovourite Worst Nightmare
13. Running the World - Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis (yeah I know it was the 14th song on an album released in 2006 in Britain, but it was hidden on track 13 and released in the states on April 3, 2007)

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Originally posted by mark f:
Please take this in the spirit of fun, but wouldn't your Frankie Mix put you to sleep? My fave songs from the album are the last two, so I'd probably sequence those first. Remember, this is a joke, Son! I'm happy to see that half of your Top 10 looks suspiciously similar to mine, but even if I didn't feel that way, I'd be happy that you posted what you wanted.

Remove the word 'suspiciously' and I will take this in the spirit of fun.