Here is the third and final playlist I will make. I think that this is the strongest one, from top to bottom, that I made. It’s also the one that I took the most time out to complete. Either way, I like it quite a bit. I burned myself a copy of it and am enjoying it right now.

I’d like to thank Twinkie for coming up with this idea, it was very clever and as it’s evident, a lot of people enjoyed doing it. I liked coming on here and seeing what different people were putting together. It reminds you that there are a bunch of really good songs out there. Some are on albums filled with amazing songs and some are on albums where there is very little quality around it.

It was interesting to note that of the three mixes I made, only four artists/bands were represented once on each mix. They were: The National, Spoon, Animal Collective and Bright Eyes. The Bright Eyes was kind of cheating since I had “Lime Tree” on two different mixes. This wasn’t because I had to find a 13th song but rather because it is quite simply one of my top five songs of the year. The other three albums, well they are top ten quality for sure. Anyways, enough rambling, here it is:

Mix #3:
1. Radiohead – “15 Step” (In Rainbows)
2. Spoon – “The Ghost of You Lingers” (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
3. Of Montreal – “Cato as a Pun” (Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?)
4. The National – “Squalor Victoria” (Boxer)
5. Modest Mouse – “Parting of the Sensory” (We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank)
6. Dr. Dog – “Weekend” (We All Belong)
7. Okkervil River – “You Can’t Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man” (The Stage Names)
8. Sunset Rubdown – “For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)” (Random Spirit Lover)
9. Animal Collective – “Derek” (Strawberry Jam)
10. Arcade Fire – “No Cars Go” (Neon Bible)
11. Arctic Monkeys – “Old Yellow Bricks” (Favourite Worst Nightmare)
12. Wilco – “On and On and On” (Sky Blue Sky)
13. Bright Eyes – “Lime Tree” (Cassadaga)
14. Loudon Wainwright III – “Passion Play” (Strange Weirdos: Music from & Inspired by Film, Knocked Up)

mix #3

01. “Doomsday Clock” - The Smashing Pumpkins (Zeitgeist)
02. “Bodysnatchers” – Radiohead (In Rainbows)
03. “I'm Designer” - Queens Of The Stone Age (Era Vulgaris)
04. "Wash Off"“ - Deerhunter (track 4 in Flourescent Grey EP)
05. “Mammoth” - Interpol (Our Love To Admire)
06. “The Racing Rats” – Editors (An End Has A Start)
07. “Children Of Kellogg” – Clinic (Visitations)
08. “Little Cream Soda” - The White Stripes (Ichy Thump)
09. “If You Were There, Beware” - Arctic Monkeys (Favourite Worst Nightmare)
10. “Be Safe” – The Cribs ft. Thurston Moore (Men’s Needs , Women’s Needs , Whatever)

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Originally posted by sk:
01. “Doomsday Clock” - The Smashing Pumpkins (Zeitgeist)
03. “I'm Designer” - Queens Of The Stone Age (Era Vulgaris)
08. “Little Cream Soda” - The White Stripes (Ichy Thump)
09. “If You Were There, Beware” - Arctic Monkeys (Favourite Worst Nightmare)

Wow. Nice.

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:
Here is the third and final playlist I will make.
Mix #3:
1. Radiohead – “15 Step” (In Rainbows)
2. Spoon – “The Ghost of You Lingers” (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
3. Of Montreal – “Cato as a Pun” (Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?)
4. The National – “Squalor Victoria” (Boxer)
5. Modest Mouse – “Parting of the Sensory” (We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank)
6. Dr. Dog – “Weekend” (We All Belong)
7. Okkervil River – “You Can’t Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man” (The Stage Names)
8. Sunset Rubdown – “For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)” (Random Spirit Lover)
9. Animal Collective – “Derek” (Strawberry Jam)
10. Arcade Fire – “No Cars Go” (Neon Bible)
11. Arctic Monkeys – “Old Yellow Bricks” (Favourite Worst Nightmare)
12. Wilco – “On and On and On” (Sky Blue Sky)
13. Bright Eyes – “Lime Tree” (Cassadaga)
14. Loudon Wainwright III – “Passion Play” (Strange Weirdos: Music from & Inspired by Film, Knocked Up)

Nice. I had the same #3, #5 and #12 on my 1st mix

My 1st mix was kinda too down/moody in most parts(still a great mix) So, I worked on a more upbeat one. A mix I tried to incorporate diff sounds as well as mixing well from song to song....

Again, working around one song...I started this mix with #5 Both Eyes Tight Shut, and built around that:

1. Farewell to the Pressure Kids - Kevin Drew w/BSS
2. I Feel It All - Feist
3. Computer Camp Love - Datarock
4. SW - Blonde Redhead
5. Both Eyes Tight Shut - Kammerflimmer Kolektief
6. Mango Picckle Down River - MIA
7. Capital G - NIN
8. Bunny Ain't No Kind Of Rider - Of Montreal
9. New Yok I Love You - LCD Soundsystem
10. Ugly Primadonna - Datarock
11. Run Pig Run - Queens of the Stone Age
12. The Greater Good - NIN


***I like the #5 - #8 range of styles that blend well.
Datarock loosens the mix up after moody bits, and I realize their album is better than I thought. Sex Me Up is a great song I had at #10 but is #11 on the album...better tune though.

Try this mix if ya got all the songs!!! Cheers.

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Maybe at the end of the year we could have a year end list like this. In addition to metacritic user's top songs, we could have favourite track in each position, favourite track 1, track 2 and so on.

We could just tabulate these lists but obviously sequencing and flow have been taken into acount and wouldn't be relevant in an end of year list of this nature. Unless we voted for out favourite playlist.

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Originally posted by PrairieFire:
Maybe at the end of the year we could have a year end list like this. In addition to metacritic user's top songs, we could have favourite track in each position, favourite track 1, track 2 and so on.

We could just tabulate these lists but obviously sequencing and flow have been taken into acount and wouldn't be relevant in an end of year list of this nature. Unless we voted for out favourite playlist.

I think that Mike said he would do it and I’m perfectly fine with you guys planning something like that and Mike could be in charge of it—if he wants to do it.

That way at the end of the year we could all have a CD entitled “2007 MC Playlist.”

I thought I'd have a go. An interesting premise.

1. Sleeping Lessons - The Shins
2. For Agent 13 - The Besnard Lakes
3. Brainy - The National
4. Postcard to Nina - Jens Lekman
5. Fireworks - Animal Collective
6. A Girl in Port - Okkervil River
7. Simple X - Andrew Bird
8. For the Pier - Sunset Rubdown
9. Finer Feelings - Spoon
10. Roll the Credits - Peter, Bjorn and John
11. She's a Rejector - Of Montreal
12. Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine

I found number 8 hard to fill, still not sure about a lot of the Sunset Rubdown album, but I feel it will grow with time.

A lot more thought and effort went into this one than my first mixtape. Flow, transitions and mood were all placed above just getting my absolute favorite tracks of the year onto one playlist. Despite a lot of tracks I really love, it's almost nothing but compromise, only getting my absolute favorite song off a specific album in one or two cases. But I like this mix a lot; incorporating a little post rock, ambient, synthy electronic and shoegaze, I went for music that sounded dense, layered, airy. Because I don't own too many albums from this year that overtly qualified, this drifts off into a few more genres, specifically near-classical music with Venetian Snares and Prefuse 73. This wasn't as easy as a few other concepts I tossed around (which will be up soon, if all goes well), but it was immensely rewarding to get something that, beyond a mildly unimpressive transition between 2 and 3 and a bit of wonkiness around 12, works incredibly well.

*toots own horn, posts mixtape*

1."The Birth And Death Of The Day" ~ Explosions In The Sky (All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone)
2."This Aching Deal" ~ Shocking Pinks (Shocking Pinks)
3."Bleeding The Orchid" ~ Smashing Pumpkins (Zeitgeist)
4."End Of The Road" ~ Jesu (Lifeline)
5."Herculean" ~ The Good, The Bad And The Queen (The Good, The Bad And The Queen)
6."Left Bank" ~ Air (Pocket Symphony)
7."Publisher" ~ Blonde Redhead (23)
8."Medusa" ~ Ulrich Schnauss (Goodbye)
9."Punky" ~ Long Range (Madness And Me)
10."Time Of Your Life" ~ Chicane (Somersault)
11."I'm Sorry I Failed You" ~ Venetian Snares (My Downfall)
12."At The End Of The Day" ~ Amon Tobin (The Foley Room)
13."Aurora" ~ Midnight Juggernauts (Dystopia)
14."Out We Will Go" ~ Prefuse 73 (Interregnums)
15."In This Twilight" ~ Nine Inch Nails (Year Zero)

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THis one I had to borrow some tunes from 2006 as well.(to complete the theme)

1. Silent Shout - The Knife
2. - moment of silence I -
3. Shhh - Carlos Santana + Wayne Shorter Project
4. Silence - Fuckpony
5. - moment of silence II -
6. Silent - The Field
7. Silence - PJ Harvey
8. Silent House - Dixie Chicks
9. Silent House - Crowded House
10. - moment of silence III -
11. In Silence - Low
12. Sex In Silent Films - The Heathens

Ya have to be quiet to listen to this mix!! Don't make me tell you again!!

Alright guys, I'm just letting everyone know they have until January 15 to submit their mixes.

this is kinda fun.. i won't bother trying to figure out the best flow (and thank god to itunes sorting by track number and my favourite songs of 2007 playlist...)

1. Cocorosie - Rainbowarriors
2. Boat Club - Warmer Climes
3. Wilco - Impossible Germany
4. Miracle Fortress - Maybe Lately
5. The Chrysler - Blue Gold
6. The National - Slow Show
7. Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal
8. Black Lips - Bad Kids
9. El-P - The Overly Dramatic Truth
10. MIA - So I Felt
11. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
12. Low - Murderer

i really like this idea.

i will make one sometime in the middle of me making my end of the year lists and my reviews.

lol.

i have to get going pretty soon or i will be swamped come the 15th.

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Originally posted by jayman:
THis one I had to borrow some tunes from 2006 as well.(to complete the theme)

1. Silent Shout - The Knife
2. - moment of silence I -
3. Shhh - Carlos Santana + Wayne Shorter Project
4. Silence - Fuckpony
5. - moment of silence II -
6. Silent - The Field
7. Silence - PJ Harvey
8. Silent House - Dixie Chicks
9. Silent House - Crowded House
10. - moment of silence III -
11. In Silence - Low
12. Sex In Silent Films - The Heathens

Ya have to be quiet to listen to this mix!! Don't make me tell you again!!

haha.

this will possibly be the only mix that contains low, pj harvey and dixie chicks on the same disc ever.

01. Sunset Rubdown - "The Mending Of The Gown"
02. The Besnard Lakes - "For Agent 13"
03. Josh Ritter - "Right Moves"
04. New Pornographers - "Myriad Harbor"
05. Alaska In Winter - "Lovely Lovely Love"
06. The National - "Slow Show"
07. Of Montreal - "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal"
08. Beirut - "Forks And Knives (La Fête)"
09. Bon Iver - "Re: Stacks"
10. Radiohead - "Videotape"
11. Art Brut - "Jealous Guy"
12. Andrew Bird - "Yawny At The Apocalypse"

01. The Shins - “Sleeping Lessons” (Wincing The Night Away)
02. Okkervil River - “Unless It's Kicks” (The Stage Names)
03. Sunset Rubdown - “Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days” (Random Spirit Lover)
04. Malcolm Middleton - “Death Love Depression Love Death” (A Brighter Beat)
05. Spoon - “Rhythm & Soul” (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
06. Arcade Fire - “Ocean Of Noise” (Neon Bible)
07. Blonde Redhead – “Publisher” (23)
08. Menomena - “My My” (Friend And Foe)
09. Radiohead -“Jigsaw Falling Into Place” ( In Rainbows)
10. Les Savy Fav - “Comes & Goes” (Let's Stay Friends)
12. Iron & Wine - “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” (The Shepherd's Dog)

I made a really cool 2007 rockish mix yesterday, I'll probably post that here later but it doesn't follow our 'rules' so it won't count.

Expect to see the official mixtape within a week or two.