The ILM Fan-made BEST OF/ANTHOLOGY Compilation project -- POST Tracklists, Cover Art, Liner notes, editorials, spotify links and/or otherwise LEGALLY obtained streaming album lists HERE!

Squeeze Sings Trini Lopez and Nana Mouskouri: More Songs for People Who Already Own Singles: 45s and Under

Disc One
1. Back Track (Packet of 3 EP, 1977)
2. Remember What (Squeeze, 1978)
3. Bang Bang (Squeeze, 1978)
4. Revue (Cool for Cats, 1979)
5. It's Not Cricket (Cool for Cats, 1979)
6. Vicky Verky (Argybargy, 1980)
7. Separate Beds (Argybargy, 1980)
8. Someone Else's Heart (East Side Story, 1981)
9. Piccadilly (East Side Story, 1981)
10. In Quintessence (East Side Story, 1981)
11. Messed Around (East Side Story, 1981)
12. Yap Yap Yap (“Messed Around” B-Side, 1981)
13. When the Hangover Strikes (Sweets from a Stranger, 1982)
14. Points of View (Sweets from a Stranger, 1982)
15. I Can't Hold On (Sweets from a Stranger, 1982)
16. Picking Up the Pieces (Difford and Tilbrook, 1984)
17. Hope Fell Down (Difford and Tilbrook, 1984)
18. Hits of the Year (Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti, 1985)
19. I Learnt How to Pray (Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti, 1985)
20. What Have They Done (“When the Wind Blows” Soundtrack, 1986)
21. Striking Matches (Babylon and On, 1987)
22. Footprints (Babylon and On, 1987)
23. Hourglass (Babylon and On, 1987)
24. Trust Me to Open My Mouth (Babylon and On, 1987)

Disc Two
1. She Doesn't Have to Shave (Frank, 1989)
2. Rose I Said (Frank, 1989)
3. Slaughtered Gutted and Heartbroken (Frank, 1989)
4. Melody Motel (Frank, 1989)
5. Sunday Street (Play, 1991)
6. Walk a Straight Line (Play, 1991)
7. Letting Go (Play, 1991)
8. Crying in My Sleep (Play, 1991)
9. Maidstone (“Sunday Street” B-Side, 1991)
10. The Truth (Play, 1991)
11. Third Rail (Some Fantastic Place, 1993)
12. Everything in the World (Some Fantastic Place, 1993)
13. Images of Loving (Some Fantastic Place, 1993)
14. Some Fantastic Place (Some Fantastic Place, 1993)
15. Walk Away (Ridiculous, 1995)
16. Electric Trains (Ridiculous, 1995)
17. Daphne (Ridiculous, 1995)
18. Sleeping with a Friend (Domino, 1998)
19. This Road (“The Truth About Cats and Dogs” Soundtrack, 1996)

A few of the YouTube links are live versions when I couldn’t find the studio versions. “Striking Matches” is a remix. “This Road” is an early mix with some different lyrics, but it’s still the best non-LP Squeeze song ever.

As for the title, Trini Lopez and Nana Mouskouri are mentioned in the lyrics of “Piccadilly” and “Daphne” respectively.

The Dog's Frolics - The Best of the Bonzo Dog Band

1. Look at Me, I’m Wonderful (Part 1 - Dressing Room)
2. Mr. Apollo
3. Jollity Farm
4. Rockaliser Baby
5. Shirt [Song Only - Fade in at 2:27]
6. What Do You Do?
7. Narcissus
8. We Were Wrong
9. Hello Mabel
10. I Want to Be With You
11. Rhinocratic Oaths
12. Death Cab for Cutie
13. Hunting Tigers Out in “Indiah”
14. The Bride Stripped Bare by “Bachelors”
15. 11 Moustachioed Daughters
16. Look at Me, I’m Wonderful (Part 2 - On Stage)
17. The Intro and the Outro
18. Humanoid Boogie
19. I’m Bored
20. Ali Baba’s Camel
21. Cool Britannia
22. Quiet Talks and Summer Walks
23. Look Out, There’s a Monster Coming
24. We Are Normal [Song Only - Fade in at 1:25]
25. Piggy Bank Love
26. Tent
27. Trouser Press
28. Canyons of Your Mind [B-Side Version]
29. Kama Sutra
30. I’m the Urban Spaceman

No "Rise" on the American Music Club comp? That's the track that hooked me in the first place.

Something I Learned Today: The Best Of Husker Du

Disc 1:
1. Sunshine Superman (Everything Falls Apart)
2. Everything Falls Apart (Everything Falls Apart)
3. In A Free Land (Everything Falls Apart)
4. Real World (Metal Circus)
5. It's Not Funny Anymore (Metal Circus)
6. Diane (Metal Circus)
7. Something I Learned Today (Zen Arcade)
8. Never Talking To You Again (Zen Arcade)
9. Chartered Trips (Zen Arcade)
10. Pinks Turns To Blue (Zen Arcade)
11. Turn On The News (Zen Arcade)
12. Flip Your Wig (Flip Your Wig)
13. Makes No Sense At All (Flip Your Wig)
14. Hate Paper Doll (Flip Your Wig)
15. Green Eyes (Flip Your Wig)
16. Games (Flip Your Wig)

Disc 2:
1. New Day Rising (New Day Rising)
2. Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill (New Day Rising)
3. I Apologize (New Day Rising)
4. Celebrated Summer (New Day Rising)
5. Terms Of Psychic Warfare (New Day Rising)
6. Books About UFOs (New Day Rising)
7. Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely (Candy Apple Grey)
8. Sorry Somehow (Candy Apple Grey)
9. Too Far Down (Candy Apple Grey)
10. Hardly Getting Over It (Candy Apple Grey)
11. These Important Years (Warehouse)
12. Ice Cold Ice (Warehouse)
13. Could You Be The One (Warehouse)
14. Up In The Air (Warehouse)
15. Eight Miles High (single a-side)
16. All Work And No Play (Don't Want To Know b-side)

This is the decidedly poppier side of Husker Du, my personal preference. I know there's more room on each disc but these 32 tracks capture everything that was great about the band and shows off their tremendous songwriting. Sometimes less is more.

Before They Sold Their Soul: The Best Of Simple Minds, 1979-1984.

Disc 1:
1. Someone (Life In A Day)
2. Life In A Day (Life In A Day)
3. No Cure (Life In A Day)
4. Chelsea Girl (Life In A Day)
5. Real To Real (Reel To Real)
6. Naked Eye (Reel To Real)
7. Citizen (Dance Of Youth (Reel To Real)
8. Carnival (Shelter In Suitcase) (Reel To Real)
9. Factory (Reel To Real)
10. Premonition (Reel To Real)
11. Changeling (Reel To Real)
12. Calling Your Name (Reel To Real)
13. I Travel (Empires And Dance)
14. Today I Died Again (Empires And Dance)
15. Celebrate (Empires And Dance)
16. This Fear Of Gods (Empires And Dance)
17. Twist/Run/Repulsion (Empires And Dance)
18. Thirty Frames A Second (Empires And Dance)

Disc 2:
1. Kaleidoscope (Celebration)
2. In Trance As Mission (Sons And Fascination)
3. Sweat In Bullet (Sons And Fascination)
4. 70 Cities As Love Brings The Fall (Sons And Fascination)
5. Love Song (Sons And Fascination)
6. Seeing Out The Angel (Sons And Fascination)
7. Theme For Great Cities (Sister Feelings Call)
8. The American (Sister Feelings Call)
9. 20th Century Promised Land (Sister Feelings Call)
10. Someone, Somewhere In Summertime (New Gold Dream)
11. Promised You A Miracle (New Gold Dream)
12. New Gold Dream (New Gold Dream)
13. Glittering Prize (New Gold Dream)
14. Up On The Catwalk (Sparkle In The Rain)
15. Speed Your Love To Me (Sparkle In The Rain)
16. Waterfront (Sparkle In The Rain)

Great job on Husker Du. The only three favorites that jump out at me as missing are "Newest Industry," "Divide and Conquer," and "Love Is All Around." But you've got most all of them. (I'm one of those poppy Husker Du guys.)

I like the look of your Eitzel / AMC anthology Preseident Keyes, but I would find room for "Goodbye To Love", and the Songs of Love Live take on "Nothing Can Bring Me Down" on even a one-disc best-of.

needs "sleeping beauty" from golden age also. and cape canaveral from SF. too close to that band to be subjective about a best-of I think.

http://i56.tinypic.com/2llcc54.jpg

Disc 1:
1. Basscadet (Incunabula, 1993)
2. Second Bad Scepe (Anvil Vapre, 1995)
3. Dael (Tri Repetae, 1995)
4. Domnique Dalcan - Aveugle & Sourd (Autechre Mix) 1996
5. Stereolab - Refractions in the Plastic Pulse (Feebate Mix) Remixed by Autechre (1997)
6. Arch Carrier (LP5, 1997)
7. Pen Expers (Confield, 2001)
8. Gaekwad (Peel Session 2, 2001)
9. Gantz Graf (Gantz Graf, 2002)
10. V-Proc (Draft 7.30, 2003)
11. LCC (Untilted, 2005)
12. Simmm (Quaristice, 2008)

Disc 2:
1. Piezo (Amber, 1994)
2. Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway (Skin Up, You're Already Dead) (Autechre Remix) (1994)
3. Vletrmx (Garbage, 1995)
4. Keynell 4 (Keynell (Gescom), 1996)
5. Draun Quarter (Envane, 1997)
6. Cichli (Chiastic Slide, 1997)
7. Krib (Cichli Suite, 1997)
8. Pir (EP7, 1999)
9. Drane (Peel Session, 1999)
10. Os viex3 (Oversteps, 2010)

Tried to cover their whole career, no more than one pick from each release. Since they've never been given the best-of treatment I tried to avoid being too obscure or personal with the selection. Disc one mostly showcases their harder, glitchier side, disc two is more melodic/ambient. No helpful descriptive titles though, they don't seem to fit in with the aesthetic.

Disc 2 contains one Gescom track, in theory Gescom is a loose collective any one of whom could have worked on it, but I'll be damned if Keynell isn't by Autechre alone, it contains so many of their sonic signatures. Keynell 4 in particular, the one chosen here, is a masterpiece of the layering and timing of simple elements.

Youtubes are just standard fan uploads, except for Gantz Graf which has the critically acclaimed video by Alex Rutterford.

er, Autechre, btw

and should just be 'Second Scepe'

VERY nice job on the Autechre comp. Is there no more room to squeeze in something from Move of Ten? (I would pick "pce freeze 2.8i" or "Iris was a Pupil," depending on which disc had room. Although, actually, I would break the "no more than one pick from each release" rule and add TR's "Eutow" first, if I could just squeeze in one more track on disc 2.)

Tracks I didn't know before browsing through your comp: the three remixes you picked, Keynell 4. Enjoyed all four of these.

Sorry Whiney, that came off a little passive aggressive. Not trying to throw down a gauntlet or anything, I would be genuinely interested to see what you'd come with. Can't get my head round Adult Themes I'm afraid. Maybe I was the wrong man for the job.

Still think my selection is two discs of great songs though.

― rhythm fixated member (chap), Saturday, September 11, 2010 11:08 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i may do this when I get my CD collection out of storage!

Nice work on the Autechre anthology, ledge, although I would have probably included Montreal or Nil from Amber. I haven't heard their most recent releases so will have to check out some of the tracks in your comp.

The Simple Minds best of is one of my favourite compilations so far. I recently put on Real to Real Cacophony and fell in love with it all over again. Great stuff Gerald.

Thanks, dude. Yeah "Reel To Real" seemed over-represented with 8 tracks but, damn, they're all so good! Most people are completely unaware of anything before "New Gold Dream", I wish this comp was real. "Early Gold" is as close as it gets, and it's paltry I comparison.

My second compilation.

You Still Can't Beat Me For Rock and Roll - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers 1971-1988

Disc 1
1. New Kind of Neighborhood (1988)
2. Ice Cream Man (1977)
3. It's You (1986)
4. She Cracked (1972)
5. Emaline (1979)
6. The Neighbors (1983)
7. Dignified & Old (1972)
8. Affection (1979)
9. The Beach (1985)
10. Somebody to Hold me (1983)
11. The New Teller (1976)
12. Just About Seventeen (1986)
13. Everything's Gotta be Right (1988)
14. I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms (1972)
15. Not Yet Three (1983)
16. Now is Better Than Before (1985)

Disc 2
1. That Summer Feeling (1983)
2. Roadrunner (1971)
3. I Must be King (1985)
4. Neon Sign (1986)
5. Abdul & Cleopatra (1979)
6. Afternoon (1977)
7. Rockin' Shoppin' Center (1976)
8. The Desert (1986)
9. Hospital (1971)
10. Chewing Gum Wrapper (1985)
11. You're the One For me (1983)
12. I Love Hot Nights (1988)
13. My Love is a Flower (Beginning to Grow) (1979)
14. Someone I Care About (1972)
15. The Morning of our Lives (Live) (1977)
16. Ancient Long Ago (1986)

xpost. Yeah I when I saw your track listing I did think that's quite a few from Real to Real but then I flicked through the album and totally got why you couldn't leave any of your choices off, it's such a great album.

The only song I would have added would have been Destiny which is my favourite song from the first album but it's a great introduction for anyone who doesn't know they were a great band to begin with. It's been stated many times but they really are one of the bands who had the biggest drop in quality going from brilliant to utter shit.

"I also want to have Casio keyboards on sail boats" - Arthur Russell

Limiting myself to one length of CD made matters difficult, given Russell's penchant (and mine) for extended jams. I feel bad about not including more Loose Joints material, "Tiger Stripes", "The Platform on the Ocean", some more from Instrumentals...But I stand by my selection, there's not a single track I don't love.

1. Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
2. Loose Joints - Tell You (Today)
3. Dinosaur L - #5 (Go Bang)
4. Arthur Russell - In the Light of the Miracle*
5. Arthur Russell - Let's Go Swimming (Gulf Stream Dub)
6. Arthur Russell - That's Us/Wild Combination
7. Arthur Russell - Hop on Down
8. Arthur Russell - Lucky Cloud*
9. Arthur Russell - See-Through
10. Arthur Russell - She's the Star/I Take this Time
11. Arthur Russell - Instrumentals 1 Part 1
12. Arthur Russell - A Little Lost
13. Bright and Early - Love is Overtaking Me
14. Flying Hearts - What it's Like

* These are versions from Another Thought

Spotify
Because of gaps in the Spotify catalogue, the playlist has a butchered 8-minute version of "Kiss Me Again" and the Francois Kervorkian remix of "Go Bang!" rather than the version from 24 -> 24 Music.

ledge, VERY nice job on the AE comp!!

Thanks! Fwiw, a couple of my selections on disc 1 were constrained by trying to squeeze it onto one cd - would prob have preferred Second Bad Vilbel (hence the typo), and Clipper instead of Dael. But these are minor quibbles. also Gelk instead of Gaekwad might have been a more populist choice, but the latter was just too awesome imo to leave out.

MX-80 SOUND – Roadblock Of Sound (The First Decayed 1976-1986)

1.Train To Loveland (1:46) Big Hits EP, 1976
2.Myonga Von Bontee (2:58) Big Hits EP
3.Tidal Wave (3:15) Big Hits EP
4.Man On The Move (3:55) Hard Attack LP, 1977
5.You’re Not Alone (3:39) Hard Attack LP
6.Civilized/Demeyes (5:17) Hard Attack LP
7.Afterbirth/Aftermath (4:27) Hard Attack LP
8.Felonious Funk (4:37) Live at the Library LP, recorded 1977
8.Lost In My Own Neighbourhood (4:49) (unreleased; recorded live at Monroe County Public Library, 1977)
8.Lady In Pain (2:50) Subterranean Modern LP, 1979 (Various Artists)
9.Someday You’ll Be King (3:18) Out of The Tunnel LP, 1980
10. White Night (4:17) b-side of “Someday You’ll Be King” single, 1980
11. Follow That Car (3:56) Out of The Tunnel LP
12. Gary & Priscilla (4:35) Out of The Tunnel LP
13. Metro-Teens (4:57) Out of The Tunnel LP
14.Face of The Earth (3:46) Crowd Control LP, 1981
15. Why Are We Here (2:55) Crowd Control LP
16. Night Rider (4:25) Crowd Control LP
17. Monster From Japan (2:20) Existential Lover cassette, 1986
18.I Have Lived Too Long (1:54) Existential Lover cassette
19. Mommy, Jimmy and Me (2:37) Existential Lover cassette
20. Orson (1:34) Existential Lover cassette

ledge, no Lexis - "Hynpotise (AE slow mix)"? For shame. If I'd put an AE comp together, I maybe would've had some more bangers in the "Eutow" vein (like "Calbruc") as opposed to the crunchy glitchy stuff, though including "Calbruc" would've knocked out "Cichli," and I don't think anyone is that poxy fulish.

Totally agree with "Keynell 4" -- in a weird way, the rest of the tracks sound a bit too like Autechre to be actually made by Booth and Brown (i.e. more like their buddies emulating their sound) but "Keynell 4" has got enough twists and flourishes to strike me as a genuine B&B production.

Ace graphic, though. Kind of prefer that the band name doesn't appear in that post, only the graphic and the track list, just in keeping with Ae's obscurity.

thanks for the shout out regarding my MBV one, though it was way easier than one would imagine it being (that being: easy). i just included something from each EP/LP in my collection (that would be all of them) ... actually i guess i kinda fail as a "greatest hits" artist. had i done that i probably would've just stuck loveless on a cd and screwed with the order of the songs.

You'll Never Go To Heaven - The Best of Michael Hurley
1 Open Up 2:52 (armchair boogie 1971)
2 I'm Gettin' Ready To Go 3:52 (snockgrass 1980)
3 The Portland Water 3:48 (wolfways 1994)
4 It Must Be Gelatine 2:55 (ida con snock 2009)
5 Blue Driver 3:39 (hi fi snock uptown 1972)
6 Slurf Song 3:16 (have moicy 1976)
7 Nat'l Weed Grower's Assoc. 3:08 (weatherhole 1999)
8 Eyes Eyes 3:15 (wolfways)
9 Grapefruit Juice Blues 4:24 (snockgrass)
10 The Beggar's Terms 3:31 (weatherhole)
11 Hog of the Forsaken 4:34 (ida con snock)
12 You'll Never Go To Heaven 2:36 (watertower 1987)
13 Werewolf 4:31 (armchair boogie)
14 I Can't Help Myself 3:20 (ida con snock)
15 Ditty Boy Twang 3:08 (sweetkorn 2002)
16 Ducks Yas Yas 4:17 (live in vienna 1995)
17 Driving Wheel 3:43 (have moicy)
18 Ragg Mopp 2:38 (ida con snock)
19 Vanessa 2:24 (weatherhole)
20 Water Train 2:58 (hi fi snock uptown)
21 Got Over It 3:51 (sweetkorn)
22 You Gonna Look Like A Monkey 3:57 (snockgrass)
23 Lush Green Trees 3:10 (watertower)

Hurley is notable for having numerous different versions of his songs scattered across his many albums, sometimes separated by decades of time. I am very particular about which ones I prefer, hence the large chunk from the relatively recent Ida Con Snock LP. The only wild card here is the live-in-Vienna version of "Ducks Yas Yas", courtesy of tape traders.

No idea how to do Spotify, sorry. My ILX webmail works if that helps. I know emil.y was excited about my Muslimgauze picks, but I have lost the tracklist for the best-of I made once upon a time and have to start from scratch. Gimme a couple of days.

http://imgur.com/KZNQZ.png

The Way We Were Before - The Zombies

1. The Way I Feel Inside
2. She's Not There
3. Summertime
4. Tell Her No
5. Whenever You're Ready
6. Is This the Dream
7. It's Alright With Me
8. I Want You Back Again
9. This Will Be Our Year
10. Time of the Season
11. Care of Cell 44
12. How we were before

Here's a bonus comp:

Let There Be Rock: The Best Of The Drive-By Truckers

Disc 1:
1. Demonic Possession (Gangstabilly)
2. The Living Bubba (Gangstabilly)
3. Panties In Your Purse (Gangstabilly)
4. 18 Wheels Of Love (Gangstabilly)
5. Bulldozers And Dirt (Pizza Deliverance)
6. Uncle Frank (Pizza Deliverance)
7. Ronnie And Neil (Southern Rock Opera)
8. The Three Great Alabama Icons (Southern Rock Opera)
9. Zip City (Southern Rock Opera)
10. Let There Be Rock (Southern Rock Opera)
11. Women Without Whiskey (Southern Rock Opera)
12. Life In The Factory (Southern Rock Opera)
13. Shut Up And Get On The Plane (Southern Rock Opera)
14. Angels And Fuselage (Southern Rock Opera)

Disc 2:
1. Outfit (Decoration Day)
2. Sounds Better In The Song (Decoration Day)
3. Careless (Decoration Day)
4. Do It Yourself (Decoration Day)
5. The Day John Henry Died (The Dirty South)
6. Carl Perkins' Cadillac (The Dirty South)
7. Lookout Mountain (The Dirty South)
8. Gravity's Gone (A Blessing And A Curse)
9. Easy On Yourself (A Blessing And A Curse)
10. Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife (Brighter Than Creation's Dark)
11. Daddy Needs A Drink (Brighter Than Creation's Dark)
12. Self Destructive Zones (Brighter Than Creation's Dark)
13. That Man I Shot (Brighter Than Creation's Dark)
14. A Ghost To Most (Brighter Than Creation's Dark)
15. Puttin' People On The Moon (live) (Live From Austin, TX)
16. TVA (The Fine Print)

I find that Cooley's songs jump out at me, hence a health dose from him. But I imagine this will be fairly controversial as DBT fans don't always agree on the best stuff on each album. And that's a credit to the strength of the material. I haven't had a chance to mull over the new album enough to make picks - I'd have to bump stuff from here, too, and I wouldn't want to!

I'm sorry guys, I think mine is going to take a little while longer. It's tough doing this when you have don't have a computer to work from. On the upside, I think my limited access to the mister's computer may produce a webmailable artefact. And you will want it. Oh yes.

i cant even remember who you are doing

Dagmar Krause, mofo. It will be awesome.

Stereolab
Banach-Tarski Rhubarb Moderator (with Explosions) - A Collection of Their Greatest Hits!

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4406/stereolabsleeve01web.jpg

Disc One: 1991-1996
01. Three-Dee Melodie - 5:03, from Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
02. French Disko - 4:27, originally appeared on the Jenny Ondioline EP (1993)
03. New Orthophony (full version) - 6:26, initially unreleased (recorded 1994); taken from Aluminum Tunes (Switched On, vol. 3) (1998)
04. Avant Garde M.O.R. - 4:10, from The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (1993)
05. The Way Will Be Opening - 4:10, originally appeared on the Super-Electric 10" (1991); taken from Switched On (1992)
06. Pack Yr Romantic Mind - 5:06, from Transient Random-Noise Bursts w/ Announcements (1993)
07. Pop Quiz - 3:44, originally appeared on the Music for the Amorphous Body Center soundtrack EP (1995)
08. Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (mellow) - 1:45, from The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (1993)
09. Golden Ball (studio) - 6:26, originally appeared on the Jenny Ondioline EP (1993)
10. Les Yper-Sound - 4:05, from Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
11. Crest - 6:05, from Transient Random-Noise Bursts w/ Announcements (1993)
12. Changer - 4:11, from AMC Radio 1 Sessions (2002); original version on the Stunning Debut Album 7" (1991)
13. Nihilist Assault Group (Parts 1, 2, 3) - 7:13, originally appeared on the Wow & Flutter EP (1994)
14. Peng 33 - 2:58, from AMC Radio 1 Sessions (2002); original version on Peng! (1992)
15. Lo Boob Oscillator - 6:37, originally appeared on the Lo Boob Oscillator 7" (1993)
16. Ping Pong - 3:02, from Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
17. Cybele's Reverie - 2:56, originally appeared on the Cybele's Reverie EP (1996)
18. Tone Burst (Country) - 2:13, initially recorded for an abandoned split- 7" w/ Spectrum (1993)

Disc Two: Jenny Ondioline
19. Jenny Ondioline - 18:08, from Transient Random-Noise Bursts w/ Announcements (1993)

Disc Three: 1996-2008
20. Metronomic Underground - 7:55, from Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
21. L `Exotisme Intérieur - 3:22, from the Explosante Fixe 7" (2008)
22. One Finger Symphony - 2:06, from Chemical Chords (2008)
23. Caliméro (w/ Brigitte Fontaine) - 6:27, from the Caliméro / Cache Cache 7" (1998)
24. Miss Modular - 4:29, from Dots & Loops (1997)
25. Kyberneticka Babicka pt. 1 - 4:32, originally appeared on the Kyberneticka Babicka 7" (2005); taken from Fab Four Suture (2006)
26. Olv 26 - 5:42, from Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
27. Spinal Column - 2:53, from the Miss Modular EP (1997)
28. Theme from 'Get Carter' - 3:23, originally appeared on the Volume 14 - Reading '95 comp. (1995)
29. Plasmids (w/ The High Llamas) - 1:23, from Turn On (1997) - a split LP w/ The High Llamas
30. Mass Riff - 4:26, from the Instant "O" in the Universe EP (2003)
31. Cellulose Sunshine - 2:36, from Chemical Chords (2008)
32. Vonal Declosion - 3:34, from Margerine Eclipse (2004)
33. University Microfilms International - 4:02, from the Rose, My Rocket Brain EP (2004)
34. Fluorescences - 3:23, originally appeared on the Fluorescences EP (1996)
35. Brakhage - 5:31, from Dots & Loops (1997)
36. Moodles - 7:23, originally appeared on the Captain Easychord EP (2001);
37. Escape Pod (From the World of Medical Observations) - 3:57, originally appeared on The Free Design EP (1999)
38. Jump Drive Shut-Out - 2:38, from the Solar Throw-Away 7" (2006)

Notes:

Somewhere here or elsewhere, I recently read a reasonable argument for Stereolab as a proper "singles band," and they are to the extent that they have a lot of 7"s that are a real pain in the ass to track down, but ultimately there is no convenient way to navigate their catalog. Actually, their best material is spread across so many formats & tucked away in so many nooks & crannies that, were it not for the helpful Switched On compilations & box sets, seeking any kind of comprehensive overview would be a fool's errand. I have been collecting their records since 1992 &, while I can't claim to have everything, I have hopefully taken in enough over the years to be able to assemble something approximating a reasonable, general "best-of" compilation.

Chronologically & stylistically, Emperor Tomato Ketchup is an obvious dividing line - it is their last release to feature any of the VU/motorik tendencies of their early years & their first to embrace the post-rock, IDM, pop & jazz elements which informed their later records. So the installments are divided b/w pre-&-post-1996 tracks, with ETK tracks on either side & "Jenny Ondioline" presented separately as their career centerpiece (duh). I realize I cheated a bit by extending the play length to encompass an extra disc, The Groop's catalog is difficult enough to pare down w/o having to make space for a twenty-minute superjam.

Obviously, this is ridiculously subjective, so I encourage ILXors to mess w/ the trax lineup & argue for their substitutions/omissions/etc. b/c I am aware that Stereolab is pretty sacred business around here.

*Listen to this playlist (on Grooveshark - sorry, no Spotify, but this should work universally).

*Webmail me for a link to yr own copy..

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, "Souvenir"

http://www.hardformat.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/omd-c-5.jpg

Disc 1 - "Radio"
01. Electricity - 3:39, Single (1979)
02. Red Frame/White Light - 3:10, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)
03. Messages - 4:06, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)
04. Enola Gay - 3:33, Organisation (1980)
05. Souvenir - 3:39, Architecture & Morality (1981)
06. Joan of Arc - 3:48, Architecture & Morality (1981)
07. Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) - 4:12, Architecture & Morality (1981)
08. Telegraph - 2:57, Dazzle Ships (1983)
09. Locomotion - 3:53, Junk Culture (1984)
10. Talking Loud and Clear - 4:20, Junk Culture (1984)
11. (Forever) Live and Die - 3:38, The Pacific Age (1986)
12. Sailing on the Seven Seas - 3:45, Sugar Tax (1991)

Disc 2 - "Semaphore"
01. Almost - 3:40, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)
02. Stanlow - 6:30, Organisation (1980)
03. She's Leaving - 3:28, Architecture & Morality (1981)
04. Sealand - 7:47, Architecture & Morality (1981)
05. Georgia - 3:24, Architecture & Morality (1981)
06. Dazzle Ships (Parts II, III & VII) - 2:21, Dazzle Ships (1983)
07. The Romance of the Telescope - 3:27, Dazzle Ships (1983)
08. Silent Running - 3:34, Dazzle Ships (1983)
09. All Wrapped Up - 4:25, Junk Culture (1984)
10. La Femme Accident - 2:50, Crush (1985)
11. If You Leave - 4:30, Single (1986)

Pillbox, can't wait to sink into the SLab comp, but I'm pretty sure that AMC Radio 1 Sessions ought to be ABC Radio 1 Sessions?

http://imgur.com/AAwWf.png

[Jorge Ben] - Jorge Ben

1. A Banda do Zé Pretinho (A Banda do Zé Pretinho, 1978)
2. Chove Chuva (Samba Esquema Novo, 1963)
3. Zagueiro (Solta o Pavão, 1975)
4. Take It Easy, My Brother Charles (Jorge Ben, 1969)
5. Oba Lá Vem Ela (Força Bruta, 1970)
6. Ponta De Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) (África Brasil, 1976)
7. Os Alquimistas Estão Chegando Os Alquimistas (A Tábua de Esmeralda, 1974)
8. Amante Amado(A Banda do Zé Pretinho, 1978)
9. Ive Brussel (Salve Simpatia, 1979)
10. Carolina, Carol Bela (Carolina 12", 1969
11. Georgia (Tropical, 1977)
12. Comanche (Negro E Lindo, 1971)
13. Menina Mulher da Pele Preta (A Tábua de Esmeralda, 1974)
14. Mas que Nada (Samba Esquema Novo, 1963)
15. Pais Tropical (Jorge Ben, 1969)
16. Santa Clara Clareou (Bem Vinda Amizade, 1981)

Jorge Ben has released over 30 albums so I tried to limit the compilation to what I consider his most essential songs up until 1981. Hopefully this songs will pique interest to newcomers and will prompt them to check out the rest of his catalogue.
Spotify doesn't work in my country terribly sorry for not providing a streaming playlist.
Cover is a lazy revamp of his 1969 self titled album so I decided to be extra lazy and give the same title to the compilation.
Hope you enjoy.

xp - yr right, AMC was a typo.

Pixies-24 favorites
1.Debaser
2.Allison
3.Alec Eiffel
4.Vamos
5.Velouria
6.Cactus
7.No.13 baby
8.Wave of mutilation
9.Subbacultcha
10.Levitate me
11.Monkey gone to heaven
12.Ana
13.Silver
14.Rock music
15.U-mass
16.Gouge away
17.Gigantic
18.There goes my gun
19.The sad punk
20.The happening
21.Bone machine
22.Space(I believe in)
23.Hey
24.Motorway to Roswell

xp - Thanks for the Jorge Ben! I only have the s/t and Africa Brasil (AB being one of my favourite albums ever), I'll check out the other selections.

that stereolab comp is going to kick so much ass at work today. Someone said earlier than 2 discs seems like both too much and not enough. 90 minutes is probably the right amount of Stereolab.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2irrxix.jpg

The Best of The (Square) Roots Crew

1. Writers Block (Organix)
2. Rising Down (Rising Down)
3. Rolling Heat (Phrenology)
4. Dynamite! (Things Fall Apart)
5. Don't Feel Right (Game Theory)
6. The Seed 2.0 (Phrenology)
7. Table of Contents Pt. 1 & 2 (Things Fall Apart)
8. 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction) (Rising Down)
9. Proceed (Do You Want Me?!!!!??!)
10. Break You Off (Phrenology)
11. Push Up Ya Lighter (Illadelph Halflife)
12. Walk Alone (How I Got Over)
13. Don't Say Nuthin (The Tipping Point)
14. Distortion To Static (From The Ground Up EP)
15. Guns Are Drawn (The Tipping Point)
16. Clones (Illadelph Halflife)
17. Do You Want Me?!!!!??! (Do You Want Me?!!!!??!)
18. Dear God 2.0 (How I Got Over)
19. You Got Me (The Roots Come Alive)
20. What They Do (Illadelph Halflife)

Email me at samuelpooley @ gmail .com for either the doom or the roots and i'll get back to you in the next couple days.

I'm putting together my beach boys comps and am having an existential fanboy crisis over whether to put in "Girl Don't Tell Me" over "California Girls". Everything else is pretty much set. It's basically impossible to justify but I really want to do it.

do it then. its a highly subjective best of from yr point of view and i think we all like this thread because of such personal touches.

" New Pop-Wunderkind ": Todd Rundgren's Golden Era (1970-1978)

http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz334/tim_othy1/TODDBACK_thumb.jpg

Disk One: Does Anybody Love You?

1. We Gotta Get You A Woman ( Runt ,1970)
2. Love Of The Common Man ( Faithful ,1976)
3. *Marlene *Skip to 4:14 ( Something/Anything ,1972)
4. *Determination *Skip to 1:34 ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
5. The Range War ( Runt:The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren ,1971)
6. Does Anybody Love You? ( A Wizard, A True Star ,1973)
7. All The Children Sing ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
8. Slut ( Something/Anything ,1972)
9. *Believe In Me *Skip to 4:33 ( Runt ,1970)
10. Just One Victory ( A Wizard, A True Star ,1973)
11. *Lucky Guy *Skip to 2:32 ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
12. I Saw The Light ( Something/Anything ,1972)

Disk Two: A Dream Goes On Forever

1. Wailing Wall ( Runt:The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren ,1971)
2. Couldn't I Just Tell You ( Something/Anything ,1972)
3. A Dream Goes On Forever ( Todd ,1974)
4. You Don't Have To Camp Around ( A Wizard, A True Star ,1973)
5. Piss Aaron ( Something/Anything ,1972)
6. Real Man ( Initiation ,1975)
7. Hello It's Me ( Something/Anything ,1972)
8. You Need Your Head ( A Wizard, A True Star ,1973)
9. Can We Still Be Friends ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
10. The Night The Carousel Burned Down ( Something/Anything ,1972)
11. Hurting For You ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
12. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference ( Something/Anything ,1972)

* Finally got around to doing this and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I download Rundgren's complete discography about 4 months ago and slowly started dipping into all his LP's, having previously only heard 'Hermit Of Mink Hollow'. I would now consider myself to be slightly obsessed with his songs. Genius isn't a word to be used lightly, but the amount of brilliant production, chord progressions, hooks and melodies is undeniable. My interest kind of trailed off after Hermit....there are some decent tracks from later albums, but overall they pale in comparison to his best period (1970-1978). I sequenced it in a build up and release way, that avoids having too many ballads in a row and hopefully sustains interest. Also, some tracks kind of compliment & bleed into each other (e.g the cymbals and synths of 'All the Children Sing' flows nicely into the style of 'The Night The Carousel Burned Down' . Mainly, I just wanted to make a decent introduction to Todd Rundgren, thus the inclusion of obvious tracks like 'I Saw The Light', 'Hello It's Me' etc. Anyways, have a listen and see what you think.

I've been doing Spotify playlists for the compilations I'm most interested in, links are below for anyone who wants them:

Stereolab

OMD Disc 1

OMD Disc 2

Pixies

Haven't forgotten my XTC and Rain Parade lists, just back from holiday, will organise once decompressed.

Those Stereolab and Roots comps look unreal. Can't wait to dig into them.

Yeah, excellent work on the 'lab, Pillbox. Kudos in particular for not doing it chronologically, which is the obvious temptation but not very Stereolab-esque (cf. Switched Ons 2 and 3 and the Oscillions box), and for the way you deal with the millstone that is Jenny O.

Including a track by Turn On is my only quibble. A separate "Stereolab side projects" best of / anthology is surely called for! ;)

Unrest, Can't Sit Still: 1986 - 1993

1. "Yes She Is My Skinhead Girl" (7-inch mix), from International Hip Swing
2. "Winona Ryder" (Xx Version), from B.P.M. (1991-1994)
3. "Malcolm X Park," from Malcolm X Park
4. "I Do Believe You Are Blushing," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
5. "Can't Sit Still," from Malcolm X Park
6. "Suki," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
7. "The Gas Chair," from Malcolm X Park
8. "Nation Writer," from Isabel Bishop e.p. CD
9. "Bavarian Mods" (Remix), from B.P.M. (1991-1994)
10. "Cherry Cherry" (7" 45 version), from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
11. "Imperial," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
12. "Angel I'll Walk You Home," from Perfect Teeth
13. "Where Are All Those Puerto Rican Boys," from "Cath Carroll" promotional CD
14. "Cath Carroll," from Perfect Teeth
15. "Champion Nines," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
16. "Teenage Suicide" (credited to "Naomi Wolff"), from Teenbeat 50
17. "Cats," from Fuck Pussy Galore" (And All Her Friends) CD/compilation
18. "June," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
19. "Make Out Club," from Perfect Teeth
20. "Christina," from Malcolm X Park
21. "Wednesday & Proud (7" Remix), from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)

^feeling this

hey guys who emailed me about roots/doom - i promise i will get off my arse and download the last couple tracks i don't have on my pc, compile it up and send it to you by friday. surprisingly busy two weeks, sorry!