My Spotify playlists, let me show you them

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Someone posted a post punk/ synthpop playlist link on the other thread- any chance of a re-up?

RawP's ILX Feb 09 list for starters: http://open.spotify.com/user/raw_patrick/playlist/5QqAXZcbQtPFL0w1ShUiem

Spotify would be the ideal place to host the famous ILM Rough Guides... if people are willing to put in the hard work (and if their catalogue is up to the job). The threads:

The Rough Guide to . . .
The Rough Guide Two...
The Rough Guide Part 3 (and general redux) - 15 tracks max or one CD only
A Rough Guide To ILM Touchstones

Hmm I might have a go at that on Sunday...

Someone posted a post punk/ synthpop playlist link on the other thread- any chance of a re-up?

Doubt Beat

Great, thanks Jamie!

And I've just started a Prince album tracks one, but I've made it collaborative, so if anyone wants to add a load of stuff, particularly off all the more recent albums, which I don't know at all, go for it.

Prince LP Trax

I think this is what it could be really good for, collabortaive lists to accompany POX threads or whatever.

I've been re-reading Vahid's proto-kozmigroovers and Jaxon's jazz goes pop jazz goes disco threads and listening to all those records on Spotify.

I'm working on a Paradise Garage playlist, but there's a way to go yet.

Hopefully someone will post a ILX best of 2008 Poll playlist.

I've been working on that as well, but there are a surprising number of not-founds.

ILM Tracks of 2008 (currently missing "Whispers", "House Jam", "The Long Way Home", "National Shite Day", "Minimal", "Official Girl", "Bongo Jam", "Entropy Reigns", "Until We Bleed").

Village Voice Pazz & Jop: Top 100 singles

Rocktimists Critics Poll Tracks 2008

The Pitchfork 500

UK Top 40 singles (plus a few stragglers)

ILM Rough Guide to Britpop.

Comic Songs and other amusing novelties

This playlist is collaborative so feel free to add to it.

ILM Rough Guide to Baggy.

ILM Rough Guide to Industro-Pop.

ILM Rough Guide to Techstep. (All 7 tracks of it...)

NME Critics' Singles Poll 1981.
(41 tracks out of 50 found)

Great idea, ledge!

Well let's just hope they stay afloat so this isn't all in vain. And that they add more obscuro '80s and '90s stuff to the catalogue or these will remain incomplete:

ILM Rough Guide to the Bo Diddley Beat
ILM Rough Guide to Vocoders etc
ILM Rough Guide to Electro (all 6 tracks)

ILM Rough Guide to Neil Young (missing "This Note's For You

")

Helpful (perhaps obvious) hint: the no. of tracks returned in a search list is limited, you may get more if you click through to the artist. And you can search for/jump to tracks there just by typing the start of the name.

ILM Rough Guide to David Bowie (missing Drowned Girl)

ILM Rough Guide to Orbital (missing You Lot)

Nearly all of the Rough Guide to Early-Mid 60s Nashville.

ILX 2007 Tracks Poll Results

Several tracks missing (Radiohead,Spoon...) and sadly no Ewan Pearson remix of Cortney Tidwell but still gets the bulk of the list.

ILM 2008 Albums Poll Results

To be completed, obv. And I could only find 20 of the 40, and one of them's the wrong version of the album... but still, it's something...

ILX 2007 Tracks Poll Results
Erm, this is 2008...?

Oh crap, ignore me. I've been down the pub.

These are brilliant - keep them coming, and thanks for the work involved so far.

The Face - Best Singles of 1986

OMFG I WAS JUST LISTENING TO THAT PLAYLIST ABOVE AND COMPILING THE ROUGH GUIDE TO SOFT ROCK, AND JUST AS I ADDED VAN HALEN WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE, VAN HALEN WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE CAME ON

and no i didn't double click or anything, it was definitely playing from the 'the face' playlist.

Anyway, three or four omissions in each of these, but still a decent selection.
ILM Rough Guide to Soft Rock
ILM Rough Guide to R&B, 91-96

Spotify playlists to replace the mixtape?

Melody Maker Critics' Poll - 1988 Singles.

Only a 50% success rate on this selection, but it captures the essence.

Spotify playlists to replace the mixtape?

The mix-what now?

(All but a few missing tracks of) some dude's double-disc SD mix from You Got De Steely Dan Mixtape

Personal top 40 Pet Shop Boys b-sides and album tracks not really including remixes except where it does

Pitchfork Top 100 2008

ILM Top 100 Tracks of the 70s (includes a few inferior alternative versions of songs inc. 'More More More' because the originals aren't there, and a couple of replacements for songs not on there at all) - and sorry it's ordered topdown

Really good. I've now become a Spotify subscriber - more out of a sense that I support what they're doing and hope they fully succeed, more than finding the adverts irritating.

yeah i'm subscribing too now. gotta support the good service.

having said that it's just stopped scrobbling for some reason...

As I moaned on the other thread: hasn't scrobbled properly for me (or a shitload of other Mac users) for two weeks now; despite a lengthy thread on Get Satisfaction in which a Spotify chap promised us they'd worked out what the problem was, we're still waiting on the upgrade. Given that it was an (unwanted/un-asked-for/forced-upon-us) upgrade that fucked it in the first place, I've kind of gone off it a bit.

Yeh, I know, wau wau wau, whining about a service that gives me free music, etc ... ach, see the other thread for my semi-feeble justification.

New ILM Spring collabo playlist.

Really busy at the mo' but thought I'd throw this out... feel free to add to it any music that 18 month old twins might like.

They usually get played Woody & Leadbelly, trad R&R, doo-wop (especially!), and the boy gets terribly excited jumping up and down to that Come on "Baby, Let's Go Down Town" song on Tonight's the Night!

Toddlermusik-Bend My Children's Minds

Useless thing.. let me try this again:

Toddlermusik-Bend My Children's Minds

New ILM Spring collabo playlist.

woah that Phil Collins track is v Phoenixy - nice

nice!

I've lovingly recreated this rocksteady mix tape, with a few omissions and only one or two substitutions. Sometimes later re-recordings of tracks were available, but I opted not to use them, since the sound is kind of the thing here.

Prince Pauper's Rock Steady Revue

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pqXLeSqTFLhr0Pa8hgrUp?si=9SBJWgVDQkSICkHtzusmpg

My much-acclaimed “at the bar” playlist returns!

I quite like this film soundtrack playlist I compiled lately

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3l67pog2U2dXyXlJa2CfBC?si=qk32hqCPSgOUdznD5XypzQ

those are some soothing soundtracks, much needed on a monday

You're welcome!

Songs for Forest Dwellers:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Is4SdGF7WSraCzcvdmJvg

Songs for Ornithologists:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/25K8jGdiMXKq4kdub0DhZh

A sort of Melody Maker compilation:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WNCUK2moLElB1CeOkMxVm

Songs for Drinking:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5qSKGB3zpzO0q5efbkm3S4

here are 894 songs more or less *about* drinking

can't really speak to their value *while* drinking despite endless efforts

1: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6KZRbbDnmmh4wZHZe54vVI

2: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26cG90PpJjWOVW4ANFInEY

more like 712 without dupes; my bad

also https://open.spotify.com/playlist/314yHshyUSAHCCkpYrCoRb

To be fair, whatever they're called, most of my playlists are songs for drinking.

Some more ...

Bottle 1, Bottle 2 - A Tindersticks compilation
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6qyrg5nOGWRfDofEbvF0fJ

Late May 2022, had wine, Boomkat classical
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yBvydRPnLza5ijwEHKPC7

A friend who is pretty much stuck in the 90’s music-wise asked me to make him a playlist of modern trip-hop influenced music. I’m still adding-removing things but might as well share it here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/44oDEZiTjrIung29WSxRAn

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pqXLeSqTFLhr0Pa8hgrUp?si=U0jB2qVgTJuCuVTTrtJMiQ&pi=u-g5ZLNQhuTlSb

Here’s my 2023 Faves, for anyone who carez…

Will listen

pretty hip bar

drone/fuzz/expandomind listening from the last few months

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3lnz0atkXFoF1U8sBabvuU?si=qCek9ZAeTSiKeehThPrkyw

this is the year i gave up and became a spotify user. part of me doesn't feel good about it. the other part is elated to be able to make playlists like this one, which recreates the radio station my high school besties and i used to listen to. to me it evokes a time of waiting for a song i liked to come on so i could tape it, of sitting in my room for hours on end and calling in to win free tapes and CDs as much as humanly possible.

we all participated in making it and frankly it's one of the highlights of my truly abysmal year. a micro-highlight was one day when i remembered the lyric "I'll cross that bridge when I get to it" and googled until i found out what the song was, after 30+ years. i truly dislike many of these songs but it effectively recreates the experience of listening to the station and that brings me joy.
https://bit.ly/3NDv1IK

the station was operated by the local public school district but behaved more like a college station and drew from those charts. our playlist represents the time we listened to it, roughly 88-93. back in the last century lol.

i love this post -- can't wait to listen

Loving La Lechera's list. Pure nostalgia

Glad you’re enjoying! It’s so evocative for me that I choose when to listen to it strategically. I love that I have the same zing feeling when a song i like comes on.

They used to have “mini concerts” aka blocks of songs by one artist and I lived for the day they did the Replacements one. When I hear Sixteen Blue in this context, alongside a random assortment of songs I heard contemporaneously, I can hear it through the ears of young me again. It’s a delight!

Can't really follow that, but here's as far as I got with playlists on Spotify, which I've long neglected in favor of Bandcamp and free version of YouTube Music: Beatles songs about Relationships and other relationships, though don't remember why "Blackbird" is in here--guess it's another milestone moment, like "Blue Jay Way." (Does NOT Incl. "The Long and Winding Road")
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2tDdze0ZilOW2Mr9zb1fht

I’ve been doing a dive into old country lately, so I whipped up this playlist of my favorite songs turning 75 in 2024.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4i4ie6qNnwU8j4U3Ir0sgG?si=YbNh197WTxubNhQooonHYA&pi=u-VvXljh_CReC0

some brasil tunes I like a lot
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WFfO5nty18uTotnOR5TWl?si=ceda1e8fc84245c9

oh thanks! loads I haven't heard on there so if it's alright, I'm going to steal em and add them to my own Brazil playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/78UU2EHqZA6rAbqR7XYxyK?si=95c11bad89544f9d

rock on!

I'll check out your picks too B-)

I'm not sure how to describe the vibe of this playlist, but it is a vibe. I guess slightly quirky 90s alt-pop that doesn't really fit into a neat category? Any further suggestions welcome

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hBidqirYYlWzLx0FhoNil?si=df24f2b6a6614630

not mine but this a.s.o. playlist is extremely on brand, if you're into their 90s vibe (triphoppy drums, William Orbit space) you might find some tunes here

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IQt4CZQx9TtmgevFU3rBK

Buncha pop sounds from the turn of the 80s that may not have seemed similar at the time, but suddenly felt very similar to me this weekend. Commonalties? Crisp production, bass forward for the time, coked up tempos?

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zrO912FhbLtNwNvRbBjIH?si=876e19d0d35042e1

Here's one I've been slowly adding to over the last couple of years and really enjoy. Starting with cool West Coast jazz and then gradually moving out into other territories, it's a lovely mellow listen:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ell3L13v5iq9jgpYUgevg?si=4fa8abb2b6f44745

Ooh, that does look right up one of my favourite streets. Saved!

Nice, I've just been through it a bit and pruned it as some things weren't quite working. It's one of my faves though

looks great! can’t go wrong starting off with lateef’s “love theme from Spartacus”

not mine but appreciate the effort:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ttSND5C3wBI9ELzSCH5Xh

https://i.imgur.com/vBUAorH.jpeg

About time I added this!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pqXLeSqTFLhr0Pa8hgrUp?si=JtzHMJDXQQG-qpXh4IAspQ&pi=u-Rtok-mp3SD2R

I have a whole bunch of mood and ambient playlists I've compiled over the years. Here's my latest. It's vaguely themed around that drowsy hermetic feeling of being caught somewhere between a late night hotel room and a telephone dialtone

On Hold - a Club Stoic playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4yHmC8SOK6KJ7vUbfPigtg?si=AtL4DnL3RFiyOBtIqvXz3w&pi=DbgxCq_PQbmSs

Riding Bus X82: 100 Reggae & Dub Classics - a Club Stoic playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1iA8wyuT1S7MeNc5N96JBv?si=0f9df65709984285

Blurb:
I've been listening to dub and reggae since my late teens, so picking 100 favourite tracks for this playlist was no mean feat. Reggae is such a wide, wide church, with a history as long and illustrious as rock music.

Since the early days of ska, through rocksteady, roots, dub and dancehall, Jamaican music has evolved in countless different ways and permutations. The fact that this relatively small country can have had so many effects upon the world is remarkable.

There are extremely strong arguments to say that Lee "Scratch" Perry and King Tubby have had a bigger hand in influencing the music we hear on dancefloors and on the radio than any other producers. And also to say that Bob Marley was one of the most important and influential rockstars of all time based on his public profile and the quality of his music.

So, in the spirit of those excellent 100% Dynamite compilations from Soul Jazz that initially got me into Jamaican and Caribbean music, here are 100 songs in no specific order, which I feel represent the genre of reggae and the cream of the crop.

There are a lot of obvious songs missing, but in the interests of editing I decided to prize remarkable but lesser-known tunes above over-worn faves.

That link might be wrong. Try this one https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1iA8wyuT1S7MeNc5N96JBv?si=03207775be0640cc

I'm so there, not the least because of your latest screen name.

Been enjoying this mix all morning, thanks dog latin

Cheers all.

A friend converted it to Apple Music for me

https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/riding-bus-x82-100-reggae-dub-classics-a-club-stoic-playlist/pl.u-qM6sB1byY

this looks excellent!

My 2024 drone/drowned listening

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Hz2bAs43DaWhvjf5wTfC4?si=860af10d661841a7

not mine, but: 204 songs produced by quincy jones

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/11d4TZokTJmhU6qkYmLhlH

This one's a bit of a WIP but it's going for a vibe that's like drifting in and out of consciousness as you wait on the phone in a hermetically sealed hotel room in a futuristic city. Further suggestions welcome

S E A L - a Club Stoic playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4yHmC8SOK6KJ7vUbfPigtg?si=4bb1a9c276dd451e

I banged on on another thread about music with a particular drifting quality - things that fall on a downtempo, wombic, skittery spectrum; things that work with train travel or walking through an urban environment at dusk.

Anyway, I've collected things as I've gone and here's the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VO2Z3hA2cGO41LGZpE9Jo?si=3hVNhkfpRACxOZDuBzV5qQ

Very much open to suggestions.

wow, a lot of stuff to love

yeah, saved this one

love that Tomaga track