My Spotify playlists, let me show you them

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cheers dl! there's lots of stuff their that you'll sigh wearily at, but hope you find some new bits there too

i was gonna say, I had it on in the cr yesterday and there was very little I already knew, and lots and lots to like!

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I assumed the Phil Collins was going to be a drone band I'd not heard of, but nope. Phil Collins. Helluva of a lead-off.

ha, that was kind of accidental, but hey - go hard and go phil

Spotify Wrapped giving me weird results this year, possibly a side effect of using the app less thanks to less work stability. Still, seems odd that Gordon Lightfoot is my top artist when not one of his tracks landed in my 100 most-played.

Mine is 50% video game soundtracks I listen to at work. Any ideas if there's a way for it not to count stuff like this?

My top artist was Yosi Horikawa. Top of the decade was Susanne Sundfør. I kind of liked the little story it made up for me

mine said i 'really vibed with iglooghost - i explored 13 of their songs, listened to 2 of their albums, and spent over 1 hours with them'!

That sounded grumpier than I meant it too, Nick - some great stuff on here!

What is Spotify's deal with Hendrix? He's my number 3 artist of the year, but I don't think I've listened to him at all.

how many minutes did y'all listen this year? i'm doubling even my most music-obsessed friends so i want to know that i'm not alone

943 new artists, 86 countries, 55k minutes... which is a new low apparently.

xp well Iglooghost does have a very high vibes to time ratio

904 new artists, 57 countries, 71.9k minutes (!)

Favorite new artist: Sault, 1736 new artists, 89 countries, 36k minutes.

One factor that probably upset my data is falling asleep listening to an album or podcast that kept looping/going. I appreciate that the app seemed to get the idea eventually that I didn't want it to loop albums (i.e., it didn't keep going back to the default looping).

I liked that last year’s data showed you how many different music genres you listened to. This time it only shows you your top 5 music genres.

i listened to much fewer minutes than last year 58k compared to 79k... not entirely sure why. still, not bad but i really feel like i've slipped when it comes to listening to music in general for some reason.

Top non-soundtrack artists: Big Thief, Scott Walker, Autechre (no surprise there)
87 different countries (wow!)

Someone called TPR who did an orchestral version of the Chrono Trigger soundtrack has been my top artist two years running, LOOOL

maybe Glenn could tell us our microgenres again :D

lol my kids annihilated my decade

congrats, Mark Mancina; your symphonic work on the Moana soundtrack kept them sleeping just long enough to think THIS night was the one where they wouldn't invade our bedroom

My kid annihilated my year and decade too, having a Premium family plan really makes these summaries kinda meaningless. According to my summary all I listen to is the Hamilton soundtrack, Marshmello, One Direction and "Flamingo" by Kero Kero Bonito.

I went through the embarrassment of not immediately recognizing my top artist of the decade lol. Klára Körmendi, thank you for your Satie.

the majority of my top stuff is stuff my kids or wife listens to. LOL at my number 3 song being the Pink Panther theme by Henry Mancini, which my daughter was weirdly obsessed with for a while this summer.

Anyway, 1303 new artists, 86 countries, 51450 minutes

2019 ain't nearly over yet, but:

844 new artists, 55 countries, 22534 minutes (a new peak, it's been about that level for each of the past 4 years but going up slightly year on year)

top 2019 artist completely skewed by the fact that I listened to nearly all of the Bobbie Gentry Girl from Chickasaw County box set once, one weekend

artist of the decade: Red Velvet (fair enough)

i got 90 countries and felt quite good about that

xp yeah this is early. Do they include the previous December in these things?

my AOTD was Joyce Manor, which, accurate enough

I listened for 100,000 minutes

when and why did the slideshow go away?

Just put me in the fucking ground already.

https://i.imgur.com/aHAML8a.png

Things that play for hours (sleep/sexytimes) won out: Maya Jane Coles, Khruangbin, apparently J.J. Cale...

Just put me in the fucking ground already.

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AN HOUR AGO.

Missed the EOY noms thread because I'm a doofus, so here are my Top 50 songs of 2019:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6aSKZfPotvtcQPB7cthGbm?si=Z5XR91tmSHuTsjy1xiSZcw

And here is my Top 100 tracks of the 2010s
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KVncdt2Pzxv6fjl43AnrU?si=FY2BhYB9TaCcOvwlToJ6OQ

nice selection!

excellent

I helped put together a playlist for a work party that celebrates Black History Month:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1VETLZKxcZ78EMgFqtXXsC?si=cdAYBxiXRCO1zTPK4x8RSw

I made a pseudo-pan-African-pop/not-pop playlist for the rolling afro 2020 thread and lots of Afro-adjacent threads, generously defined - of course including the (South African) House of Sun-El and Amapiano threads. It’s already 108 tracks deep, so enjoy!

ILM rolling✳️all-inclusive✳️afro 2020

As a distraction from all this self-isolating I’ve started a mandala-like approach to making playlists. I made “A Playlist for Today” - roughly ten songs which I will delete and replace with roughly ten other songs every couple of days. First one is up and I’ll probably replace it with a new mix tomorrow:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5cgWPbrz6uBPlN9g846TZG?si=6UkzMIoRRFKOck3_ZCAsUg

As of today the track list is:

1. Sam Cooke: Lost and Lookin’
2. Colleen: Push the Boat onto the Sand
3. Harry Belafonte: Jamaica Farewell
4. Palace: Gulf Shores
5. Daniel Lanois: Space Love
6. Delmore Brothers: Take Away this Lonesome Day
7. Tony Caro & John: Waltz for a Spaniel
8. Christopher Bissonnette: Color Deceives Continuously
9. Terry Callier: Cotton Eyed Joe
10. Les Paul & Mary Ford: Vaya Con Dios

So, one of my bars called 'Voodoo' has djs and live acts on the weekend, but we also have two revolving Spotify playlists + a huge, local files Itunes playlist. We use them on downtime and on weekdays. We use a 'day playlist' from 2pm - 7pm and a 'night playlist' from 7pm until 2am. I sometimes use theSE on house parties too, as they have a little bit of everything and work well as background music.

Voodoo Día: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/72IhufyFMawe4bClFQCy8F?si=eLi2RZ1jRgelI0_qyAx4Sg

Voodoo Noche: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0dAQfoZGFwKQ6j6Npuiu8w?si=EH_xN9SzSni4hruBZ503_Q

I love Callier's "Cotton Eyed Joe" so much.

Called this 'Self Isolating Sounds' but it's mostly just a bunch of lesser heard classics from the 60s and 70s that I really really love

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0XSqYti3E2T4cT9s5ZnOBA?si=6U_520RfQJK5_janw9QdMA

This is a real nice list, having a mellow afternoon listening to it.

Lots of good stuff in that self-isolating playlist.

btw as promised I redid my "today" playlist - whole different batch of songs now.

As a distraction from all this self-isolating I’ve started a mandala-like approach to making playlists. I made “A Playlist for Today” - roughly ten songs which I will delete and replace with roughly ten other songs every couple of days. First one is up and I’ll probably replace it with a new mix tomorrow:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5cgWPbrz6uBPlN9g846TZG?si=6UkzMIoRRFKOck3_ZCAsUg

Bumping to thank you for this and encourage others to listen – the latest iteration is a dreamy peach.

Dog latin I'm really enjoying your playlist, those Roches songs are something else

Thank you Alba! They're fun to make. I assume no one but me is listening to them but I enjoy the game of trying to make a succinct mix - and all the more gratifying to know that anyone else is listening and enjoying.