One of my usual end-of-year projects is to create a CD of my favorite songs which came out in the past year. This year, thanks to cool technology, I was able to upload mp3s of the songs to 8tracks.com and I can share them with you all!
Here's the full song list, in order on the CD:
Post It 4:02 The Aluminum Group Little Happyness
Horizon 4:23 Ashby The Best of Marina Records
Birthday 3:30 The Bird And The Bee One Too Many Hearts
The Motorbike Song 4:23 Justin Jude
Beautiful Eyes 3:54 The Aluminum Group Little Happyness
El Fusilado 2:32 Chumbawamba The Boy Bands Have Won
Far Away 3:50 The Hampdens The Last Party
Librarian 4:16 My Morning Jacket Evil Urges
Je Suis Un Parisien 3:41 Jean-paul Elysee Pourtant
Oxford Comma 3:16 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
Quotidien 2:57 Sandrine Kiberlain Putumayo Presents Acoustic France
Walcott 3:42 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
Unstoppable 3:33 Santogold Santogold
This Is The Life 3:05 Amy Macdonald This Is The Life
How Am I To Be 3:05 The Watson Twins Fire Songs
All This Beauty 3:20 The Weepies Hideaway
You Don’t Love Me Yet 3:52 Winterpills Central Chambers
Add Me 3:28 Chumbawamba The Boy Bands Have Won
Secret Blue Thread 4:23 Winterpills Central Chambers
One Fine Day 4:55 David Byrne & Brian Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Lovely Day 3:26 The Aluminum Group Little Happyness
Notes
Due to licensing restrictions, I could only include 2 songs by each artist. I'd only chosen 2 Winterpills songs, so they were safe, but I had to deselect something from the Aluminum Group; you can see their Beautiful Eyes video below.
I can only listen to 30-second clips from each song in my mix -- hope they sound ok to you!
If you like any of these songs or artists, please consider buying their CD!
The Aluminum Group - Beautiful Eyes from epb21 on Vimeo.
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