Fix Your Life
Life affirming songs. Elixir in musical form. Play them loud. Cleanse your being. What are yours? |
1 | | New Order Blue Monday
Incomporable |
2 | | Porter Ricks Biokinetics
"Port Gentil"
Forget space. The Ocean is the place. |
3 | | Boris Flood
"Flood 3"
Forget space. The Ocean is the place.[2] |
4 | | Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas
"Frou-Frou Foxes In Foxes in Midsummer Fire"
LOVE |
5 | | My Bloody Valentine Loveless
"Only Shallow"
Let the riff consume you. |
6 | | Slowdive Pygmalion
"Crazy For You"
The only song with this title that matters. |
7 | | Kerri Chandler Atmosphere EP
"Atmosphere (Jerome's Runaway Dub)"
House is House. It's also love |
8 | | Daft Punk Alive 2007
"Encore"
Closes the book on Daft Punk, and on the French House that they helped build. |
9 | | New Radicals Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
"You Get What You Give"
It's somehow not corny or hammy, and somehow one of the most hopeful songs ever. |
10 | | Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair
"Head Over Heels"
Best pop album of the 80s? Maybe |
11 | | Fela Kuti Zombie
"Zombie"
Let loose. Do a jig. |
12 | | Talking Heads Remain in Light
"The Great Curve"
David Byrne and co. channel Fela Kuti. |
13 | | Talk Talk It's My Life
"It's My Life"
Don't sleep on this era of Talk Talk. |
14 | | Simple Minds New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
"Promised You a Miracle"
God I love cheesy 80s pop. |
15 | | Wham! Make It Big
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
God I love cheesy 80s pop.[2] |
16 | | Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome
"Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
God I love flamboyant, cheesy 80s pop. |
17 | | Jean-Jacques Perrey The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound Of Jean-Jacqu
"Brazilian Flower"
This would come off as kitsch if it wasn't so darn charming. |
18 | | Kate Bush Hounds of Love
"Cloudbusting"
Good lord, this is heavenly. |
19 | | David Bowie Let's Dance
"Let's Dance"
Not the best era of Bowie, but damn what a catchy song. |
20 | | Camp Lo Uptown Saturday Night
"Luchini (AKA This is It)"
Probably the best beat ever, what else can one say. |
21 | | The Avalanches Since I Left You
"Frontier Psychiatrist"
Well the whole album works obviously, but dude, this is like plunderphonic's manifesto. |
22 | | Global Communication 76:14
"9:25"
One of the best ambient tracks EVER MADE, maybe the best. Piloerections over my entire body when that beat drops |
23 | | Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92
"Xtal"
Best first track of an artist's first album, except for The Doors maybe. |
24 | | Secede Bye Bye Gridlock Traffic
"Outran"
This song is the reason why my plug name is zylophone. |
25 | | Orbital Orbital 2
"Halycon"
Best use of sampled vocals in a techno track ever. |
26 | | The Orb Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
"Fluffy Little Clouds"
Kinda like Orbital but not as good. |
27 | | Steve Reich Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint
"Electric Counterpoint I-III"
The b-side is the real star here, and it was sampled in Fluffy Little Clouds, which is one of the reasons that tracks is so damn good. |
28 | | Amon Tobin Permutation
"Nightlife"
Blew the lid of my preconceived notions of what musicians could do clean off. |
29 | | The Field From Here We Go Sublime
"Everday" ("Everyday"?)
whothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehell |
30 | | A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders
"The Chase, Part II"
Reminds my of road trips. Album is better than LET (Low End Theory-hey that's my name, how interesting) for sure. |
31 | | Ryo Fukui Scenery
"Early Summer"
Refer to the soundoff. |
32 | | Autechre Gantz Graf
"Cap. IV"
Damn, don't hurt em. |
33 | | Basic Channel Radiance
"Radiance II"
This track shoud be at least as long as Quadrant Dub II, shame it's one of their shortest tracks. |
34 | | Boards of Canada Old Tunes Vol. 2
"Kiteracer 2"
One of their most beautiful tracks. Compilation is better than MHtRTC and Geogaddi btw. |
35 | | Nujabes Hydeout Productions 1st Collection
"Luv (sic.) pt 2"
Possibly my fav beat of his, but lord knows he has so many. |
36 | | Grimes Visions
"Oblivion"
The 21st century's pop genius. |
37 | | Three 6 Mafia When the Smoke Clears
"Sippin' on Some Syrup"
I only have maple in my house, I wish I knew some black people. |
38 | | Art of Noise (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art Of Noise!
"Moments in Love"
Unlike all their other material, this will never sound dated. |
39 | | DJ Shadow Endtroducing...
"Changeling"
Best track on the album, Midnight is good, but... |
40 | | Dusty Springfield Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
"I Only Want To Be With You"
Aw Dusty, you flatter me so. perfect pop song. |
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