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Thirty-One and a Half Million Seconds Ago: The 2006 Mixtape
| Thirty-One and a Half Million Seconds Ago: The 2006 Mixtape | |
| Created by: | Capn_Derk |
| Tracks: | 18 |
| Length: | 01:16:22 |
| Keywords |
1. 2006 2. theme 3. best of |
| Created on | 1/05/07 09:49am |
| Level | 5 |
| Points | 2190 |
| Total visitors | 61 |
| Unique visitors | 32 |
description:
Musically speaking, this was the year that was. Please not that there are some obvious nuggets missing (Beth Orton, David Gilmour, Neko Case, Emily Haines, Wolfmother, Dragonforce...), but this is more an exercise in feel and mood than it is in stacking together a bunch of singles and/or popular songs. That's what the "Now" compilations are for.
Back in the day, this would have been a double-LP release, but would have fit on a single tape or CD. Side A is comprised of tracks 1-10, while tracks 11-18 make up side B.
Back in the day, this would have been a double-LP release, but would have fit on a single tape or CD. Side A is comprised of tracks 1-10, while tracks 11-18 make up side B.
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| 1 | Priestess : I Am the Night, Colour Me Black |
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Despite the emo-sounding track name, this Montreal quartet bring the thunder and deliver a hearty helping of c [...]
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Track 1 from Hello Master
Length: 00:03:14 Year: 2006 |
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Despite the emo-sounding track name, this Montreal quartet bring the thunder and deliver a hearty helping of chunky, loud sludge-rock. (NOTE: Technically this album was released in 2005, but the edition I have is the International pressing of the album, which was released in January, I think.) SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Mastodon : Capillarian Crest |
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"Blood Mountain" was the best metal album released all year. For fast, hard, complex riffage and a vocalist wi [...]
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Track 4 from Blood Mountain
Length: 00:04:24 Year: 2006 |
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"Blood Mountain" was the best metal album released all year. For fast, hard, complex riffage and a vocalist with a pretty good howl, look no further. In the world of metal, Isis was a nice surprise, Celtic Frost was pretty good, while Dragonforce, Slayer and Maiden all dissapointed me. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Mogwai : Auto Rock |
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This songs sounds like a 747 passing a few feet over your head in slow motion at the crack of midnight. Close [...]
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Track 1 from Mr. Beast
Length: 00:04:18 Year: 2006 |
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This songs sounds like a 747 passing a few feet over your head in slow motion at the crack of midnight. Close your eyes and imagine that for a second. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | The Hold Steady : Chips Ahoy! |
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This sons has one of the catchiest organ lines of any song that came out this yeah. And, what's that we hear? [...]
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Track 2 from Boys and Girls In America
Length: 00:03:09 Year: 2006 |
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This sons has one of the catchiest organ lines of any song that came out this yeah. And, what's that we hear? Yep, that's Craig Finn actually singing! Pure rock goodness. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | The Pipettes : Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me |
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These English ladies are a spiritual and musical descendant of the B-52s circa 1979. Their semi-eponymous albu [...]
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Track 8 from we are the pipettes
Length: 00:02:11 Year: 2006 |
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These English ladies are a spiritual and musical descendant of the B-52s circa 1979. Their semi-eponymous albums is equal parts 60s kitsch and bubblegum pop. Highly addictive. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | asobi seksu : Mizu Asobi |
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Sounding like a souped-up kiddie meery-go-round kicking into high gear, this song closes out "Citrus" with bom [...]
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Track 12 from Citrus
Length: 00:02:40 Year: 2006 |
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Sounding like a souped-up kiddie meery-go-round kicking into high gear, this song closes out "Citrus" with bomb-like energy and some moster riffage from James Hanna. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | The Dresden Dolls : Modern Moonlight |
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A storming, punch-in-the-face piano-punk breakdown dealing with the most nefarious of business demons: marketi [...]
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Track 3 from Yes, Virginia
Length: 00:04:45 Year: 2006 |
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A storming, punch-in-the-face piano-punk breakdown dealing with the most nefarious of business demons: marketing. Amanada Palmer mercilessly pounds the keys and sings with more venom and sarcasm than you can shake a stick at. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Cat Power : The Greatest |
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The hushed ending of the previous track allows me to juxtapose this somber, delicate, string-laden tune right [...]
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Track 1 from The Greatest
Length: 00:03:22 Year: 2006 |
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The hushed ending of the previous track allows me to juxtapose this somber, delicate, string-laden tune right after it. Chan Marshall's burr has never sounded better on record that it did on "The Grestest." SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Joanna Newsom : Cosmia |
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I had to shove a song from "Ys" here despite their prog-like length. How could one not? The lyrics are awesome [...]
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Track 5 from YS
Length: 00:07:17 Year: 2006 |
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I had to shove a song from "Ys" here despite their prog-like length. How could one not? The lyrics are awesome, the orchestration is lush, the atmosphere is light and Newsom's child-like voice is as affecting as ever. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Tom Waits : Goodnight Irene |
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A beautifully cracked balled that comes off like a drinking song (right down to the "Everybody!" chant before [...]
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Track 14 from Orphans: Bawlers
Length: 00:04:48 Year: 2006 |
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A beautifully cracked balled that comes off like a drinking song (right down to the "Everybody!" chant before the last run of the chorus) featuring a crowd of Toms singing over an arrangement led bey either a pump organ or an accordion, I can't quite tell. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Beirut : Postcards From Italy |
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I'm pretty sure if Gogol Bordello jammed with Jeff Magnum, it would sound a lot like what Beirut has produced [...]
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Track 4 from Gulag Orkestar
Length: 00:04:17 Year: 2006 |
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I'm pretty sure if Gogol Bordello jammed with Jeff Magnum, it would sound a lot like what Beirut has produced here. It takes balls to kick off a song with a ukulele lick. The horns here work especially well. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The Decemberists : O Valencia |
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The best track on the best album of the year (mind you, "The Isand" is pretty righteous too). The Rickenbacker [...]
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Track 4 from The Crane Wife
Length: 00:03:47 Year: 2006 |
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The best track on the best album of the year (mind you, "The Isand" is pretty righteous too). The Rickenbacker sounds awesome on here and the lyric is, as cliched as the subject is, excellent in it's own right. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins : The Big Guns |
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Some down-home acoustic guitar work coupled with a Bonhamesque stomp and a lyric about either God or an ex-boy [...]
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Track 2 from Rabbit Fur Coat
Length: 00:02:32 Year: 2006 |
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Some down-home acoustic guitar work coupled with a Bonhamesque stomp and a lyric about either God or an ex-boyfriend, I can't quite tell. Bonus points for the golden-throated Watsons. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | The Mountain Goats : Get Lonely |
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This hushed song is kind of a departure from "The Sunset Tree"'s pent-up anger, but John Darneille's pen is st [...]
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Track 4 from Get Lonely
Length: 00:03:50 Year: 2006 |
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This hushed song is kind of a departure from "The Sunset Tree"'s pent-up anger, but John Darneille's pen is still sharp, proving yet again that Darnielle is the songwriting equivalent to Ernest Hemingway. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Pierre Lapointe : Deux par deux rassemblés |
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Rebel rebel, Quebec represent! Lapointe's baroque-pop is comparable to that of Serge Gainsbourg, but with a li [...]
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Track 2 from La forêt des mal-aimés
Length: 00:03:53 Year: 2006 |
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Rebel rebel, Quebec represent! Lapointe's baroque-pop is comparable to that of Serge Gainsbourg, but with a little less perversion. This song has busy strings, chicken-scratch guitar, a crooned lyric and a melody that sounds kind of similar to the one on the bridge of Kansas' "Questions of My Childhood." SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Sparks : Dick Around |
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...in which we find Sparks out-ELOing ELO. A string quartet mashed up against a power trio in an epic ode to d [...]
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Track 1 from Hello Young Lovers
Length: 00:06:38 Year: 2006 |
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...in which we find Sparks out-ELOing ELO. A string quartet mashed up against a power trio in an epic ode to doing squat. Keeping true to the spirit of classical music, though, the lyrics are repeated often, but are still stimualting enough not to get tiring. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | TV On The Radio : Hours (El-P Remix) |
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TV on the Radio's tribal avant-funk-soul-rock goulash peppered with bits of studio wizardry was one of 2006's [...]
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Track 14 from Return to Cookie Mountain
Length: 00:04:26 Year: 0000 |
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TV on the Radio's tribal avant-funk-soul-rock goulash peppered with bits of studio wizardry was one of 2006's best musical dishes. This proves it. SHOW LESS
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| 18 | The Flaming Lips : It Overtakes Me/The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I Stand a Chance? |
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This song is very minimalist, but keeps on trucking mightily thanks to the mammoth bass line that supports the [...]
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Track 7 from At War With The Mystics
Length: 00:06:51 Year: 2006 |
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This song is very minimalist, but keeps on trucking mightily thanks to the mammoth bass line that supports the song right off the bat. It soon fades out into a quiet, acoustic guitar-led lament that eases the listener out of the mix. SHOW LESS
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Alright! Like it.
1/02/08 07:01pm
Mixtape Contest XXIV - Winning Team Badge
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WAY TO GO!
awarded on 2008-11-02
Level 19
You definitely put in quite a few of the songs I would have included if I was to do a 2006 mixtape (and I just might, who knows). Way to go.
3/04/07 07:31pm
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Welcome to level 5! Keep up the hard work.
awarded on 2007-01-16
Level 7
I had to make my 2006 mix a 3-discer (because cutting songs down is too painful) so I applaud your work! I especially like the picks from The Pipettes, Cat Power, Beirut, the Decemberists, Jenny Lewis, and the Mountain Goats. Great stuff.
1/14/07 12:46am
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Plus, 500 users. Hell yay!
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awarded on 2007-05-16
Level 19
someone actually likes Blood Mountain?! *boggle*
1/11/07 12:09am
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Despite the fact that TEAM ROBOT was crushed like a Pabst can at a frat party by the might claws of TEAM MONSTER, you are still deserving of a badge... Loser.
awarded on 2006-10-18
Level 40
I beg your pardon, I had The Decemberists in my 2006 mixtape as well!
1/05/07 12:19pm
