This year I finally started an annual project I’ve been wanted to do for years: at the end of each year, I’ll create a CD with the music that most accurately reflects my year in music (not necessarily music released that year).
Selections could be artists I discovered, rediscovered, or just listened to a lot; it could be a particular song that I couldn’t stop listening to; or it could be a song that represents a particular genre or type of song (such as covers, mash-ups, etc.). No real rules, other than it has to fit on a standard audio CD. My brother & friend also joined me in this music project, and I think it’ll be interesting to see how our tastes change — or not change — over the years.
With that, here’s my soundtrack for 2005 (in order of track listing):
- Radiohead: “Everything In Its Right Place”
- The Bad Plus: “Flim”
- Aimee Mann: “How Am I Different”
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists: “The One Who Got Us Out”
- The Clash: “Clampdown”
- Jawbreaker: “Into You Like A Train”
- Sinkhole: “Burning, Itching, Irritation”
- Dick Dale: “Hava Nagila”
- The Futureheads: “Decent Days And Nights”
- The English Beat: “Twist And Crawl”
- Franz Ferdinand: “The Fallen”
- People Under The Stairs: “The Joyride”
- Kanye West: “Gold Digger”
- Beck: “E-Pro”
- Bad Religion: “Incomplete”
- Samiam: “Sunshine”
- Pixies: “Wave Of Mutilation”
- Hieroglyphics: “Oakland Blackouts”
- Mr. Lif: “Heavy Artillery”
- Man Or Astro-man?: “Theme From Eeviac”
- DJ Danger Mouse: “Encore”
- The Beatles: “You Never Give Me Your Money”
- Dave Brubeck: “Stompin’ For Mili”
