Standout Tracks From Recent Albums

If not I think that "At Night" song by Shakedown is something you'd like Tom. I am not promoting a song I love (well I am but not in the usual way), I genuinely think you'd like it. I also think you might like Selecta by Jameson, this garage track I downloaded recently.

Couldn't agree more about 'At Night' - best single of 2002 so far.

God I miss AG! WinMX and SoulSeek are poor replacements.

No the songs dont have to be off actual albums - if there's a compilation non-album tracks come from that would be nice though. I'd just like to be able to have something to look for next time I go shopping and most places are a bit rub at stocking singles and making them easy to find.

Bah I did say Shakedown was better the night I posted both threads. Shakedown is definitely the pop hit of the two.

I AM RELIABLE. HONESTLY.

(all off 'yoshimi battles the pink robots')

'the greek song' - rufus wainwright (off 'poses' and a year old so hardly new, but very few have heard it and it's one of the best songs ever ever)

'simply having' - de la soul 'trying people' - de la soul ' special' - de la soul

(all off bionix a.o.i. part 2)

'weak become heroes' - the streets 'the irony of it all' - the streets 'stay positive' - the streets

(all off 'original pirate material')

'staging the plaguing of the raised platform' - cornershop ' london radar' - cornershop

(off handcream for a generation)

"Renee is crying" from Luna's "Romantica"

"Oh yeah" from Big Tymers "Hood rich"

"Rain on tin" from the new Sonic Youth

"Paranoid dancer" by Johannes Heil is a really menacing techno track and one of my fave dance tunes I've heard this year. Dont know if its on any album though. "tea party" from Baby Ford and the Ifach Collective is a great minimal techno track too. Dunno if yr into that kinda thing but if yr even a teeny bit interested you should check it out. "Bad Friday" is another good track from their "Sacred machine" album.

i *feel* your pain.

Generally, I've found it hard to pick one track from any one of my favourite recent LPs, either because I don't know the titles, or (related) because I like them as "albums" not as a collection of songs, or because I find them so varied that no single track is representative, or because they're v/a mix LPs. However, after a bit of thought/research, try these:

Bertrand Burgalat - "Aux Cyclades éléctronique"
TTC - "De pauvres riches"
Pink - "Family Portrait"
Télépopmusik - "Free" and "Genetic World" and "Smile" (can't pick one, sorry) El-P - "The Nang The Front The Bush and The Shit"
Cornelius - "Bird Watching At Inner Forest"
Princess Superstar - "Welcome To My World".

*insert incredulity regarding Mr. Wainwright here*

I would say "Your Face" by one P. Murphy from Dust. But I would. Why am I much more excited by this but haven't even actively thought about getting the new Bowie much less listening to it, I wonder.

It includes an M pastiche.

My picks:

Phantom/Ghost's "Perfect Lovers (Unperfect Love Mix)" and Thomas Fehlmann's "Gratis" from Michael Mayer's Immer mix cd. I love everything on the album, and I'd say at least two- thirds of the tracks (that's about 8) are essential.

"You Can't Go Home Again" from DJ Shadow's The Private Press. The more I listen to it the more consistent it seems, but there are about 6 mindblowing tracks. However Tom you should approach this with caution.

"You Don't Know Me" from Closer Musik's After Love - about 4 of the 7 tracks are really excellent (but this particular track is on the CD I'm sending you Tom so don't worry).

Deelat's "Wet Indiez" from the Daft Punk-affiliated Crydamoure Presents Waves compilation. Hard to talk of this release in terms of tracks but it's very good overall. The Deelat track (electro! ragga! french house!) is a stand-out though.

"Drunk" from Tweet's Southern Hummingbird which has a majority of great tracks from memory. Try "Motel" or "Always Will" to find out if you like the more acoustic stuff.

Stuff Tom already has:

"Deep Down South" from MRI's All That Glitters - sometimes the most perfect thing evah.

"All Got Our Runnins", *not* from The Streets' Original Pirate Material, but it's a) fairly representative, and b) my favourite thing of his to date. Otherwise "Let's Push Things Forward".

Seriously: "Make you feel that way" from Blacklicious' Blazing Arrow is tight.