Exactly What It Says on the Tin. If a friend was interested in listening to your favourite band/artist, which tracks would you stick on a CD to get them started?

The CD must be no more than 10 tracks long. You can either include your 10 personal favourites or the 10 tracks that you think would get someone into this band/artist who had no prior knowledge of them.

Bonus points awarded if you can make a playlist and provide a link to it.

I'll take some time to think about mine before posting it and see if this takes off in the meantime .

GO!

edited 6th Apr '11 3:59:03 PM by Saeglopur

hmm.

Aesop Rock

• None Shall Pass (featuring Rob Sonic) | None Shall Pass
• No Jumper Cables | Bazooka Tooth
• Delorean (El-P featuring Aesop Rock and Ill Bill) | Fantastic Damage (El-P album)
• Daylight | The Daylight EP
• Nightlight | The Daylight EP
• No Regrets | Labor Days
• 6B Panorama | Float
• Water | non-album
• Shere Khan | Music for Earthworms
• Coward of the Year (Remix featuring Percee P) | Music for Earthworms

edited 6th Apr '11 3:58:04 PM by SpainSun

Sure, Why Not?. It's not like I have a 1, 500 word essay to do.

Porcupine Tree

1. "Blackest Eyes" | In Absentia
2. "Shallow" | Deadwing
3. "Normal" | Nil Recurring
4. "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" | Deadwing
5. "Fear of a Blank Planet" | Fear of a Blank Planet
6. "The Creator Has A Mastertape" | In Absentia
7. "Octane Twisted" | The Incident
8. "Anesthetize" | Fear of a Blank Planet
9. "Russia On Ice" | Lightbulb Sun
10. "Time Flies" | The Incident

Thank you, sir.

edited 7th Apr '11 2:55:54 AM by pagad

Use #'s to make numbered lists.

Hm...

Sonata Arctica

1. "Misplaced" | Reckoning Night
2. "Peacemaker" | non-album
3. "Don't Say A Word" | Reckoning Night
4. "Kingdom For A Heart" | Ecliptica
5. "Shamandalie" | Reckoning Night
6. "Black Sheep" or "Wolf & Raven" | Silence
7. "Champagne Bath" | Winterheart's Guild
8. "Juliet" | The Days Of Grays
9. "White Pearl/Black Oceans" | Reckoning Night
10. "The Cage" | Winterheart's Guild

Nope, nothing from Unia.

edited 6th Apr '11 5:06:36 PM by BoundByTheMoon

Here's mine. I'll undoubtedly edit it at some point because I'll have forgotten something. Also, no space for anything from Songs For Christmas or The Avalanche. Sad times.

Sufjan Stevens

1. 'Concerning The U.F.O Sighting Near Highland, Illinois' | Illinois
2. 'We Are What You Say' | A Sun Came!
3. 'Romulus' | Michigan
4. 'Vesuvius' | The Age Of Adz
5. 'To Be Alone With You' | Seven Swans
6. 'Movement VI - Isorhythmic Night Dance With Interchanges' | The B.Q.E.
7. 'Casimir Pulaski Day' | Illinois
8. 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find' | Seven Swans
9. 'I Want To Be Well' | The Age Of Adz
10. 'Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!' | Michigan

Grooveshark Playlist.

edited 7th Apr '11 7:18:26 AM by Saeglopur

Deftones

• Back To School (Mini Maggit)|White Pony
• My Own Summer (Shove It)|Around The Fur
• Needles And Pins|Deftones
• Kimdracula|Saturday Night Wrist
• Diamond Eyes|Diamond Eyes
• Birthmark|Adrenaline
• Beware|Saturday Night Wrist
• Change (In The House Of Flies)|White Pony
• Beauty School|Diamond Eyes
• Pink Maggit|White Pony

edited 7th Apr '11 4:44:15 AM by NULLcHiLD27

I have a hard time picking a favorite bands, and many bands I like only released a couple of albums or only made a couple of good albums before Jumping the Shark, so here are a couple of bands that I just really like:

Overkill

1. "Overkill"|Feel the Fire
2. "Elimination"|The Years of Decay
3. "Live Young, Die Free"|Horrorscope
4. "Necroshine"|Necroshine
5. "Hello from the Gutter"|Under the Influence
6. "In Union We Stand"|Taking Over
7. "Thanx for Nothin'"|Horrorscope
8. "Ironbound"|Ironbound
9. "The Years of Decay"|The Years of Decay
10. "Fuck You"|Fuck You EP

Megadeth

1. "Dialectic Chaos/This Day We Fight"|Endgame
2. "Mechanix"|Killing is My Business...and Business is Good!
3. "Peace Sells"|Peace Sells...but Who's Buying?
4. "Tornado of Souls"|Rust in Peace
5. "502"|So Far, So Good...So What?
6. "Symphony of Destruction"|Countdown to Extinction
7. "Good Mourning/Black Friday"|Peace Sells...but Who's Buying?
8. "Reckoning Day"|Youthanasia
9. "In My Darkest Hour"|So Far, So Good...So What?
10. . "Rust in Peace...Polaris"|Rust in Peace

edited 6th Apr '11 6:08:37 PM by WoolieWool

Eh, I'll just go with my top three favorite artists:

Gorillaz

1. "Re-Hash" | Gorillaz
2. "Dirty Harry" | Demon Days
3. "Feel Good Inc." | Demon Days
4. "El Manana" | Demon Days
5. "Hong Kong" | D-Sides
6. "19 2000 (Soulchild Remix) | G Sides
7. "On Melancholy Hill" | Plastic Beach
8. "Superfast Jellyfish" | Plastic Beach
9. "Clint Eastwood" | Gorillaz
10. "Stylo" | Plastic Beach

Linkin Park

1. "And One" | Hybrid Theory EP
2. "Papercut" | Hybrid Theory
3. "Numb/Encore" | Collision Course
4. "Breaking the Habit" | Meteora
5. "Across the Line" | Linkin Park Underground v.9
6. "P5hng Me A*wy" | Reanimation
7. "Burning in the Skies" | A Thousand Suns
8. "Bleed it Out" | Minutes to Midnight
9. "Frgt/10" | Reanimation
10. "High Voltage" | Hybrid Theory

Lupe Fiasco

1. "Words I Never Said" | Lasers
2. "American Terrorist" | Food & Liquor
3. "Daydreamin'" | Food & Liquor
4. "Spraypaint & Ink Pens" | We Major
5. "Intruder Alert" | The Cool
6. "Streets on Fire" | The Cool
7. "Little Weapon" | The Cool
8. "The Instrumental" | Food & Liquor
9. "The Show Goes On" | Lasers
10. "S.L.R. (Super Lupe Raps)" | No album

Best Deftones song ever.

edited 6th Apr '11 5:06:41 PM by KitsuneInferno

Close second after "Sextape".

Sonic Youth

Since this is supposed to be for newcomers, I used the singles/edited versions where available. They take away some of the amazing spacy/noise sections but make them a lot more immediate and accessible.

I made a YouTube video playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8AFB81CB9D2B5E93

1. "The Empty Page" | Murray Street
2. "Teen Age Riot" | Daydream Nation
3. "Sunday" | A Thousand Leaves
4. "Death Valley '69" | Bad Moon Rising
5. "Candle" | Daydream Nation
6. "Kool Thing" | Goo
7. "Bull in the Heather" | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
8. "(I Got A) Catholic Block" | Sister
9. "Hey Joni" | Daydream Nation
10. "Expressway to Yr Skull" | EVOL

Starflyer 59. Grooveshark playlist here.

1. Hazel Would | Silver
2. Dual Overhead Cam | Gold
3. A Holiday Song | The Fashion Focus
4. EP Nights | Fell in Love at 22 EP
5. Play the C Chord | Everybody Makes Mistakes
6. All My Friends Who Play Guitar | Leave Here a Stranger
7. Loved Ones | Underneath
8. A Lists Go On | Talking Voice vs Singing Voice
9. Lifeguard | My Island
10. Minor Keys | Dial M

Arranged chronologically. So you can appreciate how their early stuff sound almost nothing like their later stuff.

edited 5th Oct '11 8:12:37 PM by MetaFour

Disturbed

1. Remnants/Asylum | Asylum (2010)*
   ^{go here to hear them together, but the sound quality isn't as good}
2. Ten Thousand Fists | Ten Thousand Fists (2005)
3. Rise | Believe (2002)
4. Stupify | The Sickness (2000)
5. Prayer | Believe (2002)
6. The Night | Indestructible (2008)
7. Inside the Fire | Indestructible (2008)
8. Serpentine | Asylum (2010)
9. Remember | Believe (2002)
10. Overburdened | Ten Thousand Fists (2005)

edited 10th Apr '11 2:29:01 AM by Alucard

Well, OK. Rush:

1. Tom Sawyer
2. The Spirit of Radio
3. Subdivisions
4. Closer to the Heart
5. Mystic Rhythms
6. 2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx
7. Driven
8. Xanadu
9. Kid Gloves
10. Limelight

I also considered Led Zeppelin my favorite at one point, and for them I'd say:

1. Good Times Bad Times
2. What Is And What Should Never Be
3. Over the Hills and Far Away
4. Kashmir
5. Immigrant Song
6. When the Levee Breaks
7. Nobody's Fault But Mine
8. Gallows Pole
9. Trampled Underfoot
10. Stairway to Heaven

(later edited for second thought)

edited 6th Apr '11 7:56:05 PM by ImipolexG

Woven Hand. Again, grooveshark playlist.

1. Wooden Brother | Woven Hand
2. My Russia | Woven Hand
3. To Make a Ring | Consider the Birds
4. Off the Cuff | Consider the Birds
5. Winter Shaker | Mosaic
6. Swedish Purse | Mosaic
7. Not One Stone | Ten Stones
8. Kingdom of Ice | Ten Stones
9. Behind Your Breath | The Threshingfloor
10. The Threshingfloor | The Threshingfloor

There. You have no excuse for not listening to this band, Saeglopur.

Laibach

1. Jesus Christ Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstars
2. Sympathy For The Devil - Sympathy For The Devil
3. National Reservation - NATO
4. Tanz Mit Laibach - WAT
5. Get Back - Let It Be
6. Ride Of The Valkyries - VolksWagner
7. Life Is Life - Opus Dei
8. Yisrael - Volk
9. Across The Universe - Let It Be
10. God Is God - Jesus Christ Superstars

edited 6th Apr '11 8:28:53 PM by inane242

Hm... There's something to be said for Grooveshark playlists.

Machinae Supremacy

Playlist here

1. "Loot, Burn, Rape, Kill, Repeat" | Fury (site release)
2. "Overworld" | Overworld
3. "Rogue World Asylum" | Redeemer
4. "Need For Steve" | Overworld
5. "Indiscriminate Murder Is Counter-Productive" | A View From The End Of The World
6. "The Wired" | Origin (site release)
7. "Nova Prospekt" | A View From The End Of The World
8. "Radio Future" | Overworld
9. "Kings Of The Scene" | Arcade (site release)
10. "Sidology Episode 1: Sid Evolution" | Fury (site release)

The first half is (more) fun, the second half is more serious. I left some of their best songs off; this is just to get you hooked.

(Protip: The site releases are free.)

edited 6th Apr '11 9:25:50 PM by BoundByTheMoon

(*Looks at band page and word "Free"*)

DO WANT.

Enjoy. (cackles evilly to self)

EDIT: Off-topic, but since when did they cover Paparazzi?!

edited 6th Apr '11 10:03:24 PM by BoundByTheMoon

That's the only song of her's that I like....

But anyways: You should all listen to Laibach because they're such big IRL trolls that their encyclopedia Dramatica article has a reverent tone.

So I heard. Any band that literally runs its own country is win, no matter what the music sounds like, so I'll just imagine they're ball-shatteringly awesome and move on... just kidding, I'll check them out.

Any excuse to give people Damon Albarn.

Blur

1. "On Your Own" | Blur
2. "Coffee & Tv" | 13
3. "For Tomorrow" | Modern Life is Rubbish
4. "Parklife" | Parklife
5. "Song 2" | Blur
6. "The Universal" | The Great Escape
7. "Swamp Song" | 13
8. "Sing" | Leisure
9. "You're So Great" | Blur
10. "No Distance Left to Run" | 13

edited 7th Apr '11 12:58:56 AM by steampowered

Alright, here's the tracklist for An Introduction to the Wonderful Works of Chuck Schuldiner and the Deaths:

1. "Spirit Crusher" | The Sound of Perseverance
2. "Zombie Ritual" | Scream Bloody Gore
3. "Pull the Plug" | Leprosy
4. "Altering the Future" | Spiritual Healing
5. "Trapped in a Corner" | Individual Thought Patterns
6. "Lack of Comprehension" | Human
7. "Crystal Mountain" | Symbolic
8. "Voice of the Soul" | The Sound of Perseverance
9. "Out of Touch" | Individual Thought Patterns
10. "Scream Bloody Gore" | Scream Bloody Gore

Combination of personal favourites, more accessible songs and selections from every album.

I actually did make a Death compilation CD once to give to a friend who wanted to get into them, but it was 15 tracks rather than 10.

edited 7th Apr '11 3:05:27 AM by Lordnecronus

So, I've made another one, this time for The Mountain Goats. This was actually impossibly difficult. I've had to leave out a load of brilliant songs, but I think this was the best playlist I could come up with that was balanced, and served as a good introduction. All tracks linked to a youtube video because Grooveshark failed me on the first track.

The Mountain Goats

1. 'The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton' | All Hail West Texas
2. 'Palmcorder Yajna' | We Shall All Be Healed
3. 'This Year' | The Sunset Tree
4. 'Woke Up New' | Get Lonely
5. 'No Children' | Tallahassee
6. 'Matthew 25:21' | The Life Of The World To Come
7. 'Cotton' | We Shall All Be Healed
8. 'Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod' | The Sunset Tree
9. 'Going To Georgia' | Zopilote Machine
10. 'Ezekiel 7 And The Permanent Efficacy Of Grace' | The Life Of The World To Come

edited 7th Apr '11 7:17:39 AM by Saeglopur

Oh, we can do more than one of our favorites band...

Mushroomhead

• Too Much Nothing|Mushroomhead/XX
• Before I Die|M3/XX
• Sun Doesn't Rise|XIII
• Becoming Cold|XIII
• Solitaire/Unraveling|M3/XX
• Casualties In B Minor|Mushroomhead
• Slaugterhouse Road|Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children
• Tattoo|Saviour Sorrow
• Simple Survival|Saviour Sorrow
• Darker Days|Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children

---

Korn

• Twist|Life Is Peachy
• Freak On A Leash|Follow The Leader
• Clown|Korn
• Break Some Off|Take A look In The Mirror
• Hold On|Korn II/Untitled Album
• Falling Away From Me|Issues
• Liar|See You On The Other Side
• Here To Stay|Untouchables
• Move On|Korn III: Remember Who You Are
• Wicked (featuring Chino Moreno)[Ice Cube Cover]|Life Is Peachy

edited 9th Apr '11 5:23:47 AM by NULLcHiLD27