Compilation tracks

In the NME, there's a little section where artists are asked to name their ultimate constipation/compilation - tracks which were important to them.. here is mine

1. Arcwelder - Favor

This is really one of my favourite tracks ever.. it's a pretty short and catchy piece of guitar rock.

2. Polvo - Can I Ride

Alternative.. I like the Today's Active Lifestyles album better as a whole though, all the tracks are pretty experimental, but the sound is good also.

3. MBV - Slow

It's a really raw track on the You Made Me Realise EP. The guitars have a great deep sound, and the lyrics are pretty suggestive also.

4. Sebadoh - It's So Hard To Fall In Love

Reminds me of being a teenager, (i would also like to include Riding With My Father by Holy Cow... has anybody ever heard this?)

5. Aphex Twin - Heliosphan

Lush, ambient dance track... I also like Papua New Guinea but this hits the spot more for me.. reminds of those late night parties at college.

6. Funki Porcini - Going Down

Possibly the most chilled out track ever, with the drums fading in and out and a descending baseline.

7. Leila - Don't Fall Asleep

This is a wierd track, in the experimental leftfield vein. I like what she did to the singer's voice.

8. Entombed - Crawl

That would be the 12inch version of the song with a temporary singer, before they got the guy for Clandestine on which this track also appears. It's really rough unpolished Death Metal.

9. Tindersticks - Marbles

Some tracks are all about atmosphere.. this reminds me of a smokey old men's pub.. which is not necessarily a bad thing.

10. Drop Nineteens - Winona

I am a bit of sucker for the old American indie scene of the early 90's. This was one of the very few decent tracks DN did.

11. Mudhoney - If I Think

I liked mudhoney a lot, but for me this track captured what was best about their music.

12. DJ Mink - Hey, Hey! Can U Relate?

I have this on it's own, but I like it in the context of the first Blech compilation on Warp records.

13. Nick Drake - Day is Done

This is a really great song, but also pretty depressing. It is also fairly short.

14. Jill Scott - Slowly Surely

Reminds me of the missus.. the only record i've got that she likes.

15. Influx - Love Song 16. Redeye - Acidetch

These are both old and dark techno tracks, which also remind me a lot of college. I still listen to both of these tracks pretty regularly.