LemonMelon
Man, what can I say? Yet another stellar list from you. I really love that sound that were aim to pay tribute to here - I've even considered making this kind of a list myself before. There's a great balance here between the familiar and the not familiar, and the consistency in style gives the list a great cohesiveness. Favorite new-to-me tracks include Propaganda, New Order, Erasure, Roxy Music, Pulp, The Bats, Orchestra Manoeuvres in the Dark, and The Blue Nile, while favorite familiar tracks include Pet Shop Boys, Modern English, Joy Division, R.E.M., and of course U2. I loved that you used "Perfect Circle" for R.E.M - from the first time I listened to Murmur, that was the standout track of that album for me.
Great job, probably my frontrunner so far.
gump
I'm not really a 'country' guy, but I was surprised by how much I enjoyed your list. It was consistent, cohesive, and concise, and the songs just hit the right the note for me. My favorites were Neko Case, Golden Smog, My Morning Jacket, Old 97's and Uncle Tupelo. That Golden Smog/My Morning Jacket one-two punch was definitely my favorite part of the list, and I thought Anodyne was a pretty effective closer.
I'll probably never be a country guy, but it was great to have a little window into this genre. Good job.
nielsgov
I thought this list started out really strong, and the kind of went downhill for me. I thought the first four tracks, up through Gorillaz, did a really good job setting the mood, but the it went into a hip-hop section in which only Kanye and OutKast really stood out for me. I like the Massive Attack track, but after that, the rest of the list is basically all of this uber-ambient variety, which I don't dislike, but by the end it feels like a little too much of the same, imo. I hate to sound overly critical. FWIW, I really liked the first four tracks, Massive Attack, and Huerco S, and I feel like if the hip-hop tracks were cut out, that the list would have great cohesiveness(as it is, the second half of the list is incredibly cohesive). So, on the whole it was mixed bag for me.
bono_212
I'm going to be honest, as a whole, this list didn't really do it for me. I loved the first two tracks a lot, in fact that whole first section with those tracks, Air, and Massive Attack, got me going, establishing a super mellow, chilled atmosphere, and there's also the Tycho and Memory Tapes tracks that I enjoyed, but Katy Perry sitting in the middle of that section felt like kind of an interruption to me. And then that section of lo-fi type stuff(Replacements, Undertones, Buzzcocks) just isn't my cup of tea - if you're into that, I'm sure those are enjoyable tracks, but it's not really my thing. The good news is that the list finished strong for me. Pretty much everything from Moby onward, I liked. So, on the whole, I feel that the list started and finished strong, but faltered in the middle for me, and it wasn't as cohesive as it maybe could've been. I also don't really hear the 90s influence that much, but that's kind of subjective anyway.
Favorite new-to-me tracks include Vangelis, Blue Sky Black Death, Tycho, and Memory Tapes. Favorite familiar track is Moby(always loved Southside).
It definitely has its moments, but I don't think it's your best DI list.