For context's sakes, I'm running into these lists as blind as I can. I'm not going "this has seven tracks I like, this is the shortest list" or anything. Picking at random.
So, for Padj's list, dotpoints:
- the Total Control track passed me by when I first heard it outside of DI, but hearing it here gives it new life. Good stuff. Good opener. A little turgid though.
- this is not a good Sad Lovers and Giants song.
- Hey, this is a different mix of The 15th! Amazing song as always. Here's a pickup point?
- Whoa that was a tonal change.
(Referring to Caribou.) Not an awful one though.
- Cults aren't bad! They're like a denser, more buried CHVRCHES. Can't hear a word of the vocals.
- I THINK I MIGHT BE SPARKS NEWEST FAN, HEY
- The B-52s are a real comedown after Virginia Plain.
- The Warehouse Husker tracks sound much better in isolation - never thought Up In The Air was all that great, but it stands out here.
- There's something about
Speedy Ortiz's Throwing Muses' vocals which are incredibly offputting. That kind of whining sound?
- Speed Ortiz is pretty neat.
- Juliana Hatfield is a kick in the arse in the best possible way
- GEMS, however, are the opposite of a kick in the arse.
- The Bat For Lashes song - terrible intro, neat song. Sort of stuttery. Cool stuff. Has too many choruses, though.
- The Paolo Conte song is a perfect counterpart to Tom Waits - keeps the jazzy vibe while dialing down the weird.
tl;dr I liked it! There were some things I didn't like! But overall, pretty good!