Fix Your Life
Life affirming songs. Elixir in musical form. Play them loud. Cleanse your being. What are yours? |
| 1 |  | New Order
Blue Monday
Incomporable |
| 2 |  | Porter Ricks
Biokinetics
"Port Gentil"
Forget space. The Ocean is the place. |
| 3 |  | Boris
Flood
"Flood 3"
Forget space. The Ocean is the place.[2] |
| 4 |  | Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
"Frou-Frou Foxes In Foxes in Midsummer Fire"
LOVE |
| 5 |  | My Bloody Valentine
Loveless
"Only Shallow"
Let the riff consume you. |
| 6 |  | Slowdive
Pygmalion
"Crazy For You"
The only song with this title that matters. |
| 7 |  | Kerri Chandler
Atmosphere EP
"Atmosphere (Jerome's Runaway Dub)"
House is House. It's also love |
| 8 |  | Daft Punk
Alive 2007
"Encore"
Closes the book on Daft Punk, and on the French House that they helped build. |
| 9 |  | New Radicals
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
"You Get What You Give"
It's somehow not corny or hammy, and somehow one of the most hopeful songs ever. |
| 10 |  | Tears for Fears
Songs from the Big Chair
"Head Over Heels"
Best pop album of the 80s? Maybe |
| 11 |  | Fela Kuti
Zombie
"Zombie"
Let loose. Do a jig. |
| 12 |  | Talking Heads
Remain in Light
"The Great Curve"
David Byrne and co. channel Fela Kuti. |
| 13 |  | Talk Talk
It's My Life
"It's My Life"
Don't sleep on this era of Talk Talk. |
| 14 |  | Simple Minds
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
"Promised You a Miracle"
God I love cheesy 80s pop. |
| 15 |  | Wham!
Make It Big
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
God I love cheesy 80s pop.[2] |
| 16 |  | Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Welcome to the Pleasuredome
"Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
God I love flamboyant, cheesy 80s pop. |
| 17 |  | Jean-Jacques Perrey
The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound Of Jean-Jacqu
"Brazilian Flower"
This would come off as kitsch if it wasn't so darn charming. |
| 18 |  | Kate Bush
Hounds of Love
"Cloudbusting"
Good lord, this is heavenly. |
| 19 |  | David Bowie
Let's Dance
"Let's Dance"
Not the best era of Bowie, but damn what a catchy song. |
| 20 |  | Camp Lo
Uptown Saturday Night
"Luchini (AKA This is It)"
Probably the best beat ever, what else can one say. |
| 21 |  | The Avalanches
Since I Left You
"Frontier Psychiatrist"
Well the whole album works obviously, but dude, this is like plunderphonic's manifesto. |
| 22 |  | Global Communication
76:14
"9:25"
One of the best ambient tracks EVER MADE, maybe the best. Piloerections over my entire body when that beat drops |
| 23 |  | Aphex Twin
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
"Xtal"
Best first track of an artist's first album, except for The Doors maybe. |
| 24 |  | Secede
Bye Bye Gridlock Traffic
"Outran"
This song is the reason why my plug name is zylophone. |
| 25 |  | Orbital
Orbital 2
"Halycon"
Best use of sampled vocals in a techno track ever. |
| 26 |  | The Orb
Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
"Fluffy Little Clouds"
Kinda like Orbital but not as good. |
| 27 |  | Steve Reich
Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint
"Electric Counterpoint I-III"
The b-side is the real star here, and it was sampled in Fluffy Little Clouds, which is one of the reasons that tracks is so damn good. |
| 28 |  | Amon Tobin
Permutation
"Nightlife"
Blew the lid of my preconceived notions of what musicians could do clean off. |
| 29 |  | The Field
From Here We Go Sublime
"Everday" ("Everyday"?)
whothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehellwhothehell |
| 30 |  | A Tribe Called Quest
Midnight Marauders
"The Chase, Part II"
Reminds my of road trips. Album is better than LET (Low End Theory-hey that's my name, how interesting) for sure. |
| 31 |  | Ryo Fukui
Scenery
"Early Summer"
Refer to the soundoff. |
| 32 |  | Autechre
Gantz Graf
"Cap. IV"
Damn, don't hurt em. |
| 33 |  | Basic Channel
Radiance
"Radiance II"
This track shoud be at least as long as Quadrant Dub II, shame it's one of their shortest tracks. |
| 34 |  | Boards of Canada
Old Tunes Vol. 2
"Kiteracer 2"
One of their most beautiful tracks. Compilation is better than MHtRTC and Geogaddi btw. |
| 35 |  | Nujabes
Hydeout Productions 1st Collection
"Luv (sic.) pt 2"
Possibly my fav beat of his, but lord knows he has so many. |
| 36 |  | Grimes
Visions
"Oblivion"
The 21st century's pop genius. |
| 37 |  | Three 6 Mafia
When the Smoke Clears
"Sippin' on Some Syrup"
I only have maple in my house, I wish I knew some black people. |
| 38 |  | Art of Noise
(Who's Afraid Of?) The Art Of Noise!
"Moments in Love"
Unlike all their other material, this will never sound dated. |
| 39 |  | DJ Shadow
Endtroducing...
"Changeling"
Best track on the album, Midnight is good, but... |
| 40 |  | Dusty Springfield
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
"I Only Want To Be With You"
Aw Dusty, you flatter me so. perfect pop song. |
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