I recently took a train ride through a portion of Central Pennsylvania and took along the old iPod. Turns out, it made for a pretty cool shuffle album.
1. “#1 in G Minor, from Four Mazurkas, Op. 24” – Frederic Chopin (1835)
Absolutely perfect way to start. Two minutes of beautiful classical piano from one of [...]
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Shuffle Album, Vol. 6 (The Train Ride)
Posted in Shuffle Albums, tagged chet baker, chopin mazurkas, coldplay, espers, futureheads, george harrison, john coltrane, lucinda williams, stone roses, the honeycombs, the streets, white stripes on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Shuffle Album, Vol 5
Posted in Shuffle Albums, tagged Everly Brothers, Fela Kuti, Johnny Cash, Junior BRown, Peggy Lee, Pixies, Sade, Serge Gainsbourg, Sonic Youth, Ween. Rapture on August 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1. “ITT, Part 2” — Fela Kuti, The Best Best of Fela Kuti (1999)
I don’t know what it is about these extended world music jamz, but lately I’ve really been digging them. This Fela Kuti album is a must-have for you shuffle fans. Sitting through the whole double album in one sitting is a little [...]
The Shuffle Album, Vol. 4
Posted in Shuffle Albums on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1. “In a Little Spanish Town (‘Twas on a Night Like This)” – Lester Young (early 1950s)
What a perfect beginning for a summer shuffle. Breezy, lyrical and beautiful playing from one of my all-time favorite saxophonists. Lester is credited (along with Coleman Hawkins) with bridging the gap between big band swing and small group & [...]
The Shuffle Album Vol. 3
Posted in Shuffle Albums on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With one exception, I don’t know if I could have put together a better mix if I had tried. Boy, you gotta love shuffles.
1. “See Emily Play” —Pink Floyd, Relics (1971)
What a great opening track to my morning shuffle. I don’t know that you can say enough great things about this song. I have a [...]
The Shuffle Album, Vol. 2
Posted in Shuffle Albums on June 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I had this shuffle going while I was driving the kids to school and liked it so much I thought I’d write my own version of Jim’s Shuffle Album concept. Here goes.
1. “Androgynous” —Replacements, Let It Be (1984)
I don’t think the ‘Mats hold up as well as other indie rock bands from this era, which [...]
The Shuffle Album, Vol. 1
Posted in Shuffle Albums on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since the dawn of the iPod era, the concept of shuffling has taken on a whole new life.
Pre-iPod, the shuffle function was relegated to a corner of your CD player’s dashboard and only used to either resequence a 10 or 12 song album or shuffle between discs in a changer. In other words, for [...]
