Obner Vote: Compilations

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:48 pm

I feel like compiling some data. (Note: Wow, how incredibly nerdy can I possibly be?)

Anyway, I'm quite tired of the 2004 stuff so, one list I realised you don't see a lot of is...

Your Top 10 Compilations

Basically any album with more than one artist on it. It could be a label's mix, such as a Merge anniversary disc. It could be a box set. It could be a soundtrack. Or it could be a tribute album.

Anyway, post your top 10 compilations here. This shouldn't require a lot of work. Closing date will be Friday, February 4th. And I should have the results available for Monday, the 7th then.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:07 pm

Okay, my top ten so far is the following. It might change before then but probably not by a lot.

1. Saturday Morning Cartoons’ Greatest Hits
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2. The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes & Villains
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3. The Royal Tenenbaums OST
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4. Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks
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5. A Mighty Wind OST
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6. Garden State OST
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7. Almost Famous OST
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8. Rushmore OST
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9. Empire Records OST
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10. Singles OST
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bluejayway · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:16 pm

All those Rhino DIY comps deserve consideration.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:23 pm

Stiff Records - Box Set
Stax/Volt - The Complete Singles (1959 - 1972)
Motown, Hitsville USA - The Singles (1959 - 1970)
Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye - A Tribute to Roky Erickson
The Bridge - A Tribute to Neil Young
Rhino DIY Series - Anarchy In the UK (UK Punk)
Matter Of Degrees - OST
Matador Records - What's Up Matador? (10th anniversary comp)
Say Anything - OST
Rushmore - OST

EDIT: To make it a true "Top 10"

huskerpunk · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:49 pm

No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion (Box)
Pulp Fiction OST
Singles OST
Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 5
Trainspotting OST
O Brother Where Art Thou? OST
Angus OST
High Fidelty OST

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:50 pm

Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1927-1972

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:00 pm

Those are some pretty horrible attempts at top ten lists.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:26 pm

I don't value compilations enough to make a top 10 list of them - in fact, I eschew compilations in favor of one-band albums most of the time.
I don't know if it's a thing where compilations don't get "Their Due" but, for the most part, movie soundtracks are good for re-invoking memories that are related to the movie, and almost all compilation disks have a dud or 2 that lessen the overall appeal of the disc. If you're looking for new ideas, Rhino and Soul Jazz have put out some great comps that I would reccommend but, for the most part, people tend to avoid them....

bluejayway · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:42 pm

Yeah, sorry I didn't actually read the post correctly. My bad. Will attempt to get back to ya later.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

1. Play New Rose For Me: New Rose Label Comp
2. Burning Ambitions: Chery Red Punk Comp
3. Urgh! A Music War
4. Wanna Buy A Bridge?: Rough Trade Label Comp
5. Alvin Lives: Anti Poll Tax Comp
6. Mass Ave: Rhino DIY Boston
7. Dangerhouse Vol 1: Dangerhouse Label Comp
8. Behind The Banana Curtain: 4ZZZ Brisbane Comp
9. Mental Floss: WRSU New Brunswick Comp
10. Shangri-La: V/A Kinks Tribute

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:40 am

1. Advanced Electronics 2 -- synthpop, EBM, industrial, electroclash -- heaven
2. The Fold Compilation -- just like it
3. Branches and Routes
4. Indietronica -- introduced me to quite a few acts

I got nuthin' else...lemme get back to you on that...

Bee OK · **Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:31 am

My favorite threesome and the top two are must own, IMO:

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era Rhino
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire and Beyond Rhino
Have A Nice Decade: The 70’s Pop Culture Box Rhino

I want the Punk Rock one and will figure out my favorite soundtracks.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Dread Meets Punk Uptown
Dread Meets B-Boys Downtown
Flashing Echo (Trojan Dub)
Every Soul Jazz release
Tresor Never Sleeps
The Big Lebowski OST

Mick · **Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:32 am

huskerpunk Wrote:

No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion (Box)
Pulp Fiction OST
Singles OST
Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 5
Trainspotting OST
O Brother Where Art Thou? OST
Angus OST
High Fidelty OST

how do you know about JJJ in the states?

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

i don't have very many compilations or soundtracks in my collection and i listen to only a few from beginning to end, so this was a little challenging, but i think i've compiled a nice little list here. (and that saturday morning cartoon's greatest hits comp is awesome, but just barely didn't make my list.)

1. 400% Dynamite! (soul jazz)
2. Studio One Rockers (soul jazz)
3. No Thanks! The 70s Punk Rebellion (rhino)
4. Uuh Babe - You Got The Healin' Rhythm (beeech)
5. Ultra-Lounge, Volume 5: Wild, Cool, And Swingin' (capitol)
6. Halloween Hootenanny (dgc)
7. The Trojan Story (trojan)
8. London Is The Place For Me (honest jon's)
9. Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels OST (maverick)
10. Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd / Musical Fever 1967-1968 (trojan)

huskerpunk · **Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:21 am

a mighty good leader Wrote:

huskerpunk Wrote:

No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion (Box)
Pulp Fiction OST
Singles OST
Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 5
Trainspotting OST
O Brother Where Art Thou? OST
Angus OST
High Fidelty OST

how do you know about JJJ in the states?

I think I was just looking for a good compilation album that year, and I used CDNow.com and searched for song titles I liked, and this the Triple J album popped up, so I bought it. I've been meaning to get more of the Triple J Hottest 100 volumes as well.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Z Wrote:

5. Ultra-Lounge, Volume 5: Wild, Cool, And Swingin' (capitol)

Yeah, that's a great series. I've got the Crime Scene, Cocktail Capers, and a few others.

geoduck · **Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:14 pm

1. Sharks Patrol These Waters (Volume magazine comp circa '95)

2. feedback to the future "a compilation of eleven shoegazing songs from 1990-1992"

3. Priceless Creation (1996 creation records promo)

4. Fabriclive.07 - John Peel (does a dj mix count?)

5. Take Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver

6. Little Darla Has a Treat For You - Winter 2002

7. Trainspotting - Sountrack

8. Pretending to see the future: a tribute to OMD

9. We Could Live in Hope - a tribute to Low

10. The Future Sound of Jazz - Volume 1

Sketch · **Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:21 pm

1. Playboy's Four Decades of Jazz 1953-1993
2. Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall Of Fame
3. Woodstock: 25th Anniversary Collection
4. Singles (OST)
5. No Alternative
6. Saturday Morning: Cartoon's Greatest Hits
7. O Brother Where Art Thou? (OST)
8. The Big Chill (OST) Vol. 1 & 2
9. Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz
10. The Last Time I Committed Sucide (OST)

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