Create a mix-CD for your favorite artist

[erwinrafael]

The thread title says it all. If you will create one CD of your favorite artist's songs, how will you do it?

I'll start with my mix CD for Queen:

Ogre Battle
Tie Your Mother Down
Dragon Attack
Somebody to Love
Seven Seas of Rhye
Stone Cold Crazy
It's Late
The Millionaire Waltz
Don't Stop Me Now
I Can't Live With You (1997 Rocks Retake)
The March of the Black Queen
Funny How Love Is
Save Me
Innuendo
Hammer To Fall
Bohemian Rhapsody
Is This The World We Created?
The Show Must Go On

[bosk1]

Basically, I just listen to Images and Words, then Awake, then Falling Into Infinity, then SFAM, then Six Degrees, then Train of Thought, then Octavarium, then Systematic Chaos, then Black Clouds, then ADTOE, then DT12, and then The Astonishing.

[Stadler]

Being on a huge Queen kick lately (to the point of even filling in some catalogue holes) I have to say, that's a top notch playlist, and kudos for including one of my favorite Queen songs ever, and a song that gets overlooked by virtually everyone:  "Funny How Love Is".  I LOVE that song.  Really nice mix of hits versus deep tracks.     I would have put on One Vision, but that's an incredibly minor quibble.

My hard part is picking the band. Purple?  DT?  Marillion?  Genesis?  Maiden? Yes?  Kiss?

Does anyone care?  Any suggestions?

[The Walrus]

I like listening to ballads and softer stuff these days. Here's Toto if I left out the heavier, more uptempo stuff and focused on ballads and easier listening.

99
I Won't Hold You Back
It's A Feeling
Waiting For Your Love
I'll Be Over You/I Will Remember/The Other End of Time (they're similar enough, so for a CD pick one of three: gun to head, I choose I Will Remember)
Just Can't Get To You
After You've Gone
Melanie
Spanish Steps
Bottom of Your Soul
Spiritual Man
The Little Things
All The Tears That Shine
(edit: only including Africa if there's room on the disc for it, otherwise, letting the other songs shine)

[The Letter M]

This is proving difficult as some of my favorite songs by some of my favorite bands are all epics, like 15-30 minutes long, so picking enough songs but only having 80 minutes to do is pretty tough for me, but I'll try one band...

Spock's Beard (Neal-Era mini-epics)
The Good Don't Last
Go The Way You Go
The Doorway
Walking On The Wind
Crack The Big Sky
Harm's Way
At The End Of The Day

It totals at about 80:24, but with a little bit of overburn, it can fit onto one CD-r, so there. 

-Marc.

[Elite]

Here's one for Leprous, which would probably not work.

Passing
Foe
Forced Entry
Rewind
MB. Indifferentia
Red
Mirage
Acquired Taste
White
Contaminate Me

[erwinrafael]

My hard part is picking the band. Purple?  DT?  Marillion?  Genesis?  Maiden? Yes?  Kiss?

I would like to see Yes and see how you will manage the epics.

[Stadler]

Two CDs, 80 min. apiece (I'm listing this so you know what was considered).  The one CD Mix Tape songs are in BOLD:

The Prophet
Yours Is No Disgrace
Starship Trooper
South Side of the Sky
Heart of the Sunrise
And You And I
America
Going For The One
Turn of the Century

Wonderous Stories
On The Silent Wings of Freedom
Tempus Fugit
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Hearts
Shoot High, Aim Low
Love Will Find A Way
Lift Me Up
The Calling
Magnification
Into The Storm

[KevShmev]

I made a million of these back in the day, before mp3s allowed us the luxury of getting up to 700 MB worth of songs on a single CD-R.

I still remember the song length of many old songs because of the mixed tapes and CDs we used to make.

[TAC]

Stadler..what band??

[Cool Chris]

Stadler..what band??

Genesis. Don't worry about it, TAC.

[lonestar]

 

[Stadler]

Stadler..what band??

Yes.

[lonestar]

BTW the omission of CttE and anything from Tales is borderline criminal.

[DragonAttack]

QUEEN 79 minutes

I finally got all of this decade's remasters (either through friends, library, and a few purchases).  I have been redoing my GH I and II.  My version of Greatest sHits III was always superior to the official one.  Plus a new 'Rocks' and what I call 'Omega'.  Just did a couple discs of the more mellow material, including Freddie and Brian solo work.  Doing this is a 'killer', but......

We Will Rock You [BBC fast version]
I Want It All
Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
I'm In Love With My Car
You're My Best Friend
Killer Queen
Stone Cold Crazy
Somebody To Love
Procession/Father To Son
Spread Your Wings [BBC version]
Keep Passing The Open Windows
Don't Stop Me Now
Tie Your Mother Down
Let Me Live
A Winter's Tale
The Show Must Go On

and then we'll move on and finish with these from Wembley: the Freddie 'sing along' (end of 'A Kind of Magic'),
Bohemian Rhapsody / Big Spender / We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions / God Save The Queen

[erwinrafael]

I like listening to ballads and softer stuff these days. Here's Toto if I left out the heavier, more uptempo stuff and focused on ballads and easier listening.

Nice. If I do a similar easy listening Toto, a can't miss would be These Chains.

QUEEN 79 minutes
and then we'll move on and finish with these from Wembley: the Freddie 'sing along' (end of 'A Kind of Magic'),
Bohemian Rhapsody / Big Spender / We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions / God Save The Queen

That sequence from Wembley is amazing. Still remember that album as my first ever album purchased with my own money.

I have this Van Halen mix-CD playlist, which pretty much shows that I actually listen more for Alex Van Halen than Eddie. I did not bother arranging the songs based on what is a good opener or not, I just ordered it sequentially because it is well paced.

Mean Street
Sinner's Swing
Unchained
Jump
Panama
Hot For Teacher
Girl Gone Bad
Dreams
Summer Nights
Love Walks In
5150
Poundcake
Judgment Day
Pleasure Dome
Right Now
316
Without You

[Stadler]

BTW the omission of CttE and anything from Tales is borderline criminal.

A 3-CD set would have had CttE and The Revealing Science of God.   It was purely a value-for-money proposition.   Tales is my second favorite Yes album.  I LOVE that record. 

[LordCost]

Here's one for Leprous, which would probably not work.

Passing
Foe
Forced Entry
Rewind
MB. Indifferentia
Red
Mirage
Acquired Taste
White
Contaminate Me

Not bad, although it's difficult to mix songs from different albums. I try without thinking too much.

Foe (I can only see it as an opener)
Forced Entry
Passing
Salt
Coal
Waste Of Air
Bonneville
Mirage
Red
Mb. Indifferentia
Contaminate Me

[twosuitsluke]

Here's one for Leprous, which would probably not work.

Passing
Foe
Forced Entry
Rewind
MB. Indifferentia
Red
Mirage
Acquired Taste
White
Contaminate Me

Not bad, although it's difficult to mix songs from different albums. I try without thinking too much.

Foe (I can only see it as an opener)
Forced Entry
Passing
Salt
Coal
Waste Of Air
Bonneville
Mirage
Red
Mb. Indifferentia
Contaminate Me

No Third Law from either of you? Am I the only one who adores that song and think it their best?

Good to see White in there though 

[LordCost]

Here's one for Leprous, which would probably not work.

Passing
Foe
Forced Entry
Rewind
MB. Indifferentia
Red
Mirage
Acquired Taste
White
Contaminate Me

Not bad, although it's difficult to mix songs from different albums. I try without thinking too much.

Foe (I can only see it as an opener)
Forced Entry
Passing
Salt
Coal
Waste Of Air
Bonneville
Mirage
Red
Mb. Indifferentia
Contaminate Me

No Third Law from either of you? Am I the only one who adores that song and think it their best?

Good to see White in there though 

If I had 20 more minutes I would be happy to put Third Law also. And another one of TPS for sure, but not White

[RoeDent]

Can we just put our own lists down without invalidating others, please? It's their list, just as yours is yours. You don't need to be like that.

[soupytwist]

Tried to do one for Maiden.  Tough.

1. Aces High
2. Phantom of the Opera
3. The Wicker Man
4. If Eternity Should Fail
5. Flight of Icarus
6. Caught Somewhere in Time
7. Infinite Dreams
8. No Prayer for the Dying
9. Starblind
10. These Colours Don't Run
11. Wrathchild
12. Paschendale
13. Hallowed Be Thy Name
Run time is about 79 Minutes.


Here's one for Pearl Jam too..

1. Once
2. Rearviewmirror
3. Better Man
4. Sirens
5. State of Love and Trust
6. Corduroy
7 Just Breathe
8. Unthought Known
9. Comatose
10. Come Back
11. Red Mosquito
12. Sad
13. Leash
14. Light Years
15. Given To Fly
16. In Hiding
17. Black
18 Yellow Ledbetter

About 80 Mins again

[Polarbear]

Great idea for a thread, i could do so many!

Here's my mix for Toto:

I'm pretty confident that this would fit on a single cd, if not then double album..

1. Pamela
2. Hydra
3. White Sister
4. Endless
5. I'll Be Over You
6. Hold the Line
7. Bottom of Your Soul
8. Don't Chain My Heart
9. Orphan
10. Mindfields
11. Goin' Home
12. I Will Remember
13. Kingdom of Desire
14. Stop Loving You
15. It's a Feeling
16. Rosanna
17. Home of the Brave
18. Africa (Obviously!)

[RoeDent]

Marillion - H era (specifically 1989-2004)

1. Easter - 5:58
2. Dry Land - 4:42
3. The Great Escape - 6:29
4. Beyond You - 6:11
5. This Strange Engine - 15:33
6. These Chains - 4:50
7. Go! - 6:11
8. This is the 21st Century - 11:05
9. Neverland - 12:10

Total: 73:09

[Elite]

Can we just put our own lists down without invalidating others, please? It's their list, just as yours is yours. You don't need to be like that.

Whats the point of this topic if we can't discuss things? Everybody just dumping lists would be rather silly.

Not bad, although it's difficult to mix songs from different albums. I try without thinking too much.

I tried to get a pretty good representation of each album. The result was three songs from Bilateral (my favourite), one from Malina and two from the other albums. I like your list as well.

Foe (I can only see it as an opener)

Says the guy throwing Bonneville in the middle
I don't see Foe as an opener necessarily, it works really well as a standalone song. The shortened version as on their live album is actually what I would prefer on my mix-CD.

[LordCost]

Can we just put our own lists down without invalidating others, please? It's their list, just as yours is yours. You don't need to be like that.

Whats the point of this topic if we can't discuss things? Everybody just dumping lists would be rather silly.

Foe (I can only see it as an opener)

Says the guy throwing Bonneville in the middle

You're right 
I have to try how it works after Waste Of Air, but I have doubts..

[Lethean]

Foe might also work really well as the last song.  It would be hard to narrow Leprous down to one CD.  Forced Entry would have to be on it and it would take up a lot of time. I'd also like to include Chronic and Passing, which aren't real short. The Weight of Disaster, Rewind, The Flood, maybe Mirage.

[Lethean]

Basically, I just listen to Images and Words, then Awake, then Falling Into Infinity, then SFAM, then Six Degrees, then Train of Thought, then Octavarium, then Systematic Chaos, then Black Clouds, then ADTOE, then DT12, and then The Astonishing.

  Yeah this is kinda me too.  Dream Theater is my favorite, and I know I would agonize over every song choice.

[The Walrus]

Great idea for a thread, i could do so many!

Here's my mix for Toto:

I'm pretty confident that this would fit on a single cd, if not then double album..

1. Pamela
2. Hydra
3. White Sister
4. Endless
5. I'll Be Over You
6. Hold the Line
7. Bottom of Your Soul
8. Don't Chain My Heart
9. Orphan
10. Mindfields
11. Goin' Home
12. I Will Remember
13. Kingdom of Desire
14. Stop Loving You
15. It's a Feeling
16. Rosanna
17. Home of the Brave
18. Africa (Obviously!)

This is a damn good mix! Props for having Going Home! I may have to do another Toto mix just for "lesser known" songs - would definitely include Miss Sun and maybe even Modern Eyes on there.

[Elite]

No Third Law from either of you? Am I the only one who adores that song and think it their best?

with my list where I tried doing two songs from each album, there's at least 5 other songs I would personally pick from The Congregation before Third Law

[Stadler]

Oooohhh, I'll bite on that...

Marillion (Fish):
Script For A Jester's Tear
Charting The Single
PUnch And Judy
Jigsaw
Fugazi
Cinderella Search
Heart of Lothian
Lady Nina
Warm Wet Circles/That Time Of Night
White Russian
Incommunicado
Slainte Mhath
Tux On

79:21

Marillion (H-Era)
King Of Sunset Town
Uninvited Guest
After Me
The Space
Waiting To Happen
Alone Again In The Lap Of Luxury
The Great Escape
Cannibal Surf Babe
Afraid Of Sunlight
Between You And Me
Separated Out
The Damage
Marbles IV
Neverland (editing out the noise at the end to fit on an 80 minute CD).

[RoeDent]

Here's one for Crowded House. Although I'd 100% recommend all these albums.

1. Mean to Me - 3:15
2. Now We're Getting Somewhere - 4:09
3. Hole in the River - 4:02
4. I Feel Possessed - 3:47
5. Love This Life - 3:36
6. Better Be Home Soon - 3:07
7. It's Only Natural - 3:32
8. Whispers and Moans - 3:39
9. There Goes God - 3:50
10. Pineapple Head - 3:27
11. Distant Sun - 3:49
12. Catherine Wheels - 5:12
13. You Can Touch - 3:46
14. Help is Coming - 4:49