Updated June 9, 2008

The following is a track by track listing of my Music Library for 2008 so far.
Year column indicates the year the track / album was originally released.

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529
530
531
532
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536
537
538

 

#529
created June 9, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Coldplay

Violet Hill

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
2

Morten Harket

Anyone

Letter From Egypt

2008
3

Madonna

Candy Shop

Hard Candy

2008
4

Blank & Jones

Don't Stop (feat. Claudia Brucken)

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
5

De/Vision

Death Of Me

Noob

2007
6

Fauxliage

Rafe (Gabin Remix)

Fauxliage

2007
7

Suzanne Vega

Ludlow Street

Beauty & Crime

2007
8

Coldplay

Lovers In Japan

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
9

Daniel Lanois

Moondog

Here Is What Is

2008
10

Morten Harket

Darkspace

Letter From Egypt

2008
11

Tangerine Dream

World Away From Gagaland

Booster

2008
12

Schiller

Zenit (feat. Klaus Schulze)

Sehnsucht

2008
13

Blank & Jones

Miracle Cure (feat. Bernard Sumner)

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
14

Curt Smith

Seven Of Sundays (feat. SO)

Halfway, Pleased

2008
15

John Hiatt

Let's Give This Love A Try

Same Old Man

2008
16

Madonna

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You

Hard Candy

2008

#530
created June 9, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Alanis Morissette

Moratorium

Flavors Of Entanglement

2008
2

M83

Highway Of Endless Dreams

Saturdays = Youth

2008
3

Ladytron

Burning Up

Velocifero

2008
4

Blank & Jones

Heart Of Wax (feat. Vanessa Daou)

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
5

Schiller

Wunschtraum

Sehnsucht

2008
6

Coldplay

Life In Technicolor

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
7

Coldplay

Cemeteries Of London

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
8

Alanis Morissette

Giggle Again For No Reason

Flavors Of Entanglement

2008
9

Blank & Jones

Where You Belong (feat. Bobo)

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
10

Madonna

Miles Away

Hard Candy

2008
11

Scooter

Marian (version)

Jumping All Over The World

2008
12

Division Day

More Than This

CD single

2007
13

Silence

Realite

L'autre Endroit

2008
14

Schiller

Der Kuss (feat. Anna Maria Muhe)

Sehnsucht

2008
15

Schiller

Fate (feat. Isis Gee)

Sehnsucht

2008
16

Blank & Jones

Consequences (feat. Vanessa Daou)

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
17

Coldplay

Reign Of Love

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
18

Sarah McLachlan

Unchained Melody

Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff, Vol. 2

2008

#531
created June 9, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Younger Brother

Weird On A Monday Night

A Flock Of Beeps

2003
2

Swayzak

Smile And Receive (Original Mix)

Some Other Country

2007
3

Schiller

Forever (feat. Kim Sanders)

Sehnsucht

2008
4

Coldplay

Viva La Vida

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
5

Coldplay

The Escapist

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
6

Blank & Jones

The Night Starts Here (feat. Stars)

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
7

Curt Smith

Coming Out

Halfway, Pleased

2008
8

Hammock

The Air Between Us

Kenotic

2004
9

Hammock

Glacial

Kenotic

2004
10

Schiller

Nacht (feat. Ben Becker)

Sehnsucht

2008
11

Thrice

Silver Wings

The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV

2008
12

Jens Gad

Aureole

Le Spa Sonique

2006
13

Coldplay

Lost!

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
14

Coldplay

Yes

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
15

Blank & Jones

Manifesto (feat. Vanessa Daou)

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
16

No-Man

Beautiful Songs You Should Know

Schoolyard Ghosts

2008
17

No-Man

Streaming

Schoolyard Ghosts

2008
18

Morten Harket

With You With Me

Letter From Egypt

2008
19

The Album Leaf

Drawing Mountains

The Enchanted Hill / The Green Tour EP

2007

#532
created June 9, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Steve Jansen

Ballad Of A Deadman

Slope

2008
2

Joan As Police Woman

Honor Wishes

To Survive

2008
3

The High Violets

Chinese Letter (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)

To Where You Are

2006
4

Coldplay

42

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
5

Isaak Hypnotizer

Every Moment Is Magical

1 Freedom

2008
6

Amethystium

Anthemoessa

Emblem (Selected Pieces)

2006
7

Howling Bells

Setting Sun (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)

CD single

2006
8

Coldplay

Chinese Sleep Chant

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
9

Autechre

Notwo

Quaristice

2008
10

Celtic Woman

Newgrange

A New Journey

2007
11

Schiller

Let Me Love You (feat. Kim Sanders)

Sehnsucht

2008
12

Mahogany

Supervitesse (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)

Connectivity!

2006
13

Amethystium

Meadowland

Emblem (Selected Pieces)

2006
14

Isaak Hypnotizer

Liquid Spectral Day

1 Freedom

2008
15

Blank & Jones

California Sunset

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
16

Katharina Franck

Faithful Friend (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)

CD single

2008

#533
created June 9, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Moby

I Want To Move In Here

Last Night

2008
2

Madonna

Heartbeat

Hard Candy

2008
3

Isaak Hypnotizer

Moon Beach Morning

1 Freedom

2008
4

Blank & Jones

So Cold (feat. Trademark)

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
5

Blank & Jones

Breakout

The Logic Of Pleasure

2008
6

Port-Royal

Stimmung

Flares

2007
7

Dragons

Remembrance (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)

Lonely Tonight EP

2007
8

Curt Smith

Who You Are

Halfway, Pleased

2008
9

Nada Surf

Are You Lightning?

Lucky

2008
10

Morten Harket

Send Me An Angel

Letter From Egypt

2008
11

No-Man

Wherever There Is Light

Schoolyard Ghosts

2008
12

Coldplay

Death and All His Friends

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008
13

James

Oh My Heart

Hey Ma

2008
14

Isaak Hypnotizer

Amethyst

1 Freedom

2008
15

M83

We Own The Sky

Saturdays = Youth

2008
16

Asobi Seksu

Strawberries (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)

CD single

2007

 

ML #529 - #533 Summary

 

16 new artists, along with 26 established acts, join my Music Library this June, bringing a total of 19 entries so far in 2008. Led by Coldplay's 12 tracks from their latest album, 85 new tracks are put in the record books, bringing the ML number up to #533, and 527 tracks away from the 10,000 mark...

"Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" (usually called "Viva la Vida") is the fourth studio album by Coldplay. The project was largely produced by Brian Eno. Coldplay have released two singles from the record, "Violet Hill" and "Viva la Vida". Viva la Vida (Spanish for Live Life) takes its name from a painting by Frida Kahlo, the acclaimed 20th century Mexican artist. Coldplay take the biggest leap on the Top 200 artist list to No. 101. Blank & Jones have returned to their dance roots with "The Logic Of Pleasure," placing 10 tracks, including "Miracle Cure," (ML #529) which features New Order's Bernard Sumner on vocals...

 

"Letter From Egypt" is Aha's Morton Harket's latest album, his first since 1996, and his second sung in English. Two singles have already been released, "Movies," (ML #516) and "Darkspace" (ML #529). Madonna returns with four tracks from her "Hard Candy" album, her last studio album to be released under her contract with Warner Bros. The album has already debuted at number one in twenty-seven countries. My issue with this album and some of the tracks from the latest Blank & Jones, is the overmodulated and overdriven production. Maybe I'm showing my age, but why do people want to listen to distortion in the bass...

 

With 16 new artists to talk about, I'll need to make it brief for each. Alanis Morissette is a well-established act, but she appears for the first time on my Music Library with a couple of tracks from "Flavors of Entanglement," her seventh studio album, which she co-produced with Guy Sigsworth. Another veteran, John Hiatt finally makes it on, with "Let's Give This Love a Try," from his 18th studio album, "Same Old Man." Patrick O'Hearn guests on bass on the album. Joan Wasser is a violinist and singer/songwriter in the indie rock world. She uses the moniker Joan As Police Woman. "To Survive" is her just released second album. David Sylvian appears on the track "Honor Wishes" (ML #532). Sylvian also lends his vocals on "Ballad Of A Deadman" by Steve Jansen, which leads off ML #532...

 

California-based indie rockers Division Day covers Roxy Music's "More Than This" on ML #530. This is the third cover so far on my Music Library for this track. 10,000 Maniacs' version (ML #332), preceded Emmie, who showed up 100 entries later with her version. Swayzak is an organic house UK band that consists of James S. Taylor and David Brown. "Smile and Receive" is taken from their fifth studio album, "Some Other Country," released last year. Thrice is an American band from Irvine, California. The group was founded in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while they were in high school. "The Alchemy Index" is Thrice's fifth studio recording, a four-disc concept album that was split between two releases, the first in October 2007 and the second in April 2008. The band originally planned to release four discs at once, each disc with six tracks representing one of the four elements: Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. No-Man is a British duo formed in 1987 as No Man Is An Island (Except The Isle Of Man) by Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson (also of Porcupine Tree). Three tracks from their sixth studio album appear on my latest entries. Celtic Woman is a musical ensemble comprising six Irish female artists: vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lynn Hilary, Lisa Kelly, Alex Sharpe and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. The group's repertoire ranges from traditional Celtic tunes to modern songs. The lone track represented on ML #532 was originally recorded by Clannad...

Ulrich Schnauss may not have added to his point total, but he does appear on six tracks, by six new artists, as producer and re-mixer. The High Violets are an American dream pop band from Portland, Oregon. "Chinese Letter" came out two years ago. Howling Bells formed in Sydney, Australia late 2004. They soon after packed up and moved to the UK where they recorded their debut record with (Coldplay Producer) Ken Nelson. It was then released September, 2005 on Bella Union to much critical acclaim. "Setting Sun" gets the Schnauss trademark sound, also released in 2006. Mahogany is an electric music ensemble currently working in Brooklyn, New York. A unique combination of vocals, cello, massed guitars, sequencers, synthesizers, percussion, and other instruments make for Mahogany's massive, celestial sound. "Supervitesse (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)" appears on ML #532. Rounding out that entry is Katharina Franck's "Faithful Friend." Franke is a German singer who became famous with her band Rainbirds and has produced several solo albums. Mr. Schnauss also remixes "Remembrance" by Dragons, that was part of an EP by the band called "Lonely Tonight." The final remix from Ulrich Schnauss can be found on the track "Strawberries" by Asobi Seksu, (colloquial Japanese for "playful sex") a rock band based in New York City. Their sound was said to draw influence from the shoegazing genre, which was coined to describe the textured and effects-heavy sound of certain alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Port-Royal makes their first appearance with "Stimmung." They are a Genoa, Italy-based post-rock band started in the year 2000 by Attilio Bruzzone (Guitar, Keyboards) and Ettore Di Roberto (Piano, Keyboards). They would soon be joined by Ettore's brother Michele Di Roberto (Drums), Emilio Pozzolini (Keyboards, Sampling), and Giulio Corona (Bass). They are known to have a unique approach to their music, with an emphasis on instrumentals over lyrics; a style resembling Mogwai and M83...

 

One final quick note..Curt Smith's "Who You Are" (ML #533) is a reworking of the same track that appeared on the last album by Tears For Fears, "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending." That version appears on ML #395. For a complete list of my five latest entries, see above the review. For the remainder of 2008 so far, see below the review. Will return in late July or early August with the next batch. Stay cool...

#515
created January 28, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Air

Kelly Watch The Stars

Moon Safari

1998
2

Bellman

All That Is Beautiful (The Atomic Powered Robot)

MP3

2006
3

Dave Gahan

Saw Something (D58 Extended Mix-Edit)

CD single

2008
4

Younger Brother

All I Want

The Last Days Of Gravity

2007
5

Goldfrapp

A&E

Seventh Tree

2008
6

God Is An Astronaut

Far From Refuge

Far From Refuge

2007
7

This Will Destroy You

They Move On Tracks Of Never-Ending Light

S/T

2008
8

Sia

I Go To Sleep

Some People Have Real Problems

2008
9

Sandra

What's Left To Say

The Art Of Love

2007
10

The Orb

DDD (Dirty Disco Dub)

The Dream

2008
11

Morcheeba

Blue Chair (feat. Judy Tzuke)

Dive Deep

2008
12

Minor Majority

Alison

Reasons To Hang Around

2006
13

Michael Brook

ScissorsPaperRock

BellCurve

2007
14

As Lonely As Dave Bowman

POD Five

POD

2007

#516
created January 28, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Between Interval

From A Silent Surface

Radio Silence

2007
2

Hammock

The Silence

Kenotic

2004
3

Green Isac

Passengers

Kites

2007
4

Christ.

Dream Of The Endless

Pylonesque (EP)

2002
5

Deepspace

Chrome Passageways

The Barometric Sea

2007
6

Goldfrapp

Road To Somewhere

Seventh Tree

2008
7

Halou

Tubefed

Wholeness & Separation

2006
8

Jens Gad

Silver Sands

Le Spa Sonique

2006
9

Kuba

It Could Be

Inside Out

2006
10

Morcheeba

Enjoy The Ride (feat. Judy Tzuke)

Dive Deep

2008
11

Morten Harket

Movies

CD single

2007
12

The Orb

Truth Is...

The Dream

2008
13

Sparrow Orange

From Here To There

Night

2007
14

Sleepthief

Send Me An Angel

CD single

2006
15

Eagles

Waiting In The Weeds

Long Road Out Of Eden

2007

#517
created January 28, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Paul van Dyk

Fall With Me (feat. David Byrne)

In Between

2007
2

Goldfrapp

Some People

Seventh Tree

2008
3

Hammock

Overcast Shadow

Kenotic

2004
4

His Name Is Alive

Sangaree

Xmmer

2007
5

Hooverphonic

Strictly Out Of Phase

The President Of The LSD Golf Club

2007
6

Underworld

Ring Road

Oblivion With Bells

2007
7

Underworld

Cuddle Bunny vs The Celtic Villages

Oblivion With Bells

2007
8

Younger Brother

Elephant Machine

The Last Days Of Gravity

2007
9

The Orb

The Dream

The Dream

2008
10

Goldfrapp

Little Bird

Seventh Tree

2008
11

Halou

Things Stay The Same

Wholeness & Separation

2006
12

Morrissey

That's How People Grow Up

Greatest Hits

2008
13

Suzanne Vega

As You Are Now

Beauty & Crime

2007
14

Tangerine Dream

Lady Monk

Sleeping Watches Snoring In Silence

2007
15

His Name Is Alive

The Wolf Put His Mouth On Me

Xmmer

2007
16

Eagles

Center Of The Universe

Long Road Out Of Eden

2007
17

Christ.

Spengly Bengly

Pylonesque (EP)

2002
18

Blue Stone

Tears

Worlds Apart

2007
19

Stephanie Sante

Shine

Shine (EP)

2007

#518
created January 28, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Goldfrapp

Cologne Cerrone Houdini

Seventh Tree

2008
2

Hammock

What Heaven Allows

Kenotic

2004
3

Sinke Dûs

That Which Was Lost

Akrasia

2007
4

Sparrow Orange

How Can I Sleep

Night

2007
5

Goldfrapp

Monster Love

Seventh Tree

2008
6

Christine Sandtorv

Four Leaf Clover

First Last Dance

2006
7

Morrissey

All You Need Is Me

Greatest Hits

2008
8

This Will Destroy You

Leather Wings

S/T

2008
9

Rush

We Hold On

Snakes & Arrows

2007
10

Younger Brother

Sleepwalker Part 2

The Last Days Of Gravity

2007
11

The Orb

Vuja De

The Dream

2008
12

Christ.

Vernor Vinge

Blue Shift Emissions

2007
13

Kuba

The Operative Word

Inside Out

2006
14

Hybrid

Until Tomorrow (Stefan Anion & Starfire's Mix)

CD single

2007
15

Goldfrapp

Eat Yourself

Seventh Tree

2008

#519
created February 17, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Jack Johnson

If I Had Eyes

Sleep Through The Static

2008
2

Nada Surf

Here Goes Something

Lucky

2008
3

Hot Chip

We're Looking For A Lot Of Love

Made In The Dark

2008
4

Sandra

Love Is The Price (feat. DJ Bobo)

The Art Of Love

2007
5

Moby

Alice (Radio Edit)

CD single

2008
6

Ailo

Subculture

Concepts

2007
7

Tangerine Dream

11:02

Summer In Nagasaki

2007
8

Ailo

Chronos

Concepts

2007
9

Freiraum

Land Of Confusion

Sofa Sessions

2006
10

Hot Chip

One Pure Thought

Made In The Dark

2008
11

Darkon

I Am One Of Them

Last Destination

2008
12

Zero 7

Milton At Midnight

CD single

2004
13

Ott

382 Seaside

Skylon

2008
14

Cat Power

Metal Heart

Jukebox

2008
15

Goldfrapp

Happiness

Seventh Tree

2008

#520
created February 17, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Sarah Brightman

Sanvean

Symphony

2008
2

Jack Johnson

All At Once

Sleep Through The Static

2008
3

Jack Johnson

Sleep Through The Static

Sleep Through The Static

2008
4

Eagles

Last Good Time In Town

Long Road Out Of Eden

2007
5

Hot Chip

Hold On

Made In The Dark

2008
6

Christian Fischer

DIN A2 (Original)

CD single

2007
7

Darkon

Walking On Strange Road (Chill Out)

Last Destination

2008
8

Hooverphonic

Billie

The President Of The LSD Golf Club

2007
9

Jack Johnson

Go On

Sleep Through The Static

2008
10

Ott

The Queen Of All Everything

Skylon

2008
11

God Is An Astronaut

Lateral Noise

Far From Refuge

2007
12

Bauhaus

Zikir

Go Away White

2008
13

Ailo

Dewdrop

Concepts

2007
14

The Orb

Lost & Found

The Dream

2008
15

Nautilus

Free Flying Spirits

Along The Winding Road

2008

#521
created February 17, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Younger Brother

Magic Monkey Juice

A Flock Of Bleeps

2003
2

Younger Brother

Scanner

A Flock Of Bleeps

2003
3

Ott

Daisies And Rubies

Skylon

2008
4

Ailo

Equilibria Etheria

Concepts

2007
5

Darkon

Dark December

Last Destination

2008
6

This Will Destroy You

Burial On The Presidio Banks

S/T

2008
7

Tracey Thorn

King's Cross (Hot Chip Remix)

CD single

2007
8

Ott

From Trunch To Stormness

Skylon

2008
9

Younger Brother

Bedtime Story

A Flock Of Bleeps

2003
10

Deepspace

The Barometric Sea

The Barometric Sea

2007
11

Carla Bruni

I Felt My Life With Both My Hands

No Promises

2007
12

Franco Battiato

Ruby Tuesday

Fleurs

2002

#522
created February 17, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

CD single

2008
2

Marco Demark & Casey Barnes

Tiny Dancer (Original Mix)

CD single

2008
3

Younger Brother

Even Dwarves Start Small

A Flock Of Bleeps

2003
4

Ott

Rogue Bagel

Skylon

2008
5

Jens Gad

El Momento

Le Spa Sonique

2006
6

God Is An Astronaut

When Everything Dies

All Is Violent, All Is Bright

2005
7

Steve Jansen

Now He Dreams

CD single

2007
8

Nada Surf

See These Bones

Lucky

2008
9

Younger Brother

Sleepwalker Part 1

The Last Days Of Gravity

2007
10

Ott

A Shower Of Sparks

Skylon

2008
11

Nada Surf

The Fox

Lucky

2008
12

Jack Johnson

What You Thought You Need

Sleep Through The Static

2008
13

Mark Knopfler

Madame Geneva's

Kill To Get Crimson

2007
14

Morcheeba

Thumbnails

Dive Deep

2008

#523
created April 20, 2008

Trk #

Artist

Title

Album / CD

Year
1

Madonna

4 Minutes

Hard Candy

2008
2

Vampire Weekend

A-Punk

Vampire Weekend

2008
3

R.E.M.

Horse To Water

Accelerate

2008
4

Moby

Hyenas

Last Night

2008
5

Tangerine Dream

Gleeful Poets Crying Softly

One Times One

2007
6

Steve Jansen

December Train

Slope

2008
7

Daniel Lanois

Harry

Here Is What Is