3 albums, 71 minutes of 2023

[bluechemtrails 27,021]

Imagine you have a collection of your favorite music for each year on cassette tapes with only 71 minutes (1:11) of space on each. 

 

What three albums and what songs you would choose for 2023?

[Bonita 12,599]

well... ocean blvd, the land is inhospitable and so are we, and the loveliest time

 

too many songs to pick but heaven by mitski, kintsugi by lana, kollage by carly, and slut by taylor would for sure be selected 

[bluechemtrails 27,021]

Here's my selection (I exclude Lana here because I would make an extra collection for her)

 

Sufjan Stevens - Javelin

• Goodbye Evergreen (3:35)
• Will Anybody Ever Love Me? (4:09)
• Everything That Rises (5:00)
• My Red Little Fox (3:43)
• So You Are Tired (4:50)
• There's A World (2:30)

Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We

• Bug Like an Angel (3:32)
• Heaven (3:44)
• I Don't Like My Mind (2:25)
• The Deal (3:52)
• My Love Mine All Mine (2:18)
• Star (2:59)
• I'm Your Man (3:30)
• I Love Me After You (2:49)

Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

• Welcome To My Island (3:53)
• Bunny Is A Rider (3:14)
• Sunset (2:43)
• Blood And Butter (4:28)
• Smoke (2:58)
• Billions (4:58)

 

Total time   1:11:10

[Party Favor 10,317]

i don't even think i have three albums released in 2023 that have run lengths long enough to get to 71 minutes 

 

Did You Know.... - Lana

• the grants (4:55)
• A&W (7:13)
• Let the Light In (4:38)
• Peppers (4:08)

 

Main Character - Glume

• child actor (3:58)
• do me a favor (3:53)
• main character (3:13)
• flicker flicker (3:55)
• Heaven (3:50)
• female role model (5:28)

 

Portals - Melanie Martinez 

• death (5:06)
• nymphology (5:06)
• powder (3:58)
• pluto (3:01)
• milk of the siren (4:25)

total time: 1 hour and 6 minutes 

[Eugene 26,670]

1. Lana Del Rey: "Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd" - (0:25:19)

• The Grants - (4:55)
• Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - (4:45)
• Sweet - (3:35)
• Paris, Texas - (3:26)
• Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep-sea fishing - (4:00)
• Let The Light In - (4:38)

 

2. Sufjan Stevens: "Javelin" - (0:20:08)

• Goodbye Evergreen - (3:35)
• A Running Start - (4:21)
• Will Anybody Ever Love Me? - (4:09)
• My Red Little Fox - (3:42)
• Javelin (To Have And To Hold) - (1:52)
• There's A World - (2:29)

 

3. Eartheater: "Powders" - (0:23:35)

• Crushing - (4:31)
• Face In The Moon - (4:45)
• Chop Suey - (4:02)
• Mona Lisa Moan - (3:27)
• Pure Smile Snake Venom - (3:41)
• Salt Of The Earth (H2ome) - (3:09)

 

TOTAL TIME: 1:09:02

[Terrence Loves Me 72,857]

love + fear on continuous loop

[bluechemtrails 27,021]

if not limited to three albums, I would choose the following songs for 2023

1. the BLACK seminole - Lil Yachty (6:52)
2. This Is Why - Paramore (3:27)
3. The News - Paramore (3:08)
4. Running Out Of Time - Paramore (3:12)
5. The Grants - Lana Del Rey (4:55)
6. Paris, Texas - Lana Del Rey (3:27)
7. Let The Light In - Lana Del Rey (4:38)
8. Ghosts Again - Depeche Mode (3:59)
9. Not Strong Enough - boygenius (3:55)
10. Free Yourself - Jessie Ware (3:54)
11. Heaven - Mitski (3:44)
12. My Love Mine All Mine - Mitski (2:18)
13. Will Anybody Ever Love Me? - Sufjan Stevens (4:09)
14. So You Are Tired - Sufjan Stevens (4:50)
15. One Of Your Girls - Troye Sivan (3:01)
16. Blank Space - Taylor Swift (3:52)
17. Out Of The Woods - Taylor Swift (3:56)
18. Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift (3:40)

Total time  1:10:57

 

I don't like listening to endless playlists, so I think I'm going to start organizing my music into short ones no longer than 1:11 (with the intention of archiving them on cassette, CD, or vinyl one day ). And I'll try to keep album tracks and release dates in order.