Now That's What I Call...
 

Expanding a little on JTF's great idea, create your own album based on any genre or sub-genre. These do not have to be the best or the classics; they can just be the songs you like or know best in that genre or sub-genre. Let's restrict each album to say 15 tracks, but you can do as many volumes as you like.

Predictably mine:

Now That's What I Call Prog, Vol I

1. Script For a Jester's Tear - Marillion
2. This Green and Pleasant Land - Pendragon
3. Carpe Diem - Mostly Autumn
4. Watcher of the Skies - Genesis
5. Flow - Spock's Beard
6. Solomon - Arena
7. I Never Noticed - Jadis
8. The Tall Ships - It Bites
9. Xanadu - Rush
10. Leave It - Yes
11. Long Goodbyes - Camel
12. Plague of Ghosts - Fish
13. Killer - Van der Graaf Generator
14. The City Sleeps - Touchstone
15. A Broken Frame - Eloy

I just realized how hard finding all that much in one genre is for me. I've always approached music in a way that isn't very genre based, so everything I have on my shelves is spread out across all sorts of genres. There isn't really one genre in which I have a ton of different artists represented, except perhaps some vague singer/songwriter category.


Singer/Songwriter and Folk Song Book Vol. 1

Gorgeous melodies all the way!

1. Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust
2. Vashti Bunyan - Rose Hip November
3. Joanna Newsom - Divers
4. Loreena McKennitt - The Bonny Swans
5. Tori Amos - Horses
6. Annemarie
7. Rickie Lee Jones
8. Maeve Mackinnon - Mac Iain `Ic Sheumais
9. Madredeus - Haja O Que Houver
10. Joni Mitchell - Tin Angel
11. Faun Fables - O Mary
12. Jane Birkin - Et Quand Bien Même


I've also spent years looking for metal bands with a unique sound and I don't really have much in any specfic sub genre.

Vaguely Alternative or Offbeat Metal #1

If you feel like you want to hear some metal that is hard to classify, this is the playlist for you!

1. Waltari - Helsinki
2. Stam1na - Ikoneklasmia
3. Sukekiyo - Leather Field
4. The Agonist - The Anchor and the Sail
5. Madder Mortem - Life, Lust & Liberty
6. Kittie - Die My Darling
7. Ihsahn - Introspection
8. Menace - To the Marrow
9. Crisis - Bloodlines
10. ICS Vortex - Odin's Tree
11. Eths - Seditio
12. Sinistro - Relíquia
13. Primal Rock Rebellion - Awoken Broken
14. Dir En Grey - The Blossoming Beelzebub

That's just sad.

That last Dir En Grey track sounds like a song about the early childhood of Satan! :laughing:

Do yours then. Also, take note of the first person being used. This isn't "Now That's What You, They, We or Everyone Calls ..." it's MY choice. When do you inflict yourself on the Canary Islands, anyway? :)

Everyone but you calls that sad.

It's in Japanese so for all I know, that's what it is.

Is sitting on your knees, pointing at the ice considered good professional ice skating now?

Hmm. Assumed it'd be German or something.
Spiderman was otherwise engaged. I assume it's the end of her routine. Either that, or she just got scored REALLY badly! :laughing:

Now That's What I Call Fuzzy Vol. 1

1. Beck - E-Pro
2. The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
3. Dirty Dishes - Red Roulette
4. Ride - Leave Them All Behind
5. Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube
6. Death in Vegas - Girls
7. Protomartyr - Dope Cloud
8. Pity Sex - Acid Reflex
9. My Bloody Valentine - Soon
10. Tera Melos - Weird Circles
11. Pile - Prom Song
12. Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic
13. Cloakroom - Big Wheel
14. Heron Oblivion - Beneath Fields
15. Creepoid - Acrimony

I guess the name does sound like it could have been German, but it's not. As far as I understand it, they intentionally picked a band name that doesn't mean anything, so that it would exclusively refer to the music of the band. They've got a pretty unique discography behind them at this point, so I wouldn't even say it was a pretentious move.

Well, sorry. A few aren't bad, but overall...
Too lazy to do mine atm.
I'll inflict myself on them tomorrow afternoon. Hope they don't have Marillion playing in the hotel elevators.

Now That's What I Call Music
1. John Cage - 4'33"
2. Derek Bailey - Improvisation 4
3. Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music Part IV
4. The Beatles - Yesterday [Remix]
5. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In the UK
6. Gorguts - The Art of Sombre Ecstasy
7. Throbbing Gristle - Slug Bait
8. Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause
9. John Coltrane - Om
10. Sachiko M - Bar
11. Justin Bieber - Baby
12. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Ella Guru
13. Luigi Russolo - Art of Noise (Full)

Ouch.

Seriously. Think about how the elevators feel, grindy.

Now That's What I Call God Damn Mother****ing Thrash, Vol 1

1. Metallica - Seek and Destroy
2. Slayer - Angel of Death
3. Exodus - Bonded by Blood
4. Destruction - Curse the Gods
5. Anacrusis - Present Tense
6. DRI - Acid Rain
7. Death Angel - Kill as One
8. Demolition Hammer - Human Dissection
9. Devastation - Idolatry
10. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
11. Exhorder - Death in Vain
12. Megadeth - Last Rites/Loved to Deth
13. Overkill - I Hate
14. Vio-lence - Kill on Command (Live @ Slims version)
15. Annihilator - Alison Hell

A fine choice. You are a man of refined tastes.

If you can like Overkill then I can learn to forgive your thrash ignorance. Maybe.

They were awesome up until around Killbox 13. Maybe a couple missteps along the way. My favorite album of theirs is I Hear Black so I'm still a total heathen.

Now That's What I Call Black Sabbath Vol. 5

01. Into the Void
02. Symptom of the Universe
03. A National Acrobat
04. Thrill of it All
05. Laguna Sunrise
06. After Forever
07. N.I.B.
08. Fairies Wear Boots
09. Hand of Doom
10. War Pigs
11. Sabbra Cadabra
12. Psycho Man
13. Fluff
14. Children of the Grave
15. Spiral Architect

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Now That's What I Call Good Songs by Artists I Normally Don't Like

1. Phil Collins - Easy Lover
2. Elton John - I'm Still Standing
3. Toto - Africa
4. Journey - Separate Ways
5. Lacuna Coil - Swamped
6. Rotting Christ - Dub-sag-ta-ke
7. Symphony X - The Accolade
8. ULVER - Solitude
9. Amon Amarth - Arson
10. Radiohead - Idioteque

Strong.

Not arguing with any other thing but that "Black Sabbath" isn't there?

Take out Fluff the **** is this nonsense?

Like a good sandwich, the bun is important. Even bottom buns.

Keeping the filler tunes out but keeping within the 15 tune limit was tough.

Stfu you two ninnies.

Plankton! Don't use the N-word! :yikes:

I'm just saying that you are committing a crime but we're still cool.

Now That's What I Call an Infectious Chorus

1. Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling
2. Toto - Africa
3. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
4. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
5. Eagles - Take It to the Limit
6. The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
7. Billy Joel - Piano Man
8. The Cars - Just What I Needed
9. Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
10. David Bowie - Life on Mars?
11. Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman
12. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
13. Elton John - Rocket Man
14. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
15. Boston - More Than a Feeling

No love for Heaven and Hell, Plankton? :(
Noice. :thumb:

Welcome to the family, son.

Infectious chorus indeed. Wuthering Heights was the first Kate Bush song I heard. I instantly felt like I just had to know who she was. I don't think I've ever been sold on an artist that quickly before.

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Now That Is What I Call A Superhero!

1. The Wonder Woman Theme by Charles Fox
2. Nobody Loves The Hulk by The Traits
3. Spiderman by The Ramones
4. I Am Superman by R.E.M.
5. Evangeline by Matthew Sweet
6. Tony Stark by The Symposium
7. Iron Man by Black Sabbath
8. Optimus Prime by King Kronos
9. Gigantor by Helmet
10. Batman And Robin by Snoop Dogg
    
    Special Bonus Monster Tracks:
    
11. Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult
12. Frankenstein by The Edgar Winter Group
13. The Blob Theme Song by The Five Blobs

^ album cover.

Now that's what I call guitar

1. Paco de Lucía - Tío Sabas
2. Diego del Morao - Orate
3. Gerardo Núñez - Jucal
4. Vicente Amigo - Tío Arango
5. Rafael Rabello - Modinha
6. Pavel Steidl - Bardenklänger
7. Roland Dyens - Libra Sonatine
8. Tuck Andres - Europa
9. Wes Montgomery - Wes Coast Blues
10. Tommy Emanuel - Close to you

Now That's What I Call Trippy, Man
1. United States of America - The American Metaphysical Circus
2. Acid Mothers Temple - Eat a Pebble
3. Fifty Foot Hose - If Not This Time
4. Can - Peking O
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Bold As Love
6. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - It Can't Happen Here
7. Hawkwind - You Shouldn't Do That
8. Silver Apples - A Pox On You
9. King Crimson - Lark's Tongue in Aspic Pt. II
10. John Cale - Stainless Steel Gamelan

Now That's What I Call A Crush


Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name
Chris Isaac - Wicked Game
Frank Ocean - Thinkin About You
Tami Tamaki - I Never Loved This Hard This Fast Before
New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream
Pixies - Hey
Karen O - Rapt
Yuna - Crush
Alphawezen - Speed of Light
The Zombies - The Way I Feel Inside

Now That's What I [Tentatively] Call the Best Hip Hop Tracks of 2017

Show Me the Body (feat. Denzel Curry and Moor Mother) - In a Grave
Milo - Landscaping (feat. Elucid)
Shabazz Palaces - Since C.A.Y.A.
J.I.D. - Never
Billy Woods - Bush League
Uncommon Nasa - Small Change (feat. Duke01, Furious P & King Kashmere)
A7PHA - No Brakes
Kendrick Lamar - DNA
Moor Mother X Mental Jewelry - Matter of Time
Open Mike Eagle - Breezeway Ritual
Porter Ray - Bulletproof Windows

Now That's What I Call Road Music:

Tempa T - Spray Dem (Ring Off Da Ting)
Slew Dem - Playground
Germz & Snoopy - Greeze in Grime
Big H - Alarm
Dexplicit - Pull Up 2011
Tempa T & Chronik - Karate Chop
Krept & Konan - Out Ere
Rage - I'm About
Newham Generals - Limbs
Giggs - Talking Da Hardest

Now That's What I Call Garage Music Volume One...

1. I Never Loved Her- The Starfires
2. Rebel Woman- Dean Carter
3. I'm a Leather Boy- The Leather Boy
4. Move- The States of Mind
5. Up Down Sue- The Luv'd Ones
6. Who Do You Love- The Preachers
7. I'm a Living Sickness- The Calico Wall
8. You Can't Erase a Mirror- Children of the Mushroom
9. So Much- Little Phil and the Night Shadows
10. I'm Not That Kind of Guy- Glory Rhodes
11. I Saw You Walking- The By-Fives
12. Won't Get Far- The Hysterics
13. Horror Asparagus Stories- The Driving Stupid
14. Action Woman- The Litter
15. My Baby- The Girls