Yearly Mix

Description Simple rule: one song per year, going by when album was originally released (preferably in US, but can also go with initial release elsewhere since some albums took years to arrive stateside). Some secondary guidelines: studio albums only (no live concerts; that would be more fun as a separate mix), prefer iconic songs and iconic albums, include variety (e.g. not just the Beatles during their incredible run), and when in doubt pick songs I actually like.
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Created 2016-06-30 by Pete.
Last modified 2017-06-06 by Pete

Songs (56)

# Band Album Song Length Copyright
1 Dave Brubeck Time Out Take Five 5:27 1959
2 John Coltrane Giant Steps Giant Steps 4:47 1960
3 Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Girl From the North Country 3:22 1963
4 The Beatles A Hard Day's Night A Hard Day’s Night 2:33 1964
5 The Beatles Help! I’ve Just Seen a Face 2:06 1965
6 Beach Boys Pet Sounds Wouldn’t It Be Nice 2:33 1966
7 Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser Locomotive 6:40 1967
8 Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland Voodoo Child (slight return) 5:13 1968
9 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Dazed and Confused 6:27 1969
10 Santana Abraxas Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen 5:19 1970
11 Billy Joel Cold Spring Harbor She's Got a Way 2:52 1971
12 Nick Drake Pink Moon Know 2:25 1972
13 Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 5:45 1973
14 Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness' First Finale Boogie on Reggae Woman 4:55 1974
15 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run Thunder Road 4:50 1975
16 Billy Joel Turnstiles New York State of Mind 6:02 1976
17 Elvis Costello My Aim Is True Watching the Detectives 3:45 1977
18 The Police Outlandos d'Amour Roxanne 3:12 1978
19 Joe Jackson Look Sharp! Is She Really Going Out With Him? 3:35 1979
20 Bob Marley Uprising Redemption Song 3:47 1980
21 Rush Moving Pictures Tom Sawyer 4:35 1981
22 Michael Jackson Thriller Billie Jean 4:54 1982
23 Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood Testify 3:22 1983
24 Van Halen 1984 Jump 4:03 1984
25 Tears For Fears Songs From The Big Chair Shout 6:32 1985
26 XTC Skylarking Dear God 3:34 1986
27 U2 Joshua Tree With or Without You 4:56 1987
28 Living Colour Vivid Cult of Personality 4:54 1988
29 Faith No More Real Thing Epic 4:53 1989
30 A Tribe Called Quest People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm Can I Kick It? 4:12 1990
31 Pearl Jam Ten Alive 5:41 1991
32 Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine Bombtrack 4:04 1992
33 Counting Crows August & Everything After Mr. Jones 4:32 1993
34 Jeff Buckley Grace Last Goodbye 4:35 1994
35 Everclear Sparkle and Fade Santa Monica 3:11 1995
36 Ani Difranco Dilate Shameless 4:52 1996
37 Ben Folds Five Whatever and Ever Amen Brick 4:43 1997
38 Phish The Story of the Ghost Limb by Limb 3:31 1998
39 Wilco Summer Teeth How to Fight Loneliness 3:53 1999
40 Elliott Smith Figure 8 Can’t Make a Sound 4:18 2000
41 Old 97s Satellite Rides Nervous Guy 3:55 2001
42 Weezer Maladroit Slob 3:08 2002
43 My Morning Jacket It Still Moves Steam Engine 7:24 2003
44 Gomez Split the Difference These 3 Sins 2:38 2004
45 Gorillaz Demon Days Feel Good Inc. 3:41 2005
46 The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers Steady, As She Goes 3:35 2006
47 Son Volt The Search Circadian Rhythm 5:02 2007
48 Radiohead In Rainbows Reckoner 4:50 2008
49 White Rabbits It's Frightening Percussion Gun 3:08 2009
50 Josh Ritter So Runs the World Away The Curse 5:03 2010
51 The Black Keys El Camino Little Black Submarines 4:11 2011
52 Anders Parker, Will Johnson, Jay Farrar, Jim James New Multitudes Fly High 3:45 2012
53 The Head And The Heart Let's Be Still Cruel 4:59 2013
54 TOO MANY ZOOZ F Note F.W.S 3:59 2014
55 Punch Brothers The Phosphorescent Blues Julep 5:27 2015
56 Car Seat Headrest Teens of Denial Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales 6:14 2016