For the Time Capsule -- 2006: You Really Think You're in Control?

Artist Song
Gnarls Barkley  Crazy 
OutKast (feat. Janelle Monae)  Call the Law 
Lupe Fiasco  The Cool 
Corinne Bailey Rae  Trouble Sleeping 
DJ Shadow  This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way) 
The Raconteurs  Level 
A plus D  Beethoven's Fifth Gold Digger 
Ghostface Killah (feat. Capadonna, Shawn Wigs & Trife)  Jellyfish 
T.I.  Why You Wanna 
Goldfrapp  You Never Know 
Serena Maneesh  Simplicity 
TV on the Radio  Wolf Like Me 
The Roots  In the Music 
She Wants Revenge  Tear You Apart 
The Flaming Lips  Mr. Ambulance Driver 
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan  The False Husband 
Built to Spill  Traces 
The Twilight Singers  Crazy [Gnarls Barkley cover] 

Comment:


2006, in my opinion, was a lackluster year for albums. That doesn't mean that no great albums were released, it just means I had to listen to about five times as many as the previous year to even find enough worthy albums to fill out my top 10 list. But 2006 was a very good year for singles -- so good, in fact, that I decided to expand my "For the Time Capsule" year-end mix to three volumes to accommodate the tracks.
This mix was begging for a bookend theme because of the absolutely massive "Crazy." After much deliberation, I chose The Twilight Singers' version as the "Crazy" cover because 1) I felt they changed the song more than any other artist or group did, and 2) The noise from the people in the club gives it a community feel. And if there's one song that was everybody's song in 2006, it was "Crazy."

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musicgnome
Date: 1/17/2007
Very nice stuff. That Lupe Fiasco track is growing on me. Nice to see a number of Hip-Hop selections, here, as well.
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jonpoi
Date: 1/20/2007
Indeed, the year of the single was 2006 and let's not lament it. A listen to this would be a fine time, I am sure.