Artist	Song
Billie Holiday	Gloomy Sunday (1941)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy	I See A Darkness (I See A Darkness, 1999)
M. Ward	Let's Dance (Bowie Cover -- Transfiguration of Vincent, 2003)
John Coltrane	After The Rain (Dear Old Stockholm, 1963)
Frank Sinatra	Here's That Rainy Day (No One Cares, 1959)
Gal Costa	Baby (Gal Costa #1, 1969)
Jon Brion	Punch-Drunk Melody (Punch-Drunk Love soundtrack, 2002)
Joanna Newsom	Bridges and Balloons (The Milk-Eyed Mender, 2004)
Califone	Lion & Bee (Heron King Blues, 2004)
Songs: Ohia	Tigress (The Lioness, 2000)
Lambchop	Up With People (Nixon, 2000)
Belle & Sebastian	I'm A Cuckoo (Avalanches Remix) (I'm A Cuckoo EP, 2004)
Boy Least Likely To	Fur Soft As Fur (The Best Party Ever, 2005)
The Flaming Lips	Race for the Prize (Remix) (The Soft Bulletin, 1999)
Deee-Lite vs. Junior Senior	Move Your Feet, Groove Is In The Heart (Remix) (D-D-Don't Stop The Beat, 2003 -- World Clique, 1990)
Stevie Wonder	Isn't She Lovely (Songs in the Key of Life, 1976)

Comment:

This mix is designed as an experiment in mood. I have often found that, if I'm feeling under the weather, I simply can't jump straight into happy and uplifting music and expect to feel better. Quite often, in fact, I find more solace in the music that matches my mood. However, I started to think. what if you could lift yourself out of sadness/depression by slowly progressing upward? Through subtle changes in mood, melody and lyrical content, perhaps you could ease yourself out of a state of sadness into a state of contentment? Well, this is what I came up with.(Note that the Bowie cover is actually incredibly downbeat, a very interesting reinterpretation!)1 hr 2 min running time.

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