From charity comps to label samplers, the 1990s may have been the peak decade for compilation albums. We discuss the qualities that make a worthy compilation album with our guests Keith Sawyer from WMBR, Jim Hanke of Vinyl Emergency and Eric Peterson of Love That Album. We pick our favorite comps and favorite compilation-only tracks, and discuss whether compilation albums are still relevant in the age of streaming music playlists.
We’ve got over ten minutes of bonus content over at Patreon this week.
Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Sexual Healing by Soul Asylum (Marvin Gaye cover), from No Alternative
13:14 - Riot on the Rocks by The Hellacopters, from Riot on the Rocks Vol. 1
20:35 - Effigy by Uncle Tupelo (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover), from No Alternative
42:03 - Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman) by Counting Crows, from DGC Rarities Vol.1
Outro - Compilation Blues by Sonic Youth, from DGC Rarities Vol.1
Superchunk - Foolish | 90s Album Review
Muse - Showbiz | 90s Album Review
INXS - Full Moon, Dirty Hearts | 90s Album Review
Monique Powell of Save Ferris | 90s Artist Interview
Supergrass - In It for the Money | 90s Album Review
Pollen - The Glorious Couch Life | 90s Album Review
Hobey Echlin of Majesty Crush | 90s Artist Interview
Dredg - Leitmotif | 90s Album Review
The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray | 90s Album Review
Keith and Glenn Kochanowicz of Riverside | 90s Artist Interview
Sinéad O'Connor - Universal Mother | 90s Album Review
It Came From Slimey Valley compilation | 80s Album Review
The Hookers - Black Visions of Crimson Wisdom | 90s Album Review
The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre - Desperate Football | 90s Album Review
Jawbreaker - Dear You | 90s Album Review
Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia | 90s Album Review
Albums of 1994 | 90s Roundtable
Love Nut - ¡Baltimucho! | 90s Album Review
The Verve - A Northern Soul | 90s Album Review
Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway | 90s Album Review
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