A mix cd that really deserves the word 'mix', not because it's especially eclectic so far as genre or mood goes, but rather in terms of the range of apparently disparate styles that it brings together in what feels (sounds) like a cohesive whole. Leading off with Gary Jules' "Mad World", it then proceeds to skip through a range of silky indie-pop type stuff ("Here's Where the Story Ends", "Common People", Big Head Todd's "Bittersweet", etc) interspersed with bits and pieces of bossa nova and Brazilian-sounding flavourings (Gilberto Gil's "Asa branca", "Corcovado" by Astrud Gilberto, Joao Gilberto, Tom Jobim and Stan Getz, some Manu Chao) and several with aspects of both (the Cure's "The 13th", never a favourite of mine but a good fit here, say, and the Sugarcubes' "Hit", and "When You're Falling" by Peter Gabriel & the Afro-Celt Sound System). I like a lot of the songs individually, too. v.g.
(from Laura in Waltham, MA)
