Quique Gonzalez - Superman

Song: Superman
Artist: Quique González
Album: Pájaros Mojados
Genre: Rock, Spanish
Year: 2002

Another great spanish singer-songwriter. At this song he mixes some rock, jazz and cabaret music, which is a clear reflexion of his composition ability. Check out lyrics, very funny XD.

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Yokko Kanno - Fish ~ Silent Cruise

Song: Fish ~ Silent Cruise
Artist: Yoko Kanno
Album: Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex
Genre: Instrumental, Electronic, Sountrack
Year: 2004

As I've already said, I love anime sountracks. It is a genre not exploited at all at my country (Spain) and also not well known. I guess that's why they don't export too much stuff and it's really hard to find anything. That's why I wanted to post another song ofYokko Kanno.

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Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking

Song: Alive And Kicking
Artist: Simple Minds
Album: The Best Of Simple Minds
Genre: Rock
Year: 2002

This oldie song can be another perfet example of a composition that grows up all along the interpretation. "Here it comes the big bang" must be what they should had been thinking while they played it live.

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Mazzy Star - Into Dust

Song: Into dust
Artist: Mazzy Star
Album: So tonight that I might see
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2003

Again a sad song... I'm sorry but I love them. It's out of question that the perfect moment when you can express all your feelings is when you're sad, when you want to say everything you have inside or (let's say it properly) when you need to do it. So... again a griefy song.

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Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - Myotis

Song: Myotis
Artist: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Album: Batman Begins (Score)
Genre: Soundtrack, Orchestral
Year: 2005

One of the best soundtracks that I've discovered recently. It's a real dark composition, perfect for a character like Batman.

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Ash - Shinning light

Song: Shinning light
Artist: Ash
Album: Free all angels
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2002

Wake up with this fresh rock song. Perfect to be listened as the first song of the day: you'll be happy and full of energy.

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George Michael - Patience

Song: Patience
Artist: George Michael
Album: Patience
Genre: Pop
Year: 2003

That George Michael is one of the best man voices nowadays is out of question. And that he still can make sensitive songs from the heart is proved on this album. Listen carefully to the lyrics of the song: what a complaint.

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Alter Bridge - Open your eyes

Song: Open your eyes
Artist: Alter Bridge
Album: One day remains
Genre: Hard Rock
Year: 2004

A good hard-rock band, sponsored by Creed (the truth is that they sound very similar to them). I don't like really much how they sound live, but on studio they are powerful.

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Tryad - I see

Song: I see
Artist: Tryad
Album: Public Domain
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Year: 2005

This group reminds me somehow to Massive Attack, above all this song, with his first album. It's incredible, but you can download it completely free on their website (you can buy it too... if you want to). Thanks to Opsound (Open Sound resource).

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Phil Collins - In the air tonight

Song: In the air tonight
Artist: Phil Collins
Album: Face Value
Genre: Rock
Year: 1990

Leader of Genesis in the 80's, Phil Collins made his solo debut with this album....and this song. Incendiary start of the drums in the middle-time of the song.

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Diana Krall - Departure Bay

Song: Departure bay
Artist: Diana Krall
Album: The Girl In The Other Room
Genre: Jazz
Year: 2004

Diana Krall is one of the best young jazz voices nowadays. Lovely combination of voice, piano, bass and drums.

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Ryan Adams - Call me on your way back home

Song: Call me on your way back home
Artist: Ryan Adams
Album: Hearbreaker
Genre: Folk
Year: 2000

Do you think you've lost all? Do you think your life has no meaning? Then listen to this song and I swear that you'll want to cry with this awesome interpretation. Ryan Adams is one of the bests american singers nowadays: just listen him carefully and you'll realise what I'm talking about.

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Antonio Vega - San Antonio

Song: San Antonio
Artist: Antonio Vega
Album: Básico
Genre: Spanish, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Year: 2001

One of the best spanish songwriters ever with an incredible damatic song. I love the guitar roll.

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Shout Out Louds - Very Loud

Song: Very Loud
Artist: Shout Out Louds
Album: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2005

I don't know why but this track resembles to me as if it was old and new at the same time. A song that lasts on time for ages but that also you could hear next week on the chart list for the first time. Does anyone understands it?

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Bjork - All is full of love

Song: All is full of love
Artist: Bjork
Album: Homogenic
Genre: Electronic
Year: 1997

When I saw the videoclip of this song I got shocked due to his perfection. Chris Cunningham made an incredible work of art for this amazing song. If you don't have it in your video library, you should.

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Ray Lamontagne - Forever my friend

Song: Forever my friend
Artist: Ray Lamontagne
Album: Trouble
Genre: Folk
Year: 2004

A really sweet song that you could sing to your girl when you know you have done something wrong....if you know how to sing like Ray Lamontagne, of course.

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Bic runga - Sway

Song: Sway
Artist: Bic runga
Album: Drive
Genre: Pop Rock.
Year: 1998

An artist not well-known on my country (Spain) which is really unfair. Only this song is reason enough for people to know her.

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Chris Isaak - Baby did a bad bad thing

Song: Baby did a bad bad thing
Artist: Chris Isaak
Album: Forever blue
Genre: Rock
Year: 1995

Chris Isaak is mostly know for his ballad Wicked Game (one of my favourite songs, I admit it) but this song should have the same acknowledgement. It's pure rock on the most expresion of his meaning (It was also used on the last fim of Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut; the scene where Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are making love in front of the mirror).

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Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me

Song: Don't Give Up On Me
Artist: Solomon Burke
Album: Don't Give Up On Me
Genre: R&B, Soul, Blues
Year: 2002

You are not sad enough until you listen to this song. The composition and the lyrics are dessesperate 'till death, but the interpretation of the artist is eaven better. One of those songs that must be on the top of your Am I colorblind? playlist.

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Zwan - Ride A Black Swan

Song: Ride a black swan
Artist: Zwan
Album: Mary Star Of The Sea
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2003

When The Smashing Pumpkins got dissolved, Billy Corgan created this band to start all over again. It's a pity that this album passed unnoticed to both charts and people, because it sounds really fine.

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The Killers - Somebody told me

Song: Somebody told me
Artist: The Killers
Album: Hut Fuss
Genre: Alernative Rock
Year: 2004

One of those new "The" UK alternative bands that appeared last year but that I've listened the hole album yesterday for the first time, and I have to admit that I don't listen anything else right now. Highly recomended.

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Keane - Bedshaped

Song: Bedshaped
Artist: Keane
Album: Hopes and Fears
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie
Year: 2004

This was not the first song I heard from Keane but it has been the one who has stunned me the most. It's such a beautiful composition and such a lovely melody that it will involve you completely. One piece to be on your essential songs list.

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Ben Charest - Bach à la jazz

Song: Bach à la jazz
Artist: Ben Charest
Album: Les Triplettes de Belleville Soundtrack
Genre: Soundtrack, Jazz
Year: 2004

One of the best animated movies I've ever seen also had to play great music. For exaple, I couldn't realise what can be composed with a vacuum cleaner, a fridge, a newspaper and the spokes of a bicycle wheel until I listened Cabaret aspirateur (track 12), just three voices, the spokes again and some clapping hands of Sous le pont or the cabaret's like Belleville Rendez-Vous (track 2). Their rhythm keeps your feets moving on and on. But above all I love the hole jazz played on the rest of the soundtrack (you can listen to the posted track as a great exaple).

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Jimmy Eat World - Just tonight

Song: Just tonight
Artist: Jimmy Eat World
Album: Futures
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 2004

As time has passed by, Jimmy Eat Wotld has grown up as a great alternative rock band. Their album Bleed American was, for me, the beginning of what they could become and at this album they have confirmed all rumours. They have more strenght, more consistency and better lyrics. You can't miss this track: restrained anger.

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Ben Folds Five - Stevens last night in town

Song: Stevens last night in town
Artist: Ben Folds Five
Album: Whatever & Ever Amen
Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 1997

If you are sad, just listen to this track and you'll smile again. The rhythm that Ben Folds can impregn this song is just enough to put you in a gorgeous happiness.

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Paul Oakenfold - The harder they come

Song: The harder they come
Artist: Paul Oakenfold
Album: Bunkka
Genre: Electronic
Year: 2003

Since the day a friend of mine lend me this album I can say that Paul Oakenfold is one of the best electronic music composers I've ever heard (I'm not gonna enter into giving my opinion about how are his live sesions 'cause it would take me too long... let's just say that he's simply awesome). Considered now the eighth best dj in the world and with the status as the world's most successful Dj, Oakey (that's how their close friends call him) is as much responsible as anyone for making Ibiza the clubber's paradise it is today and everybody will recognize his subsequent labour of introducing house music in the UK on 80's.

But at this album you'll find a lot of genres mixed with electronical music (from hip-hop to orchestral music), not another incredible live session, which just emphasizes how good he is. The most lovely track is The harder they come, in which Nelly Furtado is in charge of the voice.

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Sarah Bettens - All of this past

Song: All of this past
Artist: Sarah Bettens
Album: Underworld Soundtrack
Genre: Soundtrack, Alternative Rock
Year: 2003

Awesome dark and emotional song. You can't imagine what can be composed with a piano, a bass, and some violins played (all of them) in slow motion, helped with some electronic background music. But above all stands out Sarah Bettens voice: it's aside everything else. Sometimes whispering, sometimes breathless. She just left you completely speechless.

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The Wallflowers - Sleepwalker

Song: Sleepwalker
Artist: The Wallflowers
Album: (Breach)
Genre: Rock
Year: 2000

The Wallflowers are one of those strange groups: you can't listen the complete album just at once because you get bored but you want to listen more about them 'cause you know that they are able to compose amazing songs. Sleepwalker spreads you into a new world of dreams and love, with a truly contagious melody.

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Foo Fighters - A320

Song: A320
Artist: Foo Fighters
Album: Godzila Soundtrack
Genre: Soundtrack, Rock
Year: 1998

Everybody knows Foo Fighters, they are a great band and all their albums are really good. Dave Groll has had been able to forget any comparations between their group and Nirvana on everyones mind composing great songs (and do not coming to a standstill at only one genre while they are still growing as a band, which is quite admiarable).

I could had posted any other well known song of Foo Fighters (like Hero, All my life, Best of you, Times like these, Monkey Wrench, Hero, February Stars, Everlong, Walking after you, Leart to fly, ...) but I would like to emphasize this one, made exclusively (I guess so) for this soundtrack. I love songs who start smoothly and the keep growing and growing 'till the end where they finish on an explosively way, and this song is a great example (helped with those sweet violins).

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Eliane Elias - Carioca Nights ( Noites Cariocas )

Song: Carioca Nights ( Noites Cariocas )
Artist: Eliane Elias
Album: Brazilian Classics
Genre: Brasilian, Jazz
Year: 2003

Mixing classic brazilian songs with a little bit of jazz... and you have to check the final result by yourself .

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Joseph Arthur - Invisible Hands

Song: Invisible Hands
Artist: Joseph Arthur
Album: Come to Where I'm From
Genre: Alternative, Pop-Rock
Year: 2000

One of the best melancholic songs I've ever heard. Pay atention to the lyrics: incredible.

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Rob Dougan - I'm Not Driving Anymore

Song: I'm Not Driving Anymore
Artist: Rob Dougan
Album: Furious Angels
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Classical
Year: 2003

Incredible desesperate song for an incredible composer who mixes a lot of genres with sublime result. I discovered him on The Matrix Soundtrack with the (well known) song Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Mix).

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