Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Why The Perfect Playlist
The Artist I Want You To Be
Entertainment
MIXIT
I Am Mine
To Each His Own
New Rules
Making a Playlist

Beatles and Stones

- Beatles                        Love
- Rolling Stones            Demon Life
- Paul McCartney          Paul Is Dead
- John Lennon               Instant Karma
- Rolling Stones            Empty Heart
- Rolling Stones            We Love You
- Rolling Stones            Beggars Bleed
- Rolling Stones            It’s Only Goat’s Head Blues
- Beatles                       Yesterday And Today
- George Harrison         What Is Life
- Ringo Starr                 It Don’t Come Easy

Greatest Hits In the Early CD Era

- Bob Marley                Wake Up And Turn I Loose
- The Doors                 Suchness
- Creedence Clearwater Revival Unchronicled
- The Cure                   Uncured

Fifties

- Elvis Presley
- Chuck Berry
- Rave On

Sixties

-Bob Dylan                    Thin Wild Mercury Music
-Jimi Hendrix                 Stone Free
-Love
-Kinks
-Yardbirds
-Who
-Byrds
-CSNY
-Janis Joplin


Sixties Protopunk

-MC5
-Velvet Underground     All Tomorrow’s Parties
-The Stooges
- Nuggets

Motown

-The Supremes
-Marvin Gaye
-The Temptations
-Hitsville

Seventies

-Rod Stewart                You Wear It Well
-Led Zeppelin               Radio Free Zeppelin
-Elton John
-Aerosmith                    Kitty In The Middle
-Pink Floyd                   Early Explorations
-Pink Floyd                   Which One’s Pink
-Van Halen                   Unchained
-Patti Smith                  Poet Priestess
-Todd Rundgren
-Big Star
-Eric Clapton                Clapton Is God
-Grateful Dead             To See You Through
-Blondie                        Blondie Is A Group
-Fleetwood Mac            When The Rain Washes You Clean You'll Know
-The Cars
-Iggy Pop                      Funtime
-Black Sabbath
-Kiss                             Kiss This
-Bruce Springsteen      Boss
-Bob Dylan                   Changing Of The Guard

Seventies Arena Rock

-ELO
-Blue Oyster Cult          
-Peter Frampton            Is That Peter F'ing Frampton?!
-Rainbow
-Foreigner
-AC/DC
-J. Geils Band
-Styx
-Ted Nugent
-Heart                            Heartless
-Cheap Trick
-Yes 
-70s Guitar Greats

Seventies Glam

-David Bowie                Ziggy Played Guitar
-New York Dolls            L-U-V
-Mott The Hoople          Roll Away The Stone
-Roxy Music                  Too Much Cheesecake Too Soon
-T. Rex                          T. Rextacy
-Queen                          Killer Queen
-Lou Reed                     Vicious
-Alice Cooper                The Singer’s Name Was Alice
-Brian Eno

Seventies Punk

-Sex Pistols
-The Clash                    1977
-The Clash                    The Only Band That Matters
-Generation X
-The Jam
-The Damned

Eighties

-80s Singles
-R.E.M.                          IRS
-R.E.M.                          Warners
-U2
-Elvis Costello                Vicious Kisses
-New Order                    This Is Why Events Unnerve Me
-The Pixies                     Debaser
-Talking Heads               Kings Lead Hat
-Bauhaus                       Lunatic And Drinks
-The Police
-The Smiths                   The Albums
-Psychedelic Furs
-Joy Division
-Gun Club                      Willow Garden
-This Mortal Coil
-The Jesus and Mary Chain
-Echo and the Bunnymen      Unwillingly Mine

Nineties

-Nirvana                          Teenage Angst
-Pearl Jam                      5V1
-Oasis                             Slide Away
-Hole
-Guns and Roses
-Smashing Pumpkins
-Pavement
-Lenny Kravitz
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-Flaming Lips
-Black Crowes
-Matthew Sweet
-Cranberries

2000s

-Radiohead
-Wilco
-My Morning Jacket
-The Shins
-TV On The Radio
-Coldplay
-Spoon
-The White Stripes
-Arcade Fire
-Lana Del Rey
-The National
-Beck
-Lana Del Ray
-The Black Keys
-Kings Of Leon


After the Fire

-Dylan                                    Modern Mind Theft
-Stones                                  You’re Not The Only One With Mixed Emotions
-Bowie                                    After Dance

Bonus Mixes

-Island Mix
-Christmas
-Covers
-Party Playlist

Volume 2
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