Here are 39 songs across 117 genres that I’ve been listening to lately. There’s no common theme to this playlist beyond the fact that it’s all songs I enjoy.
To listen to this playlist on Spotify, click here. Note that song metadata — the genres, duration, release date, etc. — is provided by the Spotify API. I don’t input this information myself, so it might be wrong!
Art rock
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“Nuclear War” by Sun Ra
Album
A Fireside Chat with Lucifer
Genres
afrobeat, afrofuturism, art rock, …
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“I'll Come Running - 2004 Digital Remaster” by Brian Eno
Album
Another Green World
Genres
ambient, art pop, art rock, …
Gospel soul
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“Like a Ship” by Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir
Album
Like a Ship (Without a Sail)
Genres
gospel soul, spirituals, traditional …
Electronica
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“Flower” by Moby
Album
Play & Play: B Sides
Genres
downtempo, electronica
“Cherry Blossom Girl” by Air
Genres
ambient pop, downtempo, electronica, …
“Alone in Kyoto” by Air
Genres
ambient pop, downtempo, electronica, …
Alternative R&B
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“Miles Song” by Cleo Sol
Genres
alternative r&b, indie jazz, indie r&b, …
Progressive bluegrass
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“Your Coffee Is a Disaster” by Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma
Album
Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Genres
progressive bluegrass
Rock
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“Pink Moon” by Nick Drake
Genres
art rock, british folk, folk, folk rock, …
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“Climbing Up the Walls (Zero 7 Mix)” by Radiohead
Genres
alternative rock, art rock, melancholia, …
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“Dominoes” by Paul McCartney
Genres
album rock, art rock, beatlesque, …
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“oh baby” by LCD Soundsystem
Genres
alternative dance, alternative rock, …
“Won't Get Fooled Again - Original Album Version” by The Who
Album
Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B
Genres
album rock, art rock, british invasion, …
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“Reflektor” by Arcade Fire
Genres
alternative dance, alternative rock, …
Chamber pop
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“Everything I Am Is Yours” by Villagers
Genres
chamber pop, indie folk, indie rock, …
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“Jacksonville” by Sufjan Stevens
Genres
baroque pop, chamber pop, freak folk, …
Soul
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“You've Got Nothing to Lose” by Michael Kiwanuka
Album
You've Got Nothing To Lose
Genres
british soul, funk, neo soul, soul
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“Light” by Michael Kiwanuka
Genres
british soul, funk, neo soul, soul
Neo soul
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“Pink + White” by Frank Ocean
Genres
alternative r&b, hip hop, lgbtq+ hip …
Genreless
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“Distant Green Valley” by Zhao Lin, Zhao Ji-Ping, Yo-Yo Ma, The Silk Road Ensemble, Alan Pierson
Album
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon (Remastered)
“Keeping It Together” by Dirty Nice
Album
Keeping It Together
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“Buho” by Ash Black Bufflo
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“Song for Denise” by Piano Fantasia
Album
Best of Collector: Piano Fantasia (Le meilleur des années 80)
Drone
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“Pulses” by Steve Reich, Erik Hall
Album
Music for 18 Musicians (Steve Reich) - Pulses + Section I
Genres
american contemporary classical, …
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“Automatic Ping” by Keith Fullerton Whitman
Album
Keith Fullerton Whitman / Floris Vanhoof - Split
Genres
boston electronic, drone, experimental …
Japanese experimental
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“Bubbles” by Yosi Horikawa
Genres
abstract beats, japanese experimental, …
Mellow gold
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“Hold Me Now” by Thompson Twins
Genres
dance rock, mellow gold, new romantic, …
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“Reach Out I'll Be There” by Four Tops
Genres
adult standards, brill building pop, …
Shiver pop
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“Somersault” by Royal Canoe
Album
Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit
Genres
manitoba indie, shiver pop
New age piano
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“John Hughes” by Ken Elkinson
Album
Music for Commuting, Vols. 1-6
Melancholia
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“Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star
Album
So Tonight That I Might See
Genres
alternative rock, dream pop, …
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“The Boy With The Arab Strap” by Belle & Sebastian
Album
The Boy With The Arab Strap
Genres
alternative rock, anti-folk, baroque …
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“Fall In A River” by Badly Drawn Boy
Album
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Genres
britpop, chamber pop, melancholia, pop …
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“Capsized - Sound City Version” by Andrew Bird
Album
Are We Not Burning: The Devolution Of Capsized
Genres
baroque pop, chamber pop, chicago indie, …
Ambient
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“CREEK” by Hiroshi Yoshimura
Genres
ambient, art pop, fourth world, …
Afrobeat
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“Space Jungle Funk” by Oneness Of Juju
Album
African Rhythms 1970-1982
Freak folk
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“Reach Out I'll Be There” by Jonathan Wilson
Album
Reach Out I'll Be There
Genres
alternative country, freak folk, modern …
Sleep
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“Persian Traditional Avaz-e Dashti” by Traditional, Kayhan Kalhor, Siamak Jahangiri, Siamak Aghaei
Album
Silk Road Journeys - When Strangers Meet (Remastered)
Samba
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“Força Bruta” by Jorge Ben Jor
Genres
bossa nova, mangue bit, mpb, pagode, …
