Mixed Tori CDs!

[Bliss]

Making mixed Tori CD's is one of my biggest passions. I just love doing it. I always try to make it different every time, pulling out different songs each time. Making one is really an art, a science. You have to make sure that the songs mesh well, and that every song is getting along with each other. I always take making them very seriously, anyone else like that?

I was wondering what everyone's mixed CD's are like. So you can post the set lists to them on this thread! I have made soo many mixed tori cds - but i'm just going to post one. This one I just made recently. It's a 2CD set, called "A bliss of another kind." I'm very proud of it, if i do say so myself.

DISC ONE: ABSORB

01. Silent All These Years
02. Girl
03. Pretty Good Year
04. Cloud On My Tongue
05. Marianne
06. Past The Mission
07. Leather
08. Carbon
09. Jackie’s Strength
10. Honey
11. China
12. Upside Down
13. Concertina
14. Hey Jupiter
15. Northern Lad
16. 1000 Oceans

DISC TWO: RELEASE

01. Bliss
02. Take To The Sky
03. Crucify
04. Cornflake Girl
05. Siren
06. Caught A Lite Sneeze
07. Cool On Your Island
08. Raspberry Swirl
09. Juarez
10. Spark
11. Precious Things
12. Cruel
13. Sweet Sangria
14. iieee
15. Talula
16. She’s Your Cocaine

As you can see, the first cd is more slower and mellow, and with songs like "marianne" and "hey jupiter," i called it "absorb" because it is a collection of songs that you have to really sit down and digest, because they are deeply personal and have so much meaning. The second is the more up-beat stuff that you can really move to, and with songs like "she's your cocaine" and "raspberry swirl," it is entitled "release" because it's more of an energy-releasing collection than the first. That's not to say that the fast songs don't have huge meaning as well, but I mean I couldn't call the second one "absorb and release" that just wouldn't sound right, you know?

So what do you guys think? What are some of your mixed CDs? What do you guys think about b-sides and how many should you put on a mixed cd? I've learned over the years that it's better to only put a few b-sides, because that's more of a different set of songs that I think is much more fun to discover by yourself, once you've become a tori fan. People who haven't really heard her album stuff aren't really going to appreciate the b-sides as much as hard-core fans do. What about live stuff? I usually put those on my second cds I make for people, after they've gotten into the first one.

Has anyone been successful in getting people into tori through their mixed CDs? I have. I got my girlfriend into her by making mixed tapes a few years ago (before I got my cd burner) and now she is as big a fan as me. And I've gotten a few of my friends into her this year too, which is really exciting! ;D

[orfeo]

Ooh yes yes YES someone else who agrees with me that making compilations is a really good challenge!

I'm in the process of making 2 Tori "best of" cassettes - I can fit more on a 90 minute cassette than on a CD - covering all the Atlantic albums (ie the 6 from LE to SLG).

I set myself some rules like not having songs from the same album next to each other - except for Way Down being an into to Little Amsterdam.

I've tested out the songlist but haven't actually made the cassettes yet. I'm a bit cautious because my first Tori "best of" was never quite the same when I added songs from To Venus and Back. It never lived up to my best of Sting tape which remains my masterpiece in the art of compilation...

I haven't got the list on me right now but I'll post it once I've laid my hands on it.

[♥Mary♥]

orfeo- What the freaky freak happened to your name?! LOL

[♥Mary♥]

orfeo said:

It never lived up to my best of Sting tape which remains my masterpiece in the art of compilation...

I am salivating at the idea of a best of Sting tape/cd!!! I would KILL for that! (well, ok not really b/c I would break the 6th Commandment & plus break the law, but you get my drift!)

I have a cousin a few years younger than me who is a Disc Jockey (D.J.) for a major Alternative radio station down in San Diego (who is working on scoring me Tori tix if she comes back that way again!) & he has made me several compilations over the years. He has such a knack for it & the best part is that he knows me & my style & he always puts the best songs in just the right order. It IS a labor of love to get it just the way you want.

(DO NOT look at the time......yes, I'm still up! lol)

[orfeo]

Right, I'm now home and thus have my Tori tape list. I'm fairly sure this was the final version because it's written out a lot neater! The real trouble with Tori is achieving enough contrast from one song to the next in terms of tempo.

The tapes are 90 minutes (45 each side)

TAPE ONE

1. Silent All These Years
2. God
3. Doughnut Song
4. Jackie's Strength
5. Baker Baker
6. Precious Things
7. Way Down
8. Little Amsterdam
9. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
10. Concertina

- side change -

1. Cornflake Girl
2. Liquid Diamonds
3. Glory of the 80s
4. Putting the Damage On
5. Past the Mission
6. Strange Little Girl
7. Cooling (live)
8. Raspberry Swirl
9. Little Earthquakes

TAPE TWO

1. Bliss
2. Black-Dove (January)
3. Hey Jupiter
4. '97 Bonnie and Clyde
5. Crucify
6. i i e e e e
7. Pretty Good Year
8. New Age
9. Caught a Lite Sneeze
10. Happy Phantom

- side change -

1. Rattlesnakes
2. Juarez
3. Father Lucifer
4. Tear In Your Hand
5. Cloud On My Tongue
6. Spark
7. In The Springtime of His Voodoo
8. The Waitress
9. Spring Haze
10. Pandora's Aquarium