A few years ago I put together a 2 disk mix for a very close friend whom I’ve since lost contact with and feel horrible for doing so. The mix captured several of the female artists (or at the very least female-fronted artists) that I was listening to at the time or already had in my collection. I ripped each CD to MP3 and then put together the mixes using Nero (I think) to burn them back to audio CDs. Looking at the list I can put my fingers on a commercial CD for each of these tracks (I think I was proud of myself for that at the time). Each of my mixes usually has one tragic, awkward flaw, but this is probably one of the best I ever put together.
Without further adieu, here’s a list of the songs in the mix, with a link to the artist whenever possible:
Mix of the Female Pursuasion – Disk 1
- Madonna – What it Feels Like for a Girl (remix)
- Element 101 – Cold Outside
- Sarah Harmer – Basement Apt.
- Nelly Furtado – San Francisco
- Jill Sobule – Big Shoes
- Poe – Haunted
- Supreme Beings of Leisure – Golddigger
- Alanis Morrisette – Perfect
- Esthero – Country Livin’ (The World I Know)
- Mary Prankster – Blue Skies Over Dundalk
- Luscious Jackson – Devotion
- Nelly Furtado – Shit on the Radio
- Angela Ammons – It Doesn’t Matter
- Jill Sobule – Bitter
- Element 101 – Telephone
- Poe – Walk the Walk
- Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul
- Sarah Harmer – Don’t Get Your Back Up
- Luscious Jackson – Sexy Hypnotist
- Mary Prankster – The World is Full of Bastards
- Tori Amos – Rapsberry Swirl
- Supreme Beings of Leisure – Never The Same
Mix of the Female Pursuasion – Disk 2
- Sarah Harmer – I Thought I Knew You
- Nelly Furtado – Turn Out the Light
- Eddie From Ohio – Stupid American
- Tori Amos – Addicted
- Alanis Morrisette – Head Over Feet
- Jill Sobule – Karen by Night
- Poe – 5&1/2 Minute Hallway
- Esthero – Look at That Girl
- Hot Honey Magnet – Everything Changes
- Supreme Beings of Leisure – What’s the Deal
- Poe – Hey Pretty
- Luscious Jackson – Ladyfingers
- Jewel – Down so Long
- Mary Prankster – Mac & Cheese
- Alanis Morrisette – Not the Doctor
- Tori Amos – Playboy Mommy
- Jill Sobule – Heroes
- Element 101 – If Only My Heart Spoke
- Esthero – Taste So Sweet
- Supreme Beings of Leisure – You’re Always the Sun
- Sarah Harmer – Coffee Stain
Looking back on this mix it doesn’t have a whole lot of depth, but it does a perfect job at capturing some of the CDs in heavy rotation at the time. It was great to revisit some of these websites to discover new releases, little tidbits, or the fact that the band broke up a long time ago.
I apologize for boring you with a random playlist from the past, but the playlist and what it represents mean a lot to me.