Saturday, August 25, 2007

Mister Trend's Random 10

Thanks to a full day of seeing Jesus, going to the beach, and going to a samba club, my random 10 is a day late.

The Sufjan Stevens track is from the least-Sufjan Stevens album, "Enjoy Your Rabbit". It's a 70-minute album of techno compositions, sans words, with each track named after a animal/year in the Chinese calendar. The compositions range from ambient to loud and dissonant. It's really good, and may be the kind of thing that critics of Stevens's indie "cuteness" might actually enjoy. Say what you will about him, his prodigious production isn't limited to one style, and it's great to see him having no fear of doing whatever he feels like (even if it sometimes leads to overly-long albums).

1. "Último Desejo" - Maria Bethânia
2. "Canção do Sal" - Milton Nascimento
3. "You Still Believe in Me" - Beach Boys
4. "A Time to Be So Small" - Interpol
5. "Andvari" - Sigur Rós
6. "Lábios de Cetim" - GlauciaNaccer
7. "Enjoy Your Rabbit" - Sufjan Stevens
8. "Not For You" - Pearl Jam
9. "Arrabal Amargo" - Carlos Gardél
10. "Big Time Sensuality" - Bjork