Tape It Up: Smiley Smile Tunes

Having recently come across a stash of old compilation tapes, mainly from the 90s, I thought I’d start posting details about them here on my blog from time to time along with an accompanying Spotify playlist.  It’s fun to look back on these mini time capsules and see personal favourites to this day mixed together with other tunes that I may listen to more infrequently but are old friends nonetheless.

B100: #64 “Car Wash Hair” by Mercury Rev

“Number two has got me confused, hope I’ll always be numbers one and three…” – well it’s actually number 63 in my top 100 songs list for “Carwash Hair” by Mercury Rev.

379 to 50: #7 “Gold Soundz” by Pavement

Some more “Gold Soundz” in my 379 to 50 top songs countdown now, courtesy of Pavement from 1994 second album “Crooked Rain Crooked Rain”.

397 to 50: #23 “Teen Age Riot” by Sonic Youth

Back to New York again for the third time in the 20s of my top 50 songs countdown, with 1988’s “Teen Age Riot” from noisily melodic art rockers Sonic Youth.