Thanks, iTunes - because of you I've been listening more and more to my own, hastily-put-together mixtapes rather than complete albums by a given artist. And (guess what?) I think I'm doing myself a severe disservice; I'm robbing myself of context and drama.I'm not really advocating that we should go all Cultural Revolution on our mixtapes...the best of them have coherent themes (Bumpin' Beats For Clubs And Streets Mix), dramatic/emotional resonance (Ultimate Manatee Mix), or can be used to turn friends on/off to bands you enjoy (Bad Pop-Punk 2000 Mix). But no matter what, when I put a mix together, I will never get something as coherent as Superdrag's A Head Trip In Every Key, as clear as Ultimate Fakebook's This Will Be Laughing Week, or as dramatic as Muse's Black Holes and Revelations, never mind if I sprinkle the mix with the best songs from these (or other/different/better/worse) albums.
RATING: 62% (This means that it is better than overusing parentheses, but [ironically] worse than Guitar Hero, which is, in essence, an interactive mixtape.)
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