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I've been really enjoying the Red Hot Organization's "No Alternative" and "Dark was the Night" recently, both because they raised a lot of money for AIDS research and because they do a great job of capturing the 90s alternative sound and 00s indie sound respectively, and it's got me thinking how much I love compilations generally for how they can give you an impression of a place/time/music scene. Any collections like that you think I should know about?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The non-soundtrack compilation that first comes to mind is The Duran Duran Tribute Album. It's all covers of Duran Duran songs and, because it was released in the late 90s, there's more than its fair share of ska.

There are a lot of great tracks. My highlights are Goldfinger's version of Rio and The Wesley Willis Fiasco's cover of Girls on Film.

This album made me realize that Duran Duran was about 20bpm away from being one of my favorite bands.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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