My end-of-year round up compilation 2004

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Last year I made a quasi-chronological mix cd of everything I'd gotten into over the previous twelve months as a Xmas prezzie for friends). I was so pleased with the results I decided to try it again this year.
Overall I must say I've listened to and discovered more music this year than ever before yet the tracklisting is rather disappointing compared to last year's mix. Maybe it's a little 1-D? There aren't as many different styles on this year's comp and the mood is all very downbeat.
How could I maybe liven this up a bit? (Obiviously this may be an impossible question cos the comp reflects my personal and more memorable experiences over anything else). I really wanted to put some more varied things (Venetian Snares and Boredoms) but the tracks I like by them are either too long or too loud and wouldn't sit well on a comp. The Boredoms especially, should never be subjected to mix-tapery.
Also, what can you tell from the differences in the two comps? Would anyone care to analyse any shifts (or lack of them) in my tastes or comment on either compilation in any way?
(PS - there is no dance music on either comp because I included a second mix-cd of a dj set i did).
Also: Feel free to post any of your own end-of-year round-ups here.

Best of 2004:

01 joe hisachi - spirited away theme
02 laibach - in the army now
03 leonard nimoy - ruby don't take your love to town
04 the silvertones - kiddy o
05 air - lost in kyoto
06 pavement - motion suggests
07 the streets - blinded by the lights
08 moldy peaches - steak for chicken
09 electrelane - the valleys
10 dntel - the dream of evan and chan
11 animal collective - leaf house
12 devendra banhart - will is my friend
13 tom waits - it's alright with me
14 jonathan richman and the modern lovers - abdul and cleopatra
15 harco pront - lonesome devil
16 devin the dude - the dude
17 william shatner - common people
18 brian wilson - i'm in great shape / i wanna be around
19 the barbarians - moulty
20 the tokens - waiting for something
21 tommy mccook & the supersonics - what the world needs now
22 stereolab - cybele's reverie
23 beres hammond - irie and mellow
24 tom waits - heart of saturday night (orchestra version)

Best of 2003:

1. Stephen Malkmus - Dynamic Calories
2. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
3. Tom Waits - Cold Cold Ground (Live)
4. The Beach Boys - Soulful Old Man Sunshine
5. Coba - After Dinner (Plaid Mix)
6. The Capris - There's A Moon Out Tonight
7. Wayne Marshall - Whole World
8. Killah Priest - Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
9. Bob Drake - In The Well
10. The Pioneers - Starvation
11. Joseph Nothing - Disc'O Nostalgia
12. Type O Negative - I Don't Wanna Be Me
13. Radiohead - There There
14. Jimmy London - Bridge Over Troubled Water
15. Plaid - Buns
16. The Bug - Beats, Bombs, Bass, Weapons
17. Schneider TM - The Light 3000
18. Neil Young - Cripple Creek Ferry
19. The Congos - Jackpot
20. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
21. Eddie Thornton Outfit - Baby Be My Girl

PPS - I'm not a Stark Trek fan of any sort - honest!
PPPS - You may laugh at my lateness to certain tracks and stuff.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i've been doing the same thing this year.

im finding it hard to narrow down the list of songs though.

i have a longlist of about 80 cut down from about 200.

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i just put all my cds away again and i'm kicking myself over about 10 different tunes - NO La Casa Azul! NO Deerhoof! NO M83! NO Ackercoke! Hardly any IDM either... D'oH!

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm making X-mas comps this year, too. My problem is that all my friends have verying degrees of music knowledge, so I get stuck making lots of compromises in order to try and find something new for everyone. Plus, I always end up throwing at least one metal track on there which manages to annoy somebody.

― darin (darin), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

That Spirited Away is from 2002, no? Put on some Hisaishi stuff from the new Miyazaki movie, Howl's Moving Castle.

And more Snoop Dogg.

― stephen morris, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

darin OTM. If I put metal then it'll fuck up the mood of the comp but if I don't then I know people who will get annoyed. Also, there are a bunch of things like The Decemberists who I listened to a lot for a certain part of the year but I know each and every one of my friends would hate.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Stephen - it's stuff I've been listening to this year, not necessarily stuff that came out this year. Spirited Away came out at the cinema near me in very late 2003 and its dvd release was about Feb this year (I think) so I put it near the beginning of the comp.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Shit! I should really have put a track off of Real Gone by Tom Waits considering it was my album of the year. Sadly "Sins Of My Father" was way too long for this comp and it's my fave on there (yeh, I know I dissed it a while back but I love it now).

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I've been down that Decemberist road myself. Although I snuck in "July! July!" one year without any complaints.

I might go so far as to customize my comps for each of my friends this year, but I don't know...

― darin (darin), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

18 brian wilson - i'm in great shape / i wanna be around
i haven't heard this
The Beach Boys - Soulful Old Man Sunshine
i discovered and enjoyed this gem too

― gr8taste boy, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

You need to get the new Smile album, pal. It's only very short but it's a really nice bit of music.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"22 stereolab - cybele's reverie"

Wrong decade :)

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

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