Alternative Chill
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Just when you were thinking that the domain of chill was by definition alternative, here comes a collection of tunes that force you to consider building a V.I.P. annex onto your existing chill-out room, which only the effortlessly cool shall enter. There, you can store Iron & Wine's delicate cover of the Postal Service's "Such Great Heights".
£21.56 The Basics
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes 2:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Blue Spotted Tail Fleet Foxes 3:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 I'm Sticking With You The Velvet Underground 2:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 How to Disappear Completely Radiohead 5:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 The Youth MGMT 3:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Wisconsin (Bonus Track) Bon Iver 5:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Such Great Heights Iron & Wine 4:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Broken Heart Spiritualized 6:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 End Title The Album Leaf 3:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Broken Drum (Remix By Boards of Canada) Beck 5:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Black Wave The Shins 3:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Helium Hearts Super Furry Animals 2:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have Primal Scream 5:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Bricks (Dntel Remix) Tunng 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Diamond Head Phil Manzanera 6:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Art Decade David Bowie 3:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 The Softest Kisses July Skies 3:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Vokuro Björk 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 In the Flowers Animal Collective 5:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Stay Free Black Mountain 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Hong Kong Gorillaz 7:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Foreground Grizzly Bear 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Made-Up Lovesong #43 Guillemots 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 Corpus Christi Carol Jeff Buckley 2:57 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Next Steps
Country chill sounds like something of a contradiction, but you'll start to believe once you've lounged around to Loretta Lynn's jazz-inflected "Little Red Shoes". And who would have thought of an alliance between folk and trip-hop, such as that forged by John Martyn as he covers Portishead's "Glory Box" in an incredible, languid drawl.
£19.56 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 One Fine Day David Byrne & Brian Eno 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 2080 Yeasayer 5:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Judas The Verve 6:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Requiem M. Ward 2:48 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Con Carino Gruff Rhys 2:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 And I Thank You Pink Mountaintops 6:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Roverfrenz Amazing Baby 4:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Smokey Red House Painters 6:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Like A Drug Queens of the Stone Age 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Feet Richard Hawley 4:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 See Alice The Mummers 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Chromakey Dreamcoat Boards of Canada 5:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 New Light of Tomorrow Husky Rescue 4:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Casino Nanaimo The Besnard Lakes 8:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Little Red Shoes Loretta Lynn 3:33 £0.59 View In iTunes 16 Glory Box John Martyn 5:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Party El Perro del Mar 3:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Free Fallin' (Live) Kings of Convenience 4:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Human Racing St. Vincent 3:48 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 That's That Cass McCombs 4:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Here Pavement 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Cripple Crow Devendra Banhart 5:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Eanie Meany Jim Noir 2:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Cousins Ali Farka Touré 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Deep Cuts
Jason Pierce warrants extended periods of supine worship, for he is a god of alternative chill: His genius as the lynchpin of Spiritualized can be heard on "Broken Heart" and "You Know It's True". Pierce owes a debt to minimalist composer Steve Reich, a man often spoken of in the same breath as Philip Glass, who collaborates with the Aphex Twin on "Icct Hedral".
£19.57 Deep Cuts
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Andvari Sigur Rós 6:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Make a Plan to Love Me Bright Eyes 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 O Superman (For Massenet) Laurie Anderson 8:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Dark Mood Woods/The Red Room Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch 9:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Milk Thistle Conor Oberst 5:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Tonight In Bilbao Sun Kil Moon 9:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Sun Machine The Shortwave Set 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Icct Hedral (Phillip Glass Orchestration) Aphex Twin 8:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 ExplicitRunning the World Jarvis Cocker 4:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Over the Ocean Low 3:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Kisses The Shivers 4:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Pack All the Things You Need Grand National 2:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Come Home Findlay Brown 3:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Johnny Cash 3:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Changes Seu Jorge 3:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 When the Levee Breaks Yat Kha 6:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Moon Shadows Laraaji 4:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Fly the Yellow Kite The Junipers 2:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Spirals Adem 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 You Know It's True Spiritualized 3:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 In the Country The Explorers Club 3:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Gifted Clor 3:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Deathclub The Loose Salute 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Complete Set
The net for inclusion into our superlative batch of Alternative Chill sounds has been stretched wide, to include beguiling tunes from the Republic of Tuva in Southern Siberia (Yat Kha's "When the Levee Breaks"), a mellow blast of invective from Jarvis Cocker ("Running the World"), Seu Jorge's charming Brazilian cover of Bowie's "Changes", and Johnny Cash's poignant death-bed cover of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Cue up these Essentials, and savour their sweet balm.
£60.69 Complete Set
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes 2:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Blue Spotted Tail Fleet Foxes 3:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 I'm Sticking With You The Velvet Underground 2:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 How to Disappear Completely Radiohead 5:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 The Youth MGMT 3:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Wisconsin (Bonus Track) Bon Iver 5:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Such Great Heights Iron & Wine 4:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Broken Heart Spiritualized 6:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 End Title The Album Leaf 3:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Broken Drum (Remix By Boards of Canada) Beck 5:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Black Wave The Shins 3:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Helium Hearts Super Furry Animals 2:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have Primal Scream 5:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Bricks (Dntel Remix) Tunng 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Diamond Head Phil Manzanera 6:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Art Decade David Bowie 3:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 The Softest Kisses July Skies 3:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Vokuro Björk 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 In the Flowers Animal Collective 5:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Stay Free Black Mountain 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Hong Kong Gorillaz 7:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Foreground Grizzly Bear 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Made-Up Lovesong #43 Guillemots 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 Corpus Christi Carol Jeff Buckley 2:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 One Fine Day David Byrne & Brian Eno 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 2080 Yeasayer 5:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 27 Judas The Verve 6:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 28 Requiem M. Ward 2:48 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 Con Carino Gruff Rhys 2:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 30 And I Thank You Pink Mountaintops 6:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Roverfrenz Amazing Baby 4:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 32 Smokey Red House Painters 6:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 Like A Drug Queens of the Stone Age 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 34 Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Feet Richard Hawley 4:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 35 See Alice The Mummers 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Chromakey Dreamcoat Boards of Canada 5:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 New Light of Tomorrow Husky Rescue 4:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 38 Casino Nanaimo The Besnard Lakes 8:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 39 Little Red Shoes Loretta Lynn 3:33 £0.59 View In iTunes 40 Glory Box John Martyn 5:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Party El Perro del Mar 3:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 42 Free Fallin' (Live) Kings of Convenience 4:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 Human Racing St. Vincent 3:48 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 That's That Cass McCombs 4:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 45 Here Pavement 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 46 Cripple Crow Devendra Banhart 5:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 47 Eanie Meany Jim Noir 2:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Cousins Ali Farka Touré 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 Andvari Sigur Rós 6:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 50 Make a Plan to Love Me Bright Eyes 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 O Superman (For Massenet) Laurie Anderson 8:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 52 Dark Mood Woods/The Red Room Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch 9:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 53 Milk Thistle Conor Oberst 5:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 54 Tonight In Bilbao Sun Kil Moon 9:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 Sun Machine The Shortwave Set 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 Icct Hedral (Phillip Glass Orchestration) Aphex Twin 8:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 57 ExplicitRunning the World Jarvis Cocker 4:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Over the Ocean Low 3:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 59 Kisses The Shivers 4:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 Pack All the Things You Need Grand National 2:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 61 Come Home Findlay Brown 3:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Johnny Cash 3:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 63 Changes Seu Jorge 3:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 When the Levee Breaks Yat Kha 6:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Moon Shadows Laraaji 4:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 Fly the Yellow Kite The Junipers 2:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 67 Spirals Adem 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 You Know It's True Spiritualized 3:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 69 In the Country The Explorers Club 3:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 70 Gifted Clor 3:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 71 Deathclub The Loose Salute 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 71 Songs
Customer Reviews
Marred by Oversights
Always good to hear the likes of Low and Spiritualised, but its odd that both Hammock and Japancakes are completely omitted from this selection given how perfectly they would represent the concept of Alternative Chill, particularly when you consider the somewhat tenuous relationship between the stated theme and some of the tracks that are included.
